Re: Battlefield Earth - Romney's favorite book - better then I recall??

Jon Schild wrote:


lclough wrote:

Jon Schild wrote:



Walter Bushell wrote:

In article <e7ednZt0JYomiqfbnZ2dnUVZ_vDinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Brion K. Lienhart" <brionl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


aalucard@xxxxxxxxx wrote:


Can I assume this was just pandering for the Scientology vote. Also I
noticed it very odd in his retraction he mentioned his real favorite
being the Bible. Wouldn't a Mormon's answer be not the Bible but the
Book of Mormon? I found that very odd and very pandering.




The Church of Jesus Christ of the Later Day Saints considers the Book of Mormon to be part of the Bible. Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon.





Perhaps pandering to Scientology money or operatives. AFAIK their membership is electorally meaningless. However, as far a number of people they can field for a campaign or money they can provide quite another story. "Reverend" Moon gets quite a lot of support from mainstream politicians for the same reason.

Someone once asked why there have been no books added to the Bible. My reply was that when someone added a book, the result was considered a new religion or heresy.

The Saint's definition does give Romney quite an opportunity to evade the point.



So far, it doesn't seem that anyone has considered the obvious, which is that he actually liked the book. Many people did.


It makes the voter pause, however.

Brenda


I have several good reasons why I would never vote for Romney. But disgreeing with his preference in literature is possibly the worst reason I have heard of. How would you feel if I said I would not vote for a woman because she liked lurid romance novels?





Eh? But nobody ever said you had to vote for a candidate, for a GOOD reason. The candidates themselves assume you will, of course.

I will also point out that more than half of all fiction sold in the US today is romance. Mysteries are I believe one out of ten; fantasy and SF are in asterisk territory. A candidate (male or female) who enjoys romance novels is far more in touch with the electorate than an SF fan.

Brenda




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