Today I take my text from the Book of Kimberly. This is not the first time I have poached a post from her, but I think she says it best. If you are out there, Kimberly, thank you and God bless you, woman.
i know some people prefer i stick to photos and silly stories, but i can't resist today.
i am really upset by the way the GOP is treating mitt and his mormonism. i think it is appalling that in 2008 good, proven leaders can't run for president. in my estimation mitt is the best thing the republicans have right now. he is a proven administrator. he is an effective negotiator. he is able to find the middle ground and build consensus. he is sane (unlike guiliani and mccain). and for the republican base, he believes in your morals. yet for some reason the GOP has decided to throw him under the bus.
it is clear that what was once the conservative coalition is becoming a disorganized frenzy of radical nut jobs. and i was upset when i felt like mitt set aside what he felt was right to what he thought would get him elected. he sudden changes in stance on abortion, gay marriage, etc. really bothered me. and he lost this wondering democratic mormons vote when he became like all the other politicians, just a pandering buffoon. but the truth is he isn't a buffoon and it is freaky that huckabee beat him in iowa.
mormons have been loyal to the republican party for over 60 years. 80% of american mormons vote. we vote as frequently as jews. we are a loyal base. so why is the GOP so confident the mormons will stay? and why don't mormons wake up and smell the postum and realize that they have been second class citizens in that party for years. and why in the world don't the dems start courting the mormon vote? i think in a time like this it is feasible that the mormons will be able to see that the GOP is never going to actually support their cause.
most don't know that mormons were once as loyal to the dems as they are now to the GOP. the the early 20th century momons voted in block for dems. in fact woodrow wilson's assistant sec of treasury was a high ranking mormon.
from what i understand mormons became republican when "cultural revolution" started. mormons wanted traditional values etc. we were second class citizens then to the GOP and i don't understand why mormons don't see that the republican party has not done them much good. in fact, republican operatives have been digging up dirt and mingling fact with fiction about much of what we believe and how we behave.
to me, loyalty should be given to people, systems, parties, organizations, who will stand for and protect your values. even in the articles of faith "we claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may." i don't think the GOP stands by this article.
mitt, i am sorry you sold out to a group who was never going to help you in the first place. i think had you stood by your beliefs you might have been able to actually be the president. you were to calculated. it made you look fake. nervous bigoted republicans slammed you on your faith. i wish you would have stood up then for what was right and told them what you believed and then told them to back off. that you were running for president and that in today's america we should be better than this. i know it is scary to speak truth to power, but you have to when you are the president. i think this is the mistake that lost you the race. or maybe it was because you decided to be a republican. in the democratic race, you might have actually come out ahead. especially if you had spoken your truth.
GOP you are a bunch of dirty rascals. and i am so glad that all of your dirty laundry is being aired. not just the larry craig kind of laundry, but this...your divisive, bigoted, dividing strategy. i hope last night was the beginning of significant change!
And, my comment to Kimberly:
Dear Kimberly,
Are you really that surprised by Iowa? Honestly, any battle in the mid-west between Mormons and born-agains is bound to start with lies and end with someone falling backwards out a window with a bullet in the heart.
2 comments:
i agree with much of what you said about mitt selling out, but he NEVER would have had a chance as the democratic nominee. also, i think he has to be calculating and or he would have ended up like Senator Biden, who has more experience than most candidates on both sides. politics mandates playing the game. especially for republicans with all their hang-ups. if huckabee wasn't an ex-pastor and wouldn't have crawled out of his crack in the evangelical church sidewalk, Romney would have been the candidate. he couldn't have predicted that.
if someone more moderate than romney had won, than you could blame him for selling out to the religious right, but since a staunch evangelical won, it proves that you do have to have the support of that faction. romney had to play the game. i don't think it's his fault he didn't win. blame it on bigotry.
here's a fantastic and related article.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/02/EDO7U7M03.DTL
I agree that he has to play the game BUT the fact that he played to the religious right is exactly why Huckabee was pulled out of someone's evangelical crack.
After spending 18 years deep in the heart of the Texan religious right I will NEVER understand why the LDS church and it's political elite continue to think the evangelical majority would EVER want to be BFF.
They were NEVER nice to me and only banned me and my siblings from participating in "Christian" activities such as sports or music groups.
(Thanks, Brooklyn, I knew I could count on you in a political conversation.)
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