Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:16 AM
Is Anyone Else TERRIFIED That A Bishop Is Running For President?
That is the final check mark off the list of Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, & the GOPs agenda. Looking at this list it is painstakingly clear what the RWNJs plan for America is: Theocratic-Fascism. Just like Iran. There isn't an item on this list the GOP doesn't adhere to. And NOW finally, religion & government intertwined; Bishop Romney.
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 Is Anyone Else TERRIFIED That A Bishop Is Running For President? (Original post) |
JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | OP |
| WinkyDink | Oct 2012 | #1 | |
| gordianot | Oct 2012 | #8 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #16 | |
| gordianot | Oct 2012 | #66 | |
| CanonRay | Oct 2012 | #2 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #7 | |
| nc4bo | Oct 2012 | #36 | |
| CanonRay | Oct 2012 | #53 | |
| Ilsa | Oct 2012 | #3 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #5 | |
| dragonlady | Oct 2012 | #23 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #30 | |
| ProgressiveProfessor | Oct 2012 | #48 | |
| FreeState | Oct 2012 | #70 | |
| fishwax | Oct 2012 | #33 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #37 | |
| backscatter712 | Oct 2012 | #51 | |
| fishwax | Oct 2012 | #52 | |
| Berlum | Oct 2012 | #4 | |
| chimpymustgo | Oct 2012 | #6 | |
| laundry_queen | Oct 2012 | #61 | |
| brooklynite | Oct 2012 | #9 | |
| dems_rightnow | Oct 2012 | #11 | |
| OldDem2012 | Oct 2012 | #14 | |
| brooklynite | Oct 2012 | #24 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #28 | |
| brooklynite | Oct 2012 | #32 | |
| OldDem2012 | Oct 2012 | #60 | |
| treestar | Oct 2012 | #74 | |
| laundry_queen | Oct 2012 | #63 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #17 | |
| brooklynite | Oct 2012 | #22 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #26 | |
| Arugula Latte | Oct 2012 | #57 | |
| slackmaster | Oct 2012 | #29 | |
| rurallib | Oct 2012 | #10 | |
| OldDem2012 | Oct 2012 | #12 | |
| Bucky | Oct 2012 | #13 | |
| OldDem2012 | Oct 2012 | #15 | |
| Bucky | Oct 2012 | #69 | |
| WinkyDink | Oct 2012 | #18 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #19 | |
| Bucky | Oct 2012 | #72 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #76 | |
| gordianot | Oct 2012 | #20 | |
| Enrique | Oct 2012 | #21 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #25 | |
| onenote | Oct 2012 | #41 | |
| FreeState | Oct 2012 | #71 | |
| backscatter712 | Oct 2012 | #49 | |
| slackmaster | Oct 2012 | #27 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #35 | |
| slackmaster | Oct 2012 | #47 | |
| JanMichael | Oct 2012 | #40 | |
| slackmaster | Oct 2012 | #44 | |
| KurtNYC | Oct 2012 | #42 | |
| slackmaster | Oct 2012 | #45 | |
| aletier_v | Oct 2012 | #54 | |
| amuse bouche | Oct 2012 | #31 | |
| occupymybrain | Oct 2012 | #34 | |
| Generic Other | Oct 2012 | #38 | |
| onenote | Oct 2012 | #39 | |
| KurtNYC | Oct 2012 | #43 | |
| backscatter712 | Oct 2012 | #50 | |
| ecstatic | Oct 2012 | #46 | |
| HiPointDem | Oct 2012 | #55 | |
| Nye Bevan | Oct 2012 | #56 | |
| OldDem2012 | Oct 2012 | #65 | |
| GoneOffShore | Oct 2012 | #67 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #78 | |
| Arugula Latte | Oct 2012 | #58 | |
| Erose999 | Oct 2012 | #59 | |
| WhaTHellsgoingonhere | Oct 2012 | #62 | |
| hack89 | Oct 2012 | #64 | |
| GoneOffShore | Oct 2012 | #68 | |
| librechik | Oct 2012 | #73 | |
| DonCoquixote | Oct 2012 | #75 | |
| JaneyVee | Oct 2012 | #77 | |
| craigmatic | Oct 2012 | #79 | |
| hrmjustin | Oct 2012 | #80 |
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:18 AM
WinkyDink (37,021 posts)
