he was part of the free speech movement at berkley back in the 60’s
too a little too much LDS
Posted on 01/02/2008 2:48:01 PM PST by restornu
With primaries near, mailer says Romney part of a Mormon plot to oust the Constitution
CLINTON, Iowa - Another anti-Mormon mailer, this one alleging Mitt Romney is part of an LDS Church conspiracy to topple the government, has hit voters' mailboxes in Florida, continuing a string of attacks on the presidential candidate's faith just days before the first primary contest.
The rambling letter, from an organization calling itself the Freedom Defense Advocates, alleges Romney is running for president at the bidding of church leaders and that Mormons are a violent people who want to overthrow the U.S. Constitution.
"Help me sound the alarm that one day the Mormon Church plans to replace the Constitution with a Mormon theocracy," reads the letter, signed by John Boyd.
"Mitt Romney's political success indicates this may be sooner than most have thought. Do you really want a president who believes he will someday become a god? Is that who you want occupying the most powerful position in the world . . . the United States presidency?"
It was unclear Monday how many voters received the mailer, though the group said it was "widespread." The Romney camp said it had only heard of one recipient.
Boyd says he runs a political action committee, though no group by that name has registered with the Federal Elections Commission or the Internal Revenue Service.
The letter - which is also posted on the group's Web site and makes a plea for donations - is one of a string of attacks on Romney's Mormon faith in the past few months in the states with the earliest presidential primary balloting.
South Carolina voters received a Christmas card raising the specter of plural marriage, and phone calls critical of the Mormon faith were reported in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Romney traveling press secretary Eric Fehrnstrom said the letter was a ''contemptible piece of literature and whoever is behind it ought to be ashamed of themselves.''
But Fehrnstrom said the campaign is not going to ask for an investigation and is focused on winning the early Iowa caucus and other primaries and not on the dirty politics going on under the radar.
"Is it a concern? Sure. Whenever people engage in this type of gutterball politics, that is a concern," Fehrnstrom said. "But the vast majority of people that we meet, either in South Carolina or other parts of the country, they don't look so much to what church Mitt Romney belongs to, but they look at the values that he shares with them. Mitt Romney's values are as American as you can find."
Boyd, from Lynchburg, Va., declined to say who belongs to his group or how many mailers went out and to where, but he said it is ''widespread all over the U.S.'' and in the thousands.
He said he shipped out the letters "because Romney is a member of the Mormon cult" and people need to know his plans so he can be stopped. He accuses the campaign of a direct connection to the LDS Church, but offered no direct evidence.
"We just want to alert the voters in these early states, in these key states, the truth of what the church is," Boyd said. Asked what he thought of the Romney campaign's response, he said, "It's not despicable. [But] if telling the truth is despicable, I guess we're guilty."
The St. Petersburg Times first reported on the letter on Monday and noted that the group's Web site was registered Dec. 6 - the day that Romney gave a much heralded speech in College Station, Texas, on the role his faith would play if he were elected.
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Good grief.
what a silly attack.
though, given that the supposed anti-mormon push poll has now been seriously traced backed to the Romney camp, you never know where these things come from.
i bet Obama took LSD, too
He we go with the Romney victim ploy again . It’s strange how it happens everytime things start getting tough for Romney .
The Mormon smearing is way past old. I’m stunned at the religious bigotry that exists.
he was part of the free speech movement at berkley back in the 60’s
too a little too much LDS
does someone really think people will fall for this?
though, given that the supposed anti-mormon push poll has now been seriously traced backed to the Romney camp, you never know where these things come from.
Do you have proof of of your accusation?
Can you disprove the accusation ?
MKy guess is that Timothy Leary is behind this.
There are a lot hate mongers (aka a-holes) out there to spread lies about people and/or religions they don’t agree with.
Some here on FR have posted threads here and beleive it so why not those in the heartland.
I may live in a hick town in the boonies, but I am not stupid........I save my tin foil for when Hillary flies over me. ;^)
Liberal rag SLTribune drums up weeks old material they found on the internet to try to smear Romney the day before the caucus.
...YAWN....
In other news man bites dog.
Not to the negative gloom and doom who believe it, or bigots!
?????? Hehehe .... ok ....
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