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Subscribe to RSSGINGRICH: “The Newt Gingrich campaign announced today that it was appealing to Florida Republican officials to award the delegates from their primary last Tuesday on a proportional basis, rather than the winner-take-all formula that gave all 50 to victor Mitt Romney,” the Boston Globe writes. Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond said, “The existing rules that the (Republican National Committee) already agreed upon were that any contest held before a certain date, those contests need to award their delegates proportionally to the outcome of the election. So, we are asking the state party of Florida to enforce that rule.”
Yet, as NBC’s Sarah Blackwill points out, Gingrich said the following on Sunday in Lutz, FL: Look, I’m not going to get involved in an RNC procedural fight. They’ve got to decide what they want to do. I’ll play by whatever the rules are that are given to us.”
PAUL: The Las Vegas Sun puts Paul on its cover today. The headline: “Ron Paul: Why he thinks he can make inroads with Mormons.”
And then there’s the non-Mormon vote…. Ron Paul’s got the Bunny Ranch vote locked up. In the crowd at a Paul event last night was Bunny Ranch owner Dennis Hof and his girlfriend. Prostitution is legal in parts of Nevada. On Trump’s endorsement, Hof said, per NBC’s Anthony Terrell: “The Bunny Ranch bump is more important to Ron Paul than Donald Trump to Mitt Romney. Who cares about Donald Trump, go home, stay in New York, we don’t care about your arrogance. … Donald, get on the real side, vote for Paul!”
Hof’s girlfriend, Cami Parker of the Bunny Ranch, said the girls of the Bunny Ranch are registered Republicans and will caucus for Paul tomorrow. (As TMZ first reported, yes TMZ, the girls of the cathouse are “Pimpin for Paul” because of his message of liberty and letting states decide.)
Remember, when Paul was asked at a debate if legalizing heroin, marijuana, cocaine, and prostitution would be OK if states allow them, Paul said, "In essence, if I leave it to the states, it's going to be up to the states. Up until this past century, you know for 100 years, they were legal. What you're inferring is 'You know what? If we legalize heroin tomorrow, everybody is going to use heroin.' How many people here would use heroin if it was legal? I bet nobody would."
ROMNEY: In 2008, Romney won Nevada decisively, 51%-14% over Paul who came in second. And about half of Romney’s vote total came from Mormons. Mormons made up 26% of the electorate, according to entrance polls. And Romney won them with 95%. (On that math, total turnout was about 44,000, with 26% being Mormon that’s 11,440, and with 95% going for Romney that’s 10,868 with a margin of error, of course. Romney’s vote total was 22,646.)
The front page of the Las Vegas Review-Journal: “Trump backs Romney: Billionaire’s moves surprises Gingrich supporters who expected the nod.” The story’s lede: “In an attention-grabbing twist worthy of Cirque du Soleil acrobats, real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Thursday.” It notes that Romney and his wife looked “bemused.”
Romney’s first couple of sentences summed it up: "There are some things you just can't imagine happening in your life. This is one of them.”
“Mitt Romney donned a cloak of Secret Service protection yesterday that, for all intents and purposes, he may never take off,” the Boston Globe’s Glen Johnson writes, adding, “For Romney, though, the conference of Secret Service protection doesn’t just signal his arrival as a presidential contender; it harkens back to a way of life in which he was most comfortable as Massachusetts governor. It is no stretch to say that no recent governor relished the protective role of his security force as much as Romney. The State Police troopers in the gubernatorial protective detail are among the agency’s elite, and they protect the governor 24/7 against all foes, foreign and domestic. But in Romney’s case, they also provided a buffer that ensured the former businessman’s sense of order, and limited his exposure to unscripted encounters.”
SANTORUM: He took some potshots at Donald Trump: Asked if it’s hypocritical for Trump to have endorsed Romney after criticizing him in August, Santorum said, per NBC’s Jamie Novogrod, “I can't imagine Donald Trump being hypocritical. That would be totally out of character for Donald Trump.”
He added: “I'm sure that's why he waited until Las Vegas to be able to introduce him, so he could get a lot of media at his casino, and get a little attention for his property down there.”
