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Chris Masters World communicate LIVESent In By World Talk LIVEPress ReleaseChris "Masters" Mordetzky will be on World Talk LIVE! this Friday. November 16th at 6 PM Eastern Standard Time for one of his first injure interviews since his WWE release. The show is hosted by Brett Cohen one of the most popular radio hosts on the web. In this one-on-one interview. Chris will discuss his time with WWE his personal life his upcoming appearances and his future plans. World Talk be! takes live calls on every show and you can connect World Talk LIVE! by calling (347)215-7778 during the program. The show is broadcast over the BlogTalkRadio network and can be streamed live at http://www blogtalkradio com/worldtalklive The show is archived on that page after the show has aired. If you have any questions for Chris please e-mail them to the show's producer. Jim Caruso at bbbutton@aol com. Thank you!

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Chris Masters World communicate LIVESent In By World Talk LIVEPress ReleaseChris "Masters" Mordetzky ordain be on World Talk LIVE! this Friday. November 16th at 6 PM Eastern Standard measure for one of his first shoot interviews since his WWE channel. The show is hosted by Brett Cohen one of the most popular radio hosts on the web. In this one-on-one interview. Chris will address his time with WWE his personal life his upcoming appearances and his future plans. World Talk LIVE! takes be calls on every show and you can connect World Talk be! by calling (347)215-7778 during the program. The show is air over the BlogTalkRadio network and can be streamed live at http://www blogtalkradio com/worldtalklive The show is archived on that page after the show has aired. If you undergo any questions for Chris please telecommunicate them to the show's producer. Jim Caruso at bbbutton@aol com. Thank you!

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Visual presentation and appeal whether in your marketing materials or what you wear can turn on or turn off what people you attract. It does not matter if its on paper matter the Internet like a web site or in a presentation. I'm not just talking about visual color. I'm also talking to you about audio and writing or language color. Each affect our relationships -- friends family prospects clients or customers. It is a fact that companies with large budgets spend billions on color market research -- usually in product or packaging development. Solopreneurs pockets aren't as deep thus they need to use the results of the research of the deep pocket-ers. Colors tell someone if you are approachable. In the same way they will affect whether someone will continue clicking through your web site. Colors will determine if someone will start reading your article in a magazine or posted on your web site. Color also helps to keep people involved on your web site (its not just about the content) and how long they stay. Colors also influences how people will respond and behave. A black background on your web site now represents s*x-type of web sites. It is important that if that isn't your focus that you don't use a black background. Lets take a few minutes and play with this concept. The next time you go into a fast-food restaurant look closely at the colors. Do they decorate with vivid reds and oranges because they encourage diners to eat and leave quickly like many of the fast food establishments. That is exactly the response they want. Different cultures have different attitudes and preferences thus; they will have another color reaction. In China. "white" symbolizes death and in Brazil it is the color purple. People from warm countries respond favorably to warm colors; people from colder climates prefer the cooler colors. This also means that color affect shopping habits. Red- orange black and royal blue attracts impulse buyers. Pink teal light blue and navy attract smart budget Shopper. Pink rose and sky blue attract conformists. A great exercise to experience this -- visit large company web sites that have spent the funds on this type of research. Try McDonalds ( -- bright red) or Wendy's ( -- brownish red). Jaguar ( -- black for sophistication green cool and silver for prestige). It matches perfectly with their market -- high income-ers with a view on sophisticated. First make sure you have the right target market. Young children materials contain large amounts of bright primary colors. These colors will attract the child yet the parents or grandparents open the wallet. This means that for the children you would use the primary colors and for the marketing material being read by the grand/parents you would use reds blues pinks and yellows for trust reliability security and playful. If you a web site and you choose the colors because they are your favorite then you choose it could have chosen it for the wrong target market -- unless of course you are the only one or people just like you are the only ones you want buying. Pick your colors for your market. This is anything you want to attract in America. Catherine Franz is a syndicated columnist author radio talk show host on marketing. International speaker and master business coach.

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This is shaping up as the most action-packed NFL toughen of all time. Can you remember a year when more stuff happened before Thanksgiving?Think about everything that has happened since fight Day: Brett Favre finding the Fountain of Youth; CameraGate turning the Pats into the Cobra Kai Yankees; Adrian Peterson threatening to become the Barry Sanders of his generation; the dueling quests for 19-0 and 0-16; the running-up-the-score debates (one of the top-10 sports radio topics ever); Michael Vick's incredible fall from grace; big-time years from two spectacular receivers (Moss and T. O.); an increasingly bitter Colts-Pats rivalry; Brady's quest to shatter the TD record; the Norv Turner Face climbing to new heights; another Ricky Williams comeback; Roger Goodell turning into Buford Pusser; the Cris Carter-Steve Smith converse; one of the greatest "Monday Night Football" games ever (Favre beating the Broncos with the OT bomb to Greg Jennings); the Saints improbably climbing back from 0-4; Tony Romo and Ben Roethlisberger emerging as big-time QBs; the Browns finally waking up as a potential playoff aggroup; Jimmy Kimmel getting banned from "MNF"; Herm Edwards shattering the Unintentional Comedy Scale on "Hard Knocks"; Vinny Testaverde's improbable comeback; Andy Reid's bizarre season; Jon Kitna and God's Team potentially sneaking into the playoffs; the Travis Henry show (which should really be a reality show); Tiki Barber's change intensity run for the Ewing Theory Hall of Fame; and the Niners potentially handing over a top-three choose to the Patriots in 2008. And that's just the cram I could bequeath off the top of my head. More importantly we're looking at a 2007 playoffs in which five teams undergo a realistic chance of winning the Super Bowl: New England (the team of the decade and the NFL's biggest villain since the Raiders of the late '70s); Indianapolis (the defending champs); Pittsburgh and Dallas (arguably the two most popular franchises in the country); and Green Bay (the NFL franchise with the most history the beat stadium and the most popular player). If you were picking five teams to contend in January for a Super roll trophy under the criteria. "Which five teams would generate the most interest?" ... I mean wouldn't you pick those five teams?THE WEEKLY POWER POLLTHE ROD crumble DIVISION32. MiamiTHE BRUCE COSLET DIVISION31. San Fran30. N. Y. Jets29. St. Louis28. Oakland27. Carolina26. AtlantaHEADED FOR A FREEFALL 25. Baltimore24. Minnesota23. Kansas CitySIGNS OF FRISKINESS22. Houston21. Cincinnati20. ArizonaTHE HAS-BEENS19. Denver18. Chicago17. PhillyHALFHEARTEDLY LINGERING 16. Washington15. New OrleansTHE HOMEBOYS14. cow13. Tampa Bay12. DetroitTHE ENIGMAS11. Jacksonville10. Tennessee9. N. Y. GiantsTHE TIN MEN8. Seattle7. San DiegoTHE SLEEPER6. ClevelandTHE CONTENDERS5. color Bay4. Indianapolis3. Dallas2. PittsburghTHE JUGGERNAUT1. New EnglandThe way it's lining up alter now we're looking at six riveting playoff games out of a possible 11: Colts-Steelers in Round 2; the Pats possibly putting an undefeated record on the lie in a Round 2 bet; the Packers hosting a divisional playoff game on the Frozen Tundra; the Pats playing Indy/Pittsburgh in the AFC Championship bet; Cowboys-Packers in the NFC Championship bet; and whatever the Super Bowl matchup turns out to be. When's the measure time we had six kick-butt playoff games in one month? And if the Patriots were going for a ameliorate season in the Super Bowl against the Packers or Cowboys wouldn't that break every ratings record? Who's not watching that game? Would there ever be a harder Super Bowl ticket to get than Pats-Cowboys or Pats-Packers?Maybe we can't answer that challenge for another 10 weeks but we can definitely hit out the Week 11 picks. By the way. I'm guaranteeing 10 wins this week or you'll get a full pay for this column. (domiciliate teams in caps)JAGUARS (-3) over ChargersThe Chargers were an Adam Vinatieri shank away from blowing a game in which they got five interceptions (they added a sixth after the shank) and two special-teams touchdowns. Even for Norv Turner that would have been amazing. I can't act them seriously anymore. I just can't. When they alter the video of San Diego's 2007 toughen it should just be a one-hour circle of Phil Rivers awkwardly scrambling around and chucking the ball out of bounds followed by that crazed close-up of Norv's face in the second half Sunday when it looked desire he might be having a nervous breakdown then LaDainian Tomlinson breaking down in that news conference after the Packers bet. That's all we be to see.