Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Stupid Republicans say the darndest things, Vol. 1
Posted by Scott Henry @ScottTheHenry on Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:36 PM
- bookofmormonbroadway.com
- Look into his eyes and know fear
Let's cut to the chase with this jaw-dropping statement by state Rep. Judy Manning of Marietta:
“I think Mitt Romney is a nice man, but I’m afraid of his Mormon faith. It’s better than a Muslim. Of course, every time you look at the TV these days you find an ad on there telling us how normal they are. So why do they have to put ads on the TV just to convince us that they’re normal if they are normal? … If the Mormon faith adhered to a past philosophy of pluralism, multi-wives, that doesn’t follow the Christian faith of one man and one woman, and that concerns me.”
Plus, if you try to say "Normal Mormon" five times fast, it's very difficult. You just can't do it. Shouldn't that tell you something?
Funny thing is, when I worked at the MDJ, Manning seemed like one of the most moderate and level-headed of Cobb's many loopy pols. I was a little surprised when she, like many Republicans with seniority — Manning is now a seven-term veteran — was passed over for a leadership position when her party took control of the House. But then I never had occasion to probe her views on religious tolerance.
So, if not the Mormon infidel, who does she think should be president? Why, Gingrich, of course:
“He doesn’t walk on water, and he’s made some mistakes, and there are things about probably each one of the candidates that I’d say are not perfect. Nobody is. But when you look at the candidates all lined up, and the pros and the cons, I personally think Newt is the man that will lead us into the brightest future of the United States of America for everybody.”
Um, yeah.
And how do the MDJ's mostly conservative readers feel about Manning's remarks? Here's a sampling:
"Judy Manning's comments concerning Mitt Romney's faith demonstrate that she is unfit to hold office herself. What she doesn't seem to understand is that we are a secular nation, that we believe in freedom of conscience, and no matter what faith a person holds, as long as that person swears allegiance to support, defend and preserve the Constitution first, that is what matters. I am definitely not a Romney supporter, but to inject his religion into the debate, especially when he hasn't made it an issue, is despicable. Perhaps Manning should take some time and read the Constitution and case law, and read up on the history of this country."
And my fave:
"Judy Manning needs a better PR person. This article makes her look totally ignorant. Maybe she is."
Comments (9)
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you know what a christian calls the church across the street?
a cult
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dislikeWhat's the point of this series? Do you seriously have to make volumes of this? Why does this newspaper insist on pretending that everybody that likes Atlanta, is urban, and is young is also all over Barack Obama's cock? Haven't you guys heard that a lot of us are ardent Ron Paul supporters? Have you guys heard of unbiased journalism? Have you guys heard of reporting a disturbing story about intolerance without simultaneously offending everybody with views that are different from your own but that also happen to be tolerant?
wait *scrrch* hold up
"Have you guys heard of reporting a disturbing story about intolerance without simultaneously offending everybody with views that are different from your own but that also happen to be tolerant?"
reporting a story about intolerance, without offending anyone who has different views, which happen to be tolerant views? so your sense of tolerance is offended by mildly mocking a politican who said something dumb and offensive?
and what does ron paul or obama have to do with any of this?
makes about as much sense as the average paulite i guess
What's the problem with Manning's support of Gingrich? Doesn't he believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, three times?
"and what does ron paul or obama have to do with any of this?"
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe he's made a joke was made about Newt? Hmmmm.
But to the point, I'm more worried about the fact that in an attempt to drive up online readership Scott Henry is now making shit up ;-) I mean come on there is no way Cobb County State Legislator Judy Manning said "I think Mitt Romney is a nice man, but I’m afraid of his Mormon faith. It’s better than a Muslim. " Come on! You don't expect me to believe that an elected State Legislator from a major metro region said that do you? Please PLEASE PLEASE tell me its made up! Please
"you know what a christian calls the church across the street?"
There are two simple standards of true Christianity and that is the Jesus is Lord and His unchangeable Word is the Bible. Mormonism fails this standard by the fact that they add to the Bible as is clearly forbidden in the Bible. It doesn't make it a cult but it ain't Christian.
"There are two simple standards of true Christianity and that is the Jesus is Lord and His unchangeable Word is the Bible."
see if you can get a catholic and a baptist to agree on that
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