BOSTON - As a presidential contender, Mitt Romney has the looks, the money and the campaign machine. He also has something of a candor gap.
When confronted with questions that might conflict with his message of the day or political record, the Republican candidate has shown a tendency to bob and weave or simply dismiss history. He has done so all year...
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Analysis: Romney and candor
By GLEN JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
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Over in the comments section of the post Mitt Romney and Mormonism it is easy to see that Romney's credibility gap stems, at least to some degree, from his religious commitment, or lack thereof, as a Latter-day Saint. In the comments section of that post tieminator gives engages in a very common modus operandi among the LDS, who are tireless proselytizers- not being straightforward about they actually believe.
But, when others, point out what or seek to explain, from LDS scriptures and what Catholics would call magisterial sources, what is clearly taught and believed among the LDS, they play the don't tell me what I believe card. Then, when asked exactly what they do believe, or in what way what has been laid out is inaccurate, the bobbing and weaving, the changing of the subject, the outright refusal to simply state what they believe begins.
Romney's Faith in America only widened the gap because what we got was an unoriginal civics lecture and nothing about LDS distinctives about which voters are concerned. Adding fuel to the fire is the article, which appeared in yesterday's Salt Lake Tribune about former Utah governor Mike Leavitt, who is now the Secretary of Health and Human Services
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7840906
Deacon,
Christ is born!
Great comments as normal. Thanks so much for your input on this post and all the others.
I'm going to link to the above article in it's own post.
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