Posted on 05/25/2007 1:09:59 PM PDT by TexanSniper
It's a perilous time. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney warned: "America is under attack from almost every direction. We have been attacked by murderous terrorists.... Our employers and jobs are threatened by low-cost, highly skilled labor from abroad. American values are under attack from within."
That sinister "attack from within" comes from secular extremists.
Mr. Romney fully appreciates that.
Referring to America's Founders, Mr. Romney concisely explained: "[T]he authors of liberty recognized a divine Creator who bequeathed to us certain inalienable rights. They affirmed freedom of religion, and they proscribed the establishment of any one religion."
Mr. Romney did not mention absolute separation of church and state, because the Founders surely did not want that. They worshiped God, not government, and they rejected the divine right of kings claim. They provided in the Constitution for an institutional separation of church and state, by banning any religious test for federal office in the United States Constitution, they expected religious values to inform public policy, not to be banned together with God from the public square.
On October 5, 2006, Mr. Romney warned: "[T]oday there are some people who are trying to establish one religion: the religion of secularism. They not only reject traditional values, they reject the values of our founders and they cast aside the wisdom of the ages."
Mr. Romney concluded: "This spreading secular religion -- and its substitute values -- cannot be allowed to weaken the foundation of the family, or the faith of our fathers who 'more than life, their country loved.'"
The secular extremists recognize Mr. Romney as a formidable foe, so they focus on the the differences among the religious in accordance with classic divide-and-conquer theory.
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Don’t worry PJ. I stand with you. It is a cult to the MAX. I will not stand with a CULTIST man like Mitt.
Oh please. Romney practically ignored his Mormon conservativism while governing Massachusetts. What makes you think he'll impose "cultism" on the country if elected President?
If anything, we should be concerned about his pandering to liberals and flip-flopping on issues instead of standing up for conservative values as most Mormons would do.
Unless he resided in a democrat-controlled district, I don’t think Mr. Falwell will be voting for Mitt either.
The response is a little underwhelming. About half those you flagged already know my views. LOL.
You’ve hit upon my primary reason not to vote for him!
If Fred Thompson doesn’t announce soon, I’m signing on with Romney.
whoa doggy!!! Let’s not rule out Newt just yet!!!
Well, Mr. Falwell, first of all, generously gave Mr. Romney the benefit of the doubt re: "shared values." Since I don't know Romney's heart, I don't know if he's undergone a true pro-life "conversion" or if he's catering to the national Republican vote after catering to the liberal MA vote.
Secondly you have to remember the overarching posture Mr. Falwell held when he founded, "The Moral Majority." He decided at that point he needed to have a "big tent." If folks believed in traditional morality, they were part of that tent. It didn't matter their religious stripe. He had to start somewhere and carve out a big enough contingent that at one point in our nation's history would embrace over half of the voters. That's the angle he chose and I respect him for it.
As for the last statement, I partially agree: "I don't think he'll have any problem getting the support of some evangelical Christians." (The question remains how many)
So Reagan was not pro abortion.
I already thought that.
The only person in America with more personal baggage than Newt is Hillary. He’s a brilliant man and has a great political mind but I don’t think he’s electable.
That said, I’d vote for him in a heartbeat.
“If Fred Thompson doesn’t announce soon, I’m signing on with Romney.”
This isn’t an easy political season is it? At least we have another few months before we have to firm up our support.
If Newt were a democrat, that baggage would quickly appear as resume enhancers.
Great! You'll find these types of arguments much more effective than name-calling.
(Love your tagline, by the way.)
Don’t forget to look at Duncan Hunter! ;-)
“just in case we ever doubt the anti-Catholic sentiment among some here..”
The Protestant/Catholic argument is real, and it is important, and by our measurements it is probably permanent, which is just like the difference between women and men, it is a real gulf between friends, but it is the way it is.
As long as we fight to stay pure and honest in our arguments, it probably is a part of the bigger truth.
Fred has his own baggage about being “McCain like” on some issues. If he does not announce soon, he will be behind the eight ball in developing an effective organization. Right now he does not appear to have the fire for a long campaign. Newt is my favorite mind, but way too much baggage. Hunter is the real deal but lacks money and organization. Like him or not, Romney has the organization, the money and the timing to be a player. He has immense organization skills.
“Fred has his own baggage about being “McCain like” on some issues. If he does not announce soon, he will be behind the eight ball in developing an effective organization. Right now he does not appear to have the fire for a long campaign. “
I agree with you, I’m not sure who Fred is, or if he has the fire (or the health).
Newt , Hunter, I know that they all have problems.
Romney, McCain, Guiliani, it isn’t one of our best years. We have to fight over all this, but it would be nice if we had some leadership.
It helps that Jim Robertson has helped shape this complicated election period by removing the confusion, of Rudy Guiliani.
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