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Such good examples.
We need more like them!
Well, I respectfully disagree. Romney's faith, just like Joe Lieberman�s faith, is irrelevant to his political leanings as history as a public servant.
Most voters, or should I say - most Republicans - already know of Mitt Romney, and know that he is a liberal who does not reflect the values or concerns of the GOP. He is a fringe leftist who has a history of championing liberal causes. If his wife is anything like him, then it's comforting to know that they both with stay in Boston after Mitt concedes the GOP Primary to a conservative candidate (probably Fred Thompson). Who knows, maybe Sen. Clinton will add him to her ticket.
Your liberalism seems to trump your intelligence. Too bad. Stop relying on DNC daily e-mails for you info. To state that somehow Fred Thompson is more conservative than Mitt Romney (not that FT isn't somewhat conservative) has exposed you as someone who refuses to research that on which you have already formed an (ignorant) position. It's too bad the country has as many of you as it does.
Have a good day!
Not to me. I don't want a Mormon president. To me, the religion is a fairy tale, and I can't respect a president who subscribes to it.
(Donning asbestos suit...)
You said: "I don't want a Mormon president. To me, the religion is a fairy tale, and I can't respect a president who subscribes to it."
Mormonism is no more a fairy tale than Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism, Islam, agnosticism, or atheism. The fact is, all of us (including you) choose which values, stories, lifestyles, and assumptions we want to embrace. Rather than make bigoted comments about a candidate's religious choices, I encourage you to join the twenty first century and learn to respect people with different values than your own.
"In the online magazine Slate a while back, editor Jacob Weisberg called Joseph Smith, Mormonism's founder, an "obvious con man" and wrote, "Romney has every right to believe in con men, but I want to know if he does, and if so, I don't want him running the country." Thus a third argument that religion can't be a private affair for a presidential candidate: what a person deeply believes says something about his or her character, which voters may wish to take into account. ...
"Proceed with caution here, of course. Every religion is full of doctrines and beliefs that may seem nutty to outsiders. Jesus could be seen as a snake-oil salesman if you don't buy the snake oil. Weisberg says Mormonism is different because it is so "recent," involving miraculous events in the 19th century in upstate New York. Well, I dunno. The patina of age may explain why Jesus' walking on water is easier to believe than Smith's golden plates and magic glasses. But it doesn't go far in justifying the distinction. For me, any candidate who believes in the literal truth of the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Book of Mormon or the novels of Jane Austen is probably too credulous to be President."
AMEN!!!!!!
You definitely have a good point. I'm supporting Mr. Romney, but you would think he's already president by the exclusive focus Deseret Morning News puts on the guy.
Maybe they should do an article on the person who would take over Laura Bush's position if Hillary got elected....
You said: "Mormonism is no more a fairy tale than Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism, Islam, agnosticism, or atheism."
Well, actually to me it is. Much more so. And as a life long resident of this fine state who knows LDS "theology" pretty darn well, and as someone who has studied mainstream religion a great deal, I am perfectly justified in holding this opinion, and i have no reservations in holding it.
I don't expect, nor ask, you to agree with me.
But don't tell me I am bigot because my education leads me to come to the same conclusion about this "religion" that millions of other people have come to.
There are times when calling people a bigot is probably warranted. this is not one of them. Simply saying you disagree with me, will do just fine!
Furthermore, for anyone to suggest that Mitt Romney is more conservative than Fred Thompson, denies the liberal history of a liberal politician.
Mitt Romney is PRO-ABORTION, PRO-GAY RIGHTS, and PRO-GUN CONTROL.
He's not welcome in the PARTY OF REAGAN!!!
So how would you clasify all other "mainstream religions?" If they are not fairytales than what would they be? How about Mike Huckabee, a devout baptist? Would you vote for him because his religion is based in reality?
Or what about Obama-Muslim (idealogically) and Hillary-methodist? Who would you vote for? I don't see many leading candidates who profess there is NO God. So what are your choices?
