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  • FRIDAY OCTOBER 5 2007 9:00 AM

Beat It Romney, You Crazy Mormon!

Submitted by FearTheReaper

Edited by erin_broadley

Tags: Mitt Romney, Mormonism, Republicans, Log Cabin Republicans



Mitt Romney just needs to walk away. His run for the White House is becoming a joke. People in his own party are beginning to make brutal ads about his past and they certainly don't want a Mormon in the White House.

Maybe Mitt hasn’t noticed, but the Republican Party has been taken over by Christian lunatics over the past 15 years. Guess whom Christian lunatics don’t like? Mormons! Might have something to do with the church’s polygamy history. Also, there is some controversy about the year 1827, when Joseph Smith dug up some golden plates in New York that had been protected by the angel Moroni and engraved by Mormon, a pre-Columbian prophet-warrior. Because the plates were written in “Reformed Egyptian,” Smith translated them by looking through “seer stones.” Turns out God wanted him to “restore” Christianity. You can see how the influential Christians, like James Dobson, might take a pass on Mitt.

A big pass. A recent Newsweek poll revealed that 28 percent of Americans would not vote for a Mormon. I wonder how many of them are Republicans? The poll found that a Mormon president came in below a Jewish president and a black president. That is pretty low on the Republican ladder.

Yesterday, the Log Cabin Republicans came out with an ad attacking Mitt for his “Massachusetts values.” Taking out Mitt is an amusing tactic for a gay Republican, considering his history of supporting gay rights, but we are talking about Republicans. Gay or not, they are fucking weird.



Shit, now I want to vote for him! But this ad will only be airing in Iowa and on Fox News, where conservatives will see it and probably turn against evil Mitt. The Log Cabin Republicans claim they only want people to know the truth about Mitt because no one really knows what he believes.


Whether it’s taxes, immigration, education, gay rights, gun ownership, stem cell research, abortion, campaign finance reform, or other key issues, Mitt Romney has a long list of flip-flops. The American people don’t trust Massachusetts’s flip-floppers, whether they’re Democrats or Republicans.

As much as Governor Romney wants to re-invent himself, his record speaks for itself. The Mitt Romney of today is different from the Mitt Romney who was elected Massachusetts Governor and ran for the U.S. Senate. Romney may have forgotten what he used to believe, but Republicans won’t forget.


I wonder why they didn’t mention his history of supporting gay rights? That’s a weird thing to leave out.

Lastly, Mitt is not doing to well with the fundraising. Yesterday, the Mittman reported his campaign had brought in $18 million smackeroos. That is more than three times as much as the pathetic cult leader Ron Paul! Or is it?

Turns out of the $18 million Romney raised, $8.5 million came from a guy named Mitt Romeny. But that didn’t stop a campaign spokeswoman from talking about how great it was that he wrote himself a check, I mean, that tons of people support him.


Our campaign made considerable progress this quarter expanding Gov. Romney's support across the country ... Gov. Romney has built a nationwide network of volunteers and supporters that are energizing our efforts as we work towards the first votes being cast in January.


Just go away, you have no chance. And it’s getting a bit sad. Like, John McCain sad.

Democrats, however, should pray that he wins the nomination.

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MikeofEvil2

MikeofEvil2

United Kingdom
September 2003

OCT 05, 2007 01:21 PM

Whether it's taxes, immigration, education, gay rights, gun ownership, stem cell research, abortion, campaign finance reform, or other key issues, Mitt Romney has a long list of flip-flops.



I know virtually nothing about this whole thing, being British and all and only having a basic understanding of the whole presidential race thing, and I have even less knowledge of Mitt Romney, but doesn't that above quote mention the fact that he HAS supported gay rights (at least some of the time)? Whereas FTR seems to be claiming the Log Cabin Republicans deliberately omitted that part of his past policies.

ericwine

ericwine

Charlotte Hall, MD
January 2007

OCT 05, 2007 01:22 PM

A while back, a saw an article posted on the website of a right wing think tank analyzing the campaigns of the three GOP frontrunners for what they were doing wrong. The critique of Romney was that he shouldn't have tried to run as a social conservative, and instead should've run as a problem solver, with health care reform as his signature issue. The consistently centrist Romney would be someone I could support. The flip-flopper is someone I don't trust.
And I could give a fuck about whether he's a Mormon or prays to Cthulhu. Why is Mormonism an issue for Romney but no one made a peep about it when Orrin Hatch ran in 2000?

Uncognitive

Uncognitive

Brooklyn, NY
May 2003

OCT 05, 2007 01:35 PM

ongoingnightmare said:
Damn that cult leader Ron Paul. maken a 114 percent increase from the second quarter.
While the big boys funds % went down.
damn him



Just because a crazy person has rich friends, that doesn't make them less crazy.

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

OCT 05, 2007 01:35 PM

MikeofEvil2 said:

Whether it's taxes, immigration, education, gay rights, gun ownership, stem cell research, abortion, campaign finance reform, or other key issues, Mitt Romney has a long list of flip-flops.