(Random challenge: Did you know that LaDainian's wife is named LaTorsha? Do you think LDT openly looked for someone whose name began with "La," or did he desire her already and the "La" pushed it over the top? I can't act for them to go away having kids.)Browns (-2.5) over RAVENSFor the past three weeks. I've been riding the high-scoring Browns desire I'm Sharon kill in "Basic Instinct." (In remember we should have known they were good alter after Week 5 after their inspired quest to cover a 16½-point spread against the Patriots.) Do you cognise they have a come about to finish 12-4? Here's Cleveland's schedule the be of the way: at Baltimore; Houston; at Arizona; at the Jets; cow; at Cincy; San Fran. fasten the ice pick under your mattress and go away riding the Browns.(The only potential drawback for Cleveland bettors: In terms of clock management. Romeo Crennel makes Herm Edwards look desire a Rhodes Scholar. undergo you ever seen a instruct blow two timeouts on the same play desire Crennel did in the waning minutes of the Steelers bet? He called a timeout to SEE if he should challenge the go-ahead touchdown watched the replay a few times decided to challenge then lost the contend. ... Of course the Browns eventually ran out of measure and had to attempt a game-tying 54-yard field goal that fell bunco. Did Romeo experience he should have called timeout and challenged the play during that same timeout so he didn't waste two? It's unclear. More importantly why hasn't "Best Damn Sports show" produced a "50 Worst Timeouts" show yet? Don't we undergo enough of them stockpiled at this point?)JETS (+9.5) over SteelersI loved what we saw from "Ben" (as every announcer lovingly calls him) in the Cleveland bet last week. You have to adjudge he pulled out all the stops to win that one. If you were making a list of quarterbacks you'd want for the next five years after Brady and Manning the next two guys would be Romo and "Ben" in some request and I undergo absolutely no idea who'd be fifth. Derek Anderson? Carson Palmer? Drew Brees? The only thing we experience for sure is that it's definitely NOT Alex Smith. Anyway. I desire the way the Steelers are playing right now but we have too many favorites in that 9- to 11-point range this week and you know what that means... COWBOYS (-10.5) over Redskins.. everyone and their decline brother ordain be making three-team teasers this week... Dolphins (+10) over EAGLES.. which means the Eagles. Steelers. Cowboys and/or Packers are either losing or squeaking out one of those heart-attack three-point wins. I'm picking the first three teams just to be safe.(By the way the most underrated 2007 sports media story was how the talking heads and radio hosts debated Andy Reid's family life for a solid week. I don't know him. I don't know his troubled kids. I don't have any information about the situation other than what has been reported but that's not stopping me from plowing ahead anyway: Andy Reid needs to leave the Eagles and be with his family. I think we've reached a stage in sports when you have to undergo an opinion on EVERYTHING change surface if you come off like an ass in the process.)FALCONS (+3) BuccaneersWho else is excited for somebody to win the NFC South with a 7-9 preserve??? I'm downright giddy. go on. Falcons!!!! Salvage my sleeper choose! go on! Daddy needs a new pair of shoes!!!!!!!Raiders (+5) over VIKINGSBlame me for Adrian Peterson's injury: After the 296-yard game. I sent out some taunting e-mails in my West glide fantasy league that inadvertently injured Peterson's knee a few days later. It's all my fault. That reminds me you might remember me writing about my quest to go undefeated in my Week 7 picks column: I ended up losing by two points in Week 8 because Jay Cutler bounced a game-winning TD go to Brandon Marshall at the end of the Packers-Broncos bet; in Week 10. I was down by 17 points heading into Sunday night with Tomlinson and Vernon Davis left for me.. and I ended up losing by two because Tomlinson had a pedestrian game (for him) and Davis threw up a goose egg. Now I'm 8-2 and Peterson might be done for the toughen. The lesson as always: If your fantasy aggroup is undefeated it's a terrible idea to write an entire column about it and/or displace out taunting e-mails like this one: "999 points thru 9 weeks! Just remember when Wilt scored 100 points against the Knicks eventually the Knicks all learned to appreciate that they were move of history that day. The same will come about for all of you.. anyway relish the next two months and enjoy being in the same unify with such an unforgettable team. As far as I'm concerned we're all winners."BENGALS (-3) over CardinalsGod. I hate this bet... Cardinals (+3) over BENGALSThat doesn't conclude right either... BENGALS (-3) over CardinalsNeither does this... Cardinals (+3) over BENGALSI just don't know... I can't predict the push alter?BENGALS (-3) over CardinalsScrew it let's just act on... COLTS (-14.5) over ChiefsI see Indy running this one up to acquire its mojo a little. By the way. I'm furious about all these Colts injuries that probably killed their season. The football fan in me is furious because this particular Colts team was built for cold weather/January football which would have made the AFC Championship Game a helluva lot more interesting than the Steelers getting blown out in Foxborough (which is where we're headed). The Patriots fan in me is furious because a 19-0 season wouldn't feel quite the same if they didn't defeat the Colts twice. SPORTS GAL'S PICKSThe Sports Gal promises to go to ranting next week. In the meantime here are her Week 11 picks: Chargers +3; Browns -2.5; Jets +9.5; Cowboysl -10.5; Dolphins +10; Bucs -3; Raiders +5; Cards +3; Colts -14.5; Giants -2.5; Texans -1; Packers -9.5; 49ers +3; Bears +5.5; Pats -16; Broncos -2. Last Week: 7-7Season: 74-62-8 You experience what it's like actually? When the '86 Celtics were slapping together the greatest NBA toughen ever they avenged the '85 Finals in two regular-season wins over the Lakers rolled through the East in the playoffs and were poised to destroy Showtime as we knew it. So what happened? The Lakers never showed up! They got smoked in the West finals by an underrated Houston aggroup. To this day every Celtics fan feels cheated by the fact we didn't get the Lakers. The following season the Celtics fought approve to the Finals despite a wave of injuries and lost to the Lakers in six and now I have to watch Magic's Sky Hook for the be of my life instead of whatever observe would have unleashed on them in the '86 Finals and only because the '87 Celtics had more dignity and pride than the '86 Lakers. How the hell is that bring together? I feel the same about what's happening with the 2007 Colts. If the Pats could claw their way to the AFC Championship Game with a battered secondary and a CFL receiving corps then the Colts should do the same this toughen without Freeney and with Harrison limping around. It's only bring together. GOD'S TEAM (+2.5) over GiantsI undergo to adjudge the Giants roped me in with the winning move and all the "Coughlin is a good guy now!" stories. When the Cowboys smoked them in Jersey last week. I wasn't change surface thinking. "Wow. I'm an idiot!" but "Good God what happened???" Then I looked at their 2007 plan again and saw the six victims in that aforementioned winning streak: Washington. Philly the Jets. Atlanta. San Fran and Miami. Why didn't I notice that before the Giants game? Because I'm an idiot. Anyway. I'm going with God's Team and predicting the long-awaited Calvin Johnson conceive of Breakout Week. TEXANS (-1) over SaintsReggie Bush. Mario Williams. Reggie furnish. Mario Williams. Reggie furnish. Mario Williams. Reggie furnish. Mario Williams. Reggie Bush. Mario Williams. Reggie Bush. Mario Williams. Reggie Bush. Mario Williams. Reggie Bush. Mario Williams. Reggie Bush. Mario Williams. Reggie Bush. Mario Williams. Reggie Bush. Mario Williams. Reggie furnish. Mario Williams. ... PACKERS (-9.5) over PanthersRemember the scene in "Caddyshack" when the bishop was having the round of his life in a pouring rainstorm and every putt was dropping? That has been Brett Favre for the past 10 weeks. And yeah the media has beaten this to death. But isn't this one of those rare stories that can't really be beaten to death? Some of these Packers games have had endings more improbable than some of the "Friday Night Lights" endings. When he killed Denver in OT with the Jennings bomb it was desire watching the bishop drain the hit that went past the hole and approve for a birdie. I'm tired of picking against Green Bay -- clearly something is happening here that transcends sports. And if it ends with Favre throwing a critical interception in the Super roll looking at the sky and screaming "RAT FARTS!" then getting hit by lightning so be it.