Comments on: President Mitt Romney?

By: Devin

Devin — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:41:20 +0000

I have to agree with the previous remarks about who would be the best gop candidate. I'm from Arizona and McCain is traitor to the Republican party in so many ways. He's like the ACLU: one minute he's for you and the other minute he's your enemy ONLY to please the other side of the aisle. Frist is in trouble, Guiliani is TOO moderate and that leaves Romney would be a stark opposite to Clinton (despite how conservative she pretends to be) whose a flop like Kerry. For example a year or so ago she's was outspoken about the war and now she's expressed more support. Fake!! With the choice of Romney, McCain and Guiliani the midwest Bible belt will be much more warm to Romney's standards and positions than the other two libral Republicans (and yes McCain is a libral Republican. Just because he claims that he's against abortion doesn't mean that he's not libral)

By: Philip

Philip — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:23:42 +0000

Project 413 had an article up the other day talking about Romey's bigger problem might be his stance on abortion. It wasn't all that good, but might be worth checking out...

By: Thricky

Thricky — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 04:18:10 +0000

Once greater scrutiny is placed on Mitt Romney and his religion, most of the Evangelicals who have been told that Mormons arenât Christians will realize they've been misinformed. They will come to understand that Mormons are indeed Christians, not only in that they try to follow Christâs teachings and example, but also in that they worship Him as the Son of God and the one and only means of salvation.

Regardless of the election result, the mere fact that Romney is running will clear up many misconceptions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

By: midwesternerextraordinaire

midwesternerextraordinaire — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:58:41 +0000

As a response to the post from "crosstalk".

FYI, Mitt Romney is a Midwesterner. He was born and raised in the Detroit area. His father was Governor of Michigan. He still has strong family and political ties in Michigan.

Not that geographic appeal is going to be the major issue.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:42:44 +0000

The comments have been interesting. I can't help feel offended by some of them, that being said, I think highly of Evangelical Christians as a group. They generally are very moral people who live what they believe. It is not easy to live up to such a high standard. There may be some that are hypocritical or intolerant, but they are the minority. Whether they agree with my beliefs or not, they respect me, and I them. I trust that they will identify Mitt as the best candidate. They know that character matters, and that Mitt has character. I have faith in there ability to put doctrinal disputes aside for the better good. It is too scary to think of a country that can not do this.

By: James

James — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 04:26:27 +0000

It is amazing that in the 21st century, religious prejudice still exists to such an extent as to automatically disqualify a person for public office, in the mind of some voters, because of the church he attends. Instead of performing a thorough investigation of the candidate's experience and qualifications, he is dismissed without a second thought. Hopefully the large majority of the American electorate is more politically mature than that. And hopefully, in investigating his religion, they will not turn to enemies of his faith for their information. Afterall, if our conception of America was based solely on information obtained from Osama Bin Laden, we would detest this country and its citizens as well.

By: CARL LOEBER

CARL LOEBER — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:49:45 +0000

Funny all this predjudice about Mormonism. It seems they are about the only Church that believes Jesus is actually the Son of God as He said He is. The so-called "Christian" dogma of these evangelical Bible believers is that Jesus IS God the Father Himself in some other incarnation, rather than the Son of God. That is a belief of the clergy in the trium God of a philosophic compromise with Helenism. How can you leave such a truth to the Mormons alone? That is really quit amazing, quit astounding. Actually, the other Christians you love to look down upon, the lowly Witnesses, are the only other Church to attest that Christ is the Son of God, but then they don't believe in the Holy Ghost.

By: Multiple Mentality

Multiple Mentality — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:18:23 +0000

We can’t move past religion

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By: floyd

floyd — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:05:54 +0000

as long as democrats promise to take your last dime, institutionalize every form of perversion,disarm average americans, while hating all forms of christianity in public; i think working class conservatives will continue to vote for any republican candidate offered, only to be betrayed by both parties in the end. america is rapidly becoming a third world country without the spine to protect our jobs,our borders or our liberties. i'd probably take a mormon over a democrat who is my sworn enemy, but i won't call it a choice.

By: Herb

Herb — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 03:38:57 +0000

Speaking from the midwest, Romney has two major problems. First, he is from the Northeast and second, he is from Mass. Thats enough for most midwesterners to mistrust him. If he were from the midwest, he would be a sho-in.

By: crosstalk

crosstalk — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:51:49 +0000

I'm a fairly conservative Christian and hang out at times on highly conservative (and even fundamentalist) lists. I don't believe LDS to be a Christian church. OTOH, I also don't believe that Jews are Christians, nor Hindus nor atheists, nor.... Yet, I would vote for and support someone with conservative (classical liberal) political ideals, since the president of the U.S. is not exactly a religious leader. My personal guestimate is that, among the most conservative and fundamentalist Christians, no more than 15% --- and more likely less than 10% --- would refuse to vote for a Mormon on that basis alone. (They wouldn't vote for Clinton: they'd sit it out or vote for a third party. To be honest, a number of them already do so, considering W to be too liberal. )

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:09:14 +0000

If Romney is the candidate in 08, I will stay home. Call me what you wish, I don't care.
I could never vote for anyone who believes that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. Period. That man was a sexual pervert. Nothing else to say.

By: John Raynes

John Raynes — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:06:27 +0000

I might not agree with most of what the evangelical right believes or how they express those beliefs, but they aren’t stupid. They aren’t going to lynch themselves for the sake of Romney’s Mormonism.

I wish I could agree with you, but I can't. Have you spent much time with fundamentalist, or fundamentalist-leaning evangelicals? You seem to indicate not. I have (although I no longer consider myself to be an evangelical by most definitions), and I've also lived in Utah for the past 18 years, so I've seen the reaction up close. I'm not saying it would be an easy decision for most evangelicals, that's why I estimate the number that would abstain to be in the range of not much more than 10% at the most. But that's all it takes to tip an election. I've been a conservative my entire life, but I've abstained many times (or voted Democratic) when I was disgusted with the Republican candidate, for a whole variety of reasons. Analysts regularly remark, when reviewing elections, how certain sectors of the electorate just didn't come out to vote, as expected or hoped. I still maintain that Romney's religion is enough of a turn-off to enough religious conservatives, to cause this to happen. Maybe I'm off, in that it will only be 1-2% or so. But make no mistake, it will happen.

By: TF-MA

TF-MA — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:35:31 +0000

Romney's religion isn't his greatest liability. His greatest liability is that he's an elitist, Republican asshole who will soon replaced in the corner office of the Mass State House by the Democratic Attorney General Tom Reilly (which is why he's not running for reelection . . . bad poll numbers).

For a character sketch, see http://www.jameswolcott.com/ (WARNING: sensitive rightists (I know huh?) may be upset).

By: Ann Marie Curling

Ann Marie Curling — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:10:44 +0000

That should have read leftist liberal (argh).