Romney on Faith

Well it is time for his little speech, far from Kennedy-esque.

TPM has the excerpts. And clearly this speech was not geared to wooing me.


And the speech starts.

So first he starts out with some irony calling on tolerance and no religious tests. This follows on his comments before about how he wouldn't put Muslims in high levels of his administration, maybe the lower levels.

He then goes on to cry out against the persecution of Christianity. Not enough nativities, menorahs, and Jesii on street corners. We apparently are tossing it away. He mentions the need for diversity of faith, and no state religion. But...we need to remember Christ all the more? How does this work?

And of course their was more red meat for conservatives.

The evil Secularist were mentioned. They...we, apparently are trying to impose out evil on America. And he took a jab at Europeans who are apparently insufficiently prayerful.

And the lovely line that no movement of conscious can go on without religious people. WHAT...UTTER...BULL! Secular types were backing Martin Luther King well before the Baptist finally stop being skittish about King's ideas.

It is the old story, as we have heard from Catholic and Anglican leaders. We need to join together, against the evil secularist.


So, don't worry Republicans, he's willing to play the role of true blue die hard conservatives.


Though it is interesting to hear the religious conservatives talking now that it is over and saying that he hasn't addressed the fact he was a Mormon and what is wrong with that. Will that attitude hold sway in Iowa?

Then again, I hope most conservatives don't think like Bill Bennett.

SHUDDER.