(Random stat of the year: In six out of nine games the Panthers have used two quarterbacks or more. Last week they used three. Like everyone else. I'm excited to see how Steve Smith will snap over the next seven weeks. It's going to be epic.) Rams (-3) over NINERSHaving San Fran's No. 1 choose next year is desire owning a casino and seeing Charles Barkley walk in. Bears (+5.5) over SEAHAWKSI know. I know... Rex on the road. But if this Seattle aggroup has proven anything over the past few years of the Holmgren Era it's this: Just when you think you can count on them to cover a bet they'll injure 200 mph of air into your head like Anton Chigurh in "No Country for Old Men." And you won't see it coming either. All of the sudden there's just a hit in your head.(By the way if somebody has a good explanation for the measure 25 minutes of that movie. I'd like to hear it. Everyone at my theater applauded when it was over desire something special had just happened. Meanwhile. I was sitting there going. "act it's over? What the hell just happened?" Without spoiling it from the moment we see a hotel pool for the first time the wheels come off so fast that it's like Norv Turner took over for the Coen Brothers. So frustrating. If you see one movie this year go see "Michael Clayton," George Clooney's movie about a second-year NFL receiver who kills more than 200,000 fantasy teams. Just kidding. It's fantastic.)Patriots (-16) over BILLSCome on you missed having the Pats around a little measure pass. It's OK. You can adjudge it. Meanwhile here's an intriguing e-mail from Jim in Boston: "I want the Patriots to carry approve Doug Flutie out of retirement for the sole purpose of kicking an 'eff-you' drop impel. This will hopefully become in Week 15 just before halftime with the Pats up 84-0 against the Jets. During the postgame news conference. Belichick ordain deadpan to the reporters. 'Hey we're just playing the game -- what did you be us to do impel a field goal?' This has to come about."(That reminds me. I can't wait for the Belichick-Mangini handshake after the carnage is finally over in Week 15. Every week when Belichick does the handshake he has the same satisfied smirk on his face that someone has when they're meeting the boyfriend of a kinky ex-girlfriend -- like he's particularly delighted to make eye contact for that split-second as they're shaking hands. The Mangini handshake is going to be epic. He's going to be like Ray J meeting Kim Kardashian's new boyfriend at Le Deux.)BRONCOS (-2) over TitansReason No. 43,587 why I hate making picks Friday morning: Sending them in then finding out a few hours later that Albert Haynesworth is out for Week 10.(Flash-forward to next weekend when Reason No. 43,588 is "Sending them in then finding out a few hours later that Albert Haynesworth is in for Week 11.") As participatory SportsWatch stunts go it ranked somewhere between watching FSNY for 24 hours in a row and listening to Yankees and Mets games on the radio - simultaneously. Last week I made the ultimate sportswriter sacrifice by attending the Cowboys-Giants bet.. without a parking go! No really. Neil Best Bio | E-mail | Recent columns The mission was to undergo the air parking system at Giants and Jets games that ordain be in place until the new stadium opens in 2010. It was a stiff test one the parking populate had been waiting for: a season-high crowd of 78,964 to watch bitter rivals battle for first displace. How did it go? It was surprisingly less-than-awful with a few caveats. More on those later. Short version: After a meandering journey of an office park in Lyndhurst. N. J.. I reached the orange lot at 2:35 p m.. 100 minutes before kickoff. At 2:37. I was parked. At 2:40. I was in lie to board a school bus. By 2:45. I was on the bus which got to lot 17 at 2:53. The lengthy walk to the stadium took until 3:01. Twenty-six minutes total. I was one of 9,393 people who arrived in 4,083 cars to be moved that day more than will show up for today's Jets game against the Steelers and perhaps for any Giants game drink the stretch as the weather gets nastier. What about after the game a far greater challenge for parking people? I left the stadium at 8:12 an hour after the game. By 8:21. I was back at gate 17. It took until 8:34 to get on the bus. I was in the orange lot by 8:45 and in my car at 8:55 after briefly wandering aimlessly through the faceless office lots. Forty-three minutes. Not terrible. account Squires an operational consultant to the Giants and Jets said that after a rocky start at the "Live Earth" contrive in July and kinks during the preseason. "it's been smooth."That doesn't convey perfect of course. But the challenge is daunting. About 20,300 Jets fans and 19,400 Giants fans bought toughen passes for $150 to get into lots near the stadium. The alternative is a couple of miles away and costs $20 for Giants games and $25 for the Jets and no lavish tailgating that involves cooking! (Unlike at Yankee and Shea Stadiums public transportation remains a relatively minor factor but a complain forbid set to open in 2009 should back up greatly.) Why a higher cost for a less convenient lot? It was designed in part to encourage the acquire of season passes. It also helps the teams offset their additional costs. And why are the Jets higher than the Giants? "We don't coordinate on pricing with the Giants so each aggroup made the parking be decision based on their own aggroup expenses," a Jets spokesman said. The prove is a healthy secondary merchandise in passes to lay come the stadium which often go for several times face determine. Mostly that's not necessary. But here are some pieces of remote lot advice: 1. Go directly to the remote lots (maps are on the teams' Web sites) then carefully analyse and denote your route. The roads and lots are disorienting after dark despite staffers to say questions. When Orioles designated hitter Aubrey Huff walked into a Florida radio studio last week he probably never thought he was about to join a fellowship that includes Monica Lewinsky. Britney Spears and Michael Vick. But in the week since he impugned Baltimore's nightlife and shared the Bubba the like pass over studio with a naked porn feature. Huff has become a affect of Internet infamy. He's in hot water with fans and unify executives over a radio appearance that never could have circulated five or 10 years ago. And he's learning a prime new media lesson: If you're a public evaluate assume that anything said near a recording device ordain be heard by anyone and everyone. Related linksPoll: breathe in out of line?Should the Orioles develop Aubrey breathe in for his radio comments?Yes No believe current results breathe in's act on radio panned by Orioles Medium come up: WNST posts partial transcript of breathe in's comments Roch Around the Clock: Going for the Love pass over preserve O by the Way: Huff the pass over hit Will Leitch creator of Deadspin com the site most responsible for spreading the breathe in video sees no problem with that."The problem is with the way things were before," he says. "I can't see how flipping the change by reversal toward more information is a bad thing."Leitch whose place received 9.5 million summon views last month sees himself as a crusader on behalf of free information. If athletes are going to acquire from the mythology around them he says fans and bloggers undergo every right to punch holes in that mythology."It's this idea that because Peyton Manning can throw ameliorate spirals. I should copy him in life," Leitch says. "I try to puncture that."He does it with biting commentary and links to embarrassing video and audio clips. Fans eat it up making Deadspin among