I know virtually nothing about this whole thing, being British and all and only having a basic understanding of the whole presidential race thing, and I have even less knowledge of Mitt Romney, but doesn't that above quote mention the fact that he HAS supported gay rights (at least some of the time)? Whereas FTR seems to be claiming the Log Cabin Republicans deliberately omitted that part of his past policies.



That is not from the ad, just an interview with one of the Log Cabin Republicans. If they really wanted to scare the right wing, they should have included his support of gay rights. But they did not. Because they are gay republicans. It's all very strange.

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

OCT 05, 2007 01:36 PM

ericwine said:
A while back, a saw an article posted on the website of a right wing think tank analyzing the campaigns of the three GOP frontrunners for what they were doing wrong. The critique of Romney was that he shouldn't have tried to run as a social conservative, and instead should've run as a problem solver, with health care reform as his signature issue. The consistently centrist Romney would be someone I could support. The flip-flopper is someone I don't trust.
And I could give a fuck about whether he's a Mormon or prays to Cthulhu. Why is Mormonism an issue for Romney but no one made a peep about it when Orrin Hatch ran in 2000?



Totally agree.

KevKevX7

KevKevX7

Salt Lake City, UT
July 2006

OCT 05, 2007 02:22 PM

I'm Mormon but I think your religous background and political views should stay seperate.

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

OCT 05, 2007 02:31 PM

FearTheReaper said:

ongoingnightmare said:
Damn that cult leader Ron Paul. maken a 114 percent increase from the second quarter.
While the big boys funds % went down.
damn him



Wow, he is almost relevant


I know, right? His popularity has gone up a whopping 200%! To 2%!

emotedcreations

emotedcreations

Germany
July 2006

OCT 05, 2007 02:39 PM

To everyone wondering about the ad, like FTR said, it's only going to be run in Iowa on Fox News. It's not going to make any of the people who actually end up seeing it want to vote for him. I can pretty much guarantee you that. But anyway, that's totally beside the point.

On topic: It sucks that his religion would be an issue, but then again he's running for the nomination of a party that ostensibly has very little tolerance of the "other"--gays/lesbians, muslims, mexicans (pretty much everything that's not white Christian and straight)**. Also, has there been any other Catholics since Kennedy? The American presidency isn't exactly a model of diversity. Maybe that will change a bit this time around. If he has any chance, he should do what that article said and address people's intolerance head on. But I think he's pretty much insignificant at this point.

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**Yes, I realize not all Republicans are fucking twits. I don't mean to insult any one personally.

JohnnyForeigner

JohnnyForeigner

United Kingdom
July 2003

OCT 05, 2007 02:54 PM

Pfft. Mormons are awesome!

jdmass

jdmass

Argentina
June 2007

OCT 05, 2007 03:25 PM

I do not quite understand what is the deal with religion getting mixed up in a presidential campaign. Who cares? If a company is hiring a CEO, the candidate's religious, social, ethnic background is irrelevant, only his skill as an administrator and a leader. Politics should be the same.

Saeta

Saeta

SUICIDEGIRL

Texas, USA

OCT 05, 2007 03:32 PM

jdmass said:
I do not quite understand what is the deal with religion getting mixed up in a presidential campaign. Who cares? If a company is hiring a CEO, the candidate's religious, social, ethnic background is irrelevant, only his skill as an administrator and a leader. Politics should be the same.



i agree. they should be, but sadly they aren't. back in the early 50s people raised holy hell over jfk being a catholic. i'd like to think that things have gotten better with time. obviously, they haven't.

Formus

Formus

Milwaukee, WI
May 2007

OCT 05, 2007 04:08 PM

Saeta said:

jdmass said:
I do not quite understand what is the deal with religion getting mixed up in a presidential campaign. Who cares? If a company is hiring a CEO, the candidate's religious, social, ethnic background is irrelevant, only his skill as an administrator and a leader. Politics should be the same.



i agree. they should be, but sadly they aren't. back in the early 50s people raised holy hell over jfk being a catholic. i'd like to think that things have gotten better with time. obviously, they haven't.



See McCain's proclamation that only Christians will be good presidents.

emotedcreations

emotedcreations

Germany
July 2006

OCT 05, 2007 04:17 PM

Formus said:
See McCain's proclamation that only Christians will be good presidents.


He didn't say IMO that only Christians make good presidents, more along the lines of he'd prefer them to reflect Christian values (which I think Romney does). But still I believe your point remains...

lowroller

lowroller

Australia
May 2008

OCT 05, 2007 08:43 PM

Mitt Romney? Sounds like a name someone from outerspace would have.

Just sayin'.

ASSH0LE

ASSH0LE

Las Vegas, NV
June 2003

OCT 05, 2007 10:03 PM

Saeta said:
i agree. they should be, but sadly they aren't. back in the early 50s people raised holy hell over jfk being a catholic. i'd like to think that things have gotten better with time. obviously, they haven't.



Back in the early 50s they didn't raise holy hell about JFK being Catholic. He was running for the House of Reps and for the Senate in largely Irish-Catholic Boston.

It may have been an issue when he tried to get on the ticket as Veep in 1956... It was more or less defused when he won the state of West Virginia in the 1960 Democratic primary.

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