from a political perspective, I dont have a problem voting for a Mormon like Mitt.

[BigJulie]

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Lets face the facts of life between Mitt and the evangelical right.
And the facts of life are that Mitt is in a cult,

....as far as I am concerned, this is only proganda. There was a time in history that people were beheaded for going against the church and at the time, it was not protestantism. So the term "cult" is a label given by those in power to those who are not--nothing more.

Remember the evangelical right is well known for what two key issues? -
#1 - Abortion
#2 - prayer in schools.

And does the evangelical right think this election is about abortion and prayer in school?

So when you are asking the evangelical right to vote for Mitt you are asking them to in a very real way to abandon their two major issues.

Yes, even though he has voted pro-life while governor--yes, I get the "cult" issue over-rides a rational opinion on this.

Because in the back of every single evangelical voter's mind their is the knowledge that Mitt has clearly made statements in the past that link him to a pro-choice position...

A talking point that is clearly being used but is not based on the reality of his voting record while governor.

Because the god of Mitt does not in any way, shape or form represent the God that the evangelical Christian voter prays to.

Proganda again. It is amazing that someone like WM can do lousy research, come up with a half-truth to an out and out lie regading our beliefs and so many people buy it. But hey, he has made a lot of money and we always think the rich are wise, right?

That the 2 reasons most evangelical voter's rise up in such numbers that they can swing an election, are going to be totally missing from this election

This is the reason that bigotry is so on display during this election cycle as the "evangelical right" swings from one candidate to another. They come across like a bunch of lemmings jumping off of one cliff and then another. It is embarr***ing to watch.

And guess what?
Should Newt fall, should he say something so bad that he drops out of the race, there will be such a swing by the the evangelical right to one of the others left in the race that it will be stunning.

My guess right now would be that if Newt falls in the next month that all the people who support him would suddenly switch to Rick Santorum.

Yes, I get that their bigotry is so fixed, and their minds so set, that they would rather have Obama for four more years than a Mormon. This has become obvious.