the most popular of thousands of sports sites on the Internet. More than 15,000 browsers had viewed the site's Huff topic as of yesterday afternoon. An opportunityBut John Maroon longtime spokesman for Cal Ripken Jr. says athletes shouldn't be paranoid about the ever-growing buzz of media."I be at it as an opportunity to get your communicate out that much more," he says. "But the other side of that is you have to be aware of what you're walking into. Everything you say is going to be cut up and shared by so many outlets."Ravens receiver Derrick Mason frequently hosts radio shows and says most athletes are aware of the widespread scrutiny."change surface if you're at dinner or at a bar or wherever you may be you might be talking to a friend and somebody overhears you. And when you come to work in the morning it's in every Internet chat room or on the lie of every sports publication out there," Mason says. "Yeah you've got to be careful with what you say. Then again you've got to be able to speak your mind and be honest but in a way that doesn't shed a dark lighten on what you're talking about."The Internet emerged as a news feature in 1998 when Matt do work reported that Newsweek had refrained from publishing an be of Bill Clinton's relationship with a color House intern. The Monica Lewinsky scandal ensued and resulted in the president's impeachment. Since then the Web has become a repository for anything and everything having to do with celebrities. From a Paris Hilton sex attach to enter director Kevin Smith's musings about what he ate for eat it's all there. Several sports figures have learned that once you're a public evaluate in the Internet age it's hard to do anything privately. In 2003. Iowa State basketball coach Larry Eustachy resigned after photos of him drinking and kissing female students emerged on the Web. In 2005 and 2006 baseball stars faced questions based on steroid rumors that appeared online but never in newspapers or on television. Earlier this year. Steelers offensive line instruct Larry Zierlein was forced to defend after blogs reported that he accidentally sent a pornographic telecommunicate to numerous unify officials including commissioner Roger Goodell. There's a whole Web site drunkathlete com devoted to pictures of bleary-eyed sports stars. "This ordain be a little bit of an old throwback type of bet plan from the standpoint that I evaluate over the last five games they've averaged in access over 40 runs per game. I think in three of the games they've run the ball 50 times. They're averaging 18-20 passes a game and they really only impel when they undergo to… If you like physical communicate this is the kind of game that you're really going to enjoy playing in… "Jon Tenuta is the defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech and one of the things that has certainly allowed them to do this is of the top-22 players on Georgia Tech's defense. 18 of them are juniors and seniors. And they've grown into the ability to handle a lot of compel. They are a fire zone blitz aggroup – very rarely do they ever carry seven and play adjust coverage it's always either man-free in the backend or it's always three-deep. "I guess the beat NFL analogy is that they're kind of like the Pittsburgh Steelers. They're always bringing somebody it may be corners or remove safeties dropping defensive linemen out they're checking all of your protections out [and] try to give you as many negative plays as they can. Currently they're No. 6 in the country [in total defense]. I think that we've got some weapons and I think that we can do some stuff against them and I think that if we play well we can win the game."On Hakeem Nicks' end govern pass that was ruled incomplete: "In some of the conversations that we always have with the ACC's head of officiating. Doug Rhoads we refer every single week 10-12-15 calls that we want some clarification on. Are we coaching this wrong? Was this the alter call? Should it have been made? Were the mechanics of the officiating change by reversal? And one of the things that Doug alluded to about Hakeem's surprise was that as he went up with the ball you could clearly see that he had both hands on the ball at the top of the catch. As he was beginning to descend and go down he tucked the ball under his right arm and braced himself for the fall with his left transfer. "Our contention was that as soon as he had possession of the ball with two hands and he had tucked it away if had been a pay or a transfer that had immediately touched the ground would that undergo constituted a surprise? We had some television angles that were different from maybe just the coaches' angles that we sent in and we [watched it in slow-motion] and took a be at it and clearly. Hakeem's transfer touches the ground his jostle touches the ground and then as his full body hits the ground then you see the ball come out. "Doug's response to us was that had the call on the handle been a touchdown there was not sufficient enough evidence to dress the label that was made on the field. And unfortunately the approve adjudicate called that it was an incomplete pass because when Hakeem goes drink you really can't see all of the things other than you see his transfer. If you're wearing Carolina color you'd desire to say that should have been a touchdown. "But that was their validation – their interpretation of the command was if it had gone the other way they would have called it a touchdown and they would undergo not overruled it. But when they called it an incomplete pass they stood with the call." On the ground being able to compel an incomplete pass in the end zone: "Simultaneously if you have the ball and you hit the ground with the ball and the ball comes out they will label that an incomplete [go] whereas on the field they wouldn't necessarily do that." Injury inform: "We've been very fortunate this year. We've lost a few kids who we certainly would have loved to have had throughout the cover of the toughen but week in and week out with as physical as the games are and as many guys as we're playing we've been very fortunate. We didn't suffer anybody in measure week's roll game so everybody should be healthy and create from raw material to go on Saturday." Stadium expansion update: "They've got preliminary drawings but they don't have any of the finished product… They hope to have pretty close to what they hope to be the finished product somewhere around the first of December so that when recruits go away coming here for their official visits we can show them something that would be reasonably close – within 85 to 90 percent accurate." On uniform changes next year:"We are going to white cleats for next year. We've already talked to Nike about it. The players were excited. 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reviewed by Lowell C. BrownAs the 2008 presidential election draws near members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sight themselves in an unfamiliar position: One of their own. Mitt Romney is a serious contender for the presidency. In fact at this writing Romney until recently the governor of Massachusetts — of all states! — is universally considered one of the top three Republican candidates along with former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Senator John McCain. Governor Romney is no garden-variety Mormon; he’s a Latter-day Saint from Central Casting — a former bishop and stake president with what author Hugh Hewitt calls a “Christmas card family.” But there’s more: Mitt is the multimillionaire son of George Romney who in the 1960s was governor of Michigan. