ALL: This wannabe open defender of Mitt -- a fellow Mormon -- shows you why Mormons simply CANNOT escape the mind control of Mormonism.
Think of it. It's 2008. Romney's on the ballot in Utah and Nevada. What % of MORMONS voted for Romney in BOTH states?
Answer? 94%
Imagine if you would...if Huckabee...an Evangelical...had rec'd 94% of the vote in states like Mississippi and Iowa?
Had that happened, we'd never had heard the end of that from the MSM, Dems, non-Christians, and even Mormons. We'd been accused of being mind-numbed robots who vote for a fellow Evangelical in a kneejerk way. We'd been accused of engaging in "identity politics" to the nth degree.
But...somehow...when Mormons do this...they get a MAJOR free pass from...
...the MSM...
...Dems...
...non-Christians...
...and every other group, too...
Why?
Mormons are simply "programmed" to vote for fellow Mormons. Yet no charge of "bias" or "bigotry" (intolerant of non-Mormon candidates) is seemingly ever presented?
The Salt Lake Trib -- in early Feb of '08 -- even said that exit poll data of Utah voters showed that they bucked national trends of voters in other states (who voted on the "issues") -- and instead voted for Romney based upon "personal qualities." "Personal qualities" was just "Mormon talk" for "Romney's a fellow Mormon."
Hence, we have Mormons like Saundra who can't seemingly separate where Romney has been on the "issues" from who he is as a fellow Mormon.
Why is that Saundra?
There are about 6.3 million Mormons in the U.S.(2007) and, of that number, I’d guess less than half are voting age adults. So, even if ALL Mormons voted for Romney the voting block would only be a fraction of the total vote. I don’t see that as a real threat. Thank God.