Monday, October 16, 2006

Romney Accepted by the Christian Right?

Baptist churches don't put Mormons in the pulpit. So what was Gov. Mitt Romney doing at Tremont Temple "pounding his fist" on the lectern last night?

Quite possibly, he was really putting his presidential campaign into orbit by demonstrating that he can play ball with evangelical conservatives - and that they are willing to let him play. Such luminaries as James Dobson and Gary Bauer agreed to share a big stage with Mitt, and the attendees in Boston applauded the Governor's righteous pronouncements. The Christian right will help Mitt, obviously, but he can also help them. By showing that they can line up behind an apostate (Mormons do not believe in the divinity of Christ), the Christian right shows that it truly is interested in policy matters, not theocracy.

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