1. Not exactly afraid; more astonished at the absolute silence in the Media on the facts.
Response to WinkyDink (Reply #1)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:26 AM
gordianot (6,471 posts)
8. From what I have read control of mass media makes Fascism possible.
Response to gordianot (Reply #8)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:42 AM
16. Don't forget Rupert Murdoch, who is gobbling up mass media exponentially.
Response to JaneyVee (Reply #16)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:31 PM
gordianot (6,471 posts)
66. True the son carrying on worries me.
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:22 AM
CanonRay (4,680 posts)
2. A friend of mine and I have been discussing exactly that
Response to CanonRay (Reply #2)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:26 AM
7. Christian conservatives should also be scared shitless. There is NO breaking the Mormon bond.
Response to CanonRay (Reply #2)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:04 AM
nc4bo (13,355 posts)
36. I'm guilty of being an FB crude antagonist this a.m. and I don't care anymore......
Response to nc4bo (Reply #36)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:49 AM
CanonRay (4,680 posts)
53. Religion and Politics are a deadly combination
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Which is why the framers of the constitution tried very hard to keep them apart. They were the result of hundreds of years of religious bloodshed. Good on you for being an antagonist.
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Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:23 AM
Ilsa (31,651 posts)
3. Mormonism is a cult, from everything I've seen,
Response to Ilsa (Reply #3)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:25 AM
5. Romney's Bishop title is equivalent to Cardinal Dolan running for President. Sickening.
Response to ProgressiveProfessor (Reply #48)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:38 PM
FreeState (7,431 posts)
70. All 12 years old boys onward in the LDS Church are ordained /t
Response to JaneyVee (Reply #5)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:01 AM
fishwax (25,041 posts)
33. No, a cardinal is much higher in the catholic hierarchy than a bishop in the mormon hierarchy
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A mormon bishop is roughly similar to a parish priest, with one bishop for each congregation (ward). Of course, there are numerous differences as well, such as that the position of bishop is temporary (mittens was a bishop, but is no longer).
Romney was also a stake president, though, which is a position of greater authority than his position as a bishop. A stake president oversees a stake, which is a collection of wards. (Stake presidents also serve for a longer period of time than bishops do.) None of this changes the fact that Romney would be a horrible choice for president, or even that his positions of religious authority have been strangely overlooked in the national discussion. But it isn't equivalent to a cardinal running, for the record.  |
Response to JaneyVee (Reply #37)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:33 AM
backscatter712 (19,798 posts)
51. They both do the secret handshakes and wear the funny hats.
Response to JaneyVee (Reply #37)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:42 AM
fishwax (25,041 posts)
52. their similar ideologies don't really have much to do with Romney having once been a bishop, though
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:25 AM
Berlum (3,667 posts)
4. Holy Mackerel !
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Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:25 AM
6. K & R. And this tools acts like he knows he has it in the bag. This is so frightening.
Response to chimpymustgo (Reply #6)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:09 PM
laundry_queen (4,154 posts)
61. That's what scares me the most. nt
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:30 AM
brooklynite (12,818 posts)
9. Were you terrified when Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson ran for President?
Response to brooklynite (Reply #9)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:37 AM
14. Sorry, you're arguing apples and oranges. Neither one of those individuals ever threatened....
Response to OldDem2012 (Reply #14)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:52 AM
brooklynite (12,818 posts)
24. Please share your evidence that Romney has done so...
Response to brooklynite (Reply #24)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:58 AM
28. But his desire to do so is HEAVILY backed up by the RW congress who would JUMP at the idea.
Response to JaneyVee (Reply #28)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:01 AM
brooklynite (12,818 posts)
32. I repeat: show me the evidence he has the desire
Response to brooklynite (Reply #32)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:06 PM
60. Bull. Did you watch the video the other day? You know, the one that secretly filmed a Mormon....
Response to brooklynite (Reply #24)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:11 PM
laundry_queen (4,154 posts)
63. Not necessarily
Response to brooklynite (Reply #9)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:45 AM
17. They are not Bishops, they are Reverend's. BIG difference. And they are also Liberals,
Response to JaneyVee (Reply #17)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:51 AM
brooklynite (12,818 posts)
22. You do realize that a Mormom Bisop and a Catholic Bishop are completely different?
Response to brooklynite (Reply #22)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:56 AM
26. To an extent, yes. But the ideologies are about dead on.
Response to JaneyVee (Reply #26)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:00 PM
Arugula Latte (40,048 posts)
