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Romney hails President Hinckley as 'great faith leader'

Gordon B. Hinckley will be greatly missed.

Hinckley was a great leader. So why did we need Romney to tell us this. Haven't we had ENOUGH ROMNEY to last us awhile?

TO: Enough Romney Already. Since Romney consulted with President Hinckley before he ran for President and Romney talked with President Hinckley during the Oplimpics I assume his assesment of President Hinckley as a great leader would be just as valuable as all the many thousands of other assesments of President Hinckley would be. After all he is himself LDS. For a momnet please try to separate politics from President Hinckley's funeral.
Romney did not speak to reporters when he left the funeral today. That assesment was taken at another time.

Would Mitt have even been there if he weren't a presidential candidate?

The comment I find most offensive is "The governor is not doing any politicking in the state of Utah. He's here to pay his respects to Gordon Hinckley." The second sentence is really appreciated and a lot of people feel the same way but Romney hasn't and isn't campaigning in Utah because he is taking Utah for granted. It seems odd that Romney would come to Utah when the Prophet dies while avoding us for the rest of the election. Such disrespect for President Hinckley won't go unnoticed on Tuesday and may Mitt Romney pray for forgiveness for his actions since the only one who can forgive him is Heavenly Father.

We hear Bernick criticize the candidates including Obama for not focusing on Utah and he criticizes Barack Obama for doing the right thing and canceling his trip to Utah today out of respect for President Hinckley's funeral services but Mitt Romney seized upon an opportunity for free press and used the Prophet to do so. He should be ashamed. I know I would be. He is no different than Hillary Clinton, John McCain and all the others who have ignored Utah. Obama did the right thing. What about Romney?

Mitt Romney attended the funeral because he is a member of the Church and he loves and sustains his prophet. I think it says much of his character that he would take time out of his campaigning to honor President Hinckley. I hope and pray Mitt wins, and I wish the naysayers would keep their unhelpful griping to a minimum.

Man you people think too much. Of course he would have been there because he loved this great man like the rest of us. We are all grieving over the loss of one of the best men that has ever lived on earth and all people want to do is criticize every move of every little thing that happens...

You guys that criticize everything Romney does are pathetic. Can't you just give him the benefit of the doubt for once and realize that he is human too? If he hadn't come to the funeral the same people would have criticized him for THAT.

I'm a Romney supporter and didn't think his going to the funeral was a good idea since it would attract more MORMON attention the weekend before Super Tuesday. BUT..because Mitt is a good man more interested in doing what's right personally than politically, he attended the funeral.

These comments are totally out of line. Mitt Romney took precious time out of his campain to pay respects for someone he greatly respected. To me this shows that Romney knows what is most important in life and being true to your values and beliefs means more to him than camera time. Let's keep this political process in perspective and do it with some class instead of mean spiritedness.

Why should Romney be excluded from attending the funeral of a prophet so loved by LSD members? Romney is LDS. It didn't help him in his campaign to win the election. The last Saturday before Super Tuesday is not a good time to stop the campaign and attend a funeral. I am grateful I am not in the public eye to have someone full of odium scrutinize my desire to pay last respects to a prophet and his family. He was interviewed (at the request of the media)prior to the funeral but he could have done that from California or any other state.

To "Shame on Romney" it is hard to read someones mind or to know what motivates them. Judge not...

What a great day! Beautiful services honoring our prophet. Many good people gathered around the world to pay tribute to a great leader. One of President Hinckley's many gifts was that of unconditional love and acceptance. It would be fitting to honor him by extending that acceptance to all guests who took the time and came to honor our prophet.

Thank you for coming, Governor Romney. And thank you to all the other dignitaries and thousands of "ordninary people" who made this day so inspiring.

Let's "follow the prophet" and be gracious to our guests. President Hinckley set a great example of greeting the world and members alike with dignity. We can do the same.

It may be difficult to resist criticism and fault-finding, but we can do it. President Hinckley would expect us to.

You can second guess yourself to death. Barack Obama didn't come to Utah "in deference to the funeral." Instead he went to Idaho and he mentioned President Hinckley there. Boise is not like Utah in its percentage of members, but there were certainly LDS members in the crowd. Did he mention the Prophet because he sincerely wanted to or was it political? Did Romney come because he wanted to or was it political? Harry Reid came to the funeral. Was that political? I prefer to give them the benefit of the doubt.

One of the commentators on KBYU mentioned the stark contrast between the succession of the President of the Church and the succession of the President of the U.S. Regardless of the heart and motives of a politician today, I am certain of the heart and motives of President Monson, our next Prophet. It is comforting to see the difference.

I think Romney is smart not to worry about campaigning here because he knows as we do that he will carry Utah. He does need to focus more time on other states in question. McCain's not coming either, because he knows this too despite Huntsman's endorsement. The fact is, most presidential candidates don't worry about Utah, especially in general elections, because they know which way we will vote. Be offended if you want, it won't affect anyone else.

To all the sourpusses: Please do what ever it is you need to do to lighten up. Someone wonderful has died and he will be missed. Mitt has just as much right to come here as anyone else. He has a heart full of love for the Lord's prophet. I was impressed that he took time away (even with the prospect of what it may cost him) to come here and say goodbye to a great man.

thought number 2: If he had not come, you guys would have had something else to hate about... get over your hate, it hurts you more than it does anyone else...

Romney has Utah wrapped up.
Why in the world would he need to campaign here?
Whoever said Romney was here for political reasons is a simple minded Romney hater.

In all honesty..for Romney to campaign in Utah right before super Tuesday would be a rather stupid move. He needs to spend time out where he is behind...or where it is too close. Utah is Romney's and he knows it.

They're right. Mittney doesn't need to campaign anywhere there are mormons, but especially here. he gets a fair amount of free press here. An unfair amount, really. To that end, I don't see anything political about his being here for the funeral.
However, the right man for the job is Obama.
You brought it up.

I want to say that Romney is a great leader and thank you for the respect you gave to our leader as busy as you were Good luck and may we have a real president with morals as well as knowing our book of mormon and respecting our need for service to us all as Gorden B Hinkley did. Service keep that in mind brother and sisters respect to us all even in a time that saddens all of us Romney thank you. Annmarie

It is called R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Romney honored a man who was a great example to him. He did what was right and honorable. Nobody made a political issue of dignitaries paying their respect to the pope. . .

I do not want Romney President... but I'm sure he attended the funeral for the same reason Harry Ried and others did. We ALL loved our Prophet!