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An African-American pastor affiliated with Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is demanding that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney renounce his racist Mormon religion.
At a press conference on Monday, Rev. ONeal Dozier, who is an honorary chairman of Santorums Florida campaign, said that he was speaking out to foster and maintain good race relations here in America.
The Mormon religion is prejudiced against blacks, Jews and native Americans, Dozier insisted, adding that Romneys nomination would widen the racial divide because the Republican Party would be viewed as a racist political party.
Romneys nomination would cause the erroneous view that has long existed in the minds of black people that the Republican Party is prejudiced to become a reality. Why? Because Romney will become the face and the leader of the Republican Party.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/12/santorum-co-chair-romney-should-renounce-his-racist-mormon-religion/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29
babylonsister
(171,081 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)My guess is that the Santorum campaign will disavow this line of attack, and might even relieve this guy of his official leadership role in the campaign.
Santorum doesn't need this kind of stuff coming from his corner. By now, every bigot in the country knows that Mitt Romney is a Mormon. Santorum can benefit from that while preserving his deniability.
elleng
(131,077 posts)eh?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,831 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Of course, if someone connected to a Democrat's campaign said this about a Republican Mormon opponent, the popular media would be all over it, and the candidate would have to either distance himself/herself from the comments, or fire the campaign operative. And even then, it wouldn't die, and be brought up again several times, each time as if it had just been discovered. Cf. the ongoing foofaraw over Rev. Wright and his horrible, awful, terrible, mean-spirited, no-good, very bad comments about slavery in the United States.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)It was bound to happen.
mac56
(17,574 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Wow, didn't see that one coming! This should kick off some serious popcorn moments.
malaise
(269,157 posts)If religion was not a sacred cow for President Obama, it can't be for Romney
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)existed.
Hmmm.
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)and he's calling you Blah.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)WOULD BE? WOULD BE?
They already are, you twit!
librechik
(30,676 posts)GET RELIGION OUT OF POLITICS PLEASE!!!
longship
(40,416 posts)The last thing the Repugnant party needs is for the campaign to be about religion, especially in the case of InSanitorium. What are these people thinking?
Gawd! The GOP is unravelling like a cheap sweater.
Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)It's been just under the surface the entire year. Has the fight between the Religious Right and the 1%ers finally broken into the open? Stay tuned! Can't wait for Rick's comment...will he disavow the base or join in on the fun?
chknltl
(10,558 posts)... baptizing Santorum's co-chairman?
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)They've got quite a choice here; two Catholics, a Mormon, and an Ayn Randian cultist.
JI7
(89,262 posts)?
he worked for santorum and santorum brought him up as evidence he doesn't hate gay people.
JI7
(89,262 posts)Primary ? in a close race ven a small percentage could help.
Johonny
(20,881 posts)if you're a Republican trying to win the south?