Anybody else's jaw drop with confrontation between McCain & Romney?

[kentuck]

Over the issue of torture?

John McCain -and Huckabee - seemed to be taking a stand that we have not seen in the Republican Party in a long time. A stand for humanity.

It is unfortunate that McCain and others have not been as passionate on the Senate floor or in other settings. If they are truly as concerned and passionate about the issue of torture, then George W Bush and Cheney would already be impeached.

Romney responded to McCain that he did not endorse "torture" but he did not think it was appropriate to talk about the "enhanced interrogation" techniques as a candidate. Huh? When would be an appropriate time to talk about it, Mitt?

It's too much to ask that the Democrats pursue this issue with the Republicans, I suppose?

[TwilightGardener]

1. Huckabee takes a stand for whatever he thinks will get him elected--

I'm pretty sure Hucky understands nothing of how the federal government operates in terms of CIA techniques and interrogation rules, etc.--he's a yokel. Same with Romney. McCain is useless--he wants to be an anti-torture hero, but does very little about it besides talk. They all display various levels of suckitude.

[insanad]

2. Plastic Mannequin with the Repub. hand up his arse....

Mitt Romney will say whatever the polls tell him to say and his appeal is purely a cosmetic mirror of what the Republicans wish they looked like. He's a mannequin that can be propped up in any window and dressed to look and sound like whatever they want him to look and sound like.
I can just see Carl Rove with his hand up Mitt's arse making him talk and move his mouth like he has something to say. Carl Rove was raised in SLC and I don't know that he's a Mormon, but he has all the skill and careful obfuscation of words and manipulation that the Mormon leaders instill in their mouthpieces and doo-doo-gooders.

Revisionist history is such a big part of the Mormon spin that Mitt can't help but change his story to fit the moment. It's in the blood, and Mitt's blood is true blue Mormon (TBM), making him a charlatan by association if anything else.

Mitt Romney is a card carrying dyed in the wool Mormon, but that also makes him a strong believer in doing whatever it takes to get what he wants, even manipulating the press, "lying for the Lord", feigning his manly hunter prowess, or denying his own faith and background in the LDS church. He comes from a long line of men who have been carefully conditioned to manipulate words.

As a former Mormon I recall many many lessons on doing just this. From the teachings that blacks and other people of color will become "A white and delight-some people" when they become Mormons, to revisionist history in many other issues the Mormons, especially the hierarchy and leadership, reflects the extent they'll go to to deny, distort, cover up, and manipulate the information. Mitt Romney is a 6th generation or more of this kind of practice.

When he spoke out to Larry King about how he thought there was nothing more horrible than Polygamy, then told the Newsweek reporter that he was a member of a Judeo Christian religion, and much more are all reflections of his willingness to minimize his religious background, deny his own culture and faith, and jettison loyalties faster than grease through a goose. I too think Polygamy is horrible, but as a former Mormon, I would not deny my own heritage in something that the bulk of the people believed in and supported, even if I did not agree.

I too would not be too excited about calling myself Mormon if my actions did not reflect the teachings of the Church's doctrine, but he claims to be one of the good ones. To call himself a member of a "Judeo Christian sect" is akin to denying his own faith. The cock will crow twice more and no doubt Mitt Romney will deny his own faith at least that many more times before the years up. He makes me sick, not just as a devious Mormon, but as a human being.

The Southern Carolinians and Bob Jones University officials, Born Agains, and other so called Christians who are willing to sell out to support "the best of the worst" are going to get exactly what they deserve if they continue to support this charlatan. He'll be as easily swayed and disloyal to them and their bigoted narrow causes as he is to his own faith and family. This guy is a puppet and a joke. Stick him in the window of a department store with a nice suit and shove your hand up his arse to make him say whatever you want him to say.

He's what those out of the church call a Mor-bot, a McMormon, a figurehead. I'm embarrassed to call him American. I'm ashamed that he is a reflection of the Mormon Church (even though I don't like the doctrine), and ashamed that he's still part of the human race. In two years he'll be the butt of jokes whether he succeeds or not. America, do not make the mistake of letting another Moron, Mormon, oops, member of THE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints rise to power. If I've offended anyone, I sincerely apologize. (if I nod my head and slightly close my eyes and use that sing songy voice, does it make it sound more sincere?) Excellent... you are all now placated.