So let me ask a political question, the same question twice over. Is it right to vote against Mitt Romney because he’s a Mormon?
Is it right to vote for Mike Huckabee because he’s a Christian?
So let me ask a political question, the same question twice over. Is it right to vote against Mitt Romney because he’s a Mormon?
Is it right to vote for Mike Huckabee because he’s a Christian?
It’s been ages since there’s been a Unitarian president, but there was a time when it was almost the norm. Just an observation that may or may not be relevant.
I heard a commentator say that all U.S. presidents were professing Christians, so electing a Mormon would be significant departure. That’s seems to be oversimplified to me, but it’s what she said and others will say the same if Romney is nominated.
But that’s not my question. I suspect some of us want to vote for Huckabee because he’s personal character and vocal faith appeal to us, and we won’t vote for Romney because his faith repels us. But what is the office of the president meant to accomplish? Any political office for that matter. We must think through our decisions and vote issues over personality.
My fear is Romney’s Mormonism will allow some to gloss over his abilities, while Huckabee’s profession of faith will gloss over his weaknesses.
Michigan was certainly in far better shape with George Romney than it is now. Possibly Romney’s commercials directed towards Michigan are only aired in Michigan, but the man does have my attention.
It’s all right to consider the two men’s core beliefs as a part of their character and their decision making process, but to make a decision based only on the politician’s profession of faith in Christ or in The Book of Mormon seems unwise at the very least.
The national press loves to love Huckabee because he fits their model and image of what a fundamental evangelical Christian is.
They are just waiting to shred him, but first they need to make sure he wins the Republican Party’s nomination. Then they will claim the Republicans are trying to make the presidency a theocracy.
I agree, Sherry. We’re voting for individual men, not policy abstractions, so taking a man’s faith into account is only natural when voters try to decide who to support.
Judy, on Romney’s website, the first page, he has a moving testimony of a business partner who lost his daughter in New York. Is that the kind of ad you’re talking about, or are you talking about more issue oriented ads?
Deborah, you could be right, but that’s no reason to avoid voting for him if we believe he’s worth the vote. It’s a good reason to prepare a response ahead of time so that when the attack comes we’ll be ready. Rush Limbaugh has said any GOP nominee will be demonized by the national press which will likely try to spin the nominee into a Bush clone in order to say that the nation cannot survive four to eight more years of the same thing we’ve had for the last eight.
I mentioned that last bit to my brother-in-law, saying Huckabee probably had the best characteristics for spinning into a Bush clone, and he said that’s why he likes him. I confess to liking Bush too, even though I want less federal and state spending.
Phil, his ads airing in Michigan are all about bringing jobs back to Michigan. I believe he will do well here.