Where is Mitt Romney’s Faith? (Slate)

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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/06/mitt_romney_wants_to_keep_his_mormon_faith_out_of_the_political_conversation_.html

Romney doesn’t want to talk about his religion. But fellow Mormons say his faith is what would make him an especially effective president.
By John Dickerson|Posted Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at 8:03 PM ET



Mitt Romney is coy about his running mate. He’ll only speak about the topic in the broadest terms. His staff won’t talk about it at all. To be fair, they don’t know much about the subject. It’s something very personal to Romney.

I am talking about his religion.

This is the high season of speculation about Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick (Rubio’s not being vetted!), but the other issue they keep locked up in Romney’s Boston headquarters is far more likely to affect his presidency than who his No. 2 will be. It’s obvious why Romney wants to control the coverage of both issues. He wants to announce his vice presidential pick on his terms for maximum political benefit. With his religion, he wants to control the conversation to limit the political downside.

It is a truism of the vice presidential selection process that the people who talk don't know, and the people who know, don't talk. That's not the same with religion. Fellow Mormons know what it's like to be as devout as Romney and what that would mean for his presidency. They write op-eds in the newspaper; they have blogs. Two leaders in the church spoke on Monday at the Faith Angle Forum on Mormonism in Washington, D.C. and it was clear that they think Romney's faith isn't something to hide, but is a selling point. By explaining his faith and his role in the church, Romney could show why he is not as walled off from regular people as President Obama claims. Describing how his religious values have shaped him would explain why he makes decisions with such rigor and is so restless in his pursuit of excellence.


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[Angry Dragon]

1. If he is tied that close with his religion, Willard is afraid

that if you reject his religion, you reject Willard

[dimbear]

2. The more every American knows about Mormonism, the better.

I'm happy to add to the mix.

[LosMortales]

3. Romney is a Puppet

Mitt Romney is a puppet of the Mormon Mormon Church. He doesn't know what he is saying, and he doesn't want to talk about it. To get a better understanding of the cult that produced Mitt Romney and to get your socks scared off read The Assassination of Spiro Agnew, available at: www.amazon.com

It dramatizes the Mormons' anti-federal government temperament and demonstrates how their superiority complex manifests as racism, sexism, and jingoism on the ground.
It also shows the similarities between Islam and Mormonism and reveals the secrets of Mormon Mind Control.

Consider this review:

“With a clarity of language and vision unsurpassed in contemporary American prose, Steven Janiszewski's Assassination of Spiro Agnew takes us into a U.S. mazed with madness and Mormonism and all things Utah, a U.S. that was then and still is. Do we need a novel, even as brilliant as this one, about a young man on a divine mission to assassinate the Vice President because he is too liberal? Yes, now more than ever. Readers, welcome to a masterpiece.”

Tom Whalen
www.tomwhalen.com

Everyone should read The Assassination of Spiro Agnew.

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4. Just remember - the second M in Mormon is silent! n/t