How many Mormons ran for President before Romney...NONE.
I know the GOP is trying to make discussions about the odd aspects of Mormonism politically incorrect. But as a conservative, I am not really into political correctness. People deserve to know about the candidates running for office - including Obama.
We knew this was coming from the press if Mittens got the nomination. Here it is. You will see more of it. Romney was a Bishop and Mormonism must be discussed in the normal vetting process, before our first affirmative action Marxist where vetting was named racist, of a Presidential candidate.
How many Mormons ran for President before Romney...NONE.
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Actually, their founder Joseph Smith, Jr ran for POTUS in 1844. He was the first POTUS candidate who was assassinated, although it can be fairly argued that he wasn’t killed because of his campaign but because of his other behavior.
Beyond a Bishop (equiv to a Catholic priest or a Protestant Pastor), Romney was what the LDS call a ‘Stake President’ (equiv to a Catholic Bishop). He was middle management for them.
I’m not politically correct either. ;)
How many Mormons ran for President before Romney...NONE.
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AH there was Joey Smith, the first mormon...
1844
he sent out mormon missionaries to knock on doors and campaign for him...
Sorry; you must have been absent the day this was discussed in American History class.
Try ONE.
...the presidential campaign of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith in 1844: “Challenging Democrat James Polk and Whig Henry Clay, Smith prophesied that if the U.S. Congress did not accede to his demands that ‘they shall be broken up as a government and God shall damn them.’
Smith viewed capturing the presidency as part of the mission of the church.
HUNTSMAN ran at the same time as Romney.