Politics and Religion Don't Mix!

Is it just me, or do others find the strange fixation with Mitt Romney vs. Mike Huckabee and the Christian vs. Mormon media discourse a bit odd? Until Nightline and CNN and a few others ran stories fueled by the Mitt Romney Religion speech I had no idea flocks or Evangelicals try to save Mormon souls or how many people feel Mormons are a cult. I also had no idea that many Evangelicals do not consider Mormon’s Christians at all. The Mormon Faith is shrouded in secrecy about a lot of their tenets and I guess their founding is a bit suspect to many, but still they are big fans of JC. I’m sure a few even sport WWJD do bracelets along with any WWJSD beliefs they have. The strange media and campaign twists this whole discussion has caused seems fascinating to me. Huckabee is now, “The Christian Candidate” and playing up his past as a Baptist minister. Romney has been forced to make speeches reminding people he is religious and a peachy keen candidate and that the Mormon element is minimal.

Personally, I have never met and unfriendly or crazy Mormon. I’ve had a number of Mormon friends and encounters with Mormons and none of them have ever tried to convert me or acted in any way but pleasant and upstanding. Most don’t drink and are family oriented and they amaze me with their ability to avoid caffeine, which is the only substance I can check off as an addiction for me. I’ve had more unpleasant encounters with Evangelicals trying to convert me or attack my belief system and twisting some hateful language in my direction for my refusal to bend to their will.

Mind you neither Huckabee nor Romney holds a snow balls chance of ever getting my vote. They are Republicans, and not the kind cooperative Republican I could support. On the petty this-shouldn't-really-matter-but-it-does side, could you imagine a President Huckabee without giggling jut a little? Plus Ken Doll hair Romney has more going against him then people fear of Mormons…he has Ken Doll hair and his wife is Barbie and he is totally getting B**ch slapped for flip flopping on immigration and abortion. Hopefully neither of these men make it to the big show…but then again maybe Hillary or Obama would have an easier time beating them than Mayor 911. Man I wish we could move past the primaries already, this election feels like it’s been going on forever!