CrimsonKairos Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 I get emails from Team Mitt, and here's somethings you might wanna look out for. May 2 - Mitt on Jay Leno (this oughta' be great, lol) May 3 - Presidential Debate at some library (see mittromney.com for details) May 15 - Fox hosts GOP Presidential debate (again, see above for details) Should be interesting to see how things unfold... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenRaines Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Hey CK we are on the same team. Uh rah. Ben Raines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Looking forward to watching Leno when Romney is on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JcDean78 Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 I will be watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_jason Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 I've heard a lot of people on here talking about Mitt Romney, so i'm just curious. For all of you who are followers of Romney, are you voting for him just because he's LDS? I haven't made up my mind about any of the candidates. I'll vote for the right person, be it Romney or anyone else. I won't be voting for anyone just because they are affiliated with the same religion as I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonKairos Posted May 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 It helps that Romney's LDS as I know some shared values we have in common, but no, I'm not supporting him just because he's LDS. Heck, Harry Reid is LDS and I think his politics are wacko! It's not the creed, it's the philosphy I'm supporting. Go Mitt! I heard a recent poll in New Hampshire showed Mitt in #1 with Giuliani and McCain trailing in 2nd and 3rd. All the media outlets were unanimous in declaring Mitt the winner of the first GOP debate May 3rd. I think he's getting some good momentum built up. And yeah, Ben, uh rah! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 I've heard a lot of people on here talking about Mitt Romney, so i'm just curious. For all of you who are followers of Romney, are you voting for him just because he's LDS? I haven't made up my mind about any of the candidates. I'll vote for the right person, be it Romney or anyone else. I won't be voting for anyone just because they are affiliated with the same religion as I am.Nah...I wouldn't vote for just because he's LDS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr T Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 On NPR the other day, an analyst reported that Mr. Romney has a distinct advantage. He thinks Mitt has a huge financial lead and will be the only one to drop $25 million in advertizing at key times because of what he has amassed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonKairos Posted May 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Anybody catch the hoopla excited by Al Sharpton's "interesting" comment about Mitt? Seems Mitt is being very gracious and giving Sharpton room to back up and take back what he said, but man, if anyone said that about a Jew or a Buddhist instead of a Mormon, the media would be all over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenRaines Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 I will be voting for Mitt Romney because he is not so much a politician than a successful businessman. Same reasons I voted for Reagan. For me a good politician is not one who knows it all or thinks he knows it all but one who can bring in a team, as Reagan did, and run government like a well run business and not like an entitlement program. Ben Raines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-train Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 I think the LDS people are even more afraid to vote for a mormon than for someone else. At least, I am. If he turns out to earn a similar score in the realm of public opinion as Bush Jr., the LDS missionaries and membership could endure ridicule and scorn for decades for something they cannot control. Still, I believe no press is bad press. Let his candidacy continue to fuel awareness of the LDS movement. I am one of those few who believe that even anti-mormonism itself ultimately brings men to conversion. -a-train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonKairos Posted May 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 It certainly helps detect the elect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiannan Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Anybody catch the hoopla excited by Al Sharpton's "interesting" comment about Mitt?Seems Mitt is being very gracious and giving Sharpton room to back up and take back what he said, but man, if anyone said that about a Jew or a Buddhist instead of a Mormon, the media would be all over it.No, if Sharpton said it about a Jew the press would leave him alone.I think the LDS people are even more afraid to vote for a mormon than for someone else. At least, I am. If he turns out to earn a similar score in the realm of public opinion as Bush Jr., the LDS missionaries and membership could endure ridicule and scorn for decades for something they cannot control.Still, I believe no press is bad press. Let his candidacy continue to fuel awareness of the LDS movement. I am one of those few who believe that even anti-mormonism itself ultimately brings men to conversion.-a-trainI doubt that. Dirty Harry Reid is a Mormon and even with all his corruption I doubt it has hurt the church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-train Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Anybody see that Sharpton is meeting with Ballard and Eyring?!?!? Beck strongly questioned Sharpton and it was mentioned that Sharpton has scheduled a meeting in Salt Lake. Man, times are changing fast. -a-train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonKairos Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Wow, a-train, thanks for the heads-up.I found this article.Unless Sharpton is looking to convert, I don't know why two apostles would take time out of their schedules to meet with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiannan Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Oh come on, Sharpton may be a bigot but he's an important bigot -- think the run of the mill bigot/anit-Semite could get an appointment with 2 apostles???