Romney wasn’t in control?? You’re kidding..right? I viewed the video 3 times. I thought he did a fantastic job considering how ignorant the interviewer was. I would’ve decked the guy. How many times does he have to explain his religion??? In my opinion, never. As I stated in a previous post...So Mitt’s a Mormon..I’m Catholic. SO WHAT!! He believes in the SAME God that I do (ie., NOT Allah). I really can’t believe some of the truly idiotic Freeper postings regarding this hyped up religious ‘controversy’. Why isn’t Obama under the same scrutiny?? Everyone can tell that he’s a Muslim in Christian’s clothing. ENOUGH ALREADY!
I agree. I thought he kept his cool pretty well, especially when the daft dolt he was speaking with didn’t want to even TRY to understand Romney’s point of view.
“Romney wasn’t in control”
That’s right. He was not in control. Mikelson kept his cool while Romney became increasingly shrill. And all the Mitt posters saying he did well does not change that.
This is no “hyped up” religious controversy. Romney has been unable to explain why, until 2 years ago, his public position on abortion (pro choice, profunding) was at variance with the tenets of his religion. it is that simple. the reason why people continue to ask the question, and why it si relevant, is that he flip flopped on the issue just in time to seek to be the conservative, prolife standard bearer in 2008.
This is not about religion as far as I am concerned, although you seem to think it is, because you change the subject to a candidate of another party and cast aspersions on another religion. It is about 2 things: his position on a very important public policy issue, which has recently changed, and which needs to be explained which has not been done to the satisfaction of most prolifers; and his inability to keep his cool when being questioned on this same public policy issue vis a vis the position of his church by a conservative radio host.
Losing your cool with Jan Mikelson on the eve of the Ames straw poll may prove to be Romney’s Waterloo. He is perhaps the best known, and most widely listened to, of Iowa’s conservative talk show hosts. I repeat. He should have shown a little spine when dealing with the liberal Mike Wallace and his genuinely rude question. But he collapsed like a bowl of jello. Mitt Romney is not Presidential material, or at least he has shown no evidence of it thus far.
“So Mitt’s a Mormon..I’m Catholic. SO WHAT!! He believes in the SAME God that I do (ie., NOT Allah).”
Is it that you do not know the God of Catholicism or that
you do not know the very different god of mormonism (of which
there are a great many)??