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Obama and Huckabee win Iowa caucus
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Lisa Riley Roche � that�s a bold face lie!
It is Romney�s liberalism that has become an issue. Mitt Romney�s father was a Mormon too, but it wasn�t his religion that kept him off the GOP ticket in 1968. It was the fact that George Romney stood up and walked out on Barry Goldwater at the 1964 GOP Convention in San Francisco, thus advocating communism. Mitt Romney is no different than his pathetic father. Mitt has defied the conservative campaigns of Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee.
Mitt Romney outspent Mike Huckabee 20 to 1, yet Huckabee beat Mitt decisively. Why? Because Mitt Romney raised the capital gains tax as governor of his state. Huckabee didn�t. Mitt Romney signed gay civil unions into legislation. Mike Huckabee didn�t.
And oh, by the way� last time I checked the LDS Church Handbook of Instructions, the policy of gay civil unions were clearly defined. The Church opposes same-sex civil unions and marriages.
Maybe Mitt lost the caucus because he (Romney) is anti-Mormon.
Lisa Riley Roche is a liberal.
Romney will stay in the race, he has to. But his money well is deep so don't worry for him. Huck will work his magic until the public actually prints some stuff about his odd ways in Arkansas.
I like the way he reminds people of Bill. Must make some repubs cringe.
Yah gotta love this country!!
Is my math correct? Why must Evangelical pastors engender bigotry in their adherents? The Huckabee website was full of bigotry. The pastors don't sound like Christians to me.
The American people have good memories when it comes to this sort of thing and are demanding truthful leadership.
Would Utah vote for a black, non-Mormon Democrat?
Yes.
What a bigot! Lets say it right, Huckster won because he exploited bigotry! He lost all respect from me. I vote Hillary before a persecuting bigot like the Huckster! I never thought I would say that because of my strong anti Clinton feelings! By the way Good memories, there have been many collaborators who were physically present to verify the fact Romney's dad actually marched with Martin Luther King.
The Reagan conservative block is fracturing and it is because of the hypocrisy of Evangelicals. I know there are many good and fair people in the block, but they also possess the most bigoted and hypocritical block. Don't they know the Constitution has no religious test for a president? So they made up their own Constitution! Supercede the Highest law of the land isn't right! I don't trust the so called Religious Right any more! They have sold us down the river and that won't be forgotten.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.
That's about the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Voting for a pastor in chief who has absolutely no shot at being elected.
"Vote for me; I used to be Baptist minister. (Wink, wink. That means I'm not Mormon)" Well, why didn't you say so from the start? Everyone knows being a former Baptist minister is the only qualification needed to be president of the USofA.
Romney switches his positions to win elections but internally wants to be honest and tries to be honest the best he can while playing a game of dishonesty. It does not come off very well.
Neither Romney or Huckster offer any real change.
This nation is over-extended financially. Our foreign policy is lunacy and our domestic policy is socialism. This country needs some real leadership to bring us back to the principles that made this nation great. None of the front-runners in either party offers any change for the better.
Seriously, the only candidate that would do all he can to make the right changes is Ron Paul. Unfortunately too few people know what he really stands for and too few peole understand the real issues. Most people are not willing to do the research to understand political and economic issues. Real change will probably not happen until there is real pain to get people's attention.
This is hilarious! Republicans in Utah are finally figuring out that the right wing is loaded with bigotry? What do they think Ronald Reagan meant when he used the term "State's rights" back in the 1980's? It was a nod to the old racist conservative block that kept blacks down. Now Huckabee, the "Christian candidate", speaks in similar code ("family values", "traditional American", etc.) and he keeps Mormons down. Kinda stings, doesn't it?
If Utahans don't like bigotry, then they better hang with a different crowd then they currently buddy up with.
Romney's only hope now is that McCain stages a resurgence and splits the vote so Romney can get the nomination in a brokered convention. He's going to lose NH, has no chance in South Carolina thanks to the Evangelicals, and Guiliani has Super Tuesday locked up.
Anyone who spends as much money as Romney did and still loses ought to be indicted.
So what are we left with on the GOP ticket? Guiliani has his Super Tuesday plan and that just might work. I think the dark horse in this is Thompson. He quitely squeeks out a third in Iowa, takes third in New Hampshire but takes a solid, possibly second in South Carolina and goes into Super Tuesday as the only shot left for the conservative wing of the party.
What is for sure is that Huckster and Romney are finished, they just don't know it yet. I think over time we end up with McCain or Guiliani. Once that happens, Mayor Bloomberg makes his announcement and pulls the Ross Perot ensuring the GOP loses the White House.
On the Demo side, while Obama is a breath of fresh air the Demos have this Super Delegate thing that all but rigs the race for Hillary Clinton. She gets the Demo knod and wins it all. Heaven help us!!
Go Obama!!
It looked like the embarrassing flap had just about ended, until the Romney campaign directed reporters to two women who corroborated a story that Romney had already conceded wasn�t literally true.
Sorry Joe 6:52 - America will no longer tolerate liars for leaders.
Its funny to hear complaints about "no religious test" when that has been going on here for as long as Utah has been a state. People in Utah wake up. Religion is a personal thing. When we as a country make it the defining reason to vote for someone, we take a huge step toward theocracy. But then come election time 60% of you will just press the "R" and leave. You get what you deserve.
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