ACORN filmmaker busted in Dem. Senator's office

[FORD]

Well, in fairness, I've never read anything indicating that Mittens himself is racist. A dog abusing corporate raiding asshole, and business partner of the BCE, yes. But not necessarily a racist.

But the whole "black people are descended from angels too lazy to fight Satan" thing was definitely one reason why I could never take Mormonism seriously.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

That's OK, if you don't want to go the racism route, you can always go the fraud route....

[Nitro Express]

I don't think Romney being Mormon will be much of a hinderance. He's probably the best candidate the Republicans have. He did do a good job of straightening out all the corruption in the Salt Lake Olympics. That was such a can of worms it almost didn't happen and he saved it and made a profit to boot.

Palin is a celebrity and that's it. If the Republicans sell her as their numero uno they are nuts.

[FORD]

Sarah Palin/Michelle Bachman 2012 - Batshit crazy and proud of it!!11!!11!

[jhale667]

Guilt by association...

Well, in fairness, I've never read anything indicating that Mittens himself is racist. A dog abusing corporate raiding asshole, and business partner of the BCE, yes. But not necessarily a racist.

Agreed, but I have issues with people affiliated with faiths/orgainizations/etc that espouse that type of ideology not denouncing that crap. Practically condoning it otherwise.

But the whole "black people are descended from angels too lazy to fight Satan" thing was definitely one reason why I could never take Mormonism seriously.

Exactly. And I'd have way more respect for him if he'd come out and said "I am a practicing member of my faith, but that shit is nuts."

I questioned Catholicism even when I considered myself "practicing" in the day, and was told I was a "bad Christian" for "even entertaining thoughts contrary to the church's beliefs"...didn't stop me, though I wasn't considering a career in politics... (Love the "don't THINK" subtext the nuns were throwin' down, though... )

That's OK, if you don't want to go the racism route, you can always go the fraud route....

Yep, there's always that.

[FORD]

Not to get back on topic here or anything, but all the publicity about this dumb fucking little repuke robot O'Keefe is really just a smokescreen. The REAL story here is the others involved, Dai, Basel, and Flanagan, and the fact that all three of them are tied to "The Foundation for Defense of Democracy" which is essentially PNAC under a new shiny name.

Just as with the old PNAC, it's packed with neocons and Likud sympathizers. So while I have always thought that Mary Landrieu was as useless as tits on a rooster (in the immortal words of my grandfather) apparently she did something that pissed off the Israeli hard right, and they want her gone.