The emerging 2008 presidential nominee of the week is outgoing Republican Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who filed the paperwork Wednesday to set up an exploratory committee. He’s a fascinating figure with a solid record of fiscal management and creative thinking on health care and education. He also has a 37-year marriage and some good social conservative credentials, though some past comments have fuzzed up his stand on gay rights. His biggest liabilities shouldn’t be, if America is as pluralistic as advertised: that he’s a Mormon and a Northeasterner.
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Mitt was pro-gay rights and pro-choice until a few years ago.
Ya just can’t trust a flip-flopper now, can you?
The main indictment against Gov. Romney is that he is a “Northeasterner”; we all know those folks can’t be trusted!
The best man er uh… person for the job.
Ooohhh…
The libs are already nervous of Romney – with good reason.
I must not be libs.Very relaxed.Romney who?What’s a Romney?Keep your Mitts off us!
Heavenly Father, Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children.
Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can’t make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.
Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day (who really ought to get a job) is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.
Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together.
Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.
I still don’t think Evangelical Christians will vote for Romney because he is a Mormon. I went to college with these evangelicals and, believe me, they can hold a grudge longer than dirt is dirt.
I cannot fathom any evangelical voting for anyone other than another born again Christian if they truly vote their faith. I think they will push for someone more like themselves before they will settle for Romney.
ding ding ding….lucee wins the daily double!How true.Just do a short outline of what mormons REALLY believe, pass it out to the fundies, and watch the numbers plumett!I can accept the bible’s metaphors, but the mormons ask us to believe this crazy story is fact!No thanks.
Romney has changed his stance on abortion, but not to one extreme or the other.
On homosexual issues he really hasn’t changed his positions in any significant way. The presentation of flipfloping is simply taking advantage of the shifting of claimed ‘rights’ by many on th homosexual rights end. Romney has never wanted marriage for homosexuals, he has always, and still does, want them treated fairly under the law.
lucee, if it makes you more comfortable to dismiss Romney like that, by all means… Actually, look into his qualifications. You might end up voting for him in the general election.
Issues matter. Integrity matters. Accomplishments matter. Electability matters. That is why you will find grassroot orgs like Evangelicals for Mitt.
Isn’t that what Bush supporters say also? That issues matter, integrityh matters and accomplishments matter. They are wrong and so are you Outlander.
Besides, I never said I didn’t like Romney and I never said I was a fellow Evangelical Christian. I was just unfortunate to have been around them in my college dorm.
lucee, what a college bummer!Worse than living at home when you’re 21.
I believe no one has the right to tell me who i can love and who i can not. I pay my taxes i vote i cry and i bleed what makes my rights different than others. what gives anyone the right to take away my right to the same happiness as others. vote for the man if you like, but for people like me i rather have another 4 years of bush ha ha ha ha
I did not think that people from Massachusetts were eligible to be president of the U.S. I thought that was supposed to be an immutable Republican position. Funny how time and George Bush can change things…
From Lucee:
“I still don’t think Evangelical Christians will vote for Romney because he is a Mormon. I went to college with these evangelicals and, believe me, they can hold a grudge longer than dirt is dirt.
I cannot fathom any evangelical voting for anyone other than another born again Christian if they truly vote their faith. I think they will push for someone more like themselves before they will settle for Romney.”
With all due disrespect, don’t project your own religious bigotry onto evangelicals.
I’m an evangelical and I fully intend to explore Mr Romney’s positions without regard to his religion.
You see, evangelicals are well aware of what it’s like to suffer from the religious bigotry of people like you (and Ms. Holman) and so we’re not about to do that to Mr. Romney.
I am liberal and I do not fear Romney or Brownback.Folks, the religious right is weak and gay.
Oh boy the wails of torment from the persecuted majority …..again.
Romney? No chance. Which means he has only slightly better chance than Brownback.
Tracy I love that prayer. I bet evangelicals have nothing like that.
THe TRue COnservative IS ONe WHo PReserves THe INtegrity OF HIs RAce. IT IS IN THis ASpect ALone, THat THe PReservation OF IDeals IS HEld INtact, BY KEeping OUr RAcial INtegrity PUre.
Hey No Name at 8:05 pm – I did not project any religous bigotry on evangelicals. I was only stating my opinion based on my interactions with evangelical Christians.
Funny though, I am not the one ranting about having suffered from religious bigotry like you claim – even though I was surrounded by the evangelicals constantly trying to outdo one another with their self-righteous piety.
what a turnoff.
JR..
Persecution is wrong period! Matters not whether it is against the majority, minority, or anywhere in between.
Tracy’s prayer was nice.. but prayers like that are NOT uncommon in good Christian homes and groups.
lucee…
self righteous piety turns off alot of Christians as well!
If the choice where Romney or Hillary I don’t think that Romney would have any trouble getting the evangelical vote.
And you thought that up all by yourself Heckler?
Romney has switched his postions on gay and abortion rights. I wouldn’t be surprised if he switched religions too.