This is sad....

[theonedru]

Religious political president nominees can scare people because faith has a habit of creeping into their politics and as such affecting everyone regardless of race or religion. look at the fact this was to be a country with freedom or religion (or lack thereof) yet somehow Christianity creeped in to try and control every facet of life it could and that still affects deeply on a daily basis. Basically the more extreme you have the less likely you will have in getting elected.

[habsheaven]

Condemning someone for generalizing about a candidate based on his religion and then generalizing about a political party with equally biased and unfounded generalizations.

You are wrong on both counts. The % "not likely to vote for Romney because he is a Mormon" are not "generalizing", they are dismissing him because of his religious beliefs. And I did not "generalize" anything. I made NO claim that ALL Republicans are a certain way.

Once again, you read a comment and because of your bias, you FAIL to comprehend what is being said.

[jaybird_1981]

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.

Universally accepted fact huh?

[mrveggieman]

Let me pose this question to all of the conservative republican leaning people out there. Say that there was a canidate that shared all of your views. He was for cutting taxes, smaller gov't, anti-abortion, in favor of a strong military, and was a decorated war vet who loved his country. This canidate has everything that would make you drool in a politician. They only thing is that he was a muslim. Would you still vote for him? Why or why not?

[habsheaven]

Universally accepted fact huh?

It is in MY universe. Check all the various polls asking questions like these:

Do you think Obama is a Muslim?
Do you think Obama was born outside of the US?
Do you think Romney is a non-christian?
Do you think Obamacare will create "death panels"?
Is it okay to exclude Muslims from holding cabinet positions?
Was Iraq involved in 9/11?

Who do you think is answering YES to these questions? My money is on the same 20% talked about in the thread.

[andrewhoya]

It is in MY universe. Check all the various polls asking questions like these:

Do you think Obama is a Muslim?
Do you think Obama was born outside of the US?
Do you think Romney is a non-christian?
Do you think Obamacare will create "death panels"?
Is it okay to exclude Muslims from holding cabinet positions?
Was Iraq involved in 9/11?

Who do you think is answering YES to these questions? My money is on the same 20% talked about in the thread.

.........these are not opinion questions, they are factual......

[mrveggieman]

.........these are not opinion questions, they are factual......

And what proof do you have of these facts?

[habsheaven]

.........these are not opinion questions, they are factual......

What's your point?

[andrewhoya]

What's your point?

Who do you think is answering YES to these questions? My money is on the same 20% talked about in the thread.

Romney is openly Mormon, so no, the 20% of the people related to this thread would not be the only ones who said yes.

[andrewhoya]

And what proof do you have of these facts?

Romney went to France for 30 months as a Mormon missionary, etc.