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11-07-2011, 03:29 PM #1
This is sad....
In a recent ABC poll, the question
Does the fact that Mitt Romney is a Mormon make you (more) likely to vote for him, (less) likely to vote for him, or doesn’t it make a difference in your vote?
- 20% said less likely.
Am I the only one who finds this crazy and sad?
The poll was asked to Republican voters.Last edited by andrewhoya; 11-07-2011 at 05:39 PM.
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11-07-2011, 03:39 PM #2
Even though I'm not a republican and didn't plan on voting for him I was highly offended that someone would not vote for a canidate whom they feel would do a good job soley based on his/her religious preference. SMH.
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11-07-2011, 03:44 PM #3
Crazy? Yes. Sad? Not really. I think it is a universally accepted fact that 1/3 of all Republicans share the most extreme and perversed view on just about everything that is different from themselves. The other 2/3's spend their time defending the party from the criticisms brought on by their extreme peers.
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11-07-2011, 03:55 PM #4
This would be funny if it wasn't so hypocritical.
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First, I didn't see a link to the poll and can't find it but logic dictates that it wasn't a Republican only poll so going on a Republican bashing frenzy is pretty narrow-minded.
Also, Mormonism has long been considered by many to be a form of a cult and until 50 or 60 years ago was a religion of polygamy. Expecting people to suddenly see things differently just because you "open-minded" people do is pretty niave.Last edited by duane1969; 11-07-2011 at 03:59 PM.
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11-07-2011, 04:31 PM #5
How was my statement hypocritical? I am not a Democrat and I have no "extreme" views on anything.
The OP stated in his original post (it has since been changed) that the question was asked of "Republicans". That's as good a time as any to bash the nutjobs. I didn't bash the 2/3 of Republicans that are "normal".
I assume from your last paragraph that you may be in the 20%. lol
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11-07-2011, 04:43 PM #6
According to a 2007 poll, 53% of Americans would not vote for an atheist, so I have no problem using candidates' religion against them. Especially people like Rick Perry, who campaign on the sole basis of their religion. Romney should be considering himself lucky that his own co-religionists have not made him as much of a pariah as some people are.
http://goodreasonblog.blogspot.com/2...r-atheist.html
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11-07-2011, 05:17 PM #7
It's just so sad that in 2011 that someone would not vote for a canidate because of trivial resasons such as race, religion (or lack of one for that matter), gender, sexual prefrence, political party (ok that may be a stretch) or any other trivial reason that will have no bearing on weather he or she will do a good job in office. And you wonder why american continues to have the problems that it has. SMH.
Last edited by mrveggieman; 11-07-2011 at 05:21 PM.
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11-07-2011, 05:28 PM #8
I think it's pretty typical that people will vote or not vote for a candidate based on their religious standing especially if it's not the typical mainstream christian. I'm surprised that the percentage wasn't higher myself.
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11-07-2011, 05:40 PM #9
It was a republican only, sorry.
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11-07-2011, 06:23 PM #10
Condemning someone for generalizing about a candidate based on his religion and then generalizing about a political party with equally biased and unfounded generalizations.
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