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Posted by: steve benson ( )
Date: January 11, 2012 07:54PM

Well, does it?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/11/2012 07:54PM by steve benson.

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Posted by: bignevermo ( )
Date: January 11, 2012 08:02PM

So what can ya do? is there a lessor of the two "evils"? sides i cant vote in that primary...but...Romney seems to be leading!

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Posted by: nonmoparents ( )
Date: January 11, 2012 08:04PM


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Posted by: forbiddencokedrinker ( )
Date: January 11, 2012 08:19PM

I don't think any other then Santoram really are. I think Gingrich's discovery of religion was conveniently timed after his last sex scandal. I think Romney uses Mormonism as a great fundraising tool, but his views on abortion, or stem cells sound like TBM answers, and he has remained largely silent on the subject of gay rights during this campaign.

As for Huntsman, I didn't even know he was a person until a couple weeks ago, but I know a lot of guys here don't think he is very TBM.

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Posted by: Mrs. Estzerhaus ( )
Date: January 11, 2012 08:27PM


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Posted by: WiserWomanNow ( )
Date: January 11, 2012 08:42PM

...and here is why:

"It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so." (Robert A. Heinlein)

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Posted by: anon for now ( )
Date: January 11, 2012 09:07PM

I just wish American politicans were less in-your-face about religion (although the same can be said for Americans in general).
And where are the moderate Christian politicians? Where are the moderate Christian Americans? Why are the vast majority of American right-wingers (politicians and average people) so in your
face and extreme? I'm not saying a prominent politician should be an atheist, but they should be secular and even if they are Christian they should be secular and less in your face about their faith.

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Posted by: forbiddencokedrinker ( )
Date: January 11, 2012 09:14PM

The irony is that to the social right, their greatest hero was Ronald Reagen, a man who could not be bothered to go to church during his administration, and who could barely be called religious at all. The religious right is something of a new thing. One that really annoys me. My own position is that I am a libertarian on the social and economic issues, but I think that party is weak in foreign policy.

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Posted by: axeldc ( )
Date: January 11, 2012 10:18PM

And it has nothing to do with religion, except for Santorum, who takes his religion to the level of dangerous zealot.

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Posted by: anybody ( )
Date: January 11, 2012 11:32PM

I think it does to a degree...and it could make the difference. I had a friend in college who was southern Baptist from a rural town not too far from Atlanta. He became visibly upset after he saw my parents after they came to visit one weekend. He tried to be nice about it but kept going on about how the races shouldn't mix and so on. Mention the Pope, Mormons, or Islam and he reacted the same way. Since most of the Republican party now is made up of white evangelical Christians it will dampen the enthusiasm somewhat. In their view Catholicism is bad but Mormonism is worse and they will reluctantly go to the voting booth -- but vote while holding their noses.

One thing I could never figure out about Mormonism was the complete lack of empathy (from the religion -- not individual people). You would expect the Brethren to say things such as "our Prophet was lynched, our people were persecuted so therefore we have something in common with you" and so on but they don't do that. I could be wrong but I read speeches and watched video from conference and fireside talks and I could not find any statement from them to that effect.

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Posted by: jaredsotherbrother ( )
Date: January 12, 2012 04:40PM

I don't know the answer but the question is a great premise for a joke.

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Posted by: helamonster ( )
Date: January 12, 2012 04:44PM

I wouldn't be too troubled if Newtie or Santorum were kennedy-style Catholics.

But Santorum is one of the Catholic League Wackadoodle fanatics, and Newt is a grandstander extraordinaire who will do and/or say anything for votes and attention.

Kinda like Mitt.

Huntsman is an unknown quantity, and for that reason alone he scares me even more than the other 3.

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Posted by: jerry64 ( )
Date: January 12, 2012 05:18PM

They have to spread the appeal to capture more votes. So Romney would never choose Huntsman because the common Mormonism is too obvious of a lightning rod (not to mention their political differences).

Even Gingrich-Santorum probably wouldn't be considered.

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Posted by: freeman ( )
Date: January 12, 2012 05:39PM

If Romney wins he'd be wise not to pair up with any of them, but find a likeable genuine conservative to counter his right wing apologetics.

On the OP issue of whether his (or any of the others) faith matters, I would say that what obviously matters more than their personal faith, is the public perception of their faith. It is a sad and unfortunate fact (and I speak as a right winger) that to get nominated in the GOP, you need a Christian faith and anti-scientific views on the origins of man and the universe.

It's a sorry state of affairs when the candiate with the most sensible views on gays and evolution is a Mormon.

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