holey underwear
Posted on 07/07/2010 8:21:33 PM PDT by colorcountry
Word from inside the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign team is that Romney will abandon his 2008 strategy of seeking to win over social conservatives—evangelical or born-again Christians—for whom his Mormonism is a major deterrent.
In 2008, the Romney campaign had hoped the candidate’s clean-cut, family-man profile would be enough to win over socially conservative Christians, many of whom harbor deep misgivings about Mormonism fed in large part by a thirty-year campaign of “spiritual warfare” against Mormonism begun in the 1980s at Fuller Theological Seminary under the auspices of its anti-“cult” ministries.
Romney’s 2008 candidacy was consistently shadowed not only by evangelical Christian anti-Mormon animus but also by general public misunderstanding of Mormonism and popular ridicule of Mormon beliefs and practices. Romney opponents and media personalities mocked everything from arcane nineteenth-century teachings by LDS Church leaders to the daily wearing by observant LDS Church members of devotional garments under one’s street clothes, a deeply personal form of religious practice dear to Mormons as an expression of personal commitment to the faith.
(Excerpt) Read more at religiondispatches.org ...
From the article:
This time around, the Romney campaign’s decision to quietly set aside the hopes of winning the support of evangelical Christians is likely to have significant strategy impacts not only in Iowa but also in the South. For now, the Romney campaign seems focused on making endorsements—now numbering 100 or more—in key 2010 races, including successful GOP gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley in South Carolina.
This strategy shift reflects a refinement of the Romney 2008 campaign’s tactic of downplaying the candidate’s faith entirely as well as a renewed focus (taking a page from his friend California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s playbook) on emphasizing Romney’s can-do know-how as a successful businessman. Romney’s December 2007 George Bush Presidential Library address—billed by his campaign as a major statement on faith and public life—tellingly skirted the hot topic of his Mormonism almost completely. His recent book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness (2010) offers only a few scant mentions of the candidate’s deep Mormon roots and a simple two-page statement on the importance of “Belief and Purpose” in public life.
Mitt Romney.. just go away, never to be heard from again.
If Romney is selected, it is a sure win for Obama.
1. Romney belongs to a false religion
2. 15-24% of voters consistently say they will not vote for someone in that religion
3. It is probably a greater percentage of Republican voters
4. Romney laid the groundwork to bankrupt MA with RomneyCare (see today’s WSJ article)
5. Romney is a RINO and will lose Conservatives, with the exception of Utah, which makes you wonder if they are conservatives...
6. Romney was dishonest when allowing his staff to pose as policeman with fake badges
It would be a stupid move to nominate him.
I wonder why he thinks he can win without the Christian conservatives.
They’re a big chunk of the voter base among Repubicans.
He's a non-starter.
Why are we still talking about this jerk?
That’s too large a block to surrender. He only stands a chance if there’s no candidate that appeals to the socons or that vote is split in several directions.
If it’s between Mitt and Sarah, Mitt gets smoked.
This article is hogwash.
Nana to the editing rescue... Word from inside the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign team is that Romney will abandon his 2008 strategy of seeking to win over social conservatives—evangelical or born-again Christians—for whom his liberalism is a major deterrent.
He badly wants to be President. He’ll do whatever it takes to buy votes and manipulate the truth (as he did repeatedly in the last go round).
I’ve written that if Mitt could win by running as a transgendered
Hispanic woman/man, he’d be doing it right now...
holey underwear
“Hey, and if that doesn’t work, let me tell you another one . . .”
It would be a stupid move to nominate him.
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Too bad Steele won’t be able to fundraise for him . . .
I suppose Bob Dole could sing.
Stupid strategy.
If the story is true, Romney doesn’t seem to have too much sense.
How can he hope to win without the support of so many millions of Americans?
Stupid strategy.
If the story is true, Romney doesn’t seem to have too much sense.
How can he hope to win without the support of so many millions of Americans?
Before folks start convulsing, one word will keep Mittens out of the White House forever: “Romneycare”.
He’s a non-starter.
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A bit like the photo of Gingrich and Pelosi sitting on the couch together.
Fatal wounds.
The premise of this article is just plain off the mark and stupid.
If this is Romney’s Craptastic PR company leading him to believe his religion had anything substantive to do with his failure to ascend to the presidency, then he isn’t as smart as I thought.
He was a lackluster go along to get along, spineless, air sucking lizard, who agreed with everyone in the debates.
He just didn’t have a soul or spirit and frankly, neither did anyone of the other candidates. No ideas, No strategies to lead, no message invoking the spirit of America.
Instead he ceded ground and let an apologist and globull bootlicker sell his version of being an international dressmaker who will bow and curtsy to everyone who has been so called “unfairly” treated and who followed through on his promise to stand with the moslem and islam.
Romney had only significant speech, which was full of fire and very inspiring.
Unfortunately, you shouldn’t let your concession speech be your salutation and salvo, at the same time.
His religion has absolutely nothing to do with voters decisions.
How would he square a supposed election of a Hussein, who we all suspect is a moslem or at the least a sympathizer?
And we wouldn’t elect a Mormon? Someone who is at least an American?
Lame excuse.
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