"Mitt Romney is not the face of Mormonism!"

[JoeB131]

Kind of scary when his own peeps break bad on him.

Gregory A. Prince, Ph.D.: Mitt Romney Is Not the Face of Mormonism

When the news of Mitt Romney's Florida video broke on Monday evening, I was incensed -- but not for its political implications. His arrogant and out-of-hand dismissal of half the population of this country struck me at a visceral level, for it sullied the religion that he and I share -- the religion for which five generations of my ancestry have lived and sacrificed, the religion whose official mantra is "to take care of the poor and needy throughout the world." My first impulse was to rent an airplane towing a banner: "Mitt Romney is Not the Face of Mormonism!"....

That face of Mormonism is the one that calls on some of its members, particularly bishops and stake presidents, to devote as many hours gratis to their church jobs as they do to their professional jobs. It is the one that summons up extraordinary acts of love, compassion and generosity, often in response to the deepest tragedies of life -- and death.

But it is not the one that dismisses out-of-hand half the population of the United States by saying, "My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."

 

[Lakhota]

Honorable Mormons are turning on Mitt. Meanwhile, false Christians on the right still support him.

 

[Lakhota]

Romney is giving Mormons a bad name.

 

[Politico]

He never claimed he was.

 

[Yurt]

ZOMG....mormons don't walk in lock step like most liberals and cons

 

[Yurt]

you know what....some christians didn't vote for obama

STOP THE PRESSES!!!

 

[NYcarbineer]

Romney is the face of Moremoneyism.

 

[AquaAthena]

"Mitt Romney is not the face of Mormonism!"

NOOO, this guy is:

Time and Seasons Mormon of the Year Award in 2009 .....

http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2010/01/times-and-seasons-2009-mormon-of-the-year-harry-reid/

 

[Yurt]

Romney is the face of Moremoneyism.

not gates or buffet? they have much more money than romney. me thinks you protest too much.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Romney is the face of Moremoneyism.

not gates or buffet? they have much more money than romney. me thinks you protest too much.

Romney thinks his 9% tax rate is too high. Do they?

 

[CausingPAIN]

He never claimed he was.

But will gladly take the two million dollars . Any way they can get it

 

[NYcarbineer]

Romney might be the some-other-body-part of Mormonism...

 

[CausingPAIN]

ZOMG....mormons don't walk in lock step like most liberals and cons

i\eusa_whistle:

 

[CausingPAIN]

you know what....some christians didn't vote for obama

STOP THE PRESSES!!!

so no mormons voted Obama in 08'?

 

[Politico]

He never claimed he was.

But will gladly take the two million dollars . Any way they can get it

So would you or anyone else here.

 

[jillian]

He never claimed he was.

he's actually intentionally avoided speaking about his religion.

but i think they're referring more to the moral positions of the religion. and i'd think that's a pretty unwelcome criticism for romney.

 

[tyroneweaver]

you know what....some christians didn't vote for obama

STOP THE PRESSES!!!

so no mormons voted Obama in 08'?

actually obama won the vote in the city part of salt lake county

 

[squeeze berry]

an opinion piece from where else but huffingpoo

 

[JoeB131]

ZOMG....mormons don't walk in lock step like most liberals and cons

Actually, they are a cult, so they kind of do.

I think that even the Mormons are starting to realize this guy is going to make them all look bad.

Heck, Utah might even be in play at the rate this guy is sinking.

 

[Yurt]

you know what....some christians didn't vote for obama

STOP THE PRESSES!!!

so no mormons voted Obama in 08'?

sarcasm....learn it