Listened to Mitt on MSNBC talking about his missionary work...

[MatthewStLouis]

I let my guard down for a minute, and expected to hear an impressive story about his selfless and hard scrabble work in some downtrodden third-world country. He went on to explain he had been a missionary in...FRANCE!

Having known Peace Corps volunteers and a few people who were real missionaries (in scary places), I couldn't help but laugh. Maybe this is why he is so afraid to talk about his faith. It's not the fact he's a Mormon. It's the fact he has always lead a coddled life of privilege, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, insulated from the hard realities of the world.

[BeyondGeography]

1. He's a big fan of European entitlements like hitches in France and Swiss bank accounts

Problems, problems....

[onehandle]

2. Well, there are desperate poor people in every country on Earth...

...however percentagewise, there is only a fraction of poor in France compared to the U.S.

'Mitt Romney. A Friend to the French.'

Don't think that will go over well with the freeper contingent.

[Jamesm9164]

3. Mormon missionary work has precious little to do with helping the poor in anyway.

[Honeycombe8]

13. That's what I was going to say. It's to convert others to Mormonism. He also spoke French...

so it makes sense they sent him to France.

[fifthoffive]

4. Mormon missionary work

is all about recruitment/conversion/proselytizing.

[chelsea0011]

5. What I don't understand about Mitt, missionary work, and Mormons is that

they can get consciences objector status to avoid military duty, which I believe Mitt used. Am I correct about this? If this is the case, how can one become POTUS and put other people in harm's way once you already claimed this status in the past?

[_ed_]

6. Mormon missionaries' "mission" is convert others

to the faith, not to help the poor. Mormons do help the poor, but their missionary program is all about recruiting. And, recruiting is all about $$$.

[HeiressofBickworth]

12. The only poor Mormons help

are members of their own church. They have a well-organized program for poor Mormons. The rest of you can piss up a rope.

[BillyV123]

7. Are not Frogs entitled to know...of the Magic Underwear?

What are the French...not as worthy of saving as the Sudanese?

If you show up at their door unannounced with The Book of Mormon...do they not turn off the lights and cower behind their distinctive designer SOFA!?

WHY MUST YOU CONTINUE TO OPENLY MOCK THIS GREAT AMERICAN, CHRISTIAN HERO?

He "Misspoke"! Seriously. I'm buyin' it.Thoughts at 3 A.M. http://thoughtsatthreeam.blogspot.com/?spref=tw

Oh...and please remember to click on an ad. It costs you nothing, Google can afford it, and I don't then have to Blog in the Dark!

[COLGATE4]

8. To top it all of

when he was a 'missionary' in France he lived in an honest-to-God French castle! No shit.

[MatthewStLouis]

9. I guess his "let them eat cake" attitude is quite apropos! n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

10. Not just a missionary in France, but he lived in a freakin' chateau!

That's where he lived.

[3waygeek]

11. Hey, being a Mormon missionary in France is hard work...

it's not easy getting a Frenchman to give up wine.