AMES, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney on Wednesday criticized a remark about Mormons by the Rev. Al Sharpton and described it as "bigoted" and "un-American."
Sharpton, a civil rights leader, said during a New York debate on faith on Monday that "those that really believe in God" would defeat Romney, a Mormon, in the 2008 race for the White House.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0939467520070510?feedType=RSS&rpc=22
2007-05-10 02:26:23 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Liberal hypocrisy at it's best! The same way Yahoo gets away with posting a question by a traitor to the USA --j. fonda!
I reported her question, btw, and I bet others have too. But I bet Ya won't delete it like it does ours!
2007-05-10 03:32:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
There's no reason for him to get away with it, but he seems to. I'm not going to get into the "color of his skin" debate, but just as a human being, it's very distasteful for him to say something like that.
cwstuff - "Please explain in what way "Those who really believe in God" [will defeat Romney] is a bigoted remark? It's an opinion, that's all."
You're missing the point. He's publicly implying that Romney (and Mormons) don't believe in God, which is a disrespectful and inaccurate claim. It's not just an opinion. It's a classless statement and an inappropriate knock on Romney's faith.
2007-05-10 06:27:45 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This guy, Hitchens, that he was debating, seemed like he was setting Sharpton up. Hitchens claims that the LDS church (or The Mormon Church, as he says) was officially a racist organization until the Civil rights movement, which is really a bunch of bull. I don't think that the blacks that were members of the LDS church before 1978 ever thought we were a racist church. No doubt some of the members were/are racist, and that's unfortunate. But, the church itself was never a racist organization.
2007-05-10 06:18:56 · answer #3 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Let's begin with a FACT. Being black is not now, NOR HAS IT EVER BEEN, an advantage in America's arena of public opinion. So just stop that nonsensical part of your argument. It may be a rallying cry of for whites who are too lazy to take advantage of all that America has to offers, but is in no ways true.
Having said that, let me also explain that Black people are NOT monolithic in thought, either. You hear the words of Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson or Louis Farrakhan and immediately ASSUME you know what Black people are thinking. You don't know s_-t except what Sharpton, Jackson, and Farrakhan are thinking. If you want to attack them for their statements and actions, then by all means, do so. This is America and in the public arena you, as well as they, have a freedom of speech.
Conversely, in the private world, speech and other freedoms are limited by the policies of the private entity. America didn't fire Imus. He was fired by a private corporation, CBS, after citizens led by Sharpton, protested to SPONSORS. There was a television movie scheduled a few years ago that paint an unflattering picture of Ronald Reagan. CBS, confronted with pressure from SPONSORS, cancelled. It goes both ways, in other words.
If you are mad that Sharpton doesn't get fired, then get mad at your Constitution, which allows a man the freedom to choose to work for HIMSELF.....
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2007-05-10 02:55:18 · answer #4 · answered by dreadneck 4 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Al Sharpton will continue to say any racist and bigoted thought that comes into his mind until the Black Leaders of this country shut him down. White leaders can not do this or it will be seen as whitey trying to keep him down. He has a free pass simple because of the color of his skin.
2007-05-10 10:14:37 · answer #5 · answered by Mother 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2007-05-10 05:00:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Been expecting you. Two days late? I can smell the smoke.
As near as I can tell, he's testing the waters.
Don't know from what faction or to what end.
Says something about who some folk think as worthy for a straw dog.
His position must be very secure to spend time on extraneous (to his immediacy ) matters.
2007-05-10 02:38:13 · answer #7 · answered by Wonka 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The comment was regards to an antiquated Mormon belief,and that if those tenets were still holding true then Romney could not be considered a true christian.
In the spirit of equality kids, every candidates personal life and religion has been under fire. I am not defending Al Sharpton, he does irritate me, however it would just be silly to overreact to a hypothetical comment he made over one candidates faith.
2007-05-10 02:33:44 · answer #8 · answered by smedrik 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Mormon or not isn't the issue. Sharpton's point was simply that Romney is not a good choice, period, but particularly for Christians. Did you hear some of his comments during the debate? He didn't sound like a Christian I'd want to sit next to at my church.
2007-05-10 02:40:17 · answer #9 · answered by Hemingway 4 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Only white male Christians & Jews are held to account. All others get passes.
2007-05-10 14:35:07 · answer #10 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