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a serious contender for the presidency himself in 1968. Need I mention that the younger Romney is also recognized as the man who rescued the 2002 Winter Olympics from the depths of scandal and turned the Games into an unqualified success only four months after the September 11 attacks?decide of DreadThis is the stuff of which heroes are made. And yet along with their justified experience in Mitt Romney (and for many their hopes for his success) many members of the Church view Romney’s candidacy with a measure of dread. We query: As this outstanding LDS man and his family seek the presidency what indignities will they suffer because of his faith? What will such a national race really convey for the Church? What will come of the resulting scrutiny on our beliefs and culture? Will our critics among Evangelical Christians attack the Church as non-Christian and Romney as a cultist? ordain pundits on the secular political left attack LDS beliefs as simply weird and incredible and dismiss Romney as a believer in fairy tales about angels and golden plates?And ordain our most sacred beliefs and symbols — our temples and temple garments for example — be held up to national bemock?So far the answers to all those questions undergo been yes — and the race has barely begun. Now Hugh Hewitt a popular radio talk show host political pundit and compose has written A Mormon in the White House? Ten Things Every American Needs to Know About Mitt Romney. Click to Buy Those who want to understand who Mitt Romney is and the religious issues connected with his candidacy or to back up others regardless of faith or political persuasion understand those issues would be come up advised to read this book and to share it widely with their friends and acquaintances. In the interest of full disclosure. I am an enthusiastic supporter of Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy. I also have a special fascination for Hugh Hewitt’s effort in writing A Mormon in the White House? An unlikely chain of events resulted in my being interviewed about Mitt Romney on Hugh’s radio show along with John Schroeder. John is an Evangelical Christian; I am a practicing Mormon. We two were both experienced bloggers and Hugh had been kindly supportive of our efforts. After the interview Hugh suggested that John and I start Article VI communicate which is devoted to the religious issues associated with Romney’s candidacy. For the past year we have kept a express emotion eye on everything appearing in the news media and on the blogosphere related to Mormonism. Romney and the presidency. John and I have been eagerly awaiting the publication of Hugh’s book. He has not disappointed us. Hewitt’s A Mormon in the color House? is a comprehensive be at Mitt Romney as a presidential candidate by a political analyst of the center-right who also is an Evangelical Christian and an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church. Among the “ten things” Hewitt thinks we should know about Romney the book covers the Governor’s impressive successes at Bain & Company and Bain Capital; his bring through of the 2002 Winter Olympics; his record as a pro-life politician and defender of traditional marriage; his record as governor of Massachusetts; his advantages as a presidential candidate (including a breakdown of the number of LDS stakes in Iowa and New Hampshire); and Romney’s potential vulnerability to attack as “too perfect.”As important as those sections are two themes in Hewitt’s book will appeal most to LDS readers: First he seeks to tell us who Mitt Romney is and Hewitt’s discussion of Romney and his family ordain create almost all Mormons to feel pride in one of their own. Second. Hewitt digs deeply into the “Mormon Issue.”1. Who Is Mitt Romney? Mormon Pride in One of Their OwnHewitt recounts an anecdote from 1962 when George Romney — then president of American Motors — was considering running for governor of Michigan. The elder Romney made it known that he was planning to commune and fast about the decision. August (Gus) Scholle president of the Michigan AFL-CIO made fun of George’s plan saying. “The big jest. He thinks he has a private pipeline to God.”George replied that “the same pipeline is available to Mr. Scholle if he cares to take advantage of it."A great and admirable comeback but I undergo to query: Could any candidate for statewide or national office alter such a statement now without being pilloried as religiously self-righteous?Such criticisms may not matter to the Romney clan. They seem to be just who they claim to be starting with Mitt’s parents. "By many accounts,” Hewitt writes. “George and [Mitt’s mother] Lenore Romney were among the most remarkable people of their measure. They combined outsized control and talents with a sincere compassion for and interest in people of all walks of life. They also had an enormous love of family."Mitt and Ann are also superstar parents. Hewitt reports in some dilate on the five adult Romney sons which include three Eagle Scouts three Harvard Business School graduates one medical student and one New York advertising agency music producer. Then appears this telling paragraph:When I was asking Romney about the force of his religious beliefs on his candidacy one part of his response struck me as almost certainly a key to how the issue of his LDS beliefs ordain be assessed by a public unfamiliar with or even hostile to the Mormon theology. “[T]o understand my faith people should look at my domiciliate and how we live," Romney at one point suggested. “Of course doctrines and theology are different church to church but what my church teaches is evidenced by what I have become and what my family has become."For committed Mormons somewhat nervously watching the Romney candidacy unfold this may be the most significant statement in A Mormon in the White House? Mitt Romney and his family are the archetypal successful Mormon family and he is running for President of the United States. Romney is clearly willing to own up to that role. It's as if everyone's favorite stake president and his family took center stage in national politics with all the opportunity and peril that involves. Hewitt sees the significance of Romney’s mention in political-religious terms:This is a powerful response to opponents of Romney who base their opposition on theology... Romney is very bluntly underscoring that despite deep differences the practical force of his Mormon faith on moms and dads and kids is quite obviously productive of tight and devoted families. We Mormons intuitively understand Romney’s comment about the significance of his family. It brings to mind President Hinckley’s famous 1975 General Conference address in which he related an account of a meeting with clergymen of other faiths during the change state house for the rededication of the Mesa Arizona Temple. President Hinckley was asked. “If you do not use the cross what is the symbol of your religion?” His reply: “[T]he lives of our people must become the only meaningful expression of our faith and in fact therefore the symbol of our worship.” (Gordon B. Hinckley. “The Symbol of Christ,” Ensign. May 1975. 92.)Because of Mitt Romney’s candidacy we may well see that principle on display in the most high-profile setting ever.2. The “Mormon Issue,” or What Really Interests (and Worries) Latter-day SaintsMuch of what Hewitt covers in his schedule has already been examined in other publications but A Mormon in the White accommodate? is terribly valuable for several reasons. Hewitt collects in a single volume every major objection and every study news story about Romney and all the issues and questions surrounding his candidacy — religious political or personal. For that reason alone the book is an indispensable primer for anyone seeking to understand the Romney phenomenon. But there’s more: Hewitt’s book is the only place I experience of where Mitt Romney has clearly addressed on the preserve the most sensitive and personal of the “Romney issues.” Romney speaks openly for example of what it means to be a bishop and a stake president including the subject of worthiness interviews and personal repentance. As a close observer of Mitt Romney’s campaign over the past twelve months. I have not seen him get into that aim of detail anywhere. Candidly as an active Mormon I was touched to read Governor Romney’s open embrace of his faith and his refusal to distance himself from it on pages 208-209:"Look,” Romney told me when I raised the issue of belief in the founding narrative of the Mormon faith. “I believe my faith. I love my faith. And I would in no way cause or form try to hold myself from my faith or the fundamental beliefs of my faith.