Mitt Romney and his faith
Posted on December 6th, 2007 by ecthompson
After what we have gone through the last 6 - 7 years, how can we take your word…any politicians word on anything. The list of promises that George W. Bush have broken to the American people can and have fulled several books. Why should Mitt Romney be any different? Both are men of faith.
DevilsTower at Daily Kos has a side by side analysis of the Kennedy’s 1960 speech and Romney’s speech of today. The analysis is enlightening. The speech was in the end hollow. There was a promise of a thoughtful discussion. None came. This could have been labelled the anti-JFK speech.
I think Romney had a good week and his speech was a tremendous success in Republican circles. It has been the most memorable political event during the Republican campaign this season.
Thanks, for the link to the daily kos review. The side by side with Kennedy was good. Romney’s speech was more appealing to me. All the writers you linked seemed miffed that Romney didn’t explain his Mormon beliefs. I think that it would have been silly and irrelevant for Romney to give a lecture on baptism of the dead or any other aspects of Mormon theology. I think leftist pundits misunderstand evangelical conservatives if they believed that evangelicals wanted an explanation of Mormonism from Romney.
Of course the most foolish criticism is that Romney has called for a “theocracy.”
Sometimes, you can be better known by your adversaries. Given some of the liberal responses, Romney has achieved turning a defense of his Mormon faith into a defense of religion in the public square. He has managed to place himself in the mainstream of social conservatism.
ET: “The list of promises that George W. Bush have broken to the American people can and have fulled several books. Why should Mitt Romney be any different? Both are men of faith.”
People seem to forget that Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were also men of faith as were etc…..
As usual, you are trying to keep me honest. I appreciate that.
I agree that Jimmy Carter is a man of faith. Although, I like Clinton and voted for him, I’m not sure that I would include him in that category.