In this excerpt from the speech he describes his travels:
Hello! Romney! Did you ever think that maybe it's because you didn't visit the cathedrals on Sunday mornings? Just to let you in on something you may not know because you are Mormon, Catholic mass occurs generally (not always, generally) on Sundays.
I've been to some cathedrals in Europe, too. Yea, on Wednesday afternoon there are no more than 5 or 6 old ladies in there kneeling in prayer, surrounded by about 150 tourists. In the United States, I must have seen over 1000 churches in my life just in ordinary local travel. Most of these churches are not only empty, but the doors are completely shut and locked most of the time. I wish this meant that the United States has lost interest in religion, but all it means is that there is no service going on most of the time. For that matter, here in Los Angeles, where I live now, I have driven past the enormous Mormon Temple hundreds of times. Although I can't get within half a mile of the front door, I will still testify that I have never seen a single person on the grounds except some guys mowing the front lawn that's about the size of a small county in Utah. And that lawn worker is probably a so-called illegal Mexican immigrant. I guess Mormonism is an empty, dying faith.
I would expect this kind of comment from the current occupant of the White House, but before his election, he had never even traveled outside the US (except for Mexico). So at least Romney has been to Europe - I'll give him credit for that.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. thats another interesting point: in america the churches are locked. in europe they're not.
giles chauvin at 3:18PM on Dec 10th 2007
2. This comment of yours says it all. Where is acceptance, and where is tolerance? I have traveled extensively in Europe, and Romney is exactly correct. Church attendance is way down compared to the US, all over Europe including the UK. On Sundays too. And BTW, many of the cathedrals in ITALY at least are now charging admission during the week for tourists, to defray the enormous costs of maintenance and upkeep.
Senior Citizen at 3:57PM on Dec 10th 2007
3. GW had never been outside the US before becoming President?!? Holy cannoli, why didn't I know about this?
kbates at 4:44PM on Dec 10th 2007
4. It is imperative that Romney & Obama be kept out of the Whitehouse.
Joe at 8:35AM on Dec 12th 2007
5. Romney is not dumb, he is willing to sacrifice one agenda for another more important one.
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Dept of Justice is trying to cover up $300 million in fraud and confessed acts that are perjury which benefited Mitt Romney's Bain entity in 2001.
The Attorney for Bain in Delaware is MNAT, MNAT and TBF law firm went to work for eToys and sold the assets of eToys bankruptcy to Bain for discounts in the tens of millions. This is collusion to defraud and estate. As the attorneys filed false affidavits denying connections to Bain. It is conspiracy to defraud an estate.
We proved over 100 crimes and yet the Del US Attorney's office said, no case, no investigation and no charges. The Dept of Justice is an appellee with MNAT in the 3rd Cir appeal case (07-2360) defending the right to give implied immunity to the attorneys who confessed to filing false Rule 2014 affidavits.
Now we learn that the US Attorney in Delaware, Colm F Connolly is nominated to be a US Judge. His resume becomes public and we learn that Colm F Connolly was partners with MNAT in 2001, when the fraud and perjury occurred.
Did Colm F Connolly actually represent Bain, we don't know, eToys was allowed, by Court order, to destroy books n records.
The fact is, it is a conflict of interest for the US Attorney not to appoint a special Independent Prosecutor. Do you really want this guy as a Judge and Mitt as our Pres?
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anyone can email us for the Complaint we placed with the US Attorney in California a week ago. Laserhaas@msn.com or you can see the online affidavit and proof of the crimes at http://fraud-corruption-mnat.townhall.com/default.aspx
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Laserhaas at 3:27PM on Dec 19th 2007