Jim Colyer

I think Mitt Romney may be the next U.S. president. He was the Republican governor from Massachusetts. He is a Mormon. There has never been a Mormon president. Can Romney be the first? He has filed with the Federal Election Commission, allowing him to raise money for the 2008 Republican nomination.

Willard Mitt Romney was born March 12, 1947 in Detroit. He is the son of George Romney, a 1968 presidential candidate. He and his wife, Ann, have 5 sons. Ann has multiple sclerosis.

Romney has a B.A. from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He co-founded Bain Capital, an equity investment firm, and made a fortune, helping to start Staples office-supply.

He ran for the U.S. Senate in 1994 but lost to Ted Kennedy. He was elected governor of Massachusetts in 2002 and served a four-year term. Romney has conservative values, a Republican governor in a liberal state.

With veterans returning from Iraq, there need to be adequate benefits and health care. Romney supports veterans. He was the first Massachusettes governor to appoint a secretary of veterans' affairs. He developed the Welcome Home Bill which gave National Guardsmen free tuition at Massachusetts universities.

12 million illegal immigrants have poured into the United States from Mexico. Romney is tough on illegals. He made an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement which allowed Massachusetts State troopers to arrest and deport.

He supports alternative energy such as ethanol and nuclear and is for drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

Romney is pro-life. He opposes Roe v. Wade. He is against abortion except in cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is threatened. 46 million babies have been aborted since 1973 in what amounts to an American Holocaust.

He supports the death penalty in cases which include terrorism and multiple killings.

Same-sex marriage has been an improbable issue in recent years. Romney believes that marriage is a union between a man and a woman. He opposes same-sex marriage and civil unions.

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rose parade

I'm not really a fan of his but religion should not matter. Ever.

But I believe when asked about same-sex marriage he responded with "I believe mariage should be between a man and a women...and another women." I think he's just trying to handle all this with a little humor. Also am I correct that he is pals with Matt Blunt?

nopal

I agree that his religion shouldn't/doesn't matter. I wouldn't vote for him simply for his politics. Entirely too conservative for me.

rose parade

Exactly, Nopal.

ceilirose

Except he "had" opinions in regards to abortion and I believe gay marriage that were not conservative when running in 1994 (Senator) and 2002 (Governor). It was a smart political move considering he was running in a liberal state. It may come back to bite him in regards to conservative voters. I'd love to hear him called a "flip-flopper" even though I hate that term.

He backs Bush's escalation in Iraq and that more than anything is something he's going to have to deal with. If a Mormon can get elected in a heavily Roman Catholic state then religion is pretty much a non-issue.

It's his platform that will make or break him. It's way too conservative for me.

JohannafromIHJ

Some tips, Jim: While I admire your three-birds-with-one-stone mentality (trying to push both your candidate of choice and your book and your music on us at the same time), you might find that spamming people is not a good way to make friends. It's also against the rules of this site.

By the way, PublishAmerica is the devil.

White Middle Class America has it too freaking good and has too much time on their hands -- maybe if they actually experienced a real tragedy they wouldn't be so glib about comparing the torture and massacre of millions of women, men, and children to the removal of zygotes and embryos. The "abortion is like the Holocaust!!!" argument annoys me almost as much as "The meat industry is like the Holocaust!!!" crap from PETA.

rose parade

I just hope that if he does loose they don't try and play as 'Oh they didn't want a morom president.'

migamoo

I don't care what religion he is, I do not trust that man based on his politics.

Ruby_Slippers

Amen sister. Amen.