Comments on: Mitt Romney Is No Jack Kennedy

The Nation: GOP Candidate's Speech On Faith Fails In Comparison To JFK's Historic Address

[michellem99-2009]

I was a mormon and demanded out as it is lies. I have to tell them mormons to get lost. I have seen their dark evil side, Lass/lad.

[rushlimpdrug]

He''s gotta be kidding. He''s just another republican wanting to continue the destruction of this country. He and his crooney Bush pal can go to helll for their deceiving the American people.
He is no Kennedy, rather he''s more like Hugh Hefner, since it was the mormoons that help build Las Vegas.
Bye Mitt, now go wash those sacred underwear.

[lisann326]

Come on people. This era has different problems than when JFK was in office. If you want an in depth discussion on Mormonism have some missionaries come to your house. There is still freedom of religion in this country and that includes Mormonism. Look at the guy, his family and his political history. He is no snake. Vote for who you think is the best candidate, but stop being against someone because of their faith. He at least practises his if you are going to get personal. Presidents are people and drank too much and had illegimate children, etc. one of the best didn''t want the public to know he was in a wheelchair. Can the guy run the country. Vote for his political views. It scares me to have an evangelical zealot in the office, but that''s just me.

[quatrops]

In his 5:28, robisch either (1) just got up from a nap, (2) forgot his meds, or (3)OD''d.

E.g., "Let''s make this clear not all there are people . . ." ? ? ? ? With an opening like that, I''m supposed to understand the rest of the sentence? And if you''re doing e.e.cummings, be consistent. Lastly, "their" is a possessive pronoun, not to be interchanged with "there".

Now that I''ve done the picky snob number, let''s take a look at what robisch appeared to be saying. When gretnagreen said (essentially) that some religions accepted slavery and said that life began at conception, he did not specify which, nor did he identify his own affiliation (if any).

Yet you open with "This is totally false"! WHAT is totally false, Alan?

Have 2 cups of black coffee (caffinated), read over your comment, and try again. It''s no fun debating with someone who''s not making sense!

[erpcat]

this guy is a snake in the grass, he would say anything if he thinks it would get him elected. how can or should i say, why a repuglicain would use a DEMOCRATIC candidate format to convey his faith? are not democrats low life, secular and uneducated? like i said, this slimeball (yuck) will say & do anything to get elected.

[logicanada]

A greedy Mormon Republican trying to emulate a selfless Catholic Democrat to impress the Judao-Christians in order to profit from and to secure the office of a dictator(decider).
Only in the U.S.
LOL!

[gretagreen]

Why would anyone think it is o.k. to allow religion to shape our governmental policies? Doesn''t the separation of church and state mean anything any more?? A person''s ideas may be shaped by their religion/faith, but that is not the same as allowing religion to dictate or influence policy. A person''s ideas may be shaped by many other things, as well: science, experience, etc.

I do not want a leader who RELIES on his or her religion to make a decision. We go down a dangerous path if we embrace government of religion.

[jn122736]

Romney%u2019s mormon religion/church (LDS) was founded by a convicted criminal.
Joseph Smith was convicted of fraud for conning new Yorkers into paying him to find treasure using self claimed psychic powers.

Later, he supposedly found, or was guided by a supernatural deity to, some golden plates containing the scriptures he later had his wife and others copy as he %u201Cread%u201D them by using a couple of rocks in his hat. There is no Official record or pictures of the plates.

He was quoted at one point saying that if anyone other than himself saw the plates they would instantly die, but later %u201Cfound a few trusted people to sign a statement saying that they had indeed seen the plates.

As far as I can find out the Mormons still believe in polygamy. The reason they stopped practicing it was to gain statehood. Some (FLDS) still practice it.

This is the %u201Cfaith%u201D Romney has pledged his life to and intends to lead the country by.

The above are not exact quotes but everything I list here can be found by searching %u201Cjoseph smith%u201D.

[michellem99-2009]

Pres. John F Kennedy was born New England in 1917. He was/is loved by alot of folks. I was 9 when JFK was shot and it was the last thing we watched as a family as I went back to foster homes. How dare that fool say he is like JFK. Far from it. He told you folks what he wanted you hear about his crazy mormonism. I see him as the anti christ. I know how mormons think and do. He do not have yer interests in mind. Be careful.

[for1america]

It is amazing to me to read "between the lines" of John Nichols'' commentary to discover the incredible bigotry exemplified by his article. "Romney''s passable" . . . "Romney tried" . . . "Romney squeaked" . . . as well as the implication of Romney relating to Dan Quayle and "whined". This is presented as a commentary on Romney''s speech,, but is little more than a diatribe by a columnist who has used his limited novelist approach to slam another candidate that doesn''t adopt his views. Why is it that we as a nation can''t be tolerant towards other''s viewpoints unless they perfectly mirror our own? The religious intolerance in America is obviously evidenced by your hidden agenda as manifest in your scathing commentary. I believe even John F. Kennedy would be taken aback by your unabashed attack.