So am I. Hence, the phrasing I used in post #38 I've used DOZENS of times going back to 2007: ...certainly one quality of voter discernment among many others...namely, voting record, present position statements & rampant inconsistency of past position statements, social issues' stances, character, viability, scandal-free past, etc.
In my long participation on FR, I don't recall ever seeing a similarly focused thread about any other candidate's religion. [Wolfstar]
Dennis Kucinich was a candidate in '08. But he was a Democrat. He's also a New Ager. Were Kucinich a RINO Republican like Romney & he was running again, you better believe you'd see a lot of New Age threads on FR.
Otherwise, show me a popular cult similar to Mormonism -- made up of conservatives -- who frequent FR & have a few POTUS candidates...hence, you can't name one...hence, the explanation as to why you don't see similarly focused threads.
Thank you. At least you understand the core point I was making. As for Kucinich, hahahaha. Can't help laughing. He was never a serious candidate, but one of those fringe types who runs every cycle only to raise their own personal profile.
Can't prove a negative, though, so how a Republican fringe whacko candidate like Kucinich would be treated on FR on religious grounds will never be known. We see a lot of comments here about Obama and his affinity for Islam, so who knows.
The overwhelming majority of Republican candidates for president are Christians from one of the Protestant denominations, so it's rare for religion to even be discussed as an issue, as Romney's Mormon faith has been. I can't help wondering if there was a serious Republican candidate for president who happened to be a Roman Catholic, how would FReeperdom treat that person.