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Suddenly what Mormons believe matters in a Presidental Election
The left will pound the Mormon religion on its history and on opposition on Gay Marriage in California DaTechGuy 2÷1÷12 It doesn’t matter how “moderate” any GOP candidate is, said candidate will be painted as a racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe, religious fanatic.DTG2÷2÷12
if Romney is the general election candidate the left and the media will be going whole hog on the “Mormons are creepy” business and they will be playing it in the south in an attempt to depress the GOP vote while trying to excite Black voters, particularly in the south (remember the African American’s for Obama business) in the hopes of stealing a state or two. DTG3÷7÷12
Can’t you see the five-part New York Times series on the history of Mormonism? Can’t you see Brian Williams on NBC Nightly News and David Gregory on Meet the Press doing Serious Journalism about all the beliefs and practices of the LDS, and ponderously asking What It Means for America? Robert Stacy McCain 3÷6÷12
Hatch later told reporters that he is a Ron Paul supporter and had come to the Romney event to find out if the candidate believed in the Book of Mormon. “Either he believes the Book of Mormon, or he doesn’t,” he said. “That’s what it comes down to. So either he believes it, and he believes what these things say right here, or he doesn’t. And from what I understand he just denounced his faith up there.”
“I think that’s an important issue,” said Hatch. “He’s going up against a black guy! He’s going against Obama. This is a racial issue.”
For those naïve enough or foolish enough to actually believe defeating Santorum would make sure Religion would not be an issue in this campaign Stacy McCain provides the explaination:
As long as the media and the Democrats (but I repeat myself) saw the GOP nomination being in doubt, Romney’s status as a bishop in the LDS church was treated as off-limits, except when it was used as a club to clobber evangelical Christian voters for their supposed anti-Mormon prejudice.
By contrast, recall how often Rick Santorum’s support for Catholic doctrine — especially his church’s opposition to artificial contraception — was a frequent subject of mainstream media “controversy.”
Now that Democrats are near-certain that Romney is the nominee, however, the media is going to start covering Mitt’s Mormonism in a very serious way — “Oh, look, he’s a fringe kook!” — as if this were an entirely legitimate topic of political discussion.
Don’t say you weren’t warned.
The left will pound the Mormon religion on its history and on opposition on Gay Marriage in California DaTechGuy 2/1/12
It doesn’t matter how “moderate” any GOP candidate is, said candidate will be painted as a racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe, religious fanatic.DTG 2/2/12
if Romney is the general election candidate the left and the media will be going whole hog on the “Mormons are creepy” business and they will be playing it in the south in an attempt to depress the GOP vote while trying to excite Black voters, particularly in the south (remember the African American’s for Obama business) in the hopes of stealing a state or two. DTG 3/7/12
Can’t you see the five-part New York Times series on the history of Mormonism? Can’t you see Brian Williams on NBC Nightly News and David Gregory on Meet the Press doing Serious Journalism about all the beliefs and practices of the LDS, and ponderously asking What It Means for America? Robert Stacy McCain 3/6/12
Hatch later told reporters that he is a Ron Paul supporter and had come to the Romney event to find out if the candidate believed in the Book of Mormon. “Either he believes the Book of Mormon, or he doesn’t,” he said. “That’s what it comes down to. So either he believes it, and he believes what these things say right here, or he doesn’t. And from what I understand he just denounced his faith up there.”
“I think that’s an important issue,” said Hatch. “He’s going up against a black guy! He’s going against Obama. This is a racial issue.”
For those naive enough or foolish enough to actually believe defeating Santorum would make sure Religion would not be an issue in this campaign Stacy McCain provides the explaination:
As long as the media and the Democrats (but I repeat myself) saw the GOP nomination being in doubt, Romney’s status as a bishop in the LDS church was treated as off-limits, except when it was used as a club to clobber evangelical Christian voters for their supposed anti-Mormon prejudice.
By contrast, recall how often Rick Santorum’s support for Catholic doctrine — especially his church’s opposition to artificial contraception — was a frequent subject of mainstream media “controversy.”
Now that Democrats are near-certain that Romney is the nominee, however, the media is going to start covering Mitt’s Mormonism in a very serious way — “Oh, look, he’s a fringe kook!” — as if this were an entirely legitimate topic of political discussion.
Considering the GOP has a history of somewhat pushing their religion on the public, it is somewhat relevant to discuss what Romney’s religious beliefs are. It wasn’t too long ago some Fox “newscasters” were slamming the Chrisitan Obama for being a radical Muslim. It’s fair play. Plus you have to admit, the Morman religion is based on some silly ideas.
Jerry I don’t dismiss the theological absurdities of Mormonism, what I point out is when there was serious doubt that Romney would be the nominee the MSM considered the topic, “beyond the pale”
I submit that the previous attitude and the change is due to Romney being the weakest of the possible candidates for the president to face.