He also criticized President Obama for his prayer breakfast speech: "I've talked to who were there regarded it as the most political speech ever given at the national prayer breakfast by a president."
He also took shots at Romney for his “poor” remark from a couple days ago: "Out of touch, much?" he said.
He added with a conservative argument: "To go out and say that all I care about is to make sure that those who are very poor have a safety net, so that they can continue to be dependent on government? That’s all that I care about? When it comes to the very poor? That’s not the Republican party that I want to belong to. I want to belong to the Republican Party who cares about every single person having the opportunity to rise in America."
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As Romney gains steam the "Mormon" thing will start to get noticed. Romney's never been this close to securing the nomination and Nevada will bring the "mormon" thing out and the average voter will realize they can't support a person who believes the lie that Mormonisn is Christianity as mormons will try to convince you. There was a person on MSNBC this morning that wrote a book on mormonism
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Was it Jon Krakauer talking about his book on fundamental Mormonism?
I'm not personally affiliated with that religion, but I have read his book. The founding story of Mormonism is hard to swallow, unless you're born into it I guess. But the same can be said for the dogma of many other religions.
The only reason Romney's Mormonism is relevant is that some voters consider a candidate's religion to be very important. Some voters go to the polls to vote for or against a candidate, based only on his/her professed religion. I'm not one of them.
Yes, the bigoted antireligious Left wil come out with its smears against Mitt Romney's personal beliefs..
The NY Times, and MSNBC will be obsessed with this issue..
After totally ignoring Obama's antiAmerican radical preacher, and screeching at any mention of Obama's personal religious beliefs.... but that is the state run media for you... at the service of the Democrats...
As Romney gains steam the "Mormon" thing will start to get noticed. Romney's never been this close to securing the nomination and Nevada will bring the "mormon" thing out and the average voter will realize they can't support a person who believes the lie that Mormonisn is Christianity as mormons will try to convince you. There was a person on MSNBC this morning that wrote a book on mormonism
Read more: #ixzz1lKUWiSI3
You may not be old enough to remember when Mo Udall, a Mormon, ran in the Democratic primary in 1976. His religion was absolutely not a factor in that race. A person's religion (or lack of) should not be taken into consideration in running for office. The constitution says there shall not be a religious test for the presidency. There are many reasons not to vote for Mitt Romney, but his being a Mormon isn't one of them.
PS. Harry Reid is also a Mormon.
The only thing to take into consideration with Mo Udall is that he ran as a liberal in the Democratic Presidential primaries/causes, he was not a Republican. The view on religion is different for many Republicans than it is for Democrats. According to a poll from Gallup from June of 2011, 22% of Americans would not vote for a Mormon. While there are no religious requirements for President or Congress, the likelihood of being elected President and being a non-Christian from a major denomination is very low. Something like 2/3 of Americans want a President that holds similar religious views to them.
While Mormons include Jesus in their religion, it is very different from other forms of Christianity.
Golden Plates used to write the Book of Mormon
I agree Amy, religion should not have anything do do with an election. And us Liberals should stop bringing Willard's religion up, it's not a issue with liberals and independents, it's just an issue to conservatives and tea people.
When I bring it up, I do so only to point out the hypocrisy of the religious right wing. Personally, I could not care less about a candidate's professed religious beliefs. But when "good Christians" think Gingrich is a better human being and a more ethical candidate than his opponent simply because Romney is a Mormon, I find that troubling.
I'm also bothered by the "Obama is a Muslim" crowd, not because there is necessarily anything inherently wrong with American Muslims, but because it is simply not true and the distortions have become tiring.
I understand kaybeetoys. But all the tea people conservatives have is distortions or out right lies like name calling and accusing the President or any other Democratic Liberal of not being American, it's who they are.
That's exactly right, Mo. They can't find fault with Obama unless they make things up.
It's scary how so many distortions become 'fact' in the minds of people like the Birthers.
Those people with their torches and pitchforks frighten me.
Amy, I have to disagree.