“But what I can say is this,” he added. “To understand my faith people should look at me and my home and how we live... I am a better person than what I would have been. I am far from ameliorate and if you pay some time looking into my present and past you’ll sight I’m no fear. I have my own weaknesses as did my dad. We’re not about to be taken into Heaven for our righteousness. But we’re exceed people — I’m a better person my kids are better people — than we would have been without our faith. So adjudicate my faith not by how different the theology may be on one point or another but whether it made me and my family and perhaps others in my faith better people.”Members will love Romney all the more for his courage and commitment. As a member of our church he is “the real deal.”Hewitt then turns to the obvious challenge: "So Mitt Romney is a thorough-going Mormon. What exactly does that mean and why is it a problem for some Americans?"Fully eighty-six pages of the book are devoted to the say to that question and members of the Church will be to read all of them and more. In essence. Hewitt is realistic about the challenge facing Romney and thoughtful about what ought to happen. We Mormons bristle for example at being referred to as a “cult.” Hewitt rejects that characterization but recognizes its problematic nature for Romney:"This vision of 'cult' is difficult to square with the sunny Mormons one encounters at Boy observe jamborees on city councils across the land or in the professions and business. But for those who do not know any Mormons or at least not that well this background music dominates the attitude they bring to the idea of a Mormon candidate for the presidency... [W]hat Romney confronts is the widespread attachment of the term "cult" to his religious beliefs. This is a political problem of the first order."Hewitt tries to furnish an overview of “unique” Mormon beliefs and does a fairly good job of that with some clearly well-intentioned slips. He quotes a famous (or infamous) critic of the perform. Walter Martin who provides a list of Mormon doctrines that not entirely accurate or at least not fairly presented. That’s too bad because some readers will evaluate the enumerate reflects reality. There are some quotations from the King Follett address and from some expounding by B. H. Roberts that made me wince. But all in all Hewitt is fair sympathetic and balanced in his presentation of Mormon doctrine. Of most interest on a religious aim are what Hugh Hewitt refers to as the “three objections” to a Romney based on theology. In reverse order of importance those are:1. flavor Lake City will call the shots in a Romney presidency. For the first time that I have seen. Romney himself provides a strikingly blunt rejection of the idea that LDS Church leaders might label him about policy issues or that he might take their guidance on such matters:"Would you ever expect a call from [LDS Church] President Hinckley or his successor?" I asked."No," he emphatically replied. "Absolutely not. And I'd also say that when you take the oath of office that is your highest oath and first responsibility. That's true when you change state governor it's certainly true for anyone who becomes president. When I placed my transfer on.. the Bible.. when I was sworn in as governor.. my highest and first responsibility was to honor my oath of office and follow the Constitution and protect the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. For those sworn into national office their highest obligation is to the nation. It would be inappropriate for Church officials to contact me and it would be less than allot for me to act guidance from any institution other than caring first for the oath of office."2. A Mormon President will increase LDS missionary work. As we have discussed in dilate on Article VI Blog a number of Christian clergymen most notably the Rev. Al Mohler have expressed a heartfelt worry that by voting for a Mormon they will be encouraging what they call the “mainstreaming” of Mormonism. As a result. Mohler fears some people may be attracted to our faith and thereby jeopardize their souls. As a matter of “Christian discipleship,” Mohler has stated that he wrestles with whether he can therefore choose for Romney in good conscience. There is much to say about such worries but the reality of the affect of high-profile Evangelical leaders like Mohler cannot be discounted. Again for the first measure in his interviews with Hugh Hewitt Romney addressed the issue directly — and light-heartedly:Does Romney think he will be held up as a role copy of Mormonism part and parcel of the missionaries' fling in the remote regions of the world?"That would blackball us," he said with a laugh. "It's hard for me to experience what the impact of that would be. I evaluate certainly that's not the reason I'm considering a run and I think it overstates dramatically the impact of the faith of a particular president."He laughed again. "I haven't actually looked. My anticipate is that if you looked at the conversions here in Massachusetts you wouldn't see any dress between before and after I became governor and I don't evaluate Democrats are flocking to the Mormon perform because Harry Reid is the majority leader …To suggest that populate would say. 'You know because it's choose of fashionable. I'm going to join this group where you have to furnish up 10 percent of your income you can only have sex with your wife." The dues in my Church are pretty high.""It certainly hasn't worked that way in Massachusetts," he said with a final laugh at the idea... On a more serious say we Mormons should remain realistic about the consequences of electing an LDS president of the United States. In a very divided America. 50% of the people (or more) are likely to undergo strong contradict feelings about whomever is elected. Those populate are just as likely to assign those feelings to the perform as Romney's supporters are to do the same with their positive feelings. It would be a “mixed bag,” as Professor Craig Hazen another Evangelical professor at Biola tells Hewitt in the book. It seems consistent with our beliefs not to place too high a value on success in politics. Hugh Nibley and others undergo long taught that government is not the way to bring humankind to Christ. Alma after all when he saw Nephite society going downhill gave up the judgment seat and devoted himself to preaching. He didn’t schedule a new election!3. [Mormonism] is just too weird. This is an attack likely to come at Romney from political left as much as from conservative Christians. One recent and astonishing example is a December 20. 2006 conjoin by Jacob Weisberg in the on-line magazine designate:I wouldn't vote for someone who truly believed in the founding whoppers of Mormonism. The LDS church holds that Joseph Smith directed by the angel Moroni unearthed a schedule of golden plates buried in a hillside in Western New York in 1827. The plates were inscribed in "reformed" Egyptian hieroglyphics — a nonexistent version of the ancient language that had yet to be decoded. If you don't know the story it's worth spending some measure with bend Brodie's wonderful biography No Man Knows My History. Smith was able to bring down his "translation" of the Book of Mormon first by looking through diamond-encrusted decoder glasses and then by burying his face in a hat with a brown move back and forth at the bottom of it. He was an obvious con man. Romney has every right to accept in con men but I want to know if he does and if so. I don't want him running the country. This is pure religious bigotry but it’s appearing in well-known and widely-read publications. (You can find the entire piece at.) Articles desire this get right to the heart of the issue: When is the candidate's religion relevant? Referring approve to an early reporter's question to Romney about whether he wears temple garments. Hewitt frames the air this way:"[T]here is sphere of private beliefs about God that is not alter to increase or probe and though the border is hard to find when there are legitimate issues that need to be discussed heading for the undergarments go is disgusting and will be so to most Americans."The beat response I have seen to the "Mormonism is too weird or irrational" argument is that offered by Professor John Mark Reynolds of Biola University. Reynolds is an Evangelical Christian and classics professor who is interviewed at length in the appendix to A Mormon in the White House? (The interview is fascinating and highly recommended all on its own.) Reynolds applies a three-part test to whether any particular religious faith should be important in deciding whether to choose for a candidate:First the religious beliefs of the candidate should be held by a significant be of people and by a group willing to defend them (change surface if unsuccessfully) in a rational manner. Second the assort in challenge should not have religious claims that will naturally lead to horrific or at least far out public policyThird the assort should have a long bring in record of generally playing by republican rules in areas where it is dominant. No group is perfect but the Presidency is too powerful a prize to trust to a new group that might undergo secret authoritarian leanings. Applying this evaluate to Mormonism. Reynolds has no problem voting for a Mormon candidate based on the candidate’s religion. Reynolds’ entire analysis is available :It remains to be seen whether this careful rational approach or the dismissive approach of a Jacob Weisberg ordain be more prevalent as the Romney candidacy unfolds. We ordain surely see a lot of both. Hewitt sees that battle as about much more than Mormonism. Indeed the overarching thesis of his schedule is that if Mitt Romney can be made to suffer politically for his religious faith then all political candidates who openly profess religious views ordain experience. It’s a compelling argument. This is valuable and important book. Buy one for yourself and several for your friends.

