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MjolnirTime

(1,800 posts)
1. I wouldn't be surprised to find that Armies of Mormons moved to Swing States just for this election
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 03:08 PM
Oct 2012

Would you?

kimbutgar

(21,155 posts)
9. White, pasty and boring looking. Looks in need of a good drink but is stiff in manner. Look at the
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 03:36 PM
Oct 2012

pictures. I've seen enough Mormons to know the look.

doc03

(35,344 posts)
6. One of my friends belongs to the LDS and was a big Obama
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 03:17 PM
Oct 2012

supporter in 2008. Now he is a Romney man, he has the bumper stickers, a hat and T-shirt. I have tried to talk to him about issues and ask him to give me one issue that Romney hasn't been on both sides of and he has nothing to say. In his case he is voting for him because he is a Mormon, that's it.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. Not mandatory,but really advocated.
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 03:20 PM
Oct 2012

Finally,people are waking up. Geez,been telling you this for sometime now. In our city,it's a all out push by the Mormons,whom are about 80%of the population,to get the Willard elected. It's one F--d up village, we have candidate forums,which are only for GOP candidates,duh.

Fringe

(175 posts)
8. I would not be suprised at all.
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 03:33 PM
Oct 2012

Just like the Mormon girl caught at the Safeway in Colorado trying to only register Romney supporters while turning all others away.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Mormon Church had a massive gotv for Romney in some instances.

I will go a step further, yes I'm going to go there and say that I'm really suspicious about the whole thing especially since Romney is hiding all his core beliefs during this election.

For the record, I'm an Atheist and while I do respect religion, I'm very wary of the effects religion in politics in respect to individual freedoms and civil rights..

GentryDixon

(2,952 posts)
10. In a word, YES.
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 04:25 PM
Oct 2012

The word has been put out through the wards to support their candidate. The White Hose Prophecy must be fulfilled.. They can deny it, but having grown up in Utah I know the pressure that is brought to bear.

From the time I was a small child I was preached to about the prophecy from my classmates. I am not, nor have I ever been Mormon, but they are taught to prothletise to anyone within ear reach. I was scared to death by what my classmates told me with such conviction. They are indoctrinated at a very early age, and it is very hard to break away from this religion.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
11. The Mormon church has a sophisticated computer network system where members can look up members
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 04:35 PM
Oct 2012

and get contact information really easy, so I would expect that they use it. Mormons are a very organized church group, they all have 'assignments' aka unpaid jobs within the church which gets into every aspects of their everyday lives.

bushisanidiot

(8,064 posts)
12. Yes. I've thought that all along. I have no doubt that Romney busses in local and not so local
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 04:55 PM
Oct 2012

mormons to all of his events to give the appearance that he is popular.

despite bogus "I'm a mormon" commercials. there are very few mormons of any race other than lilly white.

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