Why should religion come up at all in debates ?

They’ll use it later to try and smear him.

Yes, that’s because most Americans are not primitive group identity cave-dwellers!

The neanderthal obsession Democrats have with race and group-identity keeps them trapped in a devolved mindset, one most other Americans – or at least most other Republicans – have moved on from.

The facts are that it HAS been raised AROUND debates & other public appearances, & polling indicates it plays some part in the votes of millions of GOP voters, particularly among the religious right. Mormonism is a juicy target, not because it’s actually weirder than almost every other religion, but because it’s weirdness is newer & more American-made.  

Take the Mormon view of heaven & hell (please):

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/explainer/2012/01/what_do_mormons_like_mitt_romney_believe_about_heaven_and_hell_.html 

In short, extremely stratified, just as complicated as class & caste systems. 

I would argue it’s much less a factor with Democratic party voters & left of center voters, because they recognize there’s an orthodoxy in politics that seems to require every serious presidential candidate to mouth the false comfort of a magically-endowed super being. Does anyone think Nixon’s having a Quaker background had anything at all to do with how he behaved in the White House? Or that Ike’s faith in a higher being had anything to do with how he made decisions?  

I would argue the three most religious presidents since 1900 were Wilson, Carter & Bush the younger, & that it’s possible to argue all their policies suffered from them being so; but that, other than those three, the rest were simply nominal deists who selected a convenient religion, mostly out of their family backgrounds, & then treated religion like the very-probably atheist Lincoln did: as a means to promote reverence for ideas they believed in. 

If he gets the nomination, which right now is looking more in doubt than at any time in the last year, Mittens’ religion won’t be used by the Obama campaign to “smear” him; but it will be exploited as symbolizing the general ‘weirdness’ of the man.

Talk about weird; No Bits is his own nebula.

Why does this matter at all?

Hey if we can’t make fun Hussein Obama for being a “devout Muslim” (his words) Then you liberals can’t use the “M-word” to smear Governor Romney. 

It isn’t the iberals who aren’t voting for Romney because he is Mormon. Remember, we all loved Huntsman. It is you crazy people who won’t touch him.

You know who the Mormon holding the greatest elected power in the U.S. is? Harry Reid. He darned sure isn’t a RINO, that is for sure.

‘ “devout Muslim” (his words) ‘  
Oopsie – that deliberate lie on your part, & your LOVING it, consigns you for eternity to the lowest, most outside orbit of Mormon Heaven. It’s a bad spot to be; you can’t even get upgraded to the immediate inside “terrestrial” orbit by Mormon baptism, & there are MURDERERS in that orbit.  

So you have 3 options: the first is, try not to make things worse & thus get consigned to ‘eternal darkness’, a cold place where no one can even hear your screams (bad enough, but even the cable connection is dial-up); the second is, switch religions: eg Catholics are forgiving (so long as you go to confession; on the other hand, you’re already into their gear), & there’s no tier system; the third is, embrace naturalist philosophy, which not only accepts science but says its the condition of reality (plus atheists don’t give a shit if you post-demise baptise them to your heart’s content).

Ah – what is this?  Where did this come from?  Did Obama send out a message to start talking about Mormanism now?  Why are you even mentioning faith or bringing it up? 

Harry Reid is a Morman too – he is the leader of the Senate….why didn’t you mention him in this article?

Watch – this will be the first of many – Team Obama has sent out the message to the liberal media, start talking the M word as a means to slander Romney.

Exactly. Ds don’t have any trouble with Reid’s religion. Libs have a lot of problems with his wishy-washy centrist, but there hasn’t been a liberal president since ever anyway (FDR did as little as he could get away with along that line, LBJ did exactly two things that were liberal, Carter one, Clinton none & Obama’s still working on his first & may never have to.)

Notice how Rev Wright was brought up with Obama but now Romney is off limits. Although, I could care less about his religion I find it ironic how the Rev Wright haters seem not to think religion matters now.

Joseph Smith was a prophet…dum dum dum dum dum

Come on Tina Tampon, I thought you guys wanted to talk about religion & morality. Did you know that Mitt Romney was a part of a racist organization for half his life? Dum dum dum dum dum.

Sure we can, there’s no proof that Obama was ever a Muslim. Romney admitted to being a Mormon, did missionary work for them, and donates 10% of his income to the Mormon “Church”…dum dum dum dum dum

I don’t know why they don’t bring it up more. After all Obama is the President and he is violating the Constitution by not allowing the Mormons to pursue their religious beliefs. Hell you’d think the GOP would be blasting Obama every chance they get about that.

Now that the economy is recovering and Republicans are being forced to bring up social issues, expect he Mormon card to come up more often.

I agree, Romney needs to bring up how birth control violates his Mormon beliefs. What’s next? Will Obama take away Romney’s magical underwear?

Didn’t matter to you, now it does?  Who would have guessed???? lol

Obama doesn’t need to use the Mormon card to smear Romney. Romney is doing a good job of that himself. However, if Romney ever thinks about going after Obama for social issues, it’s nice to have the Mormon card in reserve.

I am waiting for a Atheist to run for President to make everyone’s head explode.

