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
Libspeak.
Nobody posted Mitt and his wife in their magic underwear yet. I’m surprised.
In THIS day and age?
Pshaw.
The very IDEA that anyone would do something as ridiculous as
wearing sacred underwear, as dictated by some church, is beyond comprehension.
Why, if a church were able to compel a man to do THAT,
then what else might they be able to compel him to do?
Dangerous stuff, if the underwear-slave is holding a high office.
Posters are threatened for doing that.
Disgusting comment.
Disgusting comment.
Ps, here come the Mormon jammers.
Every one of these Romney threads runs 10 times longer with 10 times more posts that any Fred thread. Sometimes 100 times more! No wonder Fred can’t get any traction. No one’s talking about him.
That's obscene.
If you want the most persecuted and oppressed minorities, I have a short list:
Jews
Blacks
Armenians
Slavs
Is mormonjam similar to grape jam?
You nailed it . They are running the Klinton playbook, but this is the last place on earth to try that ....
Speaks volumes about Team Romney .....
Thank you for your many kind words about Mormons!
Interesting that the Concord Monitor is pushing Huckabee and the Union Leader is pushing McCain....strange politics up there in New Hampshire.
I'm curious....How can it not?
How dare you equate....
lordy lordy such talk dear me,
Oh by the way sir Pragmatist
Does your lady Gwendolyn turn up her little pinkie Whilst the two of you sip your tea?
I refer you to my post #30.
Mormons are a designated oppressed minority? Who’d of thunk it?
No , we are stopping the Leftist Romney Putsch that you are continuously attempting ...
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