Romney to Address His Mormonism

New York Times ^ | December 2, 2007 | Michael Luo

[Cyber Liberty]

Sure. Stop pretending Romney’s tough enough to be President. When push comes to shove, I’ve yet to met a Mormon who will defend his faith, and it’s a detriment to all of us who try to support him. Note I say “him.”

[Cyber Liberty]

Have you ever worked to support a candidate who was attacked for his Mormonism, only to see your hard work thrown away at the alter of “Beneath me to respond?”

[Cyber Liberty]

One more thing before I log off for the night. Please specify what’s untrue.

[nesnah]

Damn, you’re just like greyfoxx. You stir up troulbe with facts. Stop it, OK?

[greyfoxx39]

You have FReepmail.

[FastCoyote]

“Mormons also make covenants to live a righteous and purposeful life. They also symbolize it as a reminder. If they choose to keep it to themselves and wear their reminder as an under garment, what is that to you?”

Of course you conveniently leave off the attribution of the power to ward off evil to garmies, which is the cause of the skepticism. If it were just a vestment, no one would give a hoot.

[broncobilly]

My earlier point stands: Romney will fold up like a cheap suit in the face of Democrat attacks upon his religion, and we’ll all suffer for it if we’re foolish enough to nominate him for president.

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That is false. Mormons have had almost 200 years of this crap. They are used to it.
An attack on Romney’s religion would probably backfire.
Unfortunately, too many of his Republican fair weather friends would desert him rather than oppose such an attack on general principles. It is they who would fold like a house of cards.

[Cyber Liberty]

thanks, I appreciate that. Let us be in peace today.

[FastCoyote]

“I didn’t know you were Mormon!”

I am a Reformed Reformed Mormon, having obtained my own planet early.

[greyfoxx39]

:)

[Cyber Liberty]

Google “Matt Salmon” some time when you have a moment. My wife and I worked hard to get him elected Governor of AZ, and he threw the election rather than fight an accusation he favors polygamy.

[GOP_Lady]

Here’s your answer:

Dennis talks to Jon Keller, commentator on WBZ-TV, Boston’s CBS affiliate. His new book is The Bluest State: How Democrats Created the Massachusetts Blueprint for American Political Disaster.

http://townhall.com/TalkRadio/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=3&ContentGuid=3bf88c2b-b2fe-4836-9962-efc96a987b06

[Cyber Liberty]

(For the record, a lot of what I say is in jest)

[nesnah]

Quite frankly, I am a former Mor_on as well. Thankfully, my inward suspicions have been confirmed by research. The internet is a good thing - like a huge library at your beckoned call.

Anyone who denies the obvious is too ignorant anyway. Let ‘em vote for their man Mitt. It’s not like they feel that way because he’s a Mor_on, is it? No, it’s because he’s the best candidate for the job.

[La Enchiladita]

I am not Mormon and I like most Mormons I have met. For one thing they, their resources and records have been invaluable in my family history research.

I am Christian, born and raised such, and was never taught any prejudice against other Christians. I had no idea of the extent to which such bigotry exists until signing up on this and other conservative political forums.

Needless to say, I need to wear the highest high waders to view this thread. But, more than that, is this hatred really a part of traditional conservatism? I would think the opposite would be so, as our Nation was founded on religious tolerance.

Anyway, as awkwardly as this NYT article is titled, I am glad to see Romney doing this. It is the perfect thing. If he doesn’t step out and publicly address his faith and where he stands on it, then it will just dog him and nip at his heels. This is a very good move on Mitt’s part.

[greyfoxx39]

(I realize that, but some might not.)

[Cyber Liberty]

I’ve only met one Mormon who was a crappy person. By and large, I like them, and I live in a place where there are a lot of them.

[MHGinTN]

“I am Christian, born and raised such ...” Interesting, I didn’t know God had people being born Christian. You might want to check that belief with the standard Christian works of Romans and Galatians ...

[nesnah]

The one issue I had is that when you fall away from the church, as it were, you really find out who is a genuine friend and who is not. My experience was that I ceased to exist to my Mor_on friends upon this occurring. Yes, good Christains, all.

[ansel12]

“I just noticed Zakeet is a FReeper who only posts articles but does not respond, and is among those who rely solely on the New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post etal, for their postings re Romney.”

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Wow! you simply made that up, you Romney people need some lessons in honesty. I just checked his history, he posts comments and on various threads, he even responded on post 12 of this thread.

There is this thread he started, and then the previous one is this:

Posted by Zakeet
On News/Activism 12/02/2007 12:42:15 PM PST · 11 replies

Associated Press ^ | December 2, 2007 | Jim Kuhnhenn
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign called on rival Barack Obama to shut down a political action committee he controls that has contributed money to elected officials in early presidential contest states. Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson posed the demand to chief Obama strategist David Axelrod during a television interview Sunday and the campaign followed up with a press release shortly after. Wolfson accused Obama of using the PAC in “apparent contravention of campaign finance laws.” The aggressiveness of the Clinton camp is a testament to the increasingly tight race between the two in Iowa, where polls show Obama in...

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