what is amazing is that romney gave this speech on Pearl Harbor day and no even recognizes that fact, so much for a day that will live in infamy.

no media type wants to bring this out. so much for the "liberal media"

romney sees his aspirations going down in flames thus the speech. blindly following a party just leaves you blind. start thinking for yourselves. he has flip-flopped on many of the most important and personal issues that face America today. remember folks he is gung ho for a war that has killed 4000 American boys and girls.he even wants to expand such policies.

his problem is he changes his mind every other campaign stop depending on who he is talking to.

debrar your bias also shines through so pot call kettle black.

oh yeah, republicans hate America and middle class children

shame on romney for trying to make money on Pearl Harbor day.this fund raising gimmick really deserves media scrutiny. he gave the speech today and tomorrow has plans for major cash haul. why now? of course no one will ask these questions. why not wait until Dec.15 or Jan. 8? there is no such thing as a coincidence.either callous or ignorant.
flip-flop,flip-flop,flip-flop,flip-flop

This is sad. The people who have the least to say always speak the loudest. Those who didn't like the speech alread had a bias against Mormons anyway. Shut up. It was well-written, sincere and direct. He told the country that he was ready to be a man of faith in the White House, that's what we need, anyone who says otherwise is flat out wrong.

You guys are sooo wrong.  I bet you have changed your mind about issues in the past.  Just as I have switched my views in the past.  At least Gov. Romney admitted on TV that he was wrong.  I've not heard that from any other candidate.  I would vote for one who admits that they are wrong than one who continues down a wrong path knowing they are wrong.  

Get real people... Romney's in the House... the White House.

Good speech by Mitt, but Ron Paul still has my vote and support.  

It was a speech, anyone can make a speech, it is actions that speak louder, what will he do for our country, I don't know because he has been so much about symbols over substance I have no real idea what he wants to do.  

I don't see any problem rejecting Romney precisely because he is a Morman, having made a negative judgement about Mormanism.    

Why do so many people question the church the man belongs to?  The essential question is could he represent the interests of our nation while remaining objective and capable of adapting his own personal views to match those that best express the desires of the nation as a whole; while not compromising his personal faith?

He has already shown that he can do that as Governor of a predominantly Democratic state.

I don't see the problem.

It's quite evident that the people commenting negatively about whether Mitt Romney's speech was personally penned by him or not, don't understand that ALL Latter-day Saints regularly address their congregations on matters of personal faith and living the Gospel.  Mitt Romney's address today fits this model of speaking on such matters.  Mitt Romney was honestly speaking from his heart on an issue that matters greatly to him, even though his advisors cautioned him about "casting his pearls before swine."  As it is, the swine can't help being swine, I guess!

Sounds like you've gotta have religion to be a proper citizen of these United States.  The gospel, according to Mitt.  No wonder he staged his "big speech" in front of a Republican only crowd.  Afterall, God is on their side.  And Mitt is on the side of God - it says so on his sleeve.  The donation plate is a comin' round, so dig deep and dig often.  Next up:  The Huckster from Arkansas...

Romney IS a President! Are you all illiterate here? Can you read his Speech? Go read about his creed at http://www.lds.org. He was talking American Values. It is amazing how people get stuck on labels. Intelligent people come here and make comments that make them look so small. I hope America reads between he lines. Ask a Baptist if they think the Catholic Church is the right place to be and ask the Catholic Church to deny its doctrine on priesthood so they can say it is OK to be a Baptist. If you want to know about Mr. Romney's religion, if it is a cult that worships other God's like jealous Christians (funny huh?) would scream in the corners of the streets and in blogs, go ask the Mormons who they are. Go READ!!! I really liked the fact that President Romney did not explain his religion. America should be better than this!!!

Uhm Betty, we are NOT a Christian nation!

For an intelligent evangelical response to the speech, check out:

www.redletterbelievers.blogspot.com

Good job Mitt.  Well done.  It is about time we heard a speech like that...I imagine there were many critics of President Kennedy's speech as well, but where are they now?

There are more atheists and agnostics, secularists, than there are Mormons (3%) or members of many other faiths in this country. In fact, approximately 9 percent of America's citizens say they are atheists and another 12 percent say they are unsure. These numbers go even higher when the answers are anonymous.  While the candidates fall all over one another professing their faith, they, especially the Republicans, consistently demonize or ignore those who chose to live lives of charity, kindness, marital fidelity, and tolerance without the aid of Bronze Age fantasy tales or membership in Common Era personality cults.  Fundamentalist religious dogma of any stripe has no place in the policy of governments. Science is our only universal means of deciphering "God's" handiwork.

