Asks Glenn Beck, a Mormon, speaking to Evangelical Christians, reported in the NYT.
During his special program, Mr. Beck took questions from mostly evangelical Christian listeners, colorfully debunking misperceptions about Mormonism. The “magic underwear” was compared to a skullcap, and Mr. Beck insisted that polygamy was seen as a “perversion” in the modern church.
“It’s not weird to be a Mormon,” he assured his listeners at the end of the program, “and it’s not weird to be president if you’re Mormon.”
It's fascinating — isn't it? — how little anti-Mormon material has been spread about in this election. The only notable person who seems to be going there is
Andrew Sullivan:
Andrew Sullivan recently posted YouTube footage of LDS temple ceremonies in an effort to turn Romney’s Mormonism into an argument against his candidacy.
The video posted by Sullivan was shot surreptitiously inside LDS temples by a former Mormon who wanted to use the publicity connected with the Romney campaign to embarrass the LDS community. (The video creator enhanced the footage with his own monologue — wearing a gorilla mask — and spooky "Carmina Burana" soundtrack.)...
I think most Americans have a deep sensibility respecting religion and don't care to look into details about any given sect that could be exploited to make outsiders see it as bizarre. Sullivan, like Joe Biden, is a Catholic. You could make an equivalent YouTube video holding Catholics up to derision and contempt. That's generally not how we behave in America. I wonder who is more susceptible to this anti-Mormon material: the middle Americans who are aggregated under the "Evangelical Christians" label, who listen to Glenn Beck, or the affluent, educated coastal Americans who read Andrew Sullivan and the New York Times? Whichever, the notable fact is that there has been very little effort to stimulate anti-Mormon sentiment, and that's an excellent thing about America.
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Joe Paterno is a Republican, which means that North Dallas supports covering up child molestation investigations!
Whoops! Looks like Obama supporters endorse and support child molestation and coverups.
Not to mention how Obama supporters like Ritmo insist that when they drug and sexually coerce fourteen year olds, it's not really rape.
Good night, Meade.
Oops, looks like Ritmo is now attacking ghosts. I think I've pushed him far enough off the edge now. Maybe he might even think. LOL.
O Ritmo wrote:
Like asking to people to fight the wars they're willing to launch as a first, rather than a last, resort?
Yep. Democrats don't get us as bogged down in optional, involved wars like Iraq the way Republicans do - as a FIRST resort.
All wars are optional, and wars of choice and there is no such thing as a literal last resort. Iraq was a a war of FIRST resort?
Yeah, I get that coming from a democrat who has blinders on when it comes to 8 years of history under CLinton. But the record is, the Iraq War is the culmination of hostilities begun after the end of the first Iraq War. it wasn't like Bush just pointed at a map one day and said, HMMMM Iraq looks like a good place to attack.
No, rather, we had 15 resolutions passed by the UN and the failure of containment,not to mention military attacks on Iraq all before Bush set foot in office.
If Romney is elected he will have to deal with Iran and the whole history of Iran prior to his becoming president. HIstory doens't do a reboot and start at GO just because he's president now. (Though that does appear to be the extent of democrats memories of past events). Rather, he will look at the current situation and weigh that against things that have already been tried by previous adminisrations and determine whether they worked or not. And war might be declared. But that doesn't mean its a FIRST option.
People who argue that can never really say when the last resort will occur. It's simply a buzzword for saying you dont agree with the outcome.
For example. was Obama escalating in Iraq a choice of LAST resort? THere were literally no other choices presented to him that he could have come up with?
Libya was a kinetic military action of last resort? Really? How much diplomacy was engaged in before we sent out the drones?
And Obama did send people into war. Just because the media isn't highlighting the latest grim reminders of troop deaths doesn't make it not so.
O Ritmo wrote;
Obama has cut spending (in Medicare) and the Randian austerity-lover Paul Ryan squealed.
Spending will come down and has to come down, but I don't trust budget busting, defense-spending increase-loving Republicans to do that.
They won't. They'll just decrease revenue with an unecessary upper-bracket tax cut and call it a day.
Romney even suggesting that we cut funding for PBS was met with The Million Muppet March.
Dems are even outraged at cutting funding for muppets. That's how unserious they are.
Despite the fact that Sesame Street is a multimillion dollar operation that gets at most about 6% of its money from govt funding. As if somehow the market couldnt' find a place for Sesame Street despite having channels like Nikelodean. Even that becomes an ad for republicans trying to hurt poor people.
Dems are not talking about cutting anything serious. Nor are they serious about budget proposals considering they haven't presented any in 3 + years.
Your saying spending wil come down and has to come down has certainly not been borne out by 4 years of Obama, so why you think it's somehow a given is perhaps wishful thinking on your part. (and that's being charitable)
If Americans deemed it appropriate to elect a black President — however, incompetent — the would have no problem electing a Mormon one, whose competence will remain in question until he is tested.
If Americans deemed it appropriate to elect a black President — however, incompetent — the would have no problem electing a Mormon one, whose competence will remain in question until he is tested.
"Here's Chrysler's VP letting his pussy surrogate know just how foul, dishonest and desperate his economic message to Ohio really is."
Given how much of Chrysler the Government owns, when do we investigate this government employee for Hatch Act violations?
Unbelieveable Ritmo.
Except that it's completely in character for a psycho bullshitter.
Over 600 comments. At least a third of them Ritmo's. Every Ritmo comment easily boiled down to 3/4 foaming at the mouth, 1/8 outright lying, 1/8 self-delusion and he found several intelligent people to engage. This is how they live their lives. Ritmo and other narcissists like him can always find another well meaning person to engage until they walk away shaking their heads. Pity the people who live with them and can't get away.
Pity the people who live with them and can't get away.
Ritmo is an only child and lives alone. I learned this yesterday rereading some threads, looking for a certain one to meet his challenge.
“There was lots of effort to stimulate anti Mormon thinking. They stopped because it wasn’t working.”
Yep. And how disingenuous of Althouse to ignore this.
Why, it's almost ... wait for it ... oh, go ahead and say it UGLY!
There.
Hey, wanted to say... missed you around North Dallas Thirty.
I hope life is treating you well.
The Democrats would have lapped up a metaphorical anti-Mormon pogrom if they thought they could get away with it. The problem is that too many of us who aren't Mormon know some Mormons, and generally know them as upright, patriotic, and honest, very good neighbors in fact.
People who try to scare people with Mitt Romney's Mormonism are the same kind of people who screamed about JFK's Catholicism. Bigots.
I shudder to think what the first Jewish president will have to go through.
"Ritmo is an only child and lives alone."
Understandable. Probably several people are pretty happy about that. My poor sister should have gotten away from her version of Ritmo much sooner.
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