Mars wrote:

imuakahuku wrote:

To be honest when I heard of the Mormon in the race I didn't immediately jump up and yell halleluia. I thought I hope he is not like Reed. So I carefully read and listened to whatever I could find and tried getting as much background about him as I could. Meanwhile I kept up on the other candidates and after all my evaluations I came to the conclusion that he would be the best candidate for the job. Because of his religion I was much more attentive to the details of his past and not just what people were saying about him. I hoped for the best but expected the worst. I think he got much closer to the best than the worst.

EXACTLY!

Almost every single member of the Church I know was VERY worried when they heard about there being a Mormon Presidential candidate. They were very wary of him and any damage he might do to the Church, any mud he might slime on their good name. And the more my family and friends learned about him, the more we liked him. He is the perfect conservative candidate, while all the rest were adulterers, anti-mormons, and liberals. Many of my friends liked Ron Paul as well, because his "small government" principles match up with the teaching of the Church... and they chose to overlook his stance on Iraq. The rest of the Republican field was basically non-options, though one or two liked how McCain stood out in national polls against Clinton.

That was my sentiment as well. When Romney announced I was worried that he would represent the church poorly. I didn't support him originally because the last thing I wanted was to be accused of supporting him only because he was Mormon. I was almost looking for something about his policies to criticize and justify supporting Thompson or Paul. Romney wasn't perfect and I think he tried to hard to say what the polls indicated he should, but I found him to match my views closer than any other candidate. He's not much of an entertainer but I still think he has just the right style to be a dynamic leader.

BTW, that PastorsforHuckabee website that opened this thread was pretty unbelievable. It's sad for those people--even worse that it's so pervasive. I was shocked when I heard Rick and Bubba (for anybody that lives in the South) say similar things on the air. I'm grateful for those few with open minds and hearts.

What's even worse is that Huckabee criticized the way Romney ate fried chicken merely because Romney took the skin off first. I actually am in the Huckabee camp on that one because it was KFC. And we all know that if it wasn't for us Mormons, KFC wouldn't be the house hold name that is today. mmmmmmmm KFC...

gordito wrote:

Mars wrote:

imuakahuku wrote:

To be honest when I heard of the Mormon in the race I didn't immediately jump up and yell halleluia. I thought I hope he is not like Reed. So I carefully read and listened to whatever I could find and tried getting as much background about him as I could. Meanwhile I kept up on the other candidates and after all my evaluations I came to the conclusion that he would be the best candidate for the job. Because of his religion I was much more attentive to the details of his past and not just what people were saying about him. I hoped for the best but expected the worst. I think he got much closer to the best than the worst.

EXACTLY!

Almost every single member of the Church I know was VERY worried when they heard about there being a Mormon Presidential candidate. They were very wary of him and any damage he might do to the Church, any mud he might slime on their good name. And the more my family and friends learned about him, the more we liked him. He is the perfect conservative candidate, while all the rest were adulterers, anti-mormons, and liberals. Many of my friends liked Ron Paul as well, because his "small government" principles match up with the teaching of the Church... and they chose to overlook his stance on Iraq. The rest of the Republican field was basically non-options, though one or two liked how McCain stood out in national polls against Clinton.

That was my sentiment as well. When Romney announced I was worried that he would represent the church poorly. I didn't support him originally because the last thing I wanted was to be accused of supporting him only because he was Mormon. I was almost looking for something about his policies to criticize and justify supporting Thompson or Paul. Romney wasn't perfect and I think he tried to hard to say what the polls indicated he should, but I found him to match my views closer than any other candidate. He's not much of an entertainer but I still think he has just the right style to be a dynamic leader.

BTW, that PastorsforHuckabee website that opened this thread was pretty unbelievable. It's sad for those people--even worse that it's so pervasive. I was shocked when I heard Rick and Bubba (for anybody that lives in the South) say similar things on the air. I'm grateful for those few with open minds and hearts.

jbar1221 wrote:

a1247 wrote:

Has anyone seen the video of McCain and his mother on a national TV show talking about Romnney and what he did for the Olympics? McCain's mother starts to go off on how the "Mormons" put the Olympics in the situation to have to have Romney come in and fix the problem and how it was all "the Mormons" fault everything went wrong. If you haven't seen the video its all over the internet.
So my question is this. As a state that is a red blooded republican state, is the LDS population still going to vote for a man who has a mother that is anti LDS? Yes it might be his mother and not so much him but to have his mother sitting right there next to him and have her go off on the LDS religion leaves an extremely bad taste in my mouth. If you have not seen this video I really suggest that you go online and find the video. This man with his Mormon hating mom could be our next president and the worst part is you could be giving him your vote.

To start I will not vote for John Mccain. But trying to slander him with a 30 second rant by his senile mother is ridiculous. If you watch the whole video (The 10 minute version) Mcacain states at the end that his mothers words are not his and goes on to say he respects and admires mormons and thinks Romney's religion should not be an issue in the election.

Whom every your comfortable with is your vote. As of right now I couldn't say one way or another who I want to vote for. But I think your kidding yourself if you don't think he was only trying to smooth the situation over. I did see the entire segment and also the end were he and his mother are walking away and she apologies to McCain for the rant.