NH, Iowa Voters Get Anti-Romney Calls

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Residents in New Hampshire and Iowa have received phone calls raising questions about Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, his Mormon faith and the Vietnam War-era military deferments he received while serving as a missionary in France.

Western Wats, a Utah-based company, placed the calls that initially sound like a poll but then pose questions that cast Romney in a harsh light, according to those who received the calls. In politics, this type of phone surveying is called "push polling" — contacting potential voters and asking questions intended to plant a message in voters' minds, usually negative, rather than gauging peoples' attitudes.

A spokesman for Western Wats said he couldn't comment on the company's work. He said they do not do push polling.

... Among the questions was whether a resident knew that Romney was a Mormon, that he received military deferments when he served as a Mormon missionary in France, that his five sons did not serve in the military, that Romney's faith did not accept blacks as bishops into the 1970s and that Mormons believe the Book of Mormon is superior to the Bible.



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[Mz Pip]

1. Hmmmm

Didn't McCain hire the same band of dirty tricksters that Bush used to smear him in NC in 2000? THere was some prety sleazy push polling going on then if I remember correctly.

Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[FreeState]

2. A group in Utah is doing this and is asking

if they knew "that Mormons believe the Book of Mormon is superior to the Bible."

It must not be run out of Utah because any mormon being asked to ask that question would probably have a problem with it (the members believe the two books are on equal levels.)

http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/the-restoration-of-truth/the-book-of-mormon

[TheUniverse]

3. "Romney's faith did not accept blacks as bishops into the 1970s"

I don't see how in hell that line is supposed to hurt Romney's image with Iowa Republicans.

[Catch22Dem]

4. I want to see Romney lose, but not because of xtian nutbags

His faith is of no consequence to me. I'm of the opinion that anyone who believes in any god is diluted, but it doesn't affect my voting.

[tanyev]

5. It's getting ugly.

:popcorn:

[MadMaddie]

6. Yes it is..I think I will join you and raise you a brew.

:popcorn: :toast: