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01-06-2008, 02:13 PM | #1 |
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It really is about religion ...
Barbara has posted a reasonable explanation on why people don't relate to Romney, but even at this juncture in New Hampshire Romney cannot escape questions about his religion:
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7893971 A majority of voters will not vote for Romney because he is Mormon and for no other reason! Last edited by tooblue; 01-06-2008 at 10:02 PM. |
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Then Mormons should leave and form their own country to show the bigots what we think of them.
We're big on complaining things aren't fair, but we never do anything about it. Perhaps we need to be more tribal and react the way the Jewish community reacts.
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I don't doubt that there is *some* anti-LDS sentiment laced in, but IMO my good LDS friends shouldn't get too hung up on the religion aspect.
In Iowa the EVs voted for Huckabee, but not comprehensively. The difference between Huckabee's & Romney's support among the EV vote was interesting - Mitt got 20-something percent of the EV crowd (or something roughly equivalent) As for Romney's attractiveness as candidate overall, it looks like he's not well regarded by the other candidates (which isn't so unusual for a front-runner), and his liabilities - particularly the changing positions - is a big problem, as all the easy shots from other candidates yesterday showed. Mitt spent a ton of money in Iowa - I'd guess there may have been some backlash against the wealthy (apparently) trying to buy a victory was a part, as well. Those issues don't appear to be religion-related at all. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7751.html Last edited by Ma'ake; 01-06-2008 at 03:07 PM. |
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This is silly. Grow up. You need to learn the meaning of bigotry. People choose their beliefs. They make a decision to believe as they do, and those with courage of their convictions should be clear eyed about the consequences of their beliefs. It's perfectly acceptable to say, "I won't vote for anyone to lead this country who claims to believe that stuff." There's nothing wrong with it. I bet you have said you wouldn't vote for an atheist. That's fine too.
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I rejected the beliefs, as your post impliclty recogizes (if I thought they were credible or sublime I wouldn't be embarrassed by them). I do think they are embarrasing. But that's a subsidiary point. You would be free to vote against me for president because of this with no offense taken by me.
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A rather broad, but accurate definition of those who won't vote on Romney based on his religion alone. I don't have a problem if someone won't vote for him because he's a Mormon, but I don't think they should get some kind of free pass for it either; however, it's not big enough of a deal to get worked up over it.
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