Presidential politics is not a game! You might think this is a game, but, trust me, this is no game. This is not something where rock beats scissors or paper covers rock or rock wraps itself up in paper and gives itself as a present to scissors. This isn’t anything like that. Or where paper types something on itself and sues scissors.
This isn’t tiddlywinks, where you flip your tiddly over another player’s tiddly and an old man winks at you because he thought it was a good move. This isn’t that at all!
This is not some brightly colored, sugarcoated piece of candy that you can brush the ants off of and pop in your mouth.
This is not something where you can dress your kid up like a hobo and send him out trick-or-treating, because, first of all, your kid’s twenty-three, and, secondly, he really is a hobo.
This isn’t something where you sink a birdie or hit a badminton birdie or do anything at all with birdies. Look, just forget birdies, O.K.?
No, Presidential politics is serious business folks. If the '08 election were a game we could give it to Hillary or Obama or Sanjaya.
Once the election is over we can just sit by the fire, chew some tobacky, toast some marshmackies, and maybe strum a tune on the ole guitacky.
But until then, this is not a game!
So vote Mitt!
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This comment actually pertains to the article above, "Why do many members of the LDS faith vote Republican?" There was not a comment link, so I am putting it here. -
Recently, we had an opportunity to host a family for a few days that were moving from out of state. We have only been in Utah a few years ourselves, so we were able to relate to the stresses of a cross-country move.
This family, when learning that they were moving to Utah, decided to study up on Mormons. I don’t believe that any of their sources was actually a Mormon. Having read these materials, they were confident of what Mormons were “up to”. They had already established a pretty negative view.
My wife and I were able to provide a contrary point of view. We told what our experiences have been, both with our neighbors and the public at large. In short, that we have had great experiences and that if they treated those around them with kindness and respect, they would probably get the same in return.
Over my 24 years in Faith, I have attended a dozen or so churches. I also did volunteer work with two para-church organizations that put me into contact with hundreds of other Pastors over the years. Here again, I must offer a contrary point of view - none of the Pastors I have met and worked with over the years would fit the description that has been made for them here. They were hard working people who served their community with honesty.
In both cases, I can only speak from my experience. In both cases, I trust that each community is really working for the betterment of their brothers.
Rather than following the money, or reading books by the opposition, I would encourage all of us to follow the people. I think that when we develop relationships with those outside of our circle, we tend to find they are just people too.
Gandhi said, “Even if you cannot believe that the other man’s religion is as true as yours, you can at least believe that the man is as true as yourself”.
This is for the above article too. Is terrorism the only link that Republicans and the LDS have? What about the Democrats views on welfare, the environment and right to choose? One step farther would be the law of consecration or should I say socialism. It seems the LDS should be more liberal and almost socialists if you ask me.
Thank you Andrew,
I did not mean to imply that the pastors of non-LDS churches were not honest or serving their community. My comments have more to do with the motivations for anti-Mormon propaganda. And this may have more relevance to the competing churches of the western United States...but the missionary program of the LDS church does offer a threat to the vitality and well-being of the other churches.
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