[Reaganesque]

Given the sour grapes going on in other threads this afternoon, I think this deserves it's own thread.

[Reaganesque]

Mitt Ping!

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[Alex Murphy]

Ping to read later.

[Question Liberal Authority]

I'm not sure if I buy it. All these political scientists assured me that Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein would have nothing to do with each other because of their religious differences.

I live in Arizona which has a lot of LDS. There are LDS candidates in darn near every single election. It's never been an issue.

Orrin Hatch is a Mormon. Harry Reid is a Mormon. You never hear anyone complain about it.

I actually think that Mitt will have an easier time with the press because his religion is kind of out there and exotic. They can attack fundamentalist Christians just fine, but being a Mormon almost qualifies you as being Multicultural.

[big'ol_freeper]

Well there you have it folks. If you are one of the 80% of Freepers who oppose Mitt Romney, Reaganesque has declared you an anti-Mormon bigot. Of course previously Mittbots only impugned the good name of individual Freepers one at a time. Having a thread to declare this blanket designation is quite a bit more efficient.

Oh, and Go Pats!

U.S. Army Retired

[angkor]

>>>>the pattern is especially strong for conservative Evangelicals. According to the poll, 57 percent of them have a bias against Mormons.

Odd coincidence I guess, but an older and completely unrelated Pew poll showed that about 55 to 60 percent of Evangelicals (”Values Voters” ???) would expressly NOT vote for Mitt.

Kind of confirms their religious bigotry.

[curiosity]

"There is no question that Romney has changed his positions on some issues, but so have some of the other candidates,” Geer said. “Why does the label stick to Romney but not his opponents? At least some of the answer lies in Romney’s Mormon beliefs.”

That could be part of the answer. The other problem, I think, is that Romney usually takes a position unequivocally, so when he changes it, the change is easy to spot. Thompson, on the other hand, at least in the past, tended to use equivocal and weasly language when talking about, say, abortion, so his flip-flop becomes much less apparent.

[americanophile]

surprise, surprise!

[greyfoxx39]

From your post: The survey shows that 50 percent of conservative Evangelicals evaluate a moderate Christian candidate more positively than a conservative Mormon candidate.

Tsk, Tsk....however, THIS is just fine, isn't it?

John Podhoretz, noting that Romney appears to have won 94 percent of Mormons in Nevada, comments: "(Forget Mike Huckabee’s claim on evangelicals; a number like that suggests Romney is this year’s unqualified king of identity politics.)"

HERE

Just a coincidence, isn't it?

I have been stating for monthst that Mitt's religion is a factor in the race. Just wait until the general rolls around and the Clinton machine and MSM get REALLY started, if we are unlucky enough that Mitt gets the nomination...say hello to President Hillary.

[xzins]

What if someone really is against Romney because of his flip-flopping?

What words are we supposed to say so that everyone knows it’s the flip-flopping that’s the major issue with us?

[Elsie]

“We find that of those who accuse Romney of flip-flopping, many admit it is Romney’s Mormonism and not his flip-flopping that is the real issue,” Benson said.

So?

Just what percentage is MANY???

I'll bet we get a long thread by folks on both sides of this issue argueing over a flimsy (almost non-existant) data set!

[Elsie]

The poll, which was conducted by Polimetrix, included an oversample of Southern Evangelicals that Geer said measured bias with far more precision than previous efforts.

WHAT??

Does this mean that they REPEATEDLY asked folks to build up the numbers??

You'll need a bit MORE than a grain for this one!