Posted on 12/26/2007 7:02:35 PM PST by TheLion
Bleeding-heart types looking for a "minority cause” for which to advocate in the 2008 presidential elections are torn between the candidacies of a woman, two African- Americans, a Hispanic and a former mayor of Cleveland who is more of a communist than Vladimir Putin.
Tough choices, those, and all of them Democrats.
In the interest of fairness, however, the name of Mitt Romney should be added to the shopping list of those searching for an oppressed minority to support.
As a practicing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), Romney is aligned with one of the most persecuted and oppressed minorities in history. Even in these enlightened times, millions of Americans say they would not vote for the charismatic ex-governor of Massachusetts under any circumstances.
And, in an amazing demonstration of religious bigotry, a New Hampshire liberal rag, the Concord Monitor, used its Sunday editorial pages to tell readers why they should not vote for Mitt Romney.
This "anti-endorsement" is unprecedented, unfair, un-American and unwise.
Editors at the Concord Monitor even went so far as to warn readers that Romney must be stopped ". . . because he lacks the core philosophical beliefs to be a trustworthy president."
IHT: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/23/america/Romney-Anti-Endorsement.php
That particular bit of editorial malfeasance is a thinly-veiled assault on Romney's Mormon faith, pure and simple.
Fact of the matter is that Mitt Romney is the most conservative candidate running for the White House. He is also the most experienced and qualified, a fact attested to by his service as the governor of liberal-infested Massachusetts, and by his enormously successful personal finances.
Mitt Romney knows how to work with people from diverse political backgrounds, how to overcome discrimination and adversity, and he knows how to run a large organization. No other candidate comes close to matching his qualifications for taking over the Oval Office on Ja
We are supposed to over look those facts. I've studied Romney's record and concluded the same thing you did. He became conservative when it became convienent to do so. Nothing more, nothing less. To compare him favorably to Ronald Reagan is a travesty.
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At this post, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944413/posts, we can read the following comments: Peter LaBarbera, longtime pro-family advocate and founder of the Republicans For Family Values website, is calling on pro-family leaders who have endorsed Mitt Romney to withdraw their support for his candidacy in light of his recent comments on NBC's "Meet the Press" supporting pro-homosexual "sexual orientation" state laws. "Mitt Romney's Christmas present to the homosexual lobby disqualifies him as a pro-family leader," LaBarbera said. "Laws that treat homosexuality as a civil right are being used to promote homosexual 'marriage,' same-sex adoption and pro-homosexuality indoctrination of schoolchildren. These same laws pose a direct threat to the freedom of faith-minded citizens and organizations to act on their religious belief that homosexual behavior is wrong. "Romney may have had a late conversion on abortion, but it appears his ninth-inning flip-flop on homosexuality is falling short due to his strong commitment to 'gay rights,'" LaBarbera said. (See the 'Mitt Romney Deception' report) "Now some pro-family leaders –– who have raised millions of dollars over the years opposing 'gay' activism –– will need to explain how they can go on supporting an openly pro-homosexual-agenda candidate."
The fact is that Romney came out in support of forcing businesses to hire any and ALL "sexual minorities" in 1994; then backed off of that position in an interview with the National Review; now he has taken a third position by saying that he favors "states" rather than the federal government to impose such hiring mandates upon businesses of a certain size.
Romney has also been pro-civil unions for homosexuals (a position he hasn't backed away from to my knowledge) & domestic partnership benefits for homosexuals...all avenues of homosexual marriage "lite."
Anyone cabn look at Romney and his wonderful family and see that he is not hollow.
Hi, I'm Mitt Romney and you can trust me to live up to my promises.
I've promised to protect a woman's right to an abortion and I've promised to work to end a woman's right to an abortion.
I've promised to support gun control and I've promised to fight gun control.
I've promised to lower taxes and I've promised to raise taxes.
I've promised to close our borders and I've promised to fight to keep them open.
Trust me. I keep my promises. You just never know which ones I'll keep.
-—You must not be LCMS
You take Luther’s statement and really stretch it.
Having been to the Schloskirche in Wittenberg and the Wartberg Castle where he wrote the Bible in the vernacular
and creating the modern day German language.
His birth house and where he was ordained as a priest.
Have studied the history. You don’t come close.-—
Funny, but Luther doesn’t mention travels, denominational persuasion, history, or common usage as being compelling reasons. But, thank you for your comments.
“Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Holy Scriptures or by evident reason-for I can believe neither pope nor councils alone, as it is clear that they have erred repeatedly and contradicted themselves-I consider myself convicted by the testimony of Holy Scripture, which is my basis; my conscience is captive to the Word of God. Thus I cannot and will not recant, because acting against one’s conscience is neither safe nor sound. God help me. Amen.”
Martin Luther
Don't sit it out completely, there may be some conservatives "down ticket" who need your vote.
Its only when their man skins a rat that is ok, should someone they don’t like show how it is done in Pinko state they all yell fowl play!
I don’t fancy Fredheads their personality reminds me of Sadducee!
Correct. And your local government is the most important, because that is what immediately affects you.
Actually, 3 of the 13 secondary sources--not the original sources (2001 + early 2007)--are found on Sam Brownback's campaign Web site...so now Brownback is in your vast "left-wing" MSM conspiracy theory now?
The Chris Wallace interview transcript from August 2007 is online...so even a "transcript" becomes some vast "left-wing" MSM conspiracy? (What? Then why haven't Mitt's handlers taken on Fox over some alleged "errant" transcript?)
What? Are you seriously claiming that the MSM has misquoted Mitt? So the MSM's tape recorders & cameras have a "liberal spin cycle" just like your washing machine? Or maybe your personal spin cycle is just on overdrive?
If you want the most persecuted and oppressed minorities, I have a short list:
Jews
Blacks
Armenians
Slavs
Amen! I rather like the Mormons I know personally and I know that not everybody does, but Lillpot's statement should qualify for some kind of insane hyperbole award.
We can add:
-Gypsies
-Huguenots
-Copts (and any other non-Muslims in Muslim countries)
-People who wore glasses in Pol Pot's Cambodia (indicating that they could probably read and write and were therefore subversive.)
A point that is completely slurred over by Romney's supporters.
In the areas of Life, Guns, Gays, and Illegals, Romney flunks the test.
Brownback (an opposing candidate)attacks....how clever. Chris Wallace, the ultimate liberal attacks....how clever.
You did however, prove my point.
“But ever since he decided to run for president...he has labored to present himself as a rock-ribbed man of the right. He has hired a team of White Tape People to tell him where he needs to stand to win his party’s nomination.”
Look who he was supporting from 89 to 93, no wonder he was against both Reagan and the 1994 Contract with America.
“So, between July 1989 and October 1993, Romney exclusively financed these three Democrats.” (No Republicans)
Willard Mitt Romney donated $250 in 1992 to then-U.S. Rep. Dick Swett’s (D New Hampshire) successful re-election campaign. The one-term congressman served another term before losing to Republican Charles Bass in 1994. Two years later, Swett ran unsuccessfully against Republican Bob Smith for one of the Granite State’s U.S. Senate seats.
In 1992, the former Massachusetts governor and current Republican presidential contender also donated $250 to Rep. John J. La Falce (D New York) and $1,000 to Douglas Delano Anderson, an unsuccessful Democratic primary candidate for the U.S. Senate seat held by Utah Republican Jake Garn, who retired that year.
The two Democratic House members who Romney funded were solidly liberal. For 1992, Rep. Swett had a 32 rating (out of 100) from the American Conservative Union and an 85 from the liberal Americans for Democratic Action. That year, LaFalce scored a 12 ACU rating and a Swett-like 85 from the ADA.
“Romney confirmed he voted for former U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas in the state’s 1992 Democratic presidential primary, saying he did so both because Tsongas was from Massachusetts and because he favored his ideas over those of Bill Clinton,” Scot Lehigh and Frank Phillips reported in the February 3, 1994 Boston Globe.
Oh I would never do that and preach against it .
Romney and his supporters have effectively convinced me and many others that he very well might be more Liberal and more anti-gun than Rudy .
I don’t think that is very accurate there bud!
Un-American? America was founded on the concepts of liberty and freedom, including freedom of religion, freedom of the press and freedom of speech. There is nothing un-American about criticising candidates or any facet of their lives including their personal philosophies or their religious beliefs. It's a guaranteed freedom. Perhaps the RINO Romney and his supporters would prefer living in a closed society where criticism and free speech are not allowed? If a candidate can't take the heat, he should stay out of the kitchen!
I sure we could dig up some of the same things for any candidate, in fact I am sure of it!
I like F.T., I hope he wins the nomination, I know he can beat anyone the rats come up with.
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