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Should Romney's faith be an obstacle? (barf alert)
CNN ^
| 2009-11-30
| David Frum
Posted on 11/30/2009 11:55:54 AM PST by rabscuttle385
(CNN) -- Catholic, Orthodox and Evangelical Christian leaders last week issued a bold political statement. They intended to target the Obama administration. Inadvertently, they may have also hit probable Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.
Mitt Romney ought to rank atop the Republican candidates for president in 2012. He finished second in votes cast in the primaries of 2008. He is a candidate with immense private-sector economic expertise in a time of urgent economic debate. But Romney has a political problem: his Mormon religious faith. A Gallup survey in December 2007 found that 18 percent of Republicans would not vote for a Mormon for president.
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To: VRWCmember; xcamel; Jim Robinson
Maybe xcamel is referring to Jim Robinson who is definitely in the “I hate Romney” group from what I can tell.
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:10:08 PM PST
by
colorcountry
(A faith without truth is not true faith.)
To: rabscuttle385
They didn’t give a damn about the Zero’s “faith”..............
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:10:55 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Al Gore is the Bernie Madoff of environmentalism. He belongs in jail. - Unknown Blogger)
To: rabscuttle385
No his religion is not an issue. The yard-wide yellow streak of liberalism that runs down his back is however.
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:16:39 PM PST
by
Ben Mugged
(Unions are the storm troopers of socialism.)
To: greyfoxx39; colorcountry; Colofornian; Elsie; Godzilla; MHGinTN; narses; reaganaut; SENTINEL; ...
Ping
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:16:56 PM PST
by
Zakeet
(Main difference between Obozo and his dog Bo -- Bo has papers showing where he was born)
To: rabscuttle385
Should Romney's faith be an obstacle?No.
But since it makes his supporters happy to say it, instead of having to face his abysmal record on every issue that matters, right-thinking people will be accused of prejudice anyway.
It's ever so much easier to accuse others of hatred than to admit that your favorite candidate comes up embarrassingly short in the morals/ethics/decency departments.
Bring on the accusations.
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:17:48 PM PST
by
mountainbunny
(Mitt Romney: Would you buy a used car from this huckster?)
To: rabscuttle385
Shouldn’t be, but judging just by FR during the campaign, it sure seemed to be.
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:17:50 PM PST
by
stuartcr
(If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
To: rabscuttle385
I could care less about his "faith".
It's Romney himself that's the problem.
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:18:46 PM PST
by
Logic n' Reason
(If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got.)
To: colorcountry; VRWCmember
Glad you’re so willing to help FR become something less credible than the DU with this childish behavior.
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:19:45 PM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: colorcountry; xcamel
Jim Robinson is definitely one of those fringers, bitterly clinging to his guns, his God and his Liberty!!
DONT TREAD ON ME!!
Jim Thompson
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:20:34 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Join the TEA Party Rebellion!! God save this great Republic!!)
To: xcamel; Jim Robinson
Glad youre so willing to help FR become something less credible than the DU with this childish behavior.Really? What on earth did I say to warrant that comment? Was it because I told you that Jim Rob is anti-Romney?
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:21:17 PM PST
by
colorcountry
(A faith without truth is not true faith.)
To: xcamel
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:24:33 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
To: Zakeet
Should Romney’s faith be an obstacle?
____________________________________________________
What “faith” is that ???
To: stuartcr
Shouldnt be, but judging just by FR during the campaign, it sure seemed to be. You must not have read very many Romney threads during the campaign. I was hear, and I remember very vividly many posts about Romney's support for expanding abortion rights until it became a political problem and then claiming to be pro-life. I remember a lot of posts about "RomneyCare" the Universal Healthcare program that he signed and that should be held up as one of many examples of why to oppose ObamaCare. I remember a lot of posts expressing concern about his lack of support for gun rights. But the ONLY posts that I recall about his mormonism were from his supporters accusing everybody that opposed Romney of opposing him because of bigotry against his mormonism. It actually sounds a lot like the claims of Obama supporters that anybody who opposes Obama's agenda is just against him because he is black. So please allow me to call BULLS**T on your post.
To: rabscuttle385
Mitt Romney ought to rank atop the Republican candidates for president in 2012
_________________________________________________
Why ???
Did everyone else die ???
To: RC2
His religion shouldnt have anything to do with it as long as hes from the Judeo/Christian beliefs, He is not.
Mormons believe their god was a man before he was a god, they believe that if they are good Mormons they will be gods too.
Jews and Christians have an eternal God with no other gods before Him.
Mormons might be nice folks and good business men , but they do not fit the Judo/Christian mold
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:27:14 PM PST
by
RnMomof7
(an)
To: rabscuttle385
Which faith? Mormon or Statism. Ignore the Mormonism its not a problem however his statist religion that is unacceptable.
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:28:04 PM PST
by
Breto
(never accept the premise)
To: rabscuttle385
Which faith? Mormon or Statism. Ignore the Mormonism its not a problem however his statist religion that is unacceptable.
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:28:09 PM PST
by
Breto
(never accept the premise)
To: xcamel
Glad youre so willing to help FR become something less credible than the DU with this childish behavior. What is childish about my question regarding the meaning of your "I Hate Romney Cult" comment?
To: rabscuttle385
His Mormonism doesn’t faze me nearly as much as the suspicions I have about his politics.
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:29:13 PM PST
by
ScottinVA
(The arrogance of this Congress is staggering. November 2010 can't get here quickly enough.)
To: VRWCmember
Sure, you can call anything you want. I remember what I read, and you what you read.
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posted on
11/30/2009 12:31:25 PM PST
by
stuartcr
(If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
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