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[lizzybennet]

21 common questions about the Mormon faith as answered by Fox News

These questions were answered very accurately. Honestly, I don't think Mitt Romney has much of a chance anymore.

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And Now About Mitt

[themenow.livejournal.com]

My only problem with Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee is the whole using religion to reach out to voters. I truly dislike the term Evangelical Christian. And I don't like politicians who use that term to describe themselves or talk about their religion during political races. To me politics and religion truly need to be separate. Also, whenever one comes out and says, "Oh hai, I'm a Christian" the media and the public immediately starting waiting for the Fall. How many people in the public eye have we heard proclaim their spirituality only to find out that they've had affairs on their spouses, or getting caught in public bathrooms soliciting other people, or caught using drugs? It's almost like the myth behind tattoos - once you tattoo your lover's name on your body you are bound to break up.

Surely, we do hold our public people up in a higher light and if they proclaim that they are religious, we hold them under even more scrutiny, which we really shouldn't do - after all we're all human and all prone to making mistakes and sinning. But I'd rather know that Barack Obabama was a drug abuser in his past than him saying, much like Bill Clinton, that he has a spic and span past only to find out much, much later what a liar he is.

That's what worries me about Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. They're too squeaky clean. What politician is that clean? Not that I don't want clean politicians, but it worries me that we don't know more about the skeletons in their closet.

With all this said...I'm not likely to vote democrat either. The guy I was pulling for was Fred Thompson. I just liked his grumpy in your face demeanor. He was sarcastic and funny, a guy with a real personality. And he stuck to politics. Oh well. McCain worries me too. Only because of his health and his too liberal for republican views. But Hillary terrifies me because of the original Clinton White House, and Barack...well, I don't think he (much like Hillary) has much experience. I mean, what exactly has he done?

I hate politics. I hate them so much. I have no idea what I"ll do in November.

Re: And Now About Mitt

[mysteena.livejournal.com]

I doubt I can answer this with out sounding incredibly shallow and uninformed. My life revolves around my family, my house, my church work and my school work. I have little time for things outside those realms...like politics for example. I have not taken the time to sit down and listen to the candidates opinions on any matters. Honestly, when people ask me who I want to win or who I'm going to vote for, I cannot answer the question because I have no idea who stands for what. I've decided to wait until the race has been narrowed down to two before I start listening and deciding who will get my vote.

Honestly, if one of my LJ friends or Chris doesn't mention it, chances are I'm not going to hear about any sort of significant news item. Sad, hmmm?

Re: And Now About Mitt

[themenow.livejournal.com]

No, I'm the exact same way. The only things I hear about Barack and Hillary is because they are constantly at odds against each other. I don't pay any attention to the republicans because they are at least be calm to each other. The opinions above are my base, shallow opinions based only on what little I see of them on TV, not based on any politics at all *lol*. It's all about looks. How they look and how they act.

Yeah, I'm waiting too. I missed our primary voting time so it doesn't really matter now anyway. McCain won in Gainesville and so did Hillary. But I can't remember who won for the state.

Re: And Now About Mitt

[mysteena.livejournal.com]

McCain won for the whole state. Washington hasn't had our vote yet but I'm not registered here anyway. the only candidate that I've seen any advertisement for is Ron Paul. It's almost like no one really cares what Washington thinks.