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Romney, McCain attack anti-Mormon 'push polls'

[the Orem-based company that was making the telemarketing-type calls into New Hampshire.] The Federal Government will not let me make a sales call for an insurance referral to someones mother/sister. (no call lists) but I can call someone and tell them not to vote for a man/woman because he/she is a Mormon or Jew or 'whatever'.
Ever heard of a law coming back to bite you on the back-side?
Political poetic justice.

Employees of Western Wats who are LDS should quit and talk to their bishops about help while finding other work, and bishops should help them. This is disgraceful.

I have not recieved a phone call like that, yet. It seems the more press Mitt is getting the more satan and "his people" are trying to rally anyone who will listen to speak negitive about the Church.

By the way I don't care what religion the President to be is.

it wouldn't surprise me to find the Romney campaign behind the push-pull calls. It's a great way to get a sympathetic press, and get one's name before the public without having to purchase advertising. Just the type of thing a tyical politician would do (and, when push comes to shove, a "typical politician" is exactly what Romney is.

What's your evidence? Let's hear it, please! Otherwise, kindly stop casting unfounded negativity.

But if Romney was trying to get sympathy for himself, it would seem that he would also be getting sympathy for McCain. Maybe it was somebody who is running against both of them.

I also have a question, I always hear about the Mormon "Secrets" but nobody says what they are. I'm talking about the Mormon haters who keep insisting that there are secrets being kept from even the LDS's. What are the Mormon secrets? Certainly all of those who claim that there are Mormon secrets should be able to tell what they are. What DNA proof do you have about the secrets. And I don't mean revealing what goes on in the temple ceremonies, anybody who choses to take that path in life know what goes on, they are not secrets.

Obama has had to put up with a lot of smear too. People have spread untrue rumors about his religion, his education and his patriotism. Even Romney has participated in this by playing association games with Obama's name. If he is insulted by these tactics perhaps he should not engage in them himself.

I see two issues here.

One is that political candidates should be responsible for what they say about other candidates. The law makes it very easy for anyone to hide by getting a political action committee to do this type of work for them.

Secondly the electorate should reject those candidates who stoop to such tactics. Let's not forgot that George W. Bush did similar things to John McCain in 2001 and the electorate gave him a free pass.

I have worked on major political campaigns in both parties. I have heard how these type of tactics are justified. Frankly it is justified on the basis that others are doing it and that it works.

The electorate will ultimately decide how bad this gets. Even though I am not a supporter of Mr. Romney, I'm glad to see this sort of thing getting a lot of scrutiny and I hope those responsible will be called to account.

We won't have to speculate for long who was really behind this push polling. With the New Hampshire Attorney General's office beginning its own investigation, Western Wats' confidentiality agreements won't mean squat if they determine laws may have been violated.

Besides, you can be sure that there are some employees at Western Wats who are Romney supporters and Mormons and very disgrutled about what's happened. Sooner or later someone will talk.

It must be Hillary's campaign - if she smears enough republicans, then she's sure to be seen as 'the lesser of evils.'

LOL! Sorry - let's bring the Dems into this because it could just as well be them! Or maybe it's Ross Perot trying to get his own back since a Bush was put in the White House against his wishes.

Sorry - speculation runs rampant. Maybe it was Al Sharpton!

So a company in Utah County was placing the anti-Mit calls- does anyone else find this a little odd and not surprising at the same time?

But don't wait to get this call yourself!

Call a Utahn (or an Afgan) if you really want to know what happens when you elect religious extremists.

Does this have to even be from another candidate? I know that there are a lot of evangelist groups that are very anti-Mormon. Who is to say that some of these groups that are constantly attacking the church would not take a step like this? Don't forget the swift boat and Kerry, they did that all on their own.

Mormons do believe the BOM is more perfect than the Bible, they baptize the dead and Mitt should know this well. What's the rub here? They weren't lying about your beliefs.

How do we know it was Western Wats? When pressured how do we know that the person that was asked just gave a name of one of their competitors?

Who ever is behind this, I hope they are caught and face the full wrath of the people.

I used to work for a telephone survey company and as far as I know, the research company itself doesn't sponsor the surveys, someone els does. Of course. I think whoever is sponsoring the survey should fess up and anytime a survey is being conducted, it should be open about who is paying for the survey to be done.

It was the Romney folk who did this and I have the evidence. I buried the documents behind a small grassy knoll in Roswell.

Zina, you might find Obama more interesting if you bothered with a little research. Louis Farrakhan and Obama went on a trip together, just do a google search. Obama is infinitely more frightening than any other candidate, even preferring the socialist Hillary to him. I consider the church Obama attends to be quite racist in it's pro-black rhetoric.

Here is a quote from onenewsnow:
Trinity's critics, though, say it emphasizes black causes to a fault.

Fran Eaton, who writes for the conservative blog Illinois Review, singled out Trinity's 12-point value system, which includes a commitment to "pledge allegiance to all black leadership who espouse and embrace the Black Value System."

So yes, Obama's religion does concern me and it should concern you.

yeah those things are true about mormons yet when presented that way it is like saying christans belive they have no responsibility for anything they do. an exageration of a belief and what ever happened to seperation of church and state because obviously Romney does that considering what he did as gov. so whats the big deal.

Evidence:
A Grassy knoll in Roswell? Having lived in Eastern New Mexico, I can state that a grassy knoll anywhere is Roswell is an uncommon area and easily found :) Did you mean Dallas?

Im not really sure why religion even needs to be part of the presidential race these days. I thought we were trying to seperate church and state. So does this mean we will soon be able to pray in school again. I hope so because there are several african american catholics in my classes that I would love to force into listening to a prayer by a caucasian mormon. please....lets get to the stuff that matters.