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mamacat Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Romney says his faith's past is troublingCalls practice of polygamy 'awful'Reuters | May 12, 2007BOSTON -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said his Mormon religious faith's history of polygamy could trouble American voters and that he, too, is bothered by it.The former Massachusetts governor, whose great-grandfather had five wives and whose great-great-grandfather had a dozen, said in an interview to be broadcast tomorrow that the practice banned by the Mormon church in 1890 was "awful.""That's part of the history of the church's past that I understand is troubling to people," he said, according to comments to be aired on CBS's "60 Minutes.""I have a great-great grandfather. They were trying to build a generation out there in the desert and so he took additional wives as he was told to do. And I must admit, I can't imagine anything more awful than polygamy," he said.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints distances itself from 30,000 to 60,000 breakaway Mormons in Utah and nearby states who practice polygamy illegally, as well as the many excommunicated Mormons in polygamous marriages."What's at the heart of my faith is a belief that there's a creator, that we're all children of the same God, and that fundamentally the relationship you have with your spouse is important and eternal," Romney said over the course of two interviews, one of which was taped at his vacation home in Wolfeboro, N.H.In the interviews, Romney also defended his opposition to gay marriage by citing the Scriptures."This isn't just some temporary convenience here on Earth, but we're people that are designed to live together as male and female and we're gonna have families," he told interviewer Mike Wallace, according to an excerpt CBS released yesterday. "And that, there's a great line in the Bible that children are an inheritance of the Lord and happy is he who has or hath his quiver full of them."Meanwhile, Romney, who made his fortune as a management consultant, is expected to report financial assets of $190 million to $250 million, an adviser said yesterday. Romney's assets have been held in a blind trust that he and his wife set up when he took office in 2002.The adviser who provided the estimate of his assets cautioned that the number is based on 2005 and 2006 financial activity and could amount to a bigger total once the disclosure report is filed later this year.The adviser spoke on condition of anonymity because the totals have not been officially released. The deadline for filing financial disclosures is Tuesday, but Romney obtained an extension.Romney also has a blind trust for his children and grandchildren that is estimated to hold assets of $70 million to $100 million.http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles...t_is_troubling/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiannan Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Oh thank you Mitt on behalf of all the anti-Mormons and the people in the church who may have some questions about the entire issue of polygamy. Thank you for making my choice for John McCain so much easier!!!!!!!!!!!!! Give me a break, I know that the thirst for power can cause one to try to distance themselves from their past. Yet instead of making polygamy sound so awful (guess being from Massachusettes the idea of two men getting married isn't quite as bad as what one's ancestors did with the inspiration of God as well as actually getting your sorry ___ down on this planet in a body in the frst place) he could merely have said that he sure wouldn't want to practice it or that the Church doesn't endorse it in the same manner as in the 1800s. But no, what he said was a much better soundbite. You know I miss Orrin Hatch being the highest profile Republican politician in this country. Now we have Mitt flip flopper Romney and Dirty Harry Reid (Democrat) being in the spotlight for our church. Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mamacat Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 i like Mr. Romney...i do wonder though why he was impelled to be so critical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-train Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 I would wait until the full text is available. Was he saying polygamy is 'awful', as in immoral, or 'awful', as in difficult and strenuous? Why does his statement end with a comma? -a-train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonKairos Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 He probably meant he can't imagine having to have more than one wife...that it's that which was awful, not that he questioned whether the practice came at the command of God. Who knows? Only anti-mormons will notice it, voters won't care when the politics take center stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny15 Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Im trying to stay on the up-n-up with Romney, but I havent made my decision yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JcDean78 Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 I agree with Mitt that it was awful! There is a reason anyone who trys to practice it today is excumunicated! It has NOTHING to do with US laws as the Church is world wide and in places where you can have multiple wives, it is still grounds for excomunication. Multiple wives has gone the way of killing goats on an alter and other things that were condoned in the old days but with the fullness of the truth we now know better. Mitt is absoultly right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonKairos Posted May 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Polygamy is not awful, that's Mitt's take on it (one which I disagree with). But I know we disagree on this, JC. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mamacat Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Mitt's favorite music ~Roy Orbison, The Beatles, The Eagles, The Kingston Trio, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, Clint Black, and Garth Brooksfavorite books ~Huckleberry Finn – Mark TwainWhat It Takes – Richard Ben CramerTheodore Rex – Edmund MorrisThe World Is Flat – Thomas Friedman1776 – David McCulloughThe Battle For Peace –Tony Zinni and Tony KoltzThe Business Of Winning – Robert Evangelistahttp://www.myspace.com/mittromneyMitt and Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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