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
I’ll study that site when I have some time. Are you a Romney supporter?
Balderdash!
There are plenty of good conservative Mormons I could support for President. Slippery Mitt is not one of them.
I think that was the writers view!
Blasphemy using the name M.R. with Reagan.
I worked at Reagan’s headquarter’s here in San Diego when he first ran for gov. Saw and heard him many, many times then and while gov. and Pres. in person.
This was a great man.
Mitt does not come close nor in any way like Reagan.
Mitt will be another looser like his liberal anti war dad.
Not a supporter per se, but our primary election isn’t for another five months so I’m procrastinating.
But alas, the FEC’s website is pretty fascinating. I may link to it in a seperate thread here before too long.
What about socks, though?
I have these special, magic socks...
How profoundly true. His supporters are so busy trashing Mitt Romney, that they left their candidate in the dark!
-—Interesting that the Concord Monitor is pushing Huckabee and the Union Leader is pushing McCain....strange politics up there in New Hampshire.-—
They are practicing the politics of division; they are playing the Republicans for chumps!
Thank you for your input!
You betcha!
It’s Master Pragmatist to you ......
I know you have trouble with proper grammar , but I tend to utilize good grammar every chance that it’s presented to me .
Oh and what’s wrong with tea ? Are you one of those uncultured morons that permeates this planet ?
Way to go, Rush Baby! (from the prior Rush generation). :-)
I may disagree with Mormon theology -- I do think they're wrong on some things (as I do about Catholics and Protestants), but I do not think that such things bear on the issues facing the President of the U.S. today.
But beyond that my personal acquaintances with Mormons in both private and public sector tells me that they tend to be good folk. Being Mormon should be no block to public office.
(I still don't like Mitt, but that's based on other issues.)
After all, it was Willard who lied about Reagan's pro-life credentials.
Yes he is....thanks for restating that.
Umm... gimme some time, okay? *\;-)
Just look at this.
Ping!
humble, you seem to be compelled into different sorts of action by a certain group of geriatric tarts.
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