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Voting for an LDS prez not an option, 43% say
The Salt Lake Tribune ^
| 11/21/04
| Thomas Burr
Posted on 11/21/2006 10:10:33 AM PST by colorcountry
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Republicans had better think very seriously about the fact that Mitt Romney in basically "unelectable" before they pick him as their Presidential candidate.
To: colorcountry
Republicans had better think very seriously about the fact that Mitt Romney in basically "unelectable" before they pick him as their Presidential candidate. If you keep repeating that enough, will it eventually become true?
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:12:47 AM PST
by
TChris
(We scoff at honor and are shocked to find traitors among us. - C.S. Lewis)
To: colorcountry
OTOH, he might get the dyslexic hippie vote.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:14:17 AM PST
by
Tribune7
To: TChris
It seems like a reasonable statement. There is a lot of distrust of Mormons out there.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:14:32 AM PST
by
pa mom
To: colorcountry
As an evangelical Christian, I understand the sentiment here, but we're not electing the next Billy Graham, or president of Wheaton College. I could support Romney.
In point of fact, it's likely that there will be no evangelical Christian among the GOP frontrunners in '08, so why dump on Romney?
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:14:40 AM PST
by
My2Cents
To: TChris
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:14:56 AM PST
by
colorcountry
( Run with scissors???? I can barely jog my memory)
To: colorcountry
The MSM must be afraid of Mitt...Why?
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:15:08 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: colorcountry
He would be assured of at least 5 electoral votes.
If Mitt were a serious contender, you would see tons of MSM reports on Mormonism, playing heavily to the polygamy (not officially recognized anymore) and other aspects the public may not like. That would drive the 43% figure much higher, I believe......fairly, or not.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:16:27 AM PST
by
edpc
(Violence is ALWAYS a solution. Maybe not the right one....but a solution nonetheless)
To: colorcountry
First, I want to read the questions upon which this poll was based. Romney before McCain, IMO.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:16:27 AM PST
by
Elsiejay
To: colorcountry
About 43 percent of Americans wouldn't even consider voting for a Mormon for presidentLet's be honest here...43% is the left-wing base of the Democrat Party. They aren't willing to support anyone who believes in God.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:16:33 AM PST
by
My2Cents
To: colorcountry
It's all in the acronyms. half of them confuse LDS with LSD.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:17:18 AM PST
by
GSlob
To: colorcountry
Who cares whether he's a Mormon, he supports socialized medicine in the form of forced health insurance and gov't subsidized health insurance.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:17:25 AM PST
by
Eva
To: My2Cents
He belongs to a group of people that believe they will become gods. He has taken an oath to follow his Prophet in everything, and use everything within his power to "further the gospel of the Church." (Not the gospel of Christ - - but the gospel of his Church) To me that is a BIG problem.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:17:28 AM PST
by
colorcountry
( Run with scissors???? I can barely jog my memory)
To: darkwing104
The MSM will go after the Republican nominee no matter who he /she is. McCain will be in for a rude surprise from the MSM if he gets the nomination.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:19:24 AM PST
by
unkus
To: colorcountry
Hmm. One could vote for an LDS Republican in '08, or your typical LSD Democrat.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:20:05 AM PST
by
Thane_Banquo
("Give a man a fish, make him a Democrat. Teach a man to fish, make him a Republican.")
To: My2Cents
I don't believe the poster was necessarily "dumping" on Gov. Romney, they were predicting the tone of the would-be campaign. They said before JFK ran, America would never elect a Catholic to the Oval Office. A dead person voting here, buying a vote or two there, anythings possible.
To: colorcountry
I would like to see a similar poll taken in 1958 about how many would vote for a Catholic President.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:20:33 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: GSlob
half of them confuse LDS with LSD. The other half confuses LSD with FOOD.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:20:38 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: colorcountry
I think that is nuts. Why wouldn't they vote for an LDS if they'd vote for a pretender like Clinton?
To: colorcountry
Romney, McCain and Giuliani are all social liberals. Frist is a social conservative, but a horribly poor leader. And Newt is brilliant but completely unlikable.
Out of the options available, Giuliani has proven himself to be a strong leader in crisis and peerless on law & order issues (a good sign for constitutionalist judges and military issues).
As a result, he's my pick at this very early juncture. Besides, a president has next to zero impact on any social issues (how much movement have Reagan, Bush I and Bush II brought on abortion?).
Due to the dynamics of the race, Romney is smart by attempting to co-opt the religious right. Still, they are the one group most resistant to the LDS. And the more he poses as the religious conservative, the more objections he'll get from the secularists to his LDS background. A dicey game.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:23:09 AM PST
by
inkling
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