YOU SHOULD BE TALKING ONLY TO ME. THESE OTHER RUBES ARE USELESS NANCIES.
THE MORMON CHURCH HAS SAID FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS THAT THEY WERE WRONG ON THE ISSUE OF RACE. BUT SOMEHOW, VIEWS WHICH CURRENT MORMONS DISAVOW ARE MEANINGFUL IN EXAMINING A CANDIDATE, WHILE THE CURRENT VIEWS OF THE OTHER CANDIDATE'S CHURCH ARE NOT MEANINGFUL. THIS SEEMS A BIT BACKWARDS TO ME.
ROMNEY DID NOT SAY - AS LEFT-STATISTS SO STRONGLY WISH HE HAD - WHAT YOU SAY HE SAID. HE SAID HE'S NOT GOING TO GET THEIR VOTE, SO TRYING FOR IT WOULD BE A WASTED EFFORT (PARAPHRASING OF COURSE, BUT IT IS A LOT CLOSER TO WHAT HE SAID THAN HOW YOU CHARACTERIZED IT)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvqHERTcytI - WATCH IT AGAIN, AND TELL ME IF YOU HONESTLY GET FROM THAT "I WON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE EVER" THE CONTEXT IS PRETTY CLEAR. IN AN ELECTION, SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU NO MATTER WHAT. RESOURCES SPENT ON TRYING TO CONVINCE THOSE PEOPLE ARE RESOURCES WASTED.
THE "LOOPHOLES" IN THE TAX CODE YOU'RE REFERRING TO INCLUDE MASSIVE DONATIONS TO CHARITY. I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE SOMEONE GIVING MILLIONS TO CHARITY AND PAYING A 14% TAX RATE, THAN HAVE THEM GIVE THOSE MILLIONS TO GOVT VIA A HIGHER TAX RATE, AND HAVE A HUGE PORTION OF THAT MONEY WASTED BY INEFFICIENT BUREAUCRACIES AND THIEVING POLITICIANS.
AND HE HAS ALSO STATED HE INTENDS TO CLOSE SOME OF THE OTHER LOOPHOLES. I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE HIM ON THAT, BUT IT'S A MUCH BETTER PLAN THAN "RAISE TAX RATES AND LEAVE LOOPHOLES IN PLACE, SO THAT ONLY THOSE WITH ENOUGH RESOURCES ARE ABLE TO REDUCE THEIR TAX BURDEN".
WHAT ABOUT PARAGRAPH FIVE ABOVE WAS RANTISH? HE'S A DECENT GUY WHO DOESN'T TAKE LIMITED GOVERNMENT SERIOUSLY, IN MY OPINION. THAT'S RANTISH?