Posted on 01/21/2012 9:55:58 AM PST by greyfoxx39
GREENVILLE, South Carolina--Outside Tommy's Ham House here this morning--where Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich scheduled back-to-back visits--a boisterous crowd of young, fresh-faced supporters was waving Romney signs and chanting, "MITT! MITT! MITT!"
But this wasn't a grassroots youth movement rooted at the University of South Carolina. No, many of the students cheering on the candidate told BuzzFeed they were actually BYU students and young Mormons from D.C. and Virginia who traveled to the Palmetto State to give their coreligionist's presidential effort a much-needed jolt of energy.
Kat Wardle, a 23-year-old BYU student who is spending the semester in Washington, D.C., said she and several young Latter-Day Saints have been following Romney around the state, playing the role of cheerleaders at various campaign stops.
"I was all over the place at the Lexington rally!" said Wardle, referring to a rainy outdoor event that the campaign has been spinning as an example of growing momentum. Despite the weather, a crowd of several hundred remained for the event and, Romney surrogates like Nikki Haley have pointed out, they were loud and proud.
"We were the girls dancing by the band and definitely the loudest ones there," Wardle said. "There is a group of 12 BYU Washington Seminary students, and several other random groups and some kids from [University of Utah]."
Another BYU student, who asked not to be named, said he traveled to South Carolina on a bus with several other Mormons and non-Mormons from Virginia, home to the small Mormon liberal arts school, Southern Virginia University. He said as far as he knew, the Romney campaign would be reimbursing the cost of the charter bus, and that volunteer coordinators suggested the out-of-towners show up at Tommy's.
Their presence certainly contributed to the momentum theme the campaign has been pushing. Supporters lined the street leading up to the restaurant, cheering on Romney with the sort of enthusiasm typically reserved this cycle for Ron Paul supporters. But while the majority of attendees at recent campaign stops still appear to be from South Carolina, if Romney loses Saturday despite the apparent energy, it might be because his most ardent fans can't vote here.
UPDATE: Andrea Saul, a spokesperson for Romney, told BuzzFeed it was "not true" that the campaign would be paying for the charter bus students took to South Carolina
Ping
Shouldn't they have been chanting "Willard! Willard! Willard"?
Whoda thunk it? Mormon groupies.
From the comments after that article..
“Do they have to run around and act like FOOLS? This looks like one of the Wall Street Rioters; not a reasonable person with common sense!”
LOL
So what? This is no big deal.
UPDATE: Andrea Saul, a spokesperson for Romney, told BuzzFeed it was “not true” that the campaign would be paying for the charter bus students took to South Carolina
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“Scrooge Scrooge Scrooge”
:)
To you, maybe.
The Cult has had its eye on the White House for a very long time. With the help of Glenn Beck, who refuses to bash Mittens as he has other GOP candidates, their former bishop will get there....or so they hope
If Romney weren't in the picture, and BHO announced he had converted to LDS, at least 80% of mormons would vote for him without hesitation.
It is a big deal in the sense that BYU is a religious school sending students for a political campaign rally AND the SLC lds have been denying any connection to promoting Romney as their candidate.
There are historical and current references to “the White Horse Prophecy” that only a mormon (a saint) can restore the Constitution - just something to think about.
Grey,
Why do you care about this? Everyone does this. Perry bused in tons of people from Texas into the Iowa state. This of all things is NO BIG DEAL and if you think so then you are silly.
Vote Newt.
In my lds family ALL of them are supporting Romney. When I lay out his liberal record, it does not matter.
My uncle said all of that is true but he is lds.
lds vote for Romney at a rate of 94%.
It is a big deal in the sense that BYU is a religious school sending students for a political campaign rally AND the SLC lds have been denying any connection to promoting Romney as their candidate.
There are historical and current references to “the White Horse Prophecy” that only a mormon (a saint) can restore the Constitution - just something to think about.
To me, it is a big deal because of the White Horse Prophecy.
Just my humble opinion, of course.
Sounds like the breakaway LDS cult leaders are pulling out all the stops in their quest to take over a second third of the US government.
Yet we keep hearing how Mormons are SOOOOOOOOOOO Conservative!
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