57. Right. And both ideologies suck mightily.
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:31 AM
rurallib (31,119 posts)
10. Quite scared. Was just as scared when Pat Roberts made his attempt
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:32 AM
12. Go back to the attempted coup against FDR in 1933-34 by right-wing corporate interests....
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:33 AM
Bucky (41,493 posts)
13. No I'm not. My faith in the Constitution isn't that frail.
Response to Bucky (Reply #13)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:39 AM
15. I'd agree with you if Mormonism was an actual religion and not a cult. nt.
Response to OldDem2012 (Reply #15)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:35 PM
Bucky (41,493 posts)
69. Gee, that's not a slippery slope.
Response to Bucky (Reply #13)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:47 AM
WinkyDink (37,021 posts)
18. I'm just not as ecumenical as you, I guess! I have no qualms about calling cults (Jonestown; Koresh;
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Response to Bucky (Reply #13)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:48 AM
19. Bigotry? Separation of Church and State is in our Constitution.
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Response to JaneyVee (Reply #19)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:45 PM
Bucky (41,493 posts)
72. Separation of Church and State is important. That's why there should be no religious test for office
Response to Bucky (Reply #72)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 08:09 PM
76. No, no, you've read the OP all wrong, his hyper-religious beliefs are the final cherry on top
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:48 AM
gordianot (6,471 posts)
20. "These people" helped Howard Hughes keep Kleenex boxes on his feet.
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:50 AM
21. this is Mormophobic
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literally.
Scary Mormons. 
This post is reminds me of history class where we laughed at the anti-Catholic propaganda from the past, when we didn't know any better. |
Response to Enrique (Reply #21)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:53 AM
25. Has nothing to do with Mormons. I'd be against any high ranking church official running.
Response to JaneyVee (Reply #25)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:19 AM
41. According to the Constitution it is too much to ask as a formal rule.
Response to JaneyVee (Reply #25)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:40 PM
FreeState (7,431 posts)
71. Romney has never been a high ranking LDS official n/t
Response to Enrique (Reply #21)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:43 AM
backscatter712 (19,798 posts)
49. The problem is religion itself.
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Response to slackmaster (Reply #27)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:03 AM
35. All candidates have a religion. That's why I didn't name a particular one.
Response to slackmaster (Reply #27)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:18 AM
40. apparently, you aren't old enough to remember
Response to slackmaster (Reply #27)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:19 AM
42. Cain doctrine, White Horse prophecy and the Oath of Vengeance
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:02 AM
34. I don't care for his religion....
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:09 AM
Generic Other (20,293 posts)
38. Yes, I fear the Mormon church
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:15 AM
39. I'm terrifed at the thought of Mitt Romney becoming president, but it has nothing to do
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:23 AM
43. I think baptising the dead from other religions, keeping the best database of genealogy and
Response to KurtNYC (Reply #43)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:30 AM
backscatter712 (19,798 posts)
50. That's at the core. They don't respect others' religions (or lack thereof).
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Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:32 AM
ecstatic (18,598 posts)
46. He terrifies me, but that's not the main reason why
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:56 AM
55. we've had most of those things since forever.
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:58 AM
Nye Bevan (10,769 posts)
56. Folks like you would have been terrified of JFK's Catholicism in 1960.
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #56)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:21 PM
65. Wrong. I remember JFK making it very clear PUBLICLY that his religion would not play a role in...
Response to OldDem2012 (Reply #65)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:38 PM
GoneOffShore (11,118 posts)
67. He's never said that it won't play a part. And he's an authoritarian theocrat.
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #56)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 08:17 PM
78. Sorry, I'm not anti-religion, I'm anti-oppression.
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:00 PM
Arugula Latte (40,048 posts)
58. Yes.
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:02 PM
59. I, for one, welcome our new overlords from planet Kolob.
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:10 PM
62. CNN.com had an article last week titled...
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:15 PM
64. Mormon Bishops are lay volunteers from the local congregation who serve 4 to 7 year terms
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:43 PM
GoneOffShore (11,118 posts)
68. If not they should be.
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:48 PM
librechik (24,983 posts)
73. petrified--like a pillar of salt!
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 08:15 PM
77. I should add that this OP wasn't about Mormonism, it was about a Bishop being the final checkmark
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 08:29 PM
79. He might be a bishop but he's really only a right wing pawn.
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:58 PM
80. I am worried this bishop is running.
