Who else is fed up with the bigotry of the left regarding Mitt Romney's Mormon faith?

Question

This is embarrassing. The hatred and bigotry of the left is startling.

No scipro, why don't you define it for me?

Mitt Romney leads in Iowa....I don't think the evangelicals are whom he is addressing.

Answer 1

That's would be funny if it wasn't totally ignorant.

Its the bigotry of evangelicals Romney has to overcome.

Why do you think he gave this speech today? To win over people like me?

Do a little research into what the "real" Christians think about Mormons before you spew any more nonsense.

Answer 2

The left? Is the evangelical right that has said in many polls that they would not vote for a Mormon. They are the ones who make a big deal about who is a Christian or not. The left does not care. You should realize the religious bigotry comes from the right.

Edit- He used to lead in Iowa, not now. Huckabee is leading in Iowa. That is why Romney gave the speech today. Be a little more informed.

Answer 3

Rival camps take aim at Romney's religion
By Scott Helman, Globe Staff | June 21, 2007

Gathering for their April meeting at the county courthouse, Republican activists from Warren County, Iowa, planned for this summer's county fair and vented about illegal immigration.

And then the county chairman for Senator John McCain's presidential campaign, Chad Workman, made an unexpected digression: He took direct aim at Mitt Romney's religion, according to four people at the meeting.

Workman questioned whether Mormons were Christians, discussed an article alleging that the Mormon Church helps fund Hamas, and likened the Mormons' treatment of women to the Taliban's, said participants, who requested anonymity to discuss the meeting freely.

One participant summed up Workman's argument this way: "The fundamental flaw of Mitt Romney . . . was that he was Mormon, not because he thinks this way or that way on one issue."

Workman did not return calls seeking comment.

In a presidential race in which Romney's candidacy is testing the country's attitudes toward Mormonism, the comments by a McCain representative in Iowa are the latest of several instances of rival campaign operatives trying to bring Romney's faith onto the campaign playing field. Over the past year, staff or volunteers from at least three opposing campaigns have, at times subtly and at times not, spread negative information about Mormons in an apparent effort to damage Romney's bid for the presidency.

McCain , of Arizona, and his campaign disavow attempts by supporters to highlight Romney's faith, and other campaigns have also resolutely rejected using religion as a weapon. But while the impact of the anti-Mormon messages is difficult to measure, the number of incidents suggests that Romney's religion will remain a tempting target for political opponents seeking a competitive edge.

The most recent example came to light earlier this week when the Washington Post reported that Emma Nemecek, an Iowa field operative for Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, had recently forwarded an e-mail to Iowa Republicans containing a number of criticisms of Mormonism, including a charge that it is not a Christian faith. The e-mail closed with a quote from a Founding Father, John Jay: "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."

"This violated campaign policy," said Brownback spokesman Brian Hart. "The person that did it has apologized and been reprimanded, and Senator Brownback has disavowed . . . anything that would attack anyone's personal faith."

The campaign of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was forced to make a similar apology this month after The New York Sun reported that Katie Harbath, Giuliani's deputy e-campaign director, had forwarded to a blogger a story in The Salt Lake Tribune linking Romney to an unofficial Mormon prophecy that a leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would one day save the Constitution. "Thought you'd find this interesting," Harbath wrote to the blogger, the Sun reported.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/06/21/rival_camps_take_aim_at_romneys_religion/

There is more if you care to read it. Just follow the link. Now, go find one that says any liberal is dissing Romney's religion.

Answer 4

Considering the poll of Republicans that stated that 50% of the Republicans polled would have a problem voting for Romney because of his Mormon beliefs. How is that the left?

Answer 5

You're stretching things just a bit, aren't you? Why would the left even care about Romney's faith? That's a question for you on the so called right to figure out.

Answer 6

This is nothing new, they have been bashing Bush's faith for years. It is easy to bash what one doesn't understand. I don't get too upset about this kind of ignorance. There is a much higher authority for which THEY WILL STAND IN JUDGMENT. To the left... The evangelical Christians have a problem with his stand on abortion, as do I. He was pro-choice up until 2 years ago, then waffled, and waffled, and waffled. In politics this is a sore spot for any politician. In the end they will still stand behind him. You just watch when Hillary doesn't get the nomination, and the right will be out in historical records to keep that Muslim Obama from becoming president. This is fact and the Dem's are running scared, trying to get Hillary elected AT ANY COST, even FRAUD!

Answer 7

Dude.... Mormonism is jacked up! It's even freakier than Scientology.

Answer 8

I think it comes more from the gop religious wrong. OMG he is not a christian.The left would hardly be bigoted

Answer 9

Why are you blaming the left.......from what I understand it is the evangelical right going after Romney!

Answer 10

I don't think it is the left. True Republicans worship Reagan.