Time for Something of Substance...

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

7:58 PM - Time for Something of Substance...
Current mood: productive
Category: News and Politics


Mitt Romney gave his premeptive to his upcoming I'm a Mormon vote for me speech last night... here's the text...
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said his long-awaited address on religion won't focus on demystifying Mormonism.

"I'm not gonna be giving a JFK speech," Mr. Romney told reporters in Manchester, N.H., yesterday, referring to the 1960 address by then-presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his bid as a Roman Catholic for the White House. "He gave the definitive speech, if you will, on discrimination relating to political campaigns." Mr. Romney, a Mormon, later said he hadn't read Mr. Kennedy's speech recently.

The former Massachusetts governor said his address slated for Thursday will concentrate on the "common heritage" of the country's founding fathers and "the faith which they had in a creator, not a specific religion." Mr. Romney's remarks continue his effort throughout the campaign to unite voters across faiths and connect with the Republican Party's evangelical Christian wing. Mr. Romney wrote his "Faith in America" address himself in his hotel room in Boca Raton, Fla., the day after last Wednesday's Republican debate.

He denied allegations about the timing and importance of his talk. Recent polls gave former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee a lead in Iowa, a state Mr. Romney had dominated and one where Christian conservatives are an important bloc in the nominating caucuses, to be held Jan. 3. Mr. Romney took a shot at Mr. Huckabee, a onetime Southern Baptist minister who has made his religion the centerpiece of recent appearances. "A candidate or a president that tried to make religion a defining feature of his campaign or his term in office would tend to divide the nation rather than bring it together," Mr. Romney said.

And while many have waited for this speech since Mr. Romney announced his candidacy in January, he insisted that religion won't be a big issue in the race. "I just don't think in the final analysis it will be the deciding factor," he said.

Mr. Romney asked voters to judge him by his family and not his religion, then he paraphrased a line from the New Testament: "By the fruits of their labor, you shall know them."
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Those already aware of my distain for this man will know why I find it very interesting that he 'paraphrased' from the New Testament and not from his own religion's Book of Mormon, 3 Nephi 14:16,20... come on ya'll... most of us were tortured to memorize these scriptures for Scripture Mastery... (no offense to those who still practice and believe)... anyone else thinking that maybe Romney is starting to think that the LDS vote isn't going to be enough to get him through the primaries?????????? Especially since the growth of the LDS church is down in North America (2007 only saw a 0.7% increase in the building of Stake buildings in all of the USA and Canada)... Did poor Brother Romney realize that the majority of active LDS members are not U.S. voters? Maybe I shouldn't worry too much about the uneducated Mormon vote carring ol' Romney after all... especially since the majority of the votes I'm sure he was counting on are probably members of record, but not 'active.'

Hmmmm... makes one think a bit...