Washington Post: Remember that Mormon massacre?

Washington Examiner ^ | May 20, 2012 | Charlie Spiering

[WilliamIII]

The Washington Post published a story last night examining a massacre carried out by Mormons nearly 200 years ago, and examines whether or not it will affect Mitt Romney's support in the deep South.

"On Sept. 11, 1857, a wagon train from this part of Arkansas met with a gruesome fate in Utah, where most of the travelers were slaughtered by a Mormon militia in an episode known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Hundreds of the victims’ descendants still populate these hills and commemorate the killings, which they have come to call “the first 9/11.” "

So why is the Post examining old Mormon history?

... After reporting the details of the massacre, writer Sandhya Somashekhar concludes that "none of that history, including the massacre, may make much of a difference in the polls."

[cpdiii]

CORRECTION!

Washington Post, not the New York Times.

[dsc]

“I am convinced that one of the reasons the Democrats wanted Mitt as the nominee is because they planned on using his Mormon belief against him — along with other things, of course”

Spot on. They always politic for the weakest Stupid Party candidate.

[sickoflibs]

Was Romney involved ? :)

[Kickass Conservative]

What say that famous Mormon from Searchlight Nevada, Harry Reid?

[Talisker]

.After reporting the details of the [155 year old] massacre, writer Sandhya Somashekhar [of The Washington Post] concludes that "none of that history, including the massacre, may make much of a difference in the polls."

[umbagi]

Dude, get a grip. This is Free Republic, and this crap doesn’t belong here.

[ReformationFan]

I thought the lamestream media would bring this up for an “October surprise”?

[AAABEST]

They can dig this stuff up, but cannot seem to dig up a damn thing about Obie. Amazing!!!

Not only do they not dig, but they refuse to even ASK simple questions. Like "Hey Mr. President, why won't you release your college records?:

[Daaave]

Years from now people will be saying, "Remember that Mormon massacre on November 6, 2012?"

[HarleyLady27]

lolol

[Forward the Light Brigade]

This was before the Civil War! Yea Gods! Can’t you get something newer? Look at how Mormons were treated! The killings! No wonder they became paranoid!

[databoss]

Well our president has a Kenyan heritage....where is the article on the Mau Mau killings?

[mikey_hates_everything]

And how many millions of people have been massacred for Marxism, Obama's apparent religion?

Is the WaPo indicting religions for massacres? Do they really want to go there?

[Diogenesis]

It will stick to Mr. RomneyCARE as this played
endlessly (with two new movies?) in October.

[Joe Boucher]

Washington Post?
You mean the Democrat Post Gazette?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The Mau-Mau did some truly ghastly things, the movement became a verb, to Mau-mau. Obama's father was at least a Mau-mau fellow traveler. Wonder how that will affect the election?

My great-great-grandfather was a police captain in New York during the Civil War, and fought Irish mobs during the July riots. He harbored deep anti-Catholic sentiments which he passed down to my grandfather. Who married an Irish immigrant, and whose grandchildren were raised Catholic.

The Civil War riots were in 1863 and my grandfather died in 1958. How are the Civil War riots, in which many more people were killed than in the Mountain Meadow Massacre and much more recently, going to affect the election? I do not care to identify myself with the party whose antecedents have been rum, Romanism, and rebellion.

[KevinDavis]

I don’t approve in what they did, but they where treated like s**t..

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

I'm sure this will warm the cockles of the hearts of the few (thankfully) HATE-ROMNEY-MORMONS, Freeps who keep trying to scare us into believing that Mittens is TEN TIMES worst and TEN TIMES more dangerous than the Fascist, Neo-Commie, Islamic-Jihadist-Appeasing/Supporting, Dear Leader.

Heck there are even some who equate voting for Mitt as being "Anti-Christian."

Right!!!

[submarinerswife]

save for later

[Cincinatus]

Remember when Bill Ayers, Barack’s best friend, tried to blow up the Pentagon?