http://romneyforpresident.townhall.com/

Like Mormonism, the blog isn’t what it seems.

(Some funny photos too.)

No problem.

And I got the nature of the comments mixed up. I’m going to quit before I manage to forget who I am, too!

Again, my apologies.

Well, since I am a Mormon, I have heard already a hundred times all the silly things Jack Mormon will say.

He makes no new criticism.

Oh, and thanks for illustrating my original point for me.

I could say the same to you.

“You make an allegation no usually associted with Slate. Be nice to back it up with something solid.”

Ditto.

If you can give me quotes from left-win blogs attack Romney for being a Mormon, as opposed to pointing out that being a Mormon will hurt him with Republicans, I can probably give you more counter quotes.

But I can’t give you one link that backs up my claim cause there is no single study that proves it.

You make an allegation no usually associted with Slate. Be nice to back it up with something solid.

Are you sure about that? Cause I mostly see remarks about his religion being an obstacle with the religious right and there’s a huge difference.

It does not matter that Romney might run well against Sen. Clinton, or anything else Romney might be good at. He’s a Mormon and they ain’t gonna vote for him, not in enough numbers to take to the nomination. That’s the bottom line.

As a sidebar, I have to say it’s interesting watching the media dodge the issue. They only talk about whether a Mormon can win the general election, a la Kennedy and his Catholicism. Not a peep about whether Southern Republican voters will go for a Mormon.

And it ain’t gonna fly with Baptists, ever.

A cursory scan of the liberal blogs about Mitt Romney will show that most of them contain denigrating remarks about his religion.

Then there are the statements from Jacob Weisberg of Slate Magazine: “I wouldn’t vote for someone who truly believed in the founding whoppers of Mormonism.”

And the article that appeared on SFGate.com, Romney Family Tree has Polygamy Branch, co-written by Glen Johnson who is an AP writer located in Boston. It was an attempt to connect Romney to polygamy.

Hugh was correct. Eventually, southern Christians at first will have trouble with Romney’s religion, but the more they hear from him, the more comfortable they are with his faith, which is something the Left will never be.

I don’t know where you are getting your numbers from. McCain has a better shot against Hillary. Guliani is tough on terrorism and a leader… well, not really, but that will be enough to sell him to the south and central states. Thompson is good at acting the same way, but doesn’t have the political chomps to win in a debate. He can’t even answer questions from his own party members.

It gets even worse if Bloomberg enters, and I’m 90% sure he will. If it is Clinton / Bloomberg / Anyone, Bloombery will split the Anti-Hillary voter with the Republican nominee. If that nominee is Guliani, there’s little difference. If it’s Thompson, the Dems pick up a state or two more. If it is Romney, the Dems will win Texas.

You miss the larger point; Romney is the only Repug who has chance overall. To be sure, there are those evangelicals in the South (and elsewhere) who consider Mormonism an evil cult. They’d either stay home or hold their noses and vote for Romney. Rudy’s 2 or 3 marriages, his pro-choice stance kills him in the South. Thompson might fool enough Repugs in the South to make them believe he’s one of them, but he loses everywhere else.

Repugs!!! LOL!!

– Chimpy McBushitler

No. Romney’s Mormonism would kill him in the South. Hillary Clinton, with the help of Bill, would crush Romney in the south giving her 400 EC votes.

And the fact is Romney was probably the best hope the GOP had of keeping the WH. McCain is done. Thompson’s life as a DC lobbyist with the much, much younger lobbyist wife isn’t going to sell. And Rudy will just be fun to run against.

(On a side note, it is not the left that’s freaking out over Romney being a Mormon. It’s the religious right.)