[Reaganesque]

Given the over heated rhetoric of late, occasioned by several prominent Evangelicals endorsing (gasp!) a Mormon for President, I thought this analysis, coming from an Evangelical ethicist was very relevant to the political discussion going on here on FR about Mitt Romney. The author's views stand in stark contrast to the breathless hyperbole we have heard of late with charges of Socialist, Communist, Stalinist, dictator, destroyer, deceiver and worse that have been coming from a small group here on FR.

[Reaganesque]

Mitt Ping!

• Send FReep Mail to Unmarked Package to get [ON] or [OFF] the Mitt Romney Ping List •

[Dante3]

A few seem to hate every Republican who is running.

[Spiff]

Thank you for posting this.

[Petronski]

Reagan’s Eleventh Commandment: speak no ill of a fellow Republican.

The Romney Sleaze Machine knows this rule, but simply ignores it.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I am not opposing Governor Mitt Romney based on his religion. We are not electing a pope, prophet, pastor, rabbi or imam, we are electing a secular president of our nation. Governor Romney clearly has years of fantastic business and organizational experience, and if that were the only criteria, he would be my hands-down favorite. If he had governed Massachusetts in a conservative manner, I would be a staunch supporter. He did not. We can ill afford obvious RINOs like Romney, Huckabee and Giuliani when we face a House run by Nancy Pelosi and a Senate where Harry Reid rules the roost. We need a man like Fred Thompson, who can go to the people, explain the path we need to take, and convince them to call & write Congress, like President Reagan did. Many here say that Fred Thompson is no Ronald Reagan, and they are both right and wrong. No one duplicates another human being, but Fred is as close as we’re going to get to Mr. Reagan in this generation.

[George W. Bush]

article: "Republicans can get surly with candidates other than their favorite at this stage of the primary season."

Gee, Mr. Reynolds, ya think? LOL.

Maybe the writer is a FReeper.

Pre-primaries get so militant. Like a bunch of little hit-and-run commando raids on the other candidate camps. It's so tribal. Look around at FR if you need proof.

[RobRoy]

http://ex-mormon.com/
http://www.exmormon.org/
http://www.exmormon.net/

Read and learn.

[ansel12]

Here is the link to the article that the author refers to.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GreggJackson/2007/11/02/is_this_the_end_of_evangelicalism_in_america

[Spiff]

Gregg reminds me of some of the more unhinged posters on FR who suffer from severe cases of MRDS (Mitt Romney Derangement Syndrome).

[Lions Gate]

Mr. Romney is on the right side of many positions, he just hasn’t been there very long.

I still couldn’t vote for a man who believes he is a god, will someday rule his own planet, and his wife will continue to have multitudes of babies to repopulate the planet.

Just think for a moment about these nutty, false beliefs from the Mormon cult before you REALLY consider voting for Mr. Romney.

[George W. Bush]

Jackson: A disturbing sign of the state of American evangelicalism has appeared in the seventh year of the 21st century in a Townhall.com article

Shouldn't that be "21st century Anno Domini"?

He manages to be both medieval and a pretentious ass (donkey) in just one sentence. What an idiot. I know better after one sentence than to listen to anything so inflated a writer might say.

I agree entirely with the writer in his comments on Jackson's bizarre attack on Grudem and Romney. I think the Mormon-bashers should be dragged to this thread forcibly, kicking and screaming, and forced to debate every portion of this article. But I think you'll find this is a thread that the Mormon-bashers won't want to visit because it shows them for what they are: small-minded religious bigots that harm our party.

I think it's fine to prefer another candidate or to oppose Mitt because you don't like his record or have trust issues with him, whatever. But this religious bigotry that we've seen on thread after thread is disgusting. And it harms our forum far more than it hurts Mitt Romney's chances to become our nominee.

[Elsie]

Inhale!!!

[greyfoxx39]

charges of Socialist, Communist, Stalinist, dictator, destroyer, deceiver and worse that have been coming from a small group here on FR.

You forgot MY favorite, "used-car salesman".

[Romneyfor President2008]

Republicans can get surly with candidates other than their favorite at this stage of the primary season.

No kidding. I think the Fred supporters need to be a little more dignified if they want people to vote for their candidate. People associate candidates with the people around them. If you show no class, people will think your candidate has no class either. Romney supporters need to be dignified and show class all the time against the meanest opposition. People will look at our conduct when evaluating Romney.

[FastCoyote]

“Grudem might be able to practice his theology while working with those who do not . . . as sensible Christians have always done.”

That’s why I’m a Christian bouncer in a titty bar! Cause I’m sensible when it comes to that religion thingy!

[Capt. Tom]

At least for Hewitt, the argument was that opposing Romney only on the grounds of his religion was bigotry.

What if Romney was a Muslim? Would you be a bigot to oppose him on those grounds.

Or can't we pick and chose what supernatural beliefs are OK with us. - tom

[JCEccles]

"Christians" enthusiastically lying on behalf of the Body of Christ?

Apparently it's okay if the target is a Mormon. I don't recall any special dispensation in the New Testament to lie on behalf of the Body of Christ for any reason. Maybe they have additional scriptures they haven't told us about.