First, it's my vote and no one nor any document will instruct me on what to consider and not consider. I agree there shouldn't be a religious test for candidates, in terms of disqualifying them from seeking office. I do not agree that document instructs me to consider or not consider religion when making my personal decision.
Second, the guy thinks he's going to be a God (eternal progression). Sorry, I can't vote for that. That's not just a quaint difference. It's heretical to my beliefs and arguably akin to satanism. Additionally, he's not just some member. I believe he's a bishop (isn't he?). Could be a terminology thing, but with the Christian denominations, usually bishops have their entire lives wrapped around their church. So to say we shouldn't consider Mormonism when making a decision to vote or not vote for Romney is akin to saying we shouldn't consider Catholicism and the impact of that on a Catholic bishop should one of them run for president. If a Catholic bishop was running for public office, you know his faith and connection to his church would be a big issue.
What really cracks me up is those same fundamentalist Christians that find Mormonism "strange and bizzare" also find it perfectly sane and rational to believe that there is a seven headed beast running around that will end the world as we know it and when that happens, the "true believers" will disappear in a cloud of magic pixie dust.
Amy, very well stated, bravo... Of course, you know the antireligious bigoted Left will attack Romney's religion
"And us Liberals should stop bringing Willard's religion up, it's not a issue with liberals and independents, it's just an issue to conservatives and tea people.
It is NOT an issue with conservatives, so spare the smug BS about liberals being so tolerant.
The usual liberal crap..."we liberals are tolerant and dont care about Mormonism, but those hicks over there do...so let's point out how weird morminism is..."
I'm old enough to remember when Kennedy was accused of being the candidate that would place the US Government under the control of the Pope.
Most Sane people stated that religion shouldn't be used in political discourse.
I wish it all would stop. Neither side get a pass on this and both sides are guilty of it, unfortunately the candidates are the most guilty of it, the last being the president. It is a two way street, the candidates, either side have no business claiming they have a "channel" to god, or "God" has revealed anything to them about anything concerning the way the country is run.
The lord said, "Give unto Cesar what is Cesar's, give unto God what is God's"
Political words to live by.....
Well said Amy...
Except for little boys that need $200 medicine. STOP BUYING THOSE $900 IPADS!!
Nice.
Heh heh, Hey Beavis check it out! He said cauc heh heh!
If the RNC said any primary before X date had to award proportionally, and Florida presumably was before that X date, then Gingrich has a point.
This isn't a legal issue (beyond any civil and contractual analyses) as these aren't public processes. Florida Republicans legally can tell the RNC to shove it and do whatever they like. But likewise, the national Republican Party also is a private entity, and can tell Florida to shove it right back, as their delegates will not be invited to the private function we know as a convention, unless Florida plays by the national rules.
Ron Paul will have the Bunny Ranch girls out working for him, huh. You know, all principles aside, most of politics still is self interest. That Bunny Ranch owner, and indeed all of Vegas, ought to connect the dots on some of this stuff. If casino gambling and prostitution was legal everywhere... why would anyone go to Nevada?
Exactly, Paul. The only way they could get people to go there was to make sin legal.
Now, if only the people who go there would stay there, permanently...
The author and founder of Mormonism headed west out of New York and got as far as Nauvoo, Illinois. The community there was so upset by the fact that he had 54 wives among his followers that they lynched him. Brigham Young took over the lead and fled to the Utah territory with the group. Was the killing envy or local government rights?
Good question. There are plenty of reasons why polygamy is illegal, not the least of which is the way it concentrates the gene pool when one man fathers all the offspring.
Our culture is so steeped in promiscuity and serial marriage a la The Newtster that it seems unnecessary to have multiple wives at one time anyhow.
Some incorrect info on Mormons here and the books referenced don't have it right either. The real name of the church is: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If you want to know what a Baptist believes do you ask a Catholic? If you want to know what a Catholic believes do you ask a Baptist? If you want to know what a Mormon believes ask a Mormon, or go the www.mormon.org.
John,
sorry to say, these lefties could care less about whether they are incorrect about Mormonism...
They will say anything in the service of their God...Barack Obama.
Ron Paul 2012.
Note: the guy on MSNBC has a lot of completely false information on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints aka Mormons.