Comments on: Mitt Romney: We Need More Religion in Government http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:39:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dugan http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1137306 Dugan Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:12:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1137306 <p>Another twisting of words that scarecrow pulled off with this article, and I’ve read a lot of responses here that parrot the belief is that it is Romney that said freedom requires religion, and religion requires freedom. And yes, he did SAY it, but it was merely the end of the quote from John Adams. Scarecrow separated the two quotes in the above article to make it look like Romney speak, possibly fearing that the fact that a founding father saying it would undermine his article as well. Again, get it right next time, and have a nice day. I”m done here</p> Another twisting of words that scarecrow pulled off with this article, and I’ve read a lot of responses here that parrot the belief is that it is Romney that said freedom requires religion, and religion requires freedom. And yes, he did SAY it, but it was merely the end of the quote from John Adams. Scarecrow separated the two quotes in the above article to make it look like Romney speak, possibly fearing that the fact that a founding father saying it would undermine his article as well. Again, get it right next time, and have a nice day. I”m done here

]]> By: Dugan http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1137301 Dugan Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:02:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1137301 <p>it’s funny that democrats view republicans ideas as self serving and evil, and republicans view democrat ideas as not thought out and well, Stupid. This article goes far to show just how stupid things can get. Well written? Not at all, well thought out…. far from it. Here is what I’m talking about.<br /> Mitt Romney states that when/ IF he takes the Presidential Oath of Office, which is this, by the way, verbatim. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” He states that this Oath will then be his highest promise to his God.<br /> That right there negates the validity of the rest of the article. Get it right next time and have a nice day.</p> it’s funny that democrats view republicans ideas as self serving and evil, and republicans view democrat ideas as not thought out and well, Stupid. This article goes far to show just how stupid things can get. Well written? Not at all, well thought out…. far from it. Here is what I’m talking about.
Mitt Romney states that when/ IF he takes the Presidential Oath of Office, which is this, by the way, verbatim. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” He states that this Oath will then be his highest promise to his God.
That right there negates the validity of the rest of the article. Get it right next time and have a nice day.

]]> By: lilybelle http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136946 lilybelle Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:51:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136946 <p>So Mitt sends out a dog whistle to the anti-Constitution crowd. Quelle surprise. But will any Democratic candidate call him out for this speech? And I don’t mean “he’s no JFK.” I mean doing even an ounce of the splendid job that scarecrow did here. </p> <p>And while we’re at it, Obama flirts far too closely with bringing religion into politics and the public sphere.</p> So Mitt sends out a dog whistle to the anti-Constitution crowd. Quelle surprise. But will any Democratic candidate call him out for this speech? And I don’t mean “he’s no JFK.” I mean doing even an ounce of the splendid job that scarecrow did here.

And while we’re at it, Obama flirts far too closely with bringing religion into politics and the public sphere.

]]> By: masaccio http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136526 masaccio Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:27:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136526 <p>Its like the repubs can’t imagine any way to deal with any problem without trying to divide America into us and them. This time it’s the believers vs. the disinterested. This party is seriously deranged.</p> Its like the repubs can’t imagine any way to deal with any problem without trying to divide America into us and them. This time it’s the believers vs. the disinterested. This party is seriously deranged.

]]> By: behindthefall http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136146 behindthefall Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:42:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136146 <p>> </p> <blockquote><p>Bellamy stopped attending church because of the racial bigotry and <strong>Hippocritism</strong> that was demonstrated.</p></blockquote> <p>Hate to nitpick, but you probably want ‘hypocrisy’; Hippocrates was a perfectly nice medical kind of guy you would like to have around, unlike hypocrites, who are generally pains in the tush.</p> >

Bellamy stopped attending church because of the racial bigotry and Hippocritism that was demonstrated.

Hate to nitpick, but you probably want ‘hypocrisy’; Hippocrates was a perfectly nice medical kind of guy you would like to have around, unlike hypocrites, who are generally pains in the tush.

]]> By: Arnie http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136118 Arnie Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:09:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136118 <p>That is what the copy of Robert Maplethorpe is for; good protection from either and a NC senator who shall remain nameless (being eminently forgettable at that) as well.</p> That is what the copy of Robert Maplethorpe is for; good protection from either and a NC senator who shall remain nameless (being eminently forgettable at that) as well.

]]> By: KayInMaine http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136117 KayInMaine Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:08:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136117 <p>Okay, so what Romney was saying is for us to experience freedom we have to be religious…and can’t be either/or, because without each other both will die?</p> Okay, so what Romney was saying is for us to experience freedom we have to be religious…and can’t be either/or, because without each other both will die?

]]> By: Crosstimbers http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136115 Crosstimbers Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:07:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136115 <p>I’ve had similar occasions, it just always struck me as strange that Mormons sent kids just out of highschool out to spread the word. I can see how it migh help develop some admirable characteristics in the kids, but I always thought it carried an inherent insult to the subject. It’s like, I know you’ve lived forty years longer than I have, but probably your primitive mind has never wondered about your origins and purpose.</p> I’ve had similar occasions, it just always struck me as strange that Mormons sent kids just out of highschool out to spread the word. I can see how it migh help develop some admirable characteristics in the kids, but I always thought it carried an inherent insult to the subject. It’s like, I know you’ve lived forty years longer than I have, but probably your primitive mind has never wondered about your origins and purpose.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136113 eCAHNomics Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:06:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136113 <p>My son’s first babysitter was a Jehova Witness. I never met a more upstanding, diligent, even-tempered, genuinely nice person. The Witnesses have a huge installation (cattle farm, regular farm & orchards, printing plant, dorms, etc.) in the town of Schawangunk, which is south of the town where my country house is. We took her to visit it, which she quite enjoyed. Enlarging experience for me.</p> My son’s first babysitter was a Jehova Witness. I never met a more upstanding, diligent, even-tempered, genuinely nice person. The Witnesses have a huge installation (cattle farm, regular farm & orchards, printing plant, dorms, etc.) in the town of Schawangunk, which is south of the town where my country house is. We took her to visit it, which she quite enjoyed. Enlarging experience for me.

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136111 dakine01 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:04:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/06/mitt-romney-we-need-more-religion-in-government/#comment-1136111 <p>Gee, that’s like being asked if ya want to be smashed in the balls by a baseball bat or a golf club.</p> Gee, that’s like being asked if ya want to be smashed in the balls by a baseball bat or a golf club.

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