I don't have a dog in this fight, but...

[Lamplighter]

BUT, BUT, BUT...
Just before that goof, McCain called the "Citizens United" decision
the "worst decision of the Supreme Court ... ever ! "
That was the first time I agreed with McCain in a very long time.

I think the last time was when he picked Palin as VP candidate
... that decision helped cost him the election !

Oh well, McCain's time is past.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by classicman

Wai what? Oh never mind. something about a broken clock...

That is awesome. I love the slow motion attempt to stop the train.

[Lamplighter]

The meeting in Texas is now public, and Santorum gets the nod from the religious leaders.

Bloomberg
John McCormick and David Mildenberg
January 14, 2012

Santorum Wins Backing of U.S. Religious Leaders Before Primary

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Rick Santorum won the backing of a group of national religious leaders
who pushed for social conservatives to coalesce behind a single Republican presidential candidate
before the South Carolina primary.<snip>

At a gathering of religious leaders at a ranch near Bleiblerville, Texas,
Santorum received 85 of 114 votes on the third ballot,
defeating former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich,
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, told reporters
on a conference call today.<snip>

Organizers included Gary Bauer, president of American Values in Washington,
and Donald Wildmon, founder of the American Family Association of Tupelo, Mississippi,
Perkins said. Also attending was Richard Land, president of the Nashville, Tennessee-based
Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Perkins declined to name others present at the event, held yesterday and today
at a ranch owned by H. Paul Pressler, a Houston attorney and former Texas Appeals Court judge.
Perkins described the group as “conservative leaders, businessmen and political activists.”<snip>

A group supporting Santorum’s campaign began airing a commercial
that promotes his opposition to abortion and radical Islam.
The ad, sponsored by Red White and Blue Fund, doesn’t mention
any of Santorum’s Republican opponents.<snip>

And besides all that:

The "Christians" are really afraid that if Romney is elected,
the LDS will gain a bigger market share of the missionary marketplace.


NY Times
Laurie Goodstein
1/14/12

The Theological Differences Behind Evangelical Unease With Romney

The Rev. R. Philip Roberts, the president of a Southern Baptist seminary in Kansas City, Mo., is an evangelist with a particular goal: countering Mormon beliefs.<snip>

On the most fundamental issue, traditional Christians believe in the Trinity:
that God is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit all rolled into one.

Mormons reject this as a non-biblical creed that emerged in the fourth and fifth centuries.
They believe that God the Father and Jesus are separate physical beings,
that God has a wife whom they call Heavenly Mother, and that God and Jesus once dwelt on earth as men.<snip>

Many evangelicals have numerous reasons, other than religion, for objecting to Mr. Romney.
But to understand just how hard it is for some to coalesce around his candidacy,
it is important to understand the gravity of their theological qualms.

“I don’t have any concerns about Mitt Romney using his position as either
a candidate or as president of the United States to push Mormonism,” said Mr. Roberts, an author of
“Mormonism Unmasked” and president of the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary,
who said he had no plans to travel to South Carolina before the voting.
“The concern among evangelicals is that the Mormon Church will use his position
around the world as a calling card for legitimizing their church and proselytizing people.”

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[TheMercenary]

A good discussion about Romney... (11 min video from PBS)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/polit...oks_01-13.html

[ZenGum]

“I don’t have any concerns about Mitt Romney using his position as either
a candidate or as president of the United States to push Mormonism,” said Mr. Roberts, an author of
“Mormonism Unmasked” and president of the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

You bloody well should (have concerns about it)!!!

[infinite monkey]

Yikes! Enough said, Zen.

[BigV]

Huntsman to withdraw, endorse Romney.

Huh.

[ZenGum]

Pity, he was the only one I found more entertaining than terrifying. Romney is more nauseating, I think.

[Griff]

I no longer have a dog in this fight.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Griff

I no longer have a dog in this fight.

Yay! Another vote for Obama!

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Yay! Another vote for Obama!

Right now it feels more like a skip the voting booth day altogether. If Obama can convince me that he does take the debt seriously, I can overlook his lack of leadership thus far... but we'll see.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Griff

Right now it feels more like a skip the voting booth day altogether. If Obama can convince me that he does take the debt seriously, I can overlook his lack of leadership thus far... but we'll see.

He does, but the republican-controlled House won't raise taxes on the wealthy. We can only cut so much. Income needs to increase.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Griff

I no longer have a dog in this fight.

well... I f I had one, he would have been it.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by classicman

well... I f I had one, he would have been it.

word up

[Clodfobble]

Sigh... it sucks living in a state where my vote will never matter.