Comments on: Don’t Forget, Mormonism is Not the Issue! http://asoftanswer.com/2007/11/13/dont-forget-mormonism-is-not-the-issue/ an unseemly mix of politics and Mormonism Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:25:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David http://asoftanswer.com/2007/11/13/dont-forget-mormonism-is-not-the-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-2893 David Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:26:45 +0000 http://www.asoftanswer.com/2007/11/13/dont-forget-mormonism-is-not-the-issue/#comment-2893 David B - I'm not sure. I see your point that he needs to put it bluntly but as you say he has already said it. It's just that no one seems to HEAR and keeps asking the same questions over and over again, more for the effect than truly seeking answers. Of course the fact that his message is not getting out is his fault even if it's unfair. That's politics. So maybe a JFK-moment would accomplish that for the record, where reporters would start looking foolish if they tried to keep rehashing these issues again and again. But I fear that a full-out speech will just legitimize the line of questioning further and make it open season to ask him anything Mormon and he will stop being a presidential candidate and instead be the Church's chief missionary. David B –

I’m not sure. I see your point that he needs to put it bluntly but as you say he has already said it.

It’s just that no one seems to HEAR and keeps asking the same questions over and over again, more for the effect than truly seeking answers.

Of course the fact that his message is not getting out is his fault even if it’s unfair. That’s politics.

So maybe a JFK-moment would accomplish that for the record, where reporters would start looking foolish if they tried to keep rehashing these issues again and again.

But I fear that a full-out speech will just legitimize the line of questioning further and make it open season to ask him anything Mormon and he will stop being a presidential candidate and instead be the Church’s chief missionary.

]]> By: David B http://asoftanswer.com/2007/11/13/dont-forget-mormonism-is-not-the-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-2888 David B Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:19:34 +0000 http://www.asoftanswer.com/2007/11/13/dont-forget-mormonism-is-not-the-issue/#comment-2888 I still say that Romney needs a JFK moment--he needs to unambiguously state that he will not take direction from the Church Office Building if he's elected president. If you read a lot of the blogs out there, that's half the worry about Mormons--that we're all mindless drones, set off with our marching orders from Salt Lake City. (And, to be honest, the timing of Romney's change of heart on legally sanctioned same-sex unions has only fanned the flames of this, I fear, even though I tend to think it had more to do with courting Republican primary voters than religious conviction.) Yeah, he's said as much here and there, but he hasn't put it bluntly--and bluntly is what he needs to counter this. Of course, I wouldn't vote for him either way, but that's based on completely separate policy disagreements. I still say that Romney needs a JFK moment–he needs to unambiguously state that he will not take direction from the Church Office Building if he’s elected president. If you read a lot of the blogs out there, that’s half the worry about Mormons–that we’re all mindless drones, set off with our marching orders from Salt Lake City. (And, to be honest, the timing of Romney’s change of heart on legally sanctioned same-sex unions has only fanned the flames of this, I fear, even though I tend to think it had more to do with courting Republican primary voters than religious conviction.) Yeah, he’s said as much here and there, but he hasn’t put it bluntly–and bluntly is what he needs to counter this.

Of course, I wouldn’t vote for him either way, but that’s based on completely separate policy disagreements.

]]> By: m&m http://asoftanswer.com/2007/11/13/dont-forget-mormonism-is-not-the-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-2885 m&m Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:42:28 +0000 http://www.asoftanswer.com/2007/11/13/dont-forget-mormonism-is-not-the-issue/#comment-2885 Hm. Really interesting points. Thanks for bringing that up. Hm. Really interesting points. Thanks for bringing that up.

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