His Mormon faith and millions of dollars are not the issue. The last thing American needs is *another* right-wing religious nut with a hard-on for using military force, which is precisely what this guy is. Pretend that we’ve learned *something* from the past 6+ years of evangelical disaster.

In reply to “I’m A Mormon” in #69539…

“...truth about the Mormons”

I spent a week in Orem, Utah a few years back. The entire time I was there I had an uneasy feeling that “something” just wasn’t “right” or “real”.

I compared the feeling at the time to a visit to Disneyland. Everything was just TOO PERFECT - orchards in the middle of ever-so-neatly maintained residential districts - everything so CLEAN and ORDERLY. It was like living in a “Father Knows Best” 1950s sitcom!

REAL people don’t look like that or live like that. Those folks are TRAINED from birth to behave in this super-civil, super-nice manner, just like circus animals. They’re conditioned like robots - you get born into a Mormon family and you’re going become one of them, no ifs, ands or buts.

I can tell you from personal experience that UNLESS YOU FOLLOW AS YOU’RE TOLD TO AND PRESENT YOURSELF AS YOU’RE EXPECTED TO, you’ll be in the “dog house” in Mormonland. Just TRY being an “out” gay person in Utah! Anyone been to the Gay Pride Parade lately in Salt Lake City?

Their founders may have lost the GOLD tablets (talk about careless), but by sticking together in business and supporting the hell out of one another, Mormons have amassed HUGE amounts of LOOT. And eventually, “he who pays the piper, gets to call the tune.”

Speaking of which, it’s hard to beat the sound of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir!

Mitt Romney is just the latest example of what is wrong with our government and country . We as a population are so misrepresented by politicians such as Mr.Romney , who are so wealthy that the only constituancy that they represent are corporations and Wall Street .
      Mitt Romney has been tripping over his own shoe laces to convince the citizens of this country that he is a sort of everyman . Yet he is so out of touch with the common man that his efforts so far have exposed him as a wealthy person extremely ignorant to the urgent needs of this nation and it’s middle and lower classes , children , minorities , environment , National Guard , infrastucture , economy ,universal health insurance, mental health clinics (which he cut funding for as Massachusetts Governor), foreign policy , schools and education , crime prevention , rampant illicit and presciption drug addiction - just a short list of matters that the present administration have orphaned from Federal Government responsibility .
      The best Mitt Romney has offered so far in respect to his political and social “credentials” are to proclaim that he is a hunter , to give the Commencement Address at Regent University (A school created and run by Pat Robertson), to make petty accusations against Reverend Al Sharpton in respect to religious tolerance ) , and to have the cutest first name of all candidates .
      My apologies to John Edwards , but the people of this nation need a real man of the people . I am never charged more than $15.00 for a decent haircut and find the $400.00 charge paid for his as obscene . We do not just need an alternative candidate to lead us , we need an “authentic” human being who values his or her responsibility to every citizen of this country , not solely to corporations and lobbyists . There are a few out there , but tragically being male (preferably white), Charismatic , fast talking ,NRA favored , racial and sexually intolerant are the real qualifications for election to the presidency today .

Which came first, being obscenely wealthy, or being Morman.  If it’s the latter, then a Morman administration and the JOINING of church and state could spell a big pay-off for the American people.  I’m all for that.  What’s everyone afraid of?  Start shopping!!!  Just make sure, in your wills, that your fortune goes to the church right before they pull your plug.

Read “A Gathering of Saints” and Jon Krakauer’s “Under the Banner of Heaven”.

If those 2 books don’t scare the holy bejeezus out of you regarding the Mormon religion and values then nothing will!

I worked for a Mormon person and he told me the order of importance in his life was #1 Church, #2 Career, #3 Family.  I had no reason to doubt him as he was a true believer.

Normally I leave religion alone…each to their own as it were, but, big but, if Romney is a good Mormon then there will be no separation of church and state.

Even with all of his money I doubt Romney really has a chance.