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With Romney out, Utahns in quandary

So when others won't vote for Romney because of his faith, it's bigotry, but when Utah votes for him because of his faith it isn't bigotry? Huh? Beam? Mote? Get it?

McCain is going down come November here in Utah. Remember all the jokes McCain was making at Romney in the New Hampshire debate? He hated Romney and his mother hates mormons. I think Utah should go blue and vote for McCain. Unless Hilary wins the nomination I think Utahs should go for Obama. Plus, he never said anything bad about mormons.

LDS candidates will never be "old news" as long as the Pharisee old south influence is still smoldering. I got so much whisper campaign unabashed, hate-filled anti-mormon stuff in the mail from primarily baptist and lesser well known protestant groups! The worst was a 2 cd set from Beall Phillips, wife of Doug Phillips, Esquire of Vision Forum Ministries. They also have a catalog and website called Vision Forum from which I have purchased off and on for 8 or so years. He is an elder in his church in Berny, Texas. He gave a lesson at his church the week after Paul Weyrich and Bob Jones III endorsed Romney. He was put out over that a great deal in his recorded lesson.

He was screaming literally like Adolf Hitler about how "WE ARE AT WAR WITH THE MORMON RELIGION!"

It was terrifying to hear that from the genial looking father of nine. Don't think that there aren't thousands every week still attending vicious seminars and "sunday school lessons"--with commercially bought anti-mormon curricula all over the United States. The crazy thing is that Bob Jones University sells textbooks like that, too.

I get the impression that many Utahans (and nationwide conservatives, alike) primarily voted for Romney not because of religious ties but because their 100-year plans are a bit more optimistic than McCain's. Romney did, for a time, seem to be the lesser war-monger of the viable GOP hopefuls.

DN: I am Mormon (albeit by an ever-weakening thread), but I saw this article written on the wall and saved myself the backpedaling by voting on the side that has an actual grasp of reality. Mitt Romney can motorboat his numerous plates of scrambled egg 'till his heart's (and wallet's) content, but I am quite selective about that which I take on my chin.

Regardless, for all of this desperate GOP pageantry, Obama will emerge thankful. And America will be all the better off.

All I know is that when I run for office in Utah, I'm going to pretend to be Mormon and pretend to be Republican, and that will be enough to win because apparently you all don't scrutinize your candidates enough. Wow this will be easy for me!

I am not in a quandary at all. Third party or write in--the others are simply not going to get through my conscience alarm system for a vote in November. We better all work hard to get back a super majority in the Congress.

I doubt if Utahns are in a quandary. They can write in or vote Constitution Party or do as McCain's mom suggested and hold their collective noses and vote for him--but I hope they show better sense than to go against conscience that way. Martin Luther warned about that and he was 100% right. When the LORD closes a door, somewhere he opens a window. It may just not be until 2012 or after a funeral, impeachment or resignation.

How can a bigot like Huckabee be seriously considered to represent anyone but his own. Such an attitude would greatly hamper his leadership ability in national and world politics. His narrow minded attitude has already shown he could never be an effective world leader.

Please read "When Salt Lake City Calls" by Rocky Hulse (Xulon Press) There you will find your answers! May God bless you

Well, unfortunately he's out so now what. The next best person is Ron Paul. He may not be able to win, but we should make a statement with our votes that says we're NOT going to capitulate to the Republican Party leader's tampering with the election process in closed door/back room deal making with DC favorite son McCain and we're not going to vote for the biggot Huckleberry either!

Have the sheep lost their way? Poor souls, who will guide them now and make decisions for them? Don't fret, one of the church leaders in government will soon pick up the ball and tell you who you should vote for. Leave the decision making up to someone else, as usual, because our state education system failed to teach many of you how to read, write, and to make your own decisions. Reading, writing, math, and common sense are not required for a college degree. Heck, it's not even required for a High School diploma anymore. Baaaaaaaaa!

I voted for Romney. I wouldn't vote John McCain for dogcatcher. His liberal views on almost every important issue disqualify him from representing me. Huckabee is an religious bigot. His ethical violations are numerous and well documented. Even though he has no chance to win, Ron Paul is the only candidate left to vote for. Oh well, after Hillary or Obama get elected and destroy what's left of our country, at least I can look forward to 4 years of telling people "Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul."

i have said this before.the liberal news media acts and sounds like the mormons just magically appeared out of nowhere.just yesterday they appeared on the landscape.just in case anyone is curious the L.D.S.church has been around over thirty years before the civil war in 1861.so count.

I am a registered republican and voted for Mitt Romney on my absentee Utah primary ballot. Now that Romney is out, though, I think Barack Obama is the best choice.

Romney is a class act. I really don't think he's out of the picture. Because he's only suspended his campaign, his delegates are still tied to him and he can exercise at least a little control over direction of the Party at the Convention. He's being mentioned as a VP candidate, which might be OK, also. The Republican Party hasn't gotten the vote out very well recently so Romney might be best served by staying out this election cycle and testing the waters next election.

I felt like this campaign was nasty and full of hatred. Can you imagine if the host of Hardball had a Presidential nominee on with his mother and she started going off on blacks or jews ? of course not, but it was perfectly fine for McCain and Chris Matthews to giggle about the McCain's mothers comments on Latter Day Saints. We know what is said in private for that family.

As far as Huckabee is concerned, his campaign was run on hate. If Huckabee is McCains VP, Mormons should write a name in for the general election taking a pass on this Republican candidate. There are arguably five million Mormons in America, our voting block should mean something.

In a quandry? There are other candidates: with college diplommas, law degrees, war experience, international experience, voting records, statements in the campaigns. One of them will called the President next year. The shadow knows.

Choose one and move forward. Good grief.

The article talks to the 'Huck is no friend to Mormons?' What idiocy did that come from? Huck is a Christian, trained. Experienced. He called it like he saw it. Mormons know he was right about the devil brother issue. Huck is no friend to Mormons?

And yet Mormons wanted the public to vote on the qualifications of Mr. Romney, ignoring the religion issue. But they turn around and attack Huck on... the basis of religion.

My neighbor, a good Hindu, would call that hypocrasy. But so what else is new? We humans are an interesting race. I am not sure that we are the most intelligent specie on this plantet: sometimes dogs and cats are brighter and more caring.

I agree with Gary Herbert, Romney had more of what I was looking for in the next president than anyone else running. He just happened to be LDS. It looks as though I'll have to pinch my nose and go with McCain.

I wish Mitt Romney would have won. I think he has a good head on his shoulder and would have pulled us out of the mess we are in. I hope he run again that He can show the People what is is made of.
That Mormons are good People.