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I do not participate in baiting on the Mitt threads.

I would oppose Romney b/c I think he is a johnny-come-lately to conservatism and I don’t believe he really is one.

All I can say is that I view Mormonism as a cult wrt the doctrine of my faith. I’m sure Mitt is a nice guy and all, but there is no reason to accept Mormonism as something it is not. The fact that Romney is a Mormon would not be a deciding factor into my vote for him as president, but it is part of who he is. The only religion that a candidate would profess that would disqualify him for my vote is Islam.

My personal vote is for Tancredo. Unfortunately, he does not have a chance b/c of the oligarchy the GOP has become.

The only religion that a candidate would profess that would disqualify him for my vote is Islam.

Agree. Islam is a totalitarian cult that expands by violence and subversion. Personally, I don't like Mormonism either. Nor Catholicism (though I think our Catholic Supremes are just fine and I only dislike the one who claims to be Catholic/conservative but never votes that way and I was one of those throwing Aunt Harriet under the bus to get the mackerel-snapping Alito on there. And I'd do it again too because he is a great justice, perhaps even a historic justice). But we're not voting for Pastor-In-Chief either. I like Ron Paul but thought he was a Presby, turns out he's been attending a Reformed Baptist church lately (the big difference between the two is baby-splashing and their preachers often share pulpits). Duncan is a Baptist which is fine but gets no extra points. Huckabee is a Baptist preacher turned politician which makes me a little wary but I don't favor him because of his slick talk and tax-raising liberal tendencies, not because he's a Baptist. And I don't even know what Tanc is but I do like him and I could vote for him even if he was Mormon. Or Catholic. Or Baptist. Or Presbyterian. Or evangelical. Whatever. He's just a good man and he has, like Ron Paul, had many nasty shots taken at him that were entirely undeserved. That nastiness in the first debate over the Know-Nothing wing of the GOP was directed at him and it made me mad to see him treated that way. If I hadn't hated Giuliani already, seeing that would have done the trick for me.

My personal vote is for Tancredo. Unfortunately, he does not have a chance b/c of the oligarchy the GOP has become.

It's hard to elect a single-issue candidate as president. Tanc and Duncan have good records overall besides borders/illegals. But in the public's mind, if they know anything about them, that's about all they've heard about. Ron Paul has a bit more diversity in his support, a larger small-government and pro-liberty agenda. But even RP isn't as "broad" a candidate as generally gets elected. Generally, it's true that we elect candidates to stop something or stop someone, not to enact a whole slew of new stuff which usually scares off enough voters that they lose. And that is why Ron Paul, overall, is the radical candidate in the race. In both parties, no one else is advocating such fundamental changes to our bloated and incompetent federal government.