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Act_of_Reparation

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5. Mine may be an unpopular opinion...

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Sun Apr 22, 2012, 04:15 PM

Apr 2012

... but unless Romney makes his religion a political talking point, then I don't see any reason to be concerned whether or not he is a Mormon.

I also see no point in bringing up the marital proclivities of his forebears. They aren't running for office. He is. Willard has plenty of character flaws of his own without dragging those of his great grandparents into the public discourse.

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