1. no one smeared gingrich. gingrich got what he deserve for leading the impeachment against bill clinton for less than his own actions.
2. other christians were concerned about romney being a mormon. no one "smeared" him.
3. trump is a vile bigot and an embarrassment to the GOP who people have every reason to judge as such.
and the fact that you object to him rightfully being called what he is... is your problem. it doesn't mean republicans are set upon.
of course, you're projecting rightwingnut treatment of democrats onto us... typical winger behavior.
you won't win until you stop picking extremist candidates who made anyone who isn't an old white christian male gag.
1. Clinton didn't get into trouble for screwing around on Hillary. Clinton got into trouble for lying and trying to avoid doing the proper thing like admitting fault and apologizing to a victim he made a sexual advancement towards.
2. How can anybody with even the slightest sense of logic say that the Democrats didn't smear Romney; blaming him because an employee lost a spouse to illness while she worked at a company he was in charge of; going on vacation with his dog carrier tied to his roof; going all the way back to his high school days where he played a harmless prank on a fellow classmate? Christians didn't smear him, the Commies and Liberals did.
3. Talk about extremists, your number 2 candidate is an admitted Socialist. But unlike most other Democrats, at least he's honest about it.
1. True.
2. Romney wasn't smeared. The ad you're talking about (that never ran) actually is what happens when large corporations take over smaller ones; workers are quite often downsized, they lose their insurance and if you're not insured in this day and age, you are out of luck medically. Meanwhile, companies like Bain seek to please investors only. Is it wrong or illegal? No. Is it palatable to the American public. No. If you're goal is to be thought of as an effective CEO, you'e doing great. If you're goal is to become President, cruelty doesn't play well. I think you guys will find that out if Trump is your nominee. As for the dog and the "harmless prank", typical stuff that happens during campaigns. All of it pales to calling Obama a Muslim and that he wasn't born in the US.
3. The #2 candidate is a zero factor.
For one, the woman in question had her own insurance if I remember correctly, so it had nothing to do with Romney's management of the company. Two, downsizing is a common practice when it comes to saving companies. Cut pay, layoff workers, eliminate benefits, take whatever steps are necessary to save the company. Would you rather see some workers lose their benefits or jobs or would you rather see the entire company close down and everybody lose their jobs and benefits?
Not arguing economics.
Selling the logic of necessary downsizing to guys who were downsized while asking for their vote is problematic.
DumBama a Muslim? Certainly that can be in question. His claim is that he's a Christian, but doesn't follow the Christian faith. Christians are strongly against abortion yet alone somebody that had the ability to make law promoting it.
Ridiculous argument backed up by nothing.
Backed up by nothing? What would you like me to back up?
I can't tell anybody's religion no more than you can. It's not like we register to a religion like we register to vote. I could say I'm Muslim, Jewish, Catholic and you would never know even if I attended a church or Mosque. Nobody knows how one believes in God if they believe at all, especially when it comes to politicians.
Christians being "strongly" against abortion or that bring a litmus test. His faith riding on a legal ruling 36 yrs before he became president is also silly.