I would have voted for Romney in a second if I had thought he agreed with my view of conservatism. If these arrests had taken place and many convictions had been obtained, I wouldn’t judge him to have been of the same mind as the perps.
Are you saying you wouldn’t have voted for him based on his religion? I don’t think that’s your attitude. I don’t think a broad of cross section of society looks at this any differently than you or I do. And if they did, I’ll bet some education in the process of the political campaign would have convinced them otherwise.
If the candidate were a Conservative, he would most likely be of better character than a Liberal, IMHO.