And he oughta know…
Mitt Romney Facing Mormon Smears
According to the London Times, Romney has been the subject of a nasty telemarketing campaign similar to the one that Bush used against McCain in the 2000 Republican primary race. The telemarketers have been making outrageous claims about Romney’s religious beliefs.
Media Orchard has exclusively obtained the transcript of one of these slanderous phone calls.
Anti-Romney telemarketer: Sir, as you consider your vote in the upcoming primary, I would like to remind you that one candidate, Mitt Romney, believes that, in 1827, an angel named Moroni gave a New York man a set of engraved golden plates, bound into a book and buried in a magic box. And that this magic box was found on a hill in Manchester, New York. And that the golden plates were engraved by a pre-Columbian prophet-historian named Mormon and his son Moroni (the angel), circa 400 AD. And that these plates represent the foundation of Romney’s belief system. And that this man, with these beliefs, wants to be your president.
Prospective primary voter: That’s outrageous!
Oh, wait — that IS what Mormons believe.
And we’re worried about Kucinich seeing a UFO?
John McCain Announces That for the Month of October, He Will Be an Orthodox Jew
John McCain, who has criticized (and then praised) evangelical Christians, and has announced that he is Episcopalian (and then Baptist), and has said that he would not (and then would) vote for a Muslim to be president, announced today that for the remainder of his campaign, he will be a committed follower of a different religious faith each month.
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 31, McCain said, he plans to be an Orthodox Jew. “I regret that I did not convert in time to celebrate Rosh Hashanah,” he added.
McCain will be Roman Catholic in the month of November. “I am already looking forward to All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day,” he said through a spokesperson.
KU Professor Beaten By Thugs After Denouncing Intelligent Design
You remember the Kansas professor who announced he was teaching a class called “Intelligent Design, Creationism and Other Religious Mythologies” next semester?
From the Lawrence Journal-World:
Mirecki has been less than diplomatic during the KU controversy — proudly calling his course a slap in the “big fat face” of fundamentalists. But this is ridiculous.
Read more on the media’s coverage of intelligent design here.
Update: It’s also been announced the course has been cancelled.
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