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reviewed by Lowell C. BrownAs the 2008 presidential election draws near members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints find themselves in an unfamiliar lay: One of their own. Mitt Romney is a serious contender for the presidency. In fact at this writing Romney until recently the governor of Massachusetts — of all states! — is universally considered one of the top three Republican candidates along with former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Senator John McCain. Governor Romney is no garden-variety Mormon; he’s a Latter-day Saint from Central Casting — a former bishop and lay on the line president with what author Hugh Hewitt calls a “Christmas card family.” But there’s more: Mitt is the multimillionaire son of George Romney who in the 1960s was governor of Michigan. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a serious contender for the presidency himself in 1968. Need I mention that the younger Romney is also recognized as the man who rescued the 2002 pass Olympics from the depths of scandal and turned the Games into an unqualified success only four months after the September 11 attacks?Measure of DreadThis is the stuff of which heroes are made. And yet along with their justified pride in Mitt Romney (and for many their hopes for his success) many members of the perform view Romney’s candidacy with a measure of dread. We query: As this outstanding LDS man and his family seek the presidency what indignities will they suffer because of his faith? What will such a national race really mean for the Church? What will come of the resulting scrutiny on our beliefs and culture? Will our critics among Evangelical Christians attack the Church as non-Christian and Romney as a cultist? Will pundits on the secular political left contend LDS beliefs as simply weird and incredible and dismiss Romney as a believer in fairy tales about angels and golden plates?And will our most sacred beliefs and symbols — our temples and temple garments for example — be held up to national ridicule?So far the answers to all those questions have been yes — and the campaign has barely begun. Now Hugh Hewitt a popular radio talk show host political pundit and author has written A Mormon in the color House? Ten Things Every American Needs to Know About Mitt Romney. Click to Buy Those who want to understand who Mitt Romney is and the religious issues connected with his candidacy or to help others regardless of faith or political persuasion understand those issues would be come up advised to read this book and to share it widely with their friends and acquaintances. In the interest of full disclosure. I am an enthusiastic supporter of Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy. I also undergo a special fascination for Hugh Hewitt’s effort in writing A Mormon in the White accommodate? An unlikely chain of events resulted in my being interviewed about Mitt Romney on Hugh’s radio show along with John Schroeder. John is an Evangelical Christian; I am a practicing Mormon. We two were both experienced bloggers and Hugh had been kindly supportive of our efforts. After the interview Hugh suggested that John and I start Article VI Blog which is devoted to the religious issues associated with Romney’s candidacy. For the past year we have kept a keen eye on everything appearing in the news media and on the blogosphere related to Mormonism. Romney and the presidency. John and I undergo been eagerly awaiting the publication of Hugh’s book. He has not disappointed us. Hewitt’s A Mormon in the color House? is a comprehensive look at Mitt Romney as a presidential candidate by a political analyst of the center-right who also is an Evangelical Christian and an ordained elder in the Presbyterian perform. Among the “ten things” Hewitt thinks we should know about Romney the book covers the Governor’s impressive successes at Bain & Company and Bain Capital; his bring through of the 2002 Winter Olympics; his record as a pro-life politician and defender of traditional marriage; his record as governor of Massachusetts; his advantages as a presidential candidate (including a breakdown of the number of LDS stakes in Iowa and New Hampshire); and Romney’s potential vulnerability to attack as “too perfect.”As important as those sections are two themes in Hewitt’s book ordain appeal most to LDS readers: First he seeks to express us who Mitt Romney is and Hewitt’s discussion of Romney and his family will cause almost all Mormons to conclude pride in one of their own. Second. Hewitt digs deeply into the “Mormon air.”1. Who Is Mitt Romney? Mormon Pride in One of Their OwnHewitt recounts an anecdote from 1962 when George Romney — then president of American Motors — was considering running for governor of Michigan. The elder Romney made it known that he was planning to pray and abstain about the decision. August (Gus) Scholle president of the Michigan AFL-CIO made fun of George’s intend saying. “The big jest. He thinks he has a private pipeline to God.”George replied that “the same pipeline is available to Mr. Scholle if he cares to take advantage of it."A great and admirable comeback but I undergo to query: Could any candidate for statewide or national office alter such a statement now without being pilloried as religiously self-righteous?Such criticisms may not matter to the Romney clan. They seem to be just who they claim to be starting with Mitt’s parents. "By many accounts,” Hewitt writes. “George and [Mitt’s mother] Lenore Romney were among the most remarkable people of their time. They combined outsized drive and talents with a sincere compassion for and interest in people of all walks of life. They also had an enormous like of family."Mitt and Ann are also superstar parents. Hewitt reports in some dilate on the five adult Romney sons which include three Eagle Scouts three Harvard Business School graduates one medical student and one New York advertising agency music producer. Then appears this telling carve up:When I was asking Romney about the force of his religious beliefs on his candidacy one move of his response struck me as almost certainly a key to how the issue of his LDS beliefs ordain be assessed by a public unfamiliar with or even hostile to the Mormon theology. “[T]o understand my faith populate should look at my domiciliate and how we live," Romney at one inform suggested. “Of course doctrines and theology are different church to perform but what my church teaches is evidenced by what I have change state and what my family has change state."For committed Mormons somewhat nervously watching the Romney candidacy develop this may be the most significant statement in A Mormon in the White House? Mitt Romney and his family are the archetypal successful Mormon family and he is running for President of the United States. Romney is clearly willing to own up to that role. It's as if everyone's favorite stake president and his family took center stage in national politics with all the opportunity and peril that involves. Hewitt sees the significance of Romney’s comment in political-religious terms:This is a powerful response to opponents of Romney who locate their opposition on theology... Romney is very bluntly underscoring that despite deep differences the practical impact of his Mormon faith on moms and dads and kids is quite obviously productive of tight and devoted families. We Mormons intuitively understand Romney’s comment about the significance of his family. It brings to mind President Hinckley’s famous 1975 General Conference address in which he related an be of a meeting with clergymen of other faiths during the open house for the rededication of the Mesa Arizona Temple. President Hinckley was asked. “If you do not use the cross what is the symbol of your religion?” His reply: “[T]he lives of our people must become the only meaningful expression of our faith and in fact therefore the symbol of our adore.” (Gordon B. Hinckley. “The Symbol of Christ,” Ensign. May 1975. 92.)Because of Mitt Romney’s candidacy we may well see that principle on display in the most high-profile setting ever.2. The “Mormon Issue,” or What Really Interests (and Worries) Latter-day SaintsMuch of what Hewitt covers in his schedule has already been examined in other publications but A Mormon in the White accommodate? is terribly valuable for several reasons. Hewitt collects in a single volume every major objection and every study news story about Romney and all the issues and questions surrounding his candidacy — religious political or personal. For that cerebrate alone the book is an indispensable primer for anyone seeking to understand the Romney phenomenon. But there’s more: Hewitt’s book is the only place I know of where Mitt Romney has clearly addressed on the record the most sensitive and personal of the “Romney issues.” Romney speaks openly for example of what it means to be a bishop and a lay on the line president including the subject of worthiness interviews and personal repentance. As a change state observer of Mitt Romney’s campaign over the past twelve months. I undergo not seen him get into that aim of dilate anywhere. Candidly as an active Mormon I was touched to read Governor Romney’s open embrace of his faith and his refusal to distance himself from it on pages 208-209:"Look,” Romney told me when I raised the air of belief in the founding narrative of the Mormon faith. “I believe my faith. I love my faith. And I would in no way shape or create try to distance myself from my faith or the fundamental beliefs of my faith.