I do disagree with you, but I think you get the response the same reason you reacted to the "bigoted" comment. If you leave out the details on "why" you think mormonism is a fairytale, you are going to get the answer without the "why" they think you are bigoted. Just a thought.
In the crazy world in which we live to day, the mere fact one believes in God and has a Faith ,gets one strike against you We need more people running for office with a clear conscience and a solid background. More power to him and his wife. Carol D
Classic! I'll go ahead and assume this is merely a dangling modifier issue, but it sounds like you're saying that Ann is so sick of all the Mormon questions that she's trying to talk Mitt into becoming an Evangelical Christian? I suppose it wouldn't come as much of a surprise given his past flip-flops.
Classic! I'll go ahead and assume this is merely a dangling modifier issue, but it sounds like you're saying that Ann is so sick of all the Mormon questions that she's trying to talk Mitt into becoming an Evangelical Christian? I suppose it wouldn't come as much of a surprise given his past flip-flops.
You are too squeaky clean for dirty America, American wants someone to be Pres. who is dirty, a cheater, a liar, fornicator, a manipulator, and someone who believe in no god. You see most of them will rip you apart when you want to do good for this country. More power to you two and the rest who wants to do good. One wise man said: "Evil will prevail when good men or women do NOTHING." From all of US in America who want the best for our future. Please don't give up pulling for ya.
Mitt Romney is a filthy politician that will say and do anything to win an election - whether it's a 3rd Grade Class election, or the GOP ticket. He's infested the Republican Party.
I voted for Reagan/Bush 80.
I voted for Reagan/Bush 84.
I voted for Bush/Quayle 88.
I voted for Bush/Quayle 92.
I voted for Dole/Kemp 96.
I voted for Bush/Cheney 00.
I voted for Bush/Cheney 04.
I will never vote Mitt Romney - PERIOD!
Mitt Romney is a disgusting liberal politician from a disgusting liberal state. So was his father, George Romney. George Romney did everything he could to steer the party to the left of Barry Goldwater and to the far left of Richard Nixon. I don't care if Mitt Romney is a Mormon. Bo Gritz was a Mormon - so what? Harry Reid is a Mormon - so what? Bill Orton is a Mormon, went to BYU, and represented Provo in the US House from 1991-1997. That doesn't excuse the fact that Bill Orton was a filthy socialist - just like Mitt Romney.
Whatever personally qualities Mitt Romney has as a Mormon, I say good for him.
As a NATIONAL LEADER, he has no redeeming qualities and no leadership abilities for conservative principles and Republican values.
I take great satisfaction in the knowledge that Sen. Fred Thompson will beat Mitt Romney in the GOP Primary, like a Government Mule!
Do some research: Romney will be in Silicon Valey next week fundraising. His main organizer there is Jennifer Fonstad, who ran Mitt's 1994 Senate campaign. Fonstad is Venture Capitalist who invests heavily in alternative energy, people like her need huge government help to make these technologies competetive. For example, Fonstad is the Board Chairman of GreenFuel Technologies, which makes biodiesel from algae. The technology is extremely expensive, it won't compete with oil/gas unless it is $10/gal. Are you ready for $10/gal. How about $20/gal. How do you think you win elections in Mass if you don't share the GlobalWarming-AlGore hysteria. Just do some research and use your heads...
Gov. Romney is not a very good man if he needs to lie so much and cheat the taxpayers of Massachusetts. Then again, if Massachusetts elects Kerry and Kennedy every election, then they deserve to have an liberal governor.
I will never vote for Mitt Romney. Mitt is so evil and crooked, he used Larry Craig as his top dawg in the Mountain West. I think Craig and Romney have disgraced the Republican Party.
Say no Romney/Craig.
Mitt Romney needs serenity. He's dishonest.
The only men who have a chance of beating Hillary are Mitt and Rudy, because they are the only ones with executive experience and management capability. I think that voters instinctively realize that being a senator does not prepare you for the Whitehouse as well as being a governor or vice-president(being mayor of NYC is as good as being a governor).
It would be suicide for republicans to nominate a senator to go against senator Clinton, whose virtual co-presidency with her husband would surely give her an edge.
