To foes, Mitt is such a man of faith, it’s scary

The Boston Herald ^ | 12/05/07 | Joe Fitzgerald

[Reaganesque]

This is something I have been saying for months here. My favorite line is this: "Nothing alarms them (secularists) more than a man or woman who can’t be bullied and won’t be silenced." The Left cannot fathom such a man or woman. In order to be "real", in the eyes of the Left, a politician must smoke, drink, swear, womanize, cheat on his wife or have some other serious moral flaw. Now along comes a politician who actually makes a concerted effort to practice what he preaches and it terrifies them. The only thing sadder than this Liberal attitude is the growing number of Conservatives who hold the same view.

[Reaganesque]

Mitt Ping!

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[Graybeard58]

Huck is a “man of faith” a whole lot closer to mine than Mitt is but I won’t vote for him either.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

$50 copay for the planned murder of the most helpless.
I hope I never get as religious as Willard. /S

[Ingtar]

The only thing sadder than t his Liberal attitude is the growing number of Conservatives who hold the same view. I think you had an extra letter in there.

[Turret Gunner A20]

Imagine, a man of faith, comfortable with his beliefs, running for president.

YIKES!!! EEEEEK!! GASP!!!! HORRORS!!!!

I might even go so far as to say "Heavens to Betsy!!!!!

[TheLion]

Great piece....thanks.

[org.whodat]

Mitt Romney’s problem isn’t that he’s a Mormon; his problem, in the eyes of the crowd now nipping at his heels, is that he’s serious about it.

BS, the problem with Mitt is that he is a liberal, trying to pretend to be a conservative.

[big'ol_freeper]

Mitt is a man of faith. Faith in big-government solutions and liberal social ideas. And during his baptism into the faith as Governor of Massachusetts he demonstrated over and over again that he worships at the alter of liberalism.

[Utah Girl]

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.

As I was driving to work this morning, they were dishing dirt on Huckabee. Apparently when he was the governor of Arkansas, he let a convicted rapist go free (the rapist held a gun to the teenager's head and raped her in full daylight. He received life plus 20 years. Huckabee said it was a general conversation, the victim said she went to Huckabee's office and pled that rapist not be released.) I think Hillary! is dancing her happy dance right now and releasing the stuff on Huckabee... And if the Christians think that the Dems, the Left, and the media will stop with the Mormons, they are sadly mistaken.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Oscar-Mayer couldn’t produce more baloney than in this article if it tried.

[freddy2008]

Seperated at birth??

[Utah Girl]

Plus, the MSM doesn’t bat an eye when Hillary! talks in church about her religious experiences. I am not going to judge whether or not she is sincere, but it seems to be only the conservatives who are getting grief over their beliefs and values.

[Petronski]

If Willard were such a strong man of faith, he wouldn’t have been pro-abortion for 35 years.

[Leisler]

I don’t think Mitt’s a liberal either. I mean, he has been, but it was a matter of convenience.

It’s odd that his consistent personal values haven’t been translated into a central, consistent political view, that is other than ever higher office.

[kinoxi]

You forgot “harumpf!” This article seems more inclined to an “Eegads!” sort of approach IMO.

[tantiboh]

~”$50 copay for the planned murder of the most helpless.”~

There’s an old saw. You do know, of course, that Romney vetoed that particular provision, right? And that his veto was overridden by the MA legislature?

You may want to learn a little more before you resume repeating the libelous mud that people have tried to stick to Romney.

[mountainbunny]

FTA: Imagine, a man of faith, comfortable with his beliefs, running for president.

I think if he were comfortable discussing his faith, his people wouldn't be push-polling on the subject and blaming other candidates. His religion is a big part of who he is - he is or was a Ward Bishop in his church, he ranks high in the hierarchy. It's a big part of who he is? Fine - why is he so uncomfortable that he needs to make a special speech about it? Why can't it be part and parcel of what he says all the time?

The fact that he doesn't discuss it is very disturbing. The fact that he's changed so many of his opinions about so many key issues, coupled with the fact that he dodges the religious issue makes me wary and makes him look slick and slippery.

I'm Catholic - it's an integrated part of who I am and it doesn't take any effort to figure out that I'm happy and comfortable with it. It comes up in conversation. Not so with Mitt Romney.

[claudiustg]

Mitt will be President, G-d willing and numb ones here say will make any difference. You’ll notice that almost all their effort is directed against Mitt; they hardly raise a whisper to support Thompson.

[E. Cartman]

Huck is a “man of faith” a whole lot closer to mine than Mitt is but I won’t vote for him either.

I do NOT want another cracker snake-handler in The Oval Office. It was Jimmy Carter's and George Bush's implacable faiths that got them into so much trouble and led them to pursue policies that make no sense politically or logistically. I'd rather have Hillary Clinton in the Oval Office than another southern governor like Huckabubba, who thinks Jesus speaks to him from his breakfast burrito. And, I am a regular church-going Catholic.