Mit Romney phrased his beliefs in a way that cloaked the main problem I have with Mormanism- that they believe in more than one God.  So, when he said "I believe in the Bible and I believe that Jesus is the son of God."  He doesn't say that they believe God is the god of this Earth ONLY and that if the male Mormon lives his life right HE BECOMES A GOD _ OF HIS OWN PLANET!  Oh, and that lucky Mormon "man" gets to keep his property/slaves - all the wives and daughters he had in life.

This is why it should not be allowed to  be called "The Church of Jesus Christ and Later Day Saints". Or worse Christian-LDS.   Jesus is the son of God - SINGULAR - the great "I am", the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega.  Most of the times God punished humans in the Old Testament it was because of this plural-gods paganism.

Maybe Brigham Young just had a heat stroke when he wrote his "revolations".

It is true that religion should not be a factor in voter's choice in full.  However, we vote for who we respect for their values.  Mormanism is like ancient-times pagan.  Also, they have MANY fewer rights for women than for men.  A girl or woman is owned by her father and then her husband.  Her salvation can be revoked BY THESE MEN.

Talk about values that I do not support!  I would no more vote for a Mormon than I would for a Muslim and Muslims believe in the SAME GOD OF ABRAHAM that I do!  America embraces women and girls as EQUAL citizens.  A Candidate that practices Mormonism or Islam truly believe women and girls are INFERIOR and HAVE NO INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.  Women of Islam are not even allowed to ENTER THE PLACE OF WORSHIP!!  Notice the next time you see video of Muslims praying in a Mosque - NO WOMEN.

Also, let's have a data search on how many Mormon men and women ARE SERVING or HAVE SERVED in the ARMED FORCES.  Get ready for a shock!  They leave it to the "Non-believers" to FIGHT AND DIE for their rights to practice their "religion"!!
I cannot believe how FURIOUS this makes me!

This is not the background we want for a President of AMERICA.

Thanks for the show!

His speech was not about faith it was about religion.  Look up the term and then comment.  The theme of JFK's speech was the separation of church and state and that religion was a private matter that had no bearing on politics.  This speech was quite different in that it contained this quote "You cannot have freedom without religion and you cannot have religion without freedom."  This is quite contrary to the constitution and the basic tenets of our society that religion is not mandatory nor is it the only way we will ever be free.  If he had said faith it would have been different.  Now which religion is it that we "require" in order to be free?  Is it catholicisim, mormonism, taoism, druids?  Just curious on which "religion" we need in order to be free?

Mitt was sincere and spoke truth...I felt that the speech was quite refreshing.  Thanks Mitt!

To Steve Foster, I am a Chinese Mormon - formerly a very devout Catholic who now lives in Canada. Yeah why not let China run the world. But we don't want that.  We just want business. Maybe a little malpractice here and there but that's all just about Economics. To rule? nahhh - I don't think so.

China and the Chinese people will show a lot more respect to the Americans if you were under somebody who has the excellent business background and moral authority that Mitt has.  And that's not just China but the rest of the world.  He's a good man with a perfect wife.  That is what matters.  If you cannot trust a man wife his family how can you entrust him the whole country?  And everything he's achieved and done outside the business world particularly in our religion - all without getting paid.  He must have even spent his own money on it.

If I were an American, I would be volunteering my time and energy to support and campaign for him.  Because the free world needs a good man. Otherwise, let the socialists take over.

I, myself, am a Mormon.  I'm surprised at the lack of understanding of the LDS (Mormon) church.  Many of you have stated "facts" that we in nowise believe.  I wonder from where you "learned" about the LDS Church.  Just because I'm Mormon doesn't mean that I'm going to vote for Mitt.  I believe that Presidency is beyond the scope of any one faith.  I would, however, that those of you who don't understand the Mormon church, study it before confusing people.  When we want to know something, we go to the source.  I would recommend the LDS Church website at www.lds.org.  Please don't make uninformed statements about what we do or do not believe.

As an ex-Mormon who gave up religion at a fairly young age and studied church history later in life, I seriously question the judgment of those who actually believe in Joseph Smith the man, and his teachings. He was, I believe, a snake oil salesman. He made his living telling fortunes with magic rocks before hitting upon the idea of starting a church. That fact alone will keep me from voting Mitt. That having been said I respect many teachings of the church, particularly those having to do with family and charity. As to his speech, it seemed to me to be an affirmation of his intolerance towards those who don't share his god, and anyone who wants clear separation between church and state. We may be a Christian nation, but ours is not a Christian government. In order to preserve freedom of religion (or freedom not to be religious) we must not have religion in our government.

I'll say I enjoyed it, I did think it was awkward when he had his family come up, and he always has seemed somewhat too professional to me as it was staged.  But the speech itself was good and was not self-grandising and pietous(something like that), but instead simply was about trying to diffuse the stereotype and bigotry of many Americans.

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