Reno wrote - "Please help me understand. Mitt made $42.5 million in 2 years. $6.2 million went to taxes and $7 million went to charity. So he gave back over 30% of it. Why is he in the wrong again? I should hate him for being educated and making money? He has a great accountant, therefore he is scum? What am I missing? Screw him for giving more MONEY to charity than to the government? Wow, really?"
My response - "Bottom line as I see it - if Mitt was Catholic, Baptist, etc., no one would care, and we wouldn't be having this discussion. Hatred of a successful Mormon, plain & simple! "
Another comment there is worth sharing as well - "People in this country are nuts! It seems as though they have forgotten if they would get off their asses and quit complaining about "fairness", stupid Occupy Wall St., and do something, they might be able to do the same thing as Mitt has done! The entire reason that makes America great is that everyone has an opportunity to go and do the same as Mitt has done! That is the greatest opportunity ever, yet we have people ridiculing the very thing that people flocked to this country to create - the American dream! More power to Mitt! And, why would you pay the government a penny more than you should! I know I certainly wouldn't!"
My friend AnneMarie wrote probably the best response to the bigotry behind Newt Gingrich's South Carolina victory:
Newt hasn't just "made mistakes". He's REPEATEDLY cheated on people who should have the utmost of trust in him (his spouse), and not only that he left them when they were going through serious illnesses (first wife cancer, second multiple sclerosis). Not only that, he was THROWN OUT OF HIS LAST JOB for ethical violations. Mitt Romney has done NONE of this. He graduated with honors at Harvard Business School and their law school simultaneously, he served a 2 1/2 yr mission for his church in France a place that wasn't exactly friendly to anyone religious, much less Mormons...while he was there he almost died in a car accident after being hit by a drunk driver. One of his passengers DID die, and then he was put in the roll of having to manage the ENTIRE mission because the person that died was his Mission President's wife...Then after returning to the US the only thing he's done is be successful, raise a moral family, treated his wife with respect, STUCK by her SIDE when SHE WAS DIAGNOSED with Multiple Sclerosis herself. He turned the Salt Lake City Olympics around so it wouldn't have been an embarrassment to the nation not six months after the worst attacks on American soil, created 100,000 jobs, also in the midst of running his businesses he was a bishop of a ward (i.e. minister) for five years (WHILE WORKING AS A BUSINESSMAN). Doing this job he helped immigrants in Boston settle in and get jobs and sustain themselves, counseled families and individuals in need, then he went on to be a Stake President (the equivalent of an archbishop), once again WHILE HE WAS RUNNING A COMPANY. There he was in charge of up to 10 different wards. He gave of himself service wise OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Then, he almost BEAT TED KENNEDY in a Democratic state, and then went on to become Massachusetts Governor amongst a sea of Democrats. Tried his hardest to make the state more conservative. Ya know the reason he most likely doesn't want to release his tax records RIGHT now, instead of getting it done in one fell swoop in April. Because you're going to see that he gives a LOT of money to his church. I obviously have never seen these records, but I can speculate that he's given upwards of 10 million in tithing, another maybe 10 million to LDS Philanthropies (an organization that was FIRST to get to Louisiana after Katrina), and maybe another 10 million to the Perpetual Education fund (that helps young people that can't afford college do so.) On top of that he's given fast offerings that goes to help feed the poor and needy. Who knows how much. But, we're advised to give generously to this. But, many people hate how close he is to his church and that he's done so much for it. I believe that this whole "vulture capitalist" crap and going after him for being successful is the only way that they can go after him. Because although it's perfectly ok to be bigoted in private, thankfully it doesn't happen in public. Which is a far cry from the days that the state of Missouri gave an extermination order to kill us (Mormons) off, and forced us to come west to Utah. THE END!!!
Newt hasn't just "made mistakes". He's REPEATEDLY cheated on people who should have the utmost of trust in him (his spouse), and not only that he left them when they were going through serious illnesses (first wife cancer, second multiple sclerosis). Not only that, he was THROWN OUT OF HIS LAST JOB for ethical violations. Mitt Romney has done NONE of this. He graduated with honors at Harvard Business School and their law school simultaneously, he served a 2 1/2 yr mission for his church in France a place that wasn't exactly friendly to anyone religious, much less Mormons...while he was there he almost died in a car accident after being hit by a drunk driver. One of his passengers DID die, and then he was put in the roll of having to manage the ENTIRE mission because the person that died was his Mission President's wife...Then after returning to the US the only thing he's done is be successful, raise a moral family, treated his wife with respect, STUCK by her SIDE when SHE WAS DIAGNOSED with Multiple Sclerosis herself. He turned the Salt Lake City Olympics around so it wouldn't have been an embarrassment to the nation not six months after the worst attacks on American soil, created 100,000 jobs, also in the midst of running his businesses he was a bishop of a ward (i.e. minister) for five years (WHILE WORKING AS A BUSINESSMAN). Doing this job he helped immigrants in Boston settle in and get jobs and sustain themselves, counseled families and individuals in need, then he went on to be a Stake President (the equivalent of an archbishop), once again WHILE HE WAS RUNNING A COMPANY. There he was in charge of up to 10 different wards. He gave of himself service wise OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Then, he almost BEAT TED KENNEDY in a Democratic state, and then went on to become Massachusetts Governor amongst a sea of Democrats. Tried his hardest to make the state more conservative. Ya know the reason he most likely doesn't want to release his tax records RIGHT now, instead of getting it done in one fell swoop in April. Because you're going to see that he gives a LOT of money to his church. I obviously have never seen these records, but I can speculate that he's given upwards of 10 million in tithing, another maybe 10 million to LDS Philanthropies (an organization that was FIRST to get to Louisiana after Katrina), and maybe another 10 million to the Perpetual Education fund (that helps young people that can't afford college do so.) On top of that he's given fast offerings that goes to help feed the poor and needy. Who knows how much. But, we're advised to give generously to this. But, many people hate how close he is to his church and that he's done so much for it. I believe that this whole "vulture capitalist" crap and going after him for being successful is the only way that they can go after him. Because although it's perfectly ok to be bigoted in private, thankfully it doesn't happen in public. Which is a far cry from the days that the state of Missouri gave an extermination order to kill us (Mormons) off, and forced us to come west to Utah. THE END!!!
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