Read your history folks, Fred ain't the guy.
Mitt Romney is lucky he isn't behind bars right now. He's lucky that a liberal activist judge such as David Sam, presided over such a dismissal.
If it's been so long since a GOP senator was elected to the oval office, perhaps it's time for a change.
This country just cannot take another turn to the left. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid found a turncoat in Chuck Hagel and Lincoln Chaffee. I was extremely disappointed when John McCain tried to hijack the Republican Primary in 2000. He had some major nerve running against Gov Bush. Now, Romney is doing the same crap. This country just cannot afford another liberal lawmaker.
This country's only hope is in Fred Dalton Thompson.
The divide between the two parties is widening and we need a uniter and that is what Mitt would bring to the table.
Fred Thompson will probably fizzle before the end, Mitt is already organized and has a good plan in place, while fred will be scrambling.
Huckabee is probaably the most conservative, but he has no chance against hillary.
Kennedy and Johnson were both senators. So was Kerry and Edwards. Al Gore and Joe Leiberman were both Senators (Gore being the senator from Tennessee, and then being the president of the senate). Those men were Democrats.
Republicans are the ones who will make a difference and change the course that Reid and Pelosi are treading.
What makes a Republican senator unelectable? The fact that he is a Republican? That's a weak excuse to vote for Mitt and Rudy. Mitt and Rudy are pro-gay and pro-abortion.
Mitt Romney is one of the reasons that Republicans lost the House and Senate in 2006. America put their trust in Gingrich, Lott, and Dole in 1994. They were conservatives. By 2006, conservatives were so digusted by the efforts of Mitt, Rudy, McCain, Hagel, Chaffee, Jeffords, and Colin Powell, that they didn't come to polls - only to let the democrats take a lame-dame advance on the nation's capital. I was so digusted with Bush's pick of Harriet Meyers, that I didn't vote in 2006.
Fred Thompson is the only hope to take the Republican Party back to it's roots. We can't let Rudy and Mitt water the party down. We cannot stand by and let Mitt and Anne Romney poison our minds with their dishonest rhetoric. Mitt Romney's goverment didn't last in the Soviet Union. It didn't last in East Germany. It's not working in North Korea.
Frankly, true blue, I really don't care what Mitt Romney has to offer the democrats. I'm not a democrat, and I won't vote in the democratic primary.
I am a Republican, and I will vote in the Republican primary. You democrats can keep Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama, and Walter Mondale.
You are right in the fact that Huckabee is very conservative. I feel that Fred is the one that will get the ticket though. He is really the only one who can beat Rudy. McCain is gone and so is Romney. Romney can woooo Hollywood and Provo all he wants. He'll crumble in South Carolina.
See ya'll in Charleston. I'm with Fred. Pass the grits.
you are prime examples of Satan at his best. You are mean spirited and evil. Why don't you just leave Utah and go live somewhere else..... afterall the "Mormons" founded Utah and were there first. You will never be able to stop the Lords work so just give up!
Oh, and go Mitt
It may just make you feel good, rather than so negative.
That is bigoted to me, relying on mass agreement, rather than individual thought.
What a joy it would be to have a president of Romney's caliber to say nothing of his experience and his brilliance and his leadership! To have all of that in one person would be heavenly for a change! GO MITT! GO ANN!
The more I look in to his campaign, his values and his qualifications the more impressed I am. He has the most clearly thought out proposal for the issues that face our country of all the candidates yet. He is able to articulate his position so well that he will convince any who take the time to listen or read and not prejudge based on their biases.
And those of you who call Romney a liberal are up in the night without even a small candle to light your poor,dark minds. As one of the other comments here said.... get a life (or die in the dark.)
I understand the "flip-flop" criticism. Isn't it possible to change one's opinion as one gains new knowledge on a subject - aren't we open-minded enough to change opinion as we gain further info, or are we just too closed-minded (and chicken) to change admit we've changed.
Is Mitt's life too "squeaky-clean" for present USA?
That's so sad. GO MItt GO!
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