Comments on: Evangelicals and Romney

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:04:23 +0000

I will enhance the safety net for the poor by substantially reducing federal support for this

Why is this bad? The “safety net” is bad for the poor. They are not thriving. They are worse off because now they’re not only poor, they’re dependent and suffering from a condition known as ‘learned helplessness’.

Compare the poor in 1955 vs. now: has increasing the safety net done away with poverty in America?

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:03:16 +0000

I am a pro-life now even though I used to be a pro-choice
I am against mandate healthcare now even though my biggest achievement is a mandate healthcare
I am pro-gun now even though I used to be for gun control
I will enhance the safety net for the poor by substantially reducing federal support for this
I have nothing to hide even though I refused to release my income tax return on time this year and many years in the past
I don’t believe in global warming/climate change is caused by human while I used to think so
I believe that everyone has the right to fire their health insurance (how many can do that?)
Corporate is people! (corporate is not people – corporate is a profit machine)

If we applied the same standard to Obama, he’d look just as bad if not worse.

And btw I really dislike Romney, and therefore resent feeling compelled to defend him, but I am myself pro-life, though I used to be pro-choice. If you believe that changing one’s mind on that is bad, then you better not vote Democrat; you have any idea how many prominent Democrats are now pro-choice, though they used to be pro-life?

And corporations are people, in the sense of Romney’s original statement. Your statement relies on taking him out of context.

By: DukeFan

DukeFan — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:54:13 +0000

So what? Do you think Romney is a better choice? He is a chronic deceiver with NO core value and belief – just says whatever the audience wants to hear – never produced a thoughtful, sincere, and honest statement! He has an empty soul and looks awfully fake compared to Obama even though Obama has a lot of problems of his own.

As a Christian, one of the our highest characters should be the love and respect for the truth. What does Romney have in this area?

Is this correct that Jesus once said “The truth will set you free…”?

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:31:54 +0000

Much ink has been spilled (if that’s still an intelligible expression in this digital age)

I actually like the phrase better when it’s digital.

By: Joe Knippenberg

Joe Knippenberg — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:23:35 +0000

The Pew poll has Catholics breaking for Romney 50-45, white non-Hispanic Catholics breaking 57-37, and white non-Hispanic weekly attenders breaking 64-31, while non-weekly attenders still support Romney 51-43.

By: Truth Unites... and Divides

Truth Unites... and Divides — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:12:39 +0000

Any data about how Catholics will vote when given a choice between Romney and Obama?

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:39:52 +0000

That was never the question. The question is how many of that group might choose to not vote, NOT how many will vote for Obama. I don’t see whether that proposition is being tested in this poll.