Religion Baiting goes National (first 4th CD, now Presidential)
Posted by Aaron Park on November 17, 2007 at 09:23 AM
Thanks to Jeff for sending me one of these articles.
As you will read from the two articles linked – GOP Presidential front-runner, Mitt Romney has been attacked in apparent push polls for being a Mormon. This sort of thing has occurred in both Iowa and New Hampshire.
Could this tactic be a reflection of a societal trend against religion of any sort? Or is this a hail-Mary pass by an opponent?
This is quite concerning as I am wondering if in a few years this kind of stuff will be done against Evangelical Christians.
We have seen religion-baiting in the 4th CD race by an opponent of John Doolittle, but much more mildly in comparison to what is reported in the articles being used against Romney. This is the danger of such tactics, they backfire as often as they work.
Could this be the desperation of the Guiliani people?, while Rudy is publicly denying involvement… one could assume that he or McCain are behind these.
I sincerely hope the folks behind these push polls are just a splinter or deranged nutbags.
UPDATE – I found a letter to the Editor from the local Guiliani campaign coordinator (who also works for Ted Gaines). In which he states, “many Americans simply won’t vote for a Mormon, plain and simple.
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