In his run for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has made it clear that he’ll do or say whatever it takes to appeal to his party’s Troglodyte base.
He has flip-flopped on key social issues including abortion and gay rights, both of which he supported when he ran for governor in 2001 — and both of which he did 180s on, after he was elected.
When Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriages in 2004, Gov. Romney made a name for himself in national conservative circles as a champion of traditional marriage by rabidly opposing legalization every step of the way as it moved through the legislature and the courts.
But in 2008, Romney will face a challenge among cave dwelling primary voters: He’s a Mormon, a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints, which many evangelical types consider to be a satanic polygamist cult.
But hold onto your hat — not only is Mitt Romney a member of the LDS, his great-grandfather, Miles Park Romney, had five wives. That’s two more than Bill Paxton has on “Big Love.”
The Mormons de-legitimized polygamy in 1890, and its leaders repudiate it now. But the folks in the Christian right never let facts get in the way of their judgementalism, so it will be interesting to see if they’ll slough off Romney’s exremely nontraditional heritage, or whether they’ll regard him as a freak. (Bet on “freak.”)
For the rest of us, the fact that Romney had (at least) eight great-grandmothers — traditionalists believe you should only have four, tops — and yet still makes opposition to nontraditional marriage a cornerstone of his politics says it all: What an asshole.
Mitt Romney will never be president, and I, for one, look forward to his tearful concession speech on primary night in South Carolina, after the Trogs have passed him over for St. McCain.
I’m still trying to figure out how this slimy glob of seagull shit ever got elected Governor of Massachusetts in the first place. Perhaps someone can enlighten me.
Kilgore! I love the reference! Great choice of pseudonym selection.
As an exmormon, what concerns me most about Mitt Romney running for president is that Joseph Smith “prophesied” that in the last days the constitution would hang by a thread and that the Mormon Priesthood Holders would step in, sieze power, and establish a mormon theocratic country in its place. I am concerned that mormons and particularly Mitt Romney might see this as an opportunity to rob all of us of our constitutional rights and impose their version of morality on all of us.
It’s enough to keep me up at night.
i am one that is glad mitt is running. we need a fresh face in washington. one who will stand up for christianity. we need someone who is going to follow the letter of the law. and help america become richer. hillary and obama are killing us, with talks of taxes going up and troops coming home. UGH democrates need to listen to their leaders then kick them out for what they say!
I sincerely hope you’re not homeschooling those kids.
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