This Is What Republicans Debate About

It wasn't always as bad as it is now, we used to have reasonable debates about politics in our country. Some still try to achieve that in their political discussions. That would not include many of the Republican candidates this time around. For the most part, all we hear are empty words and even more rhetoric. They have no plan to move this country forward, since they have all been supporters of our giant leaps of regression over the past several years of Bush and even going back to Reagan. Yesterday an article leaked about Huckabee (a man of the cloth) and what he had to say to bash Mitt Romney.

From The Huffington Post:

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, asks in an upcoming article, "Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"

The article, to be published in Sunday's New York Times Magazine, says Huckabee asked the question after saying he believes Mormonism is a religion but doesn't know much about it. His rival Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, is a member of the Mormon church, which is known officially as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[...]

Earlier this month in Iowa, Huckabee wouldn't say whether he thought Mormonism _ rival Romney's religion _ was a cult.

"I'm just not going to go off into evaluating other people's doctrines and faiths. I think that is absolutely not a role for a president," the former Arkansas governor said.

For a baptist minister, that answer was a very lawyerly response. Of course Mormonism isn't a cult, that is ridiculous. The fact that someone like Huckabee would bring up this subject is a stain on his character. Debating one's religion has nothing to do with running the country. Besides, there is plenty more to slam Romney with in terms of what he has said, policies he flip flops on and if you want to be colorful, bring up the family dog on the roof of the car incident.

But please, leave religion out of this.

Romney: Only The Believers Belong In This Country

If George Washington would have met Mitt Romney, he would have laughed him away from politics. The Founding Fathers for the most part believed that the church should be separated from the state, but not good ol' Mitt. His speech on religion showed how welcomes many different types of beliefs, but not those that do not believe or ascribe to organized religion.

From TPM Election Central:

A spokesman for the Mitt Romney campaign is thus far refusing to say whether Romney sees any positive role in America for atheists and other non-believers, after Election Central inquired about the topic yesterday

It's a sign that Romney may be seeking to submerge evangelical distaste for Mormonism by uniting the two groups together in a wider culture war. Romney's speech has come under some criticism, even from conservatives like David Brooks and Ramesh Ponnuru, for positively mentioning many prominent religions but failing to include anything positive about atheists and agnostics.

Indeed, the only mentions of non-believers were very much negative. "It is as if they're intent on establishing a new religion in America – the religion of secularism. They're wrong," Romney said, being met by applause from the audience.

Seriously, you might want to keep those kinds of ideas underneath the surface. There are certainly plenty of Americans who think on a similar wavelength, but would rarely dare to espouse it publicly. Romney goes nuclear on religion, instead of respecting the divide between church and state he has went above and beyond the other Republican candidates who merely touch the subject lightly.

Secularism is not a religion, it is the antithesis of religion. You can get Bill O'Reilly to nod along with that speech but forget about those that can think with their heads out of the ground.

Romney And The White Horse Prophecy

According to Mormon lore, there is an old tale that predicted the U.S. Constitution would be battered until it hung on only by a thread and a metaphorical white horse will come and save it. Romney repudiates any notion that he is that white horse and states that the Church of Latter-Day Saints has officially denied the legend. Nevertheless, it is an interesting topic since our constitution is being torn apart at the moment by the Bush Administration.

From The Salt Lake Tribune:

The disputed prophecy was recorded in a diary entry of a Mormon who had heard the tale from two men who were with Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, Ill. when he supposedly declared the prophecy.

"You will see the Constitution of the United States almost destroyed," the diary entry quotes Smith as saying. "It will hang like a thread as fine as a silk fiber."

Not only will the Mormons save the Constitution, under the prediction, but the prophecy goes further, insinuating that Mormons will control the government.

It is probably a good thing for Romney to stay as far away from this as possible. The last candidate that proclaimed the theory and ran for President was Joseph Smith in 1844. He was subsequently murdered by a mob.

Romney won't have to worry about a mob either way, but part of the prophecy might tell us something about how his Presidential aspirations will go. It is a fact that our Constitution is being ripped to shreds since Bush took office. Due to that, the war and the way Republicans have set our country back to the Stone Age, Romney and the rest of the Republicans shouldn't stand a chance against the Democratic nominee next fall. As long as the Democrat in question retains sufficient backbone and stands up for what the people want, the prophecy will ultimately be proved false.

Mitt Romney's "Mormon Song"

Taking a hint from Adam Sandler's "Chanukah Song," Andrew Reff helps Mitt Romney sing his own song about all the famous Mormons in our society. Perhaps this will convince a few Republican primary voters who hate the Tabernacle.