RSN August 14 Fundraising FB Share Email This Page add comment
writing for godot  Mormons beware of a Romney Presidency!
Written by Richard Kane    Wednesday, 04 July 2012 09:32
Mormons, like Catholics up to a half century ago, long to be
accepted as just another part of Americana. So far the fact that
two Mormons Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, were both considered
respectable candidates, not representatives of a fringe cult
furthers that goal. Most Americans feel good that Catholics now
belong instead of considered to be agents of a foreign pope. So
unless a disproportional number of Mormons are chosen for
appointments, America expects whatever else Romney does just
electing him would make this a more tolerant country. But the
fact that Kennedy was a loved President not a disrespected one
like Hoover and Bush helped make this so.  The Kennedy miracle
hasn't been true elsewhere in the world. Alberto Fujimori of
Japanese ancestry became President of Peru with no such Kennedy-
like results. After Pakistan elect