Mike Gravel: Um... who are you, and why should we care?
Mike Huckabee: Governor Huckabee, if Jesus appeared in the White House the day after you were sworn in, and told you to use your powers as President to take actions that would clearly violate the Constitution, what would you do?
Bill Richardson: Governor Richardson, did you have your photo in the first-time visitor page of your website photoshopped? Because every other photo of you on the site is seriously pasty and jowly, but that first one is all tanned and missing your double chin.
Rudy Guiliani: Mr. Mayor, don't you think it's time you make a proper apology for using State funds to carry on an extramarital affair, and bow out of the race to show your contrition?
Alan Keyes: Sir, since it's obvious the only reason you're running is to push the debate further to the right, as you clearly have no chance of winning, isn't it about time you dropped out since the only way this race could get any more rightward would be if Generalissimo Francisco Franco came back from the dead and threw his hat into the ring?
All Republicans: In the year 2000, we elected a Republican as President. He promised fiscal conservatism and non-interference in other countries. After the events of 9/11, he went back on both promises and left us with a terrible mess to clean up. If you think we could do better than we've been doing, please say how the current administration has screwed up and how you will fix it. Alternatively, if you think the Bush Administration's been batting pretty well, all things considered, please tell us what you DO intend to change.
All Democrats: To invoke Inigo Montoya, you all keep using the word "Change" but I do not think that it means what you think it means. In one three sentence paragraph, please tell us what you stand for, as a candidate, without using the word "change," clichés or abstractions, or telling us how you're not George W. Bush.
J. Edward Tremlett is a lot of things, currently. He's back in the states after a seven-year stint in Dubai, UAE. He's been published in such diverse places as The American Partisan, the International American, The End is Nigh, Pyramid Magazine and Worlds of Cthulhu. He has a story in the "Echoes of Terror" horror anthology. He's also ready to get back in the saddle and kick some ass after too long of a radio silence.
The Mormon Church has had Blacks as members since the 1830's. And an extermination order was signed by Missouri Governor Boggs against the Mormons in part due to the Mormons' opposition to slavery.
That's more than the Southern Baptists can say. Mitt's father did indeed march with Martin Luther King, as reported in a 1963 Detroit News article.
Your question shows a lack of understanding of the issue. There are hundreds of thousands of Blacks as members today.
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on Monday, January 7, 2008 at 11:17:15 PM
Sorry, Willard Mitt Romney has been debunked. George Romney never marched with King, although they both marched in related events at different times. Please get YOUR facts straight, there are many correct accounts.
Yes, perhaps Mitt Romney should have chosen the words "I saw my father support MLK" instead of saying "I saw my father march with MLK," but the POINT of his message was TRUTH -- his father was a strong supporter of MLK.
Those scorners who "watch for iniquity," "make a man an offendor for a word," and "lay a snare for him." (Isaiah 29:20-21) are actually telling a LIE -- that Mitt was lying about his father's support of civil rights for blacks.
Tracy Hall Jr
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Tracy Hall jr (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 10 comments)
on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 5:47:47 PM
Isn't it amazing how the message of freedom and liberty unites everyone in its cause, even the small-minded and narrow-viewed? Our campaign is supported by organized groups from every spectrum. Catholics and Protestants, Arabs and Jews, pro-life and pro-choice, Evangelicals and casino owners, and even one racist that we've been told about. And all of these hundreds of thousands of people are allowing us to use their property, their donations, to champion the Constitution.
This question is a real softball for Paul. In fact, every question is a softball when your closet is tidily skeleton-free. But then I thought some of the other questions were softballs too. Every single candidate should be asked about relationship with the Council on Foreign Relations (cfr.org).
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Helena Handbasket (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 5 comments)
on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 10:20:58 AM
"But if the Mormon Church ever decided to reverse its relatively recent [th: 3 decades ago!] decision regarding Black people and their spiritual welfare, what guarantee do we have that you will be able to uphold the Constitution equally for all citizens?"
Asked: again, and again, and again! Answered: again, and again, and again!
"Let me assure you that no authorities of my church, or of any other church for that matter, will ever exert influence on presidential decisions. Their authority is theirs, within the province of church affairs, and it ends where the affairs of the nation begin."
"As governor, I tried to do the right as best I knew it, serving the law and answering to the Constitution. I did not confuse the particular teachings of my church with the obligations of the office and of the Constitution - and of course, I would not do so as president. I will put no doctrine of any church above the plain duties of the office and the sovereign authority of the law."
Also, from the web site of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,"
"The Church does not:
Endorse, promote or oppose political parties, candidates or platforms.
Allow its church buildings, membership lists or other resources to be used for partisan political purposes.
Attempt to direct its members as to which candidate or party they should give their votes to. This policy applies whether or not a candidate for office is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Attempt to direct or dictate to a government leader."
The straw man here, of course, is the implication that Church ever opposed civil rights for all or even neglected the "spiritual welfare" of any race. To this day Jews restrict the priesthood to a tiny patriarchal heriditary tribal caste -- the Levites. Does this make Jews racist? Does this imply that Jews oppose equal civil rights for all or neglect the "spiritual welfare" of anyone?
Finally, the rapid growth of the Church in Africa, Brazil, the inner cities the U.S., and world-wide, makes this suggestion ridiculous.
If elected, Romney, by residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington DC 20500, will belong to the inner city Washington DC 3rd Ward at 3423 Holmead Pl. NW. A majority of his fellow ward members will be black. Check it out yourself at "worship with us" at mormon.org.
Tracy Hall Jr hthalljr'gmail'com
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on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 6:37:04 PM
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