[...] | April 5th, 2012 My post on Mormonism two days ago drew the following comment from regular reader Foible: You’re once again mistaking the left for some sort of a hive mind. Some of us liberals are [...]
You’re once again mistaking the left for some sort of a hive mind. Some of us liberals are against any politicians basing laws on their faith. When Romney uses his religion as his excuse for changing his political positions then his religion is up for discussion.
Mormons believe that Jesus and Satan are brothers, don’t you think that is information the evangelical Christian voters should have? I know that if he is the republican nominee I’m going to politely use his title whenever I mention him; High Priest of the Order of Melchizedek, Mitt Romney.
I suspect Evangelicals know more about what Mormon’s believe that then many of our secular friends
(thus the “cult” designation although that means something different in theological terms than it does in common parlance)
The point I was making is as long as Mitt was in a fight, the idea of questioning Mormonism was looked down upon and discouraged by the professional left and hit in the media. Now that he is the likely nominee it will become part of the regular reporting.
Now if you think:
The primary qualification for turning the economy around is the correct information on Jesus’ siblings (he had none)
The primary qualification to handle energy policy is based on if a person thinks horses existed on the American continent before Cortez (they didn’t)
The best way to judge if a leader can handle the threat of a Nuclear Iran depends on if he thinks the planet is under 10,000 years old (it’s not)
then you go on ahead and vote on that criteria.
I suspect that people who haven’t been able to find a job in years might just have other priorities.
Your points are great examples of unsupported beliefs. I do not want a leader trying to deal with Iran and determine energy policy based on unsupported beliefs. We already had a war with Iraq based on unsupported beliefs about WMD’s.
As for your last example, currently the economy is growing, I don’t want a politician who’s going to turn it around.
I was doing some volunteer work for one of the campaigns. One of the volunteers has an acquaintance that works at the WH. This guy says they have all kinds of anti-mormon stuff all lined up waiting for Romney to be the official nominee.
If true, yes it could hurt Romney, but you have to wonder doesn’t it hurt them too by painting them as anti-religion?
I mean they are, but they usually try to hide it better.
Considering the GOP has a history of somewhat pushing their religion on the public, it is somewhat relevant to discuss what Romney’s religious beliefs are. It wasn’t too long ago some Fox “newscasters” were slamming the Chrisitan Obama for being a radical Muslim. It’s fair play. Plus you have to admit, the Morman religion is based on some silly ideas.
Jerry I don’t dismiss the theological absurdities of Mormonism, what I point out is when there was serious doubt that Romney would be the nominee the MSM considered the topic, “beyond the pale”
I submit that the previous attitude and the change is due to Romney being the weakest of the possible candidates for the president to face.
[...] | April 5th, 2012 My post on Mormonism two days ago drew the following comment from regular reader Foible: You’re once again mistaking the left for some sort of a hive mind. Some of us liberals are [...]
[...] [...]
You’re once again mistaking the left for some sort of a hive mind. Some of us liberals are against any politicians basing laws on their faith. When Romney uses his religion as his excuse for changing his political positions then his religion is up for discussion.
Mormons believe that Jesus and Satan are brothers, don’t you think that is information the evangelical Christian voters should have? I know that if he is the republican nominee I’m going to politely use his title whenever I mention him; High Priest of the Order of Melchizedek, Mitt Romney.
I suspect Evangelicals know more about what Mormon’s believe that then many of our secular friends
(thus the “cult” designation although that means something different in theological terms than it does in common parlance)
The point I was making is as long as Mitt was in a fight, the idea of questioning Mormonism was looked down upon and discouraged by the professional left and hit in the media. Now that he is the likely nominee it will become part of the regular reporting.
Now if you think:
then you go on ahead and vote on that criteria.
I suspect that people who haven’t been able to find a job in years might just have other priorities.
Your points are great examples of unsupported beliefs. I do not want a leader trying to deal with Iran and determine energy policy based on unsupported beliefs. We already had a war with Iraq based on unsupported beliefs about WMD’s.
As for your last example, currently the economy is growing, I don’t want a politician who’s going to turn it around.
Once again, your analysis is right on. I linked your post here: http://bobagard.blogspot.com/2012/04/shocked-shocked.html
I was doing some volunteer work for one of the campaigns. One of the volunteers has an acquaintance that works at the WH. This guy says they have all kinds of anti-mormon stuff all lined up waiting for Romney to be the official nominee.
If true, yes it could hurt Romney, but you have to wonder doesn’t it hurt them too by painting them as anti-religion?
I mean they are, but they usually try to hide it better.
To the left “anti-religion” is a feature not a bug