Posted on 08/20/2007 9:18:44 AM PDT by mojito
Even though Mitt Romney can't seem to dislodge Rudy Giuliani atop the national GOP polls, and can't even draw as much poll support as Fred Thompson, who isn't even running yet, there is an understandable anticipatory buzz about him.
He may well be the eventual choice of his party if the Thompson phenomenon fizzles or if Giuliani supporters simply grow weary of navigating the obstacles posed by his past and his politics.
In an appearance in Texas last week, I saw Romney energize a crowd with just the kind of speech a GOP nominee should give-- strong and unapologetic on the war, upbeat and resolute about the future. This is a typical Romney performance, and it earns him speculation that he has nowhere to go but up.
This is wholly deserved. But the issue of his religion, which some say has been overplayed, has in fact not been addressed with nearly the thoroughness and honesty that will be necessary to satisfy some in the Republican voting base.
It has not been addressed well by the candidate, and it has not been handled honestly by pundits. Until it is, it lurks as a torpedo that could spell the doom of his promising candidacy.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Apparently, many still believe the next POTUS will be the National Pastor as well.
*sigh*
I am only worried about an Islamofascist candidate right now. Most other religions I can trust the candidate to keep it out of the job.
Of course, there are many bigoted people who wouldn't vote for someone just because they are Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Mormon...you name it.
The huge problem with Romney being a Mormon is that almost all Christian Conservatives who are familiar with Mormon doctrine will NEVER vote for a Mormon regardless of how well he/she can deliver a speech. Of course this is simply my opinion.
I wouldn’t necessarily constrain that to “Christian Conservatives”. ANY Christian who took a good, deep look at the foundations and doctrine of the Mormon church would walk away wondering why this cult is given any creedence whatsoever in the minds of intelligent, thinking people.
Actually, he can. He can say. “Hey, I’m no theologian. If you want to get that deep, then go to seminary or something.”
So Mitt believes there was a group of Christians living in the Americas 1600 years ago, what does that have to do with how he would act as POTUS? Nothing.
Wasting his time aswering a bunch of questions about his faith that have nothing to do with how he would govern would only lead people to think such quesitons are relevant.
Nothing new here... more of the usual double standard... some of my best friends are ____ but....
All religions expect their believers to take certain things “on faith” and yet at the same time everyone ELSE’s “faith” just seems nuts. Yawn. I’m glad if Romney is tired of talking about it because I’m getting real tired of hearing about people’s religious insecurities.
I dont think you could be more wrong.
I’m a Christian Conservative and would vote for a Mormon before I voted for a pro-gay, pro-gun control, pro-abortion, Republican candidate.
And yes, I’m VERY well acquainted with the Mormon faith.
Romney is a Mormon? This is the first I am hearing of this. /s
So I asked him : if an entire society existed in North America for centuries before and after the birth of Christ, planting crops, worshiping in a Judeo-Christian fashion, using an Egyptian-Hebrew hybrid language, riding chariots and smelting iron, wouldn't there be archeological evidence of it?Let's just say he didn't accept my invitation down that path.
But earlier in the piece, Mark Davis wrote this:
I envision nothing in their faith that would peel me away from backing an LDS candidate
Oh, really? That means that you some did manage to find a path over, under, around or through that first question.
Please, in the name of all that is theological, tell us that path.
How in doctrine's name to you get from a disturbing lack of archaeological evidence to "nothing in their faith that would peel me away"?
I would really like to know something about that "path". Please enlighten us.
And I don't bring that up to pick a fight with Christianity, but merely to ask you this:
Where were you in 2000 and 2004? Were you out there demanding that George W Bush "explain" Genesis?
As a 100% committed supporter of Fred Thompson (and I am that, I'm not just saying that I am), I find all this questioning of Romney's religion to be dirty, mean, underhanded, spiteful and small-minded.
And finally yes, Mark Davis, aka nimrod, you ARE acting as if Romney were running for Paster-in-Chief.
Here is a copy of an email that I sent to Mark:
“One aspect that bother’s me about Romney’s Mormon religion is not its doctrine. It is the LDS style.
What I mean is the way I see Mormons is that I don’t see them.
They are a clique that seems to have disdain for outsiders. They tend to do business with each other first and only others if there is no other way. At least that’s the way it has always been in my community. I think more than a few voters feel this way.
The issue is not so much what Mormons believe but how they behave, I would like to see him address that. Could you ask him?”
Well, there are “Christian” Conservative bigots, too, you know.
I would not vote for Romney for deacon or elder in my church, but he is not running for either office, but rather for the Presidency. My issue is not with the sincerity of his Mormon faith, but rather with the sincerity of his conversion to political conservatism and his commitment to running the country with the goals of lessening Federal power and reducing regulation and taxation consistent with that goal. America does not need another “compassionate conservative” or a “big government conservative”.
Start with history of blacks in the Mormon faith....
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