You either clean up the name calling sam, or I’m reporting you.

Now go back and clean up the name you added to Tina.  Time to grow up kid, and I’m not fooling about it. 

Obama said he was a muslim before George corrected him!  How soon you forget.  

Nothing matters to a democrat about a “fellow” democrat.  Everything matters to a democrat about a republican.  Isn’t it funny how that’s happened.

Guess you haven’t evolved enough yet.  We’re always amazed at your smear tactics that you endorse, turn a blind eye to, or flaunt as a positive attribute.  Remember Teddy?  lol  How about Bird?  Oh to have you’re blinders and think that makes you higher on the evolution ladder.  Too funny.  

Right, and that means he’s actually. Muslim.

Okay, how about Tina Bloody Tampon?

Also, I wouldn’t have to clean up anything if Tina’s tampons were extra absorbent.

Plenty of time to serve all over the world on Mormon missions, but no time to serve in the wars they vote for!

__________________________________________
A Purebred Mormon ChickenHawk

A blue ribbon ChickenHawk named Mitt
Used every type deferment he could get
To stay out of Viet Nam
And avoid serving Uncle Sam
For he promoted the war, while he avoided it.

Mitt’s daddy, George, was an exotic ChickenHawk
Born in Mexico of good Mormon polygamous stock
But when the Mexican war began
These Mormons cut and ran,
Flying north to join their Salt Lake City flock.

Mitt counter-protested those who stood against the war
‘Cause daddy taught him to avoid serving in The Corps
Then a Mormon mission to France
Insured there was no chance
That little Mitt would have to face the bloody gore.

When Mitt later became a world class neocon
He made sure  that his five sons would carry on
The Romney ChickenHawk bloodline
With that yellow Mormon spine
By running away from the followers of the Qur’an.

So the next time you hear his loud war squawks
When Mitt stands to give his Presidential talks
Remember there’s nary a draftee
In Mitt’s Mormon pedigree
‘Cause he’s from a line of purebred ChickenHawks!
_________________________
Charles Ulysses Feney

so you’re coming back as?

Don’t know what it means, just saying’

Enjoy your short life in here. Bah bye

It wasn’t a “deliberate lie” – it was said.  It was corrected by george! So – your post is a deliberate lie.  

Of course you didn’t understand it, you’re dumb. Enjoy your sad life.

Buh bye.

I’m coming back as Tina Tampon’s period blood. Wanna lick?

Yeah, Mittens the pro Vietnam draft dodger.

 He’s pointing out Republican Hypocrisy..

 ”I’m reporting you” LMAO!!!! 

Willard’s very last problem is that he is a Mormon. It’s hurting him just less than his jean cut.

Funny things Mormons believe in,

http://listverse.com/2008/02/04/top-10-bizarre-mormon-beliefs/

Yes, every religion has its funny beliefs but no major religion has been disproved by science as the Mormonism.

This election is not about Mormonism – or any religion – or at least, it shouldn’t be.

A country that is mired in job loss and an ailing economy should be asking questions about how to address these problems – not asking questions about one’s religion.

And while some think social issues are important – and to some extent they are – they would not be so important if the economy were healthier.  The sickness caused by a poor economy is what breeds the plethora of social issues questions.  IMO

Let’s get the economy back in line – people back to work – and homes off the market.  Maybe then we can take a look at social issues.  But not until then.

We’ve probably already had atheist presidents, but they were just too smart to reveal it, knowing that to profess one’s non-belief seems to scare the crap out of Americans. 

President Obama has been accused of being Muslim since before his first day in office. Romney, a self proclaimed Mormon, receives no attention at all from fellow GOP’ers?  I don’t understand, even if Obama was Muslim, there really aren’t that huge of differences between the two religions. Both believe that Christianity as originally established by Jesus Christ was a true religion, but that it subsequently became deformed to the point that it was beyond simple reformation. Hence, each religion sees its founder (Muhammad for Islam, and Joseph Smith for Mormonism) as being a true prophet of God, called to re-establish the true faith.  Doubt we’ll see an apology for the specific Obama bashing with regards to religion, but the president has earned it.

Apparently the fact that Mitt Romney is a self serving snake, a vulture capitalist greedy pig, and a lying cheating munipulative phony was more important then him being a Mormon.

Good for you America for judging him by his misdeeds and not his fake racist cult.

Okay, so if I’m getting this right, Obama’s pastor for 20-odd years, who married him to Michelle and baptized his daughters: out of bounds.  Mitt Romney’s church, fair game.  Have I got this right?

asked for an “open marraige” which he was at the time actually engaged in by CHEATING on his wife although it may not have been OPEN to her yet…The Anybody but Romney -Mormon Hating Bigots many of whom are Evangelicals who claim to be so PIOUS and Righteous….they are the ones who put forth stories like this one to discredit Mitt Romney. They would rather have a Serial Adulterer….Barabas…. in South Carolina than a man who is faithful to his wife of 42 years. They hold a SECRET meeting of Evangelical Leaders in Texas with ONE PURPOSE….TO DERAIL THE MORMON. This Anti-Mormon Bigotry is Pathetic. It is UN-American. It is hateful and very Anti-Christian.