“But what I can say is this,” he added. “To understand my faith people should look at me and my home and how we live... I am a better person than what I would have been. I am far from perfect and if you spend some time looking into my show and past you’ll find I’m no saint. I have my own weaknesses as did my dad. We’re not about to be taken into Heaven for our righteousness. But we’re exceed people — I’m a better person my kids are better people — than we would have been without our faith. So adjudicate my faith not by how different the theology may be on one point or another but whether it made me and my family and perhaps others in my faith better people.”Members will love Romney all the more for his courage and commitment. As a member of our church he is “the real broach.”Hewitt then turns to the obvious question: "So Mitt Romney is a thorough-going Mormon. What exactly does that mean and why is it a problem for some Americans?"Fully eighty-six pages of the book are devoted to the say to that question and members of the perform ordain want to read all of them and more. In essence. Hewitt is realistic about the challenge facing Romney and thoughtful about what ought to come about. We Mormons feature for example at being referred to as a “cult.” Hewitt rejects that characterization but recognizes its problematic nature for Romney:"This vision of 'cult' is difficult to square with the sunny Mormons one encounters at Boy observe jamborees on city councils across the arrive or in the professions and business. But for those who do not know any Mormons or at least not that come up this background music dominates the attitude they bring to the idea of a Mormon candidate for the presidency... [W]hat Romney confronts is the widespread attachment of the term "cult" to his religious beliefs. This is a political problem of the first request."Hewitt tries to give an overview of “unique” Mormon beliefs and does a fairly good job of that with some clearly well-intentioned slips. He quotes a famous (or infamous) critic of the Church. Walter Martin who provides a enumerate of Mormon doctrines that not entirely accurate or at least not fairly presented. That’s too bad because some readers ordain think the list reflects reality. There are some quotations from the King Follett Discourse and from some expounding by B. H. Roberts that made me wince. But all in all Hewitt is fair sympathetic and balanced in his presentation of Mormon doctrine. Of most interest on a religious aim are what Hugh Hewitt refers to as the “three objections” to a Romney based on theology. In reverse order of importance those are:1. Salt Lake City ordain label the shots in a Romney presidency. For the first time that I have seen. Romney himself provides a strikingly blunt rejection of the idea that LDS Church leaders might call him about policy issues or that he might take their guidance on such matters:"Would you ever expect a call from [LDS Church] President Hinckley or his successor?" I asked."No," he emphatically replied. "Absolutely not. And I'd also say that when you take the oath of office that is your highest oath and first responsibility. That's true when you change state governor it's certainly adjust for anyone who becomes president. When I placed my hand on.. the Bible.. when I was sworn in as governor.. my highest and first responsibility was to honor my oath of office and follow the Constitution and protect the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. For those sworn into national office their highest obligation is to the nation. It would be inappropriate for Church officials to communicate me and it would be less than allot for me to take guidance from any institution other than caring first for the oath of office."2. A Mormon President will increase LDS missionary bring home the bacon. As we undergo discussed in dilate on bind VI Blog a number of Christian clergymen most notably the Rev. Al Mohler undergo expressed a heartfelt mind that by voting for a Mormon they will be encouraging what they call the “mainstreaming” of Mormonism. As a prove. Mohler fears some people may be attracted to our faith and thereby jeopardize their souls. As a matter of “Christian discipleship,” Mohler has stated that he wrestles with whether he can therefore vote for Romney in good conscience. There is much to say about such worries but the reality of the affect of high-profile Evangelical leaders like Mohler cannot be discounted. Again for the first time in his interviews with Hugh Hewitt Romney addressed the issue directly — and light-heartedly:Does Romney think he will be held up as a role model of Mormonism part and carve up of the missionaries' fling in the remote regions of the world?"That would kill us," he said with a laugh. "It's hard for me to know what the force of that would be. I think certainly that's not the reason I'm considering a run and I evaluate it overstates dramatically the impact of the faith of a particular president."He laughed again. "I haven't actually looked. My guess is that if you looked at the conversions here in Massachusetts you wouldn't see any change between before and after I became governor and I don't evaluate Democrats are flocking to the Mormon Church because Harry Reid is the majority leader …To declare that people would say. 'You know because it's sort of fashionable. I'm going to join this group where you have to furnish up 10 percent of your income you can only have sex with your wife." The dues in my Church are pretty high.""It certainly hasn't worked that way in Massachusetts," he said with a final laugh at the idea... On a more serious note we Mormons should be realistic about the consequences of electing an LDS president of the United States. In a very divided America. 50% of the people (or more) are likely to undergo strong negative feelings about whomever is elected. Those people are just as likely to transfer those feelings to the Church as Romney's supporters are to do the same with their positive feelings. It would be a “mixed bag,” as Professor Craig Hazen another Evangelical professor at Biola tells Hewitt in the book. It seems consistent with our beliefs not to place too high a determine on success in politics. Hugh Nibley and others undergo long taught that government is not the way to bring humankind to Christ. Alma after all when he saw Nephite society going downhill gave up the judgment seat and devoted himself to preaching. He didn’t plan a new election!3. [Mormonism] is just too weird. This is an attack likely to come at Romney from political left as much as from conservative Christians. One recent and astonishing example is a December 20. 2006 conjoin by Jacob Weisberg in the on-line magazine Slate:I wouldn't choose for someone who truly believed in the founding whoppers of Mormonism. The LDS church holds that Joseph Smith directed by the angel Moroni unearthed a schedule of golden plates buried in a hillside in Western New York in 1827. The plates were inscribed in "reformed" Egyptian hieroglyphics — a nonexistent version of the ancient language that had yet to be decoded. If you don't know the story it's worth spending some time with Fawn Brodie's wonderful biography No Man Knows My History. Smith was able to dictate his "translation" of the Book of Mormon first by looking through diamond-encrusted decoder glasses and then by burying his approach in a hat with a brown rock at the bottom of it. He was an obvious con man. Romney has every right to believe in con men but I be to experience if he does and if so. I don't want him running the country. This is pure religious bigotry but it’s appearing in well-known and widely-read publications. (You can find the entire piece at.) Articles like this get right to the heart of the issue: When is the candidate's religion relevant? Referring back to an early reporter's question to Romney about whether he wears temple garments. Hewitt frames the air this way:"[T]here is sphere of private beliefs about God that is not alter to raise or investigate and though the adjoin is hard to find when there are legitimate issues that need to be discussed heading for the undergarments angle is disgusting and will appear so to most Americans."The best response I have seen to the "Mormonism is too weird or irrational" argument is that offered by Professor John Mark Reynolds of Biola University. Reynolds is an Evangelical Christian and classics professor who is interviewed at length in the appendix to A Mormon in the color accommodate? (The interview is fascinating and highly recommended all on its own.) Reynolds applies a three-part test to whether any particular religious faith should be important in deciding whether to vote for a candidate:First the religious beliefs of the candidate should be held by a significant number of people and by a group willing to defend them (change surface if unsuccessfully) in a rational manner. Second the group in challenge should not have religious claims that will naturally bring about to horrific or at least far out public policyThird the assort should have a long bring in record of generally playing by republican rules in areas where it is dominant. No group is perfect but the Presidency is too powerful a consider to trust to a new group that might have secret authoritarian leanings. Applying this test to Mormonism. Reynolds has no problem voting for a Mormon candidate based on the candidate’s religion. Reynolds’ entire analysis is available :It remains to be seen whether this careful rational come or the dismissive come of a Jacob Weisberg will be more prevalent as the Romney candidacy unfolds. We will surely see a lot of both. Hewitt sees that battle as about much more than Mormonism. Indeed the overarching thesis of his book is that if Mitt Romney can be made to suffer politically for his religious faith then all political candidates who openly profess religious views ordain experience. It’s a compelling argument. This is valuable and important schedule. Buy one for yourself and several for your friends.

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reviewed by Lowell C. BrownAs the 2008 presidential election draws come members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints find themselves in an unfamiliar lay: One of their own. Mitt Romney is a serious contender for the presidency. In fact at this writing Romney until recently the governor of Massachusetts — of all states! — is universally considered one of the top three Republican candidates along with former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Senator John McCain. Governor Romney is no garden-variety Mormon; he’s a Latter-day Saint from Central Casting — a former bishop and stake president with what author Hugh Hewitt calls a “Christmas card family.” But there’s more: Mitt is the multimillionaire son of George Romney who in the 1960s was governor of Michigan. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a serious contender for the presidency himself in 1968. be I mention that the younger Romney is also recognized as the man who rescued the 2002 Winter Olympics from the depths of scandal and turned the Games into an unqualified success only four months after the September 11 attacks?Measure of DreadThis is the stuff of which heroes are made. And yet along with their justified experience in Mitt Romney (and for many their hopes for his success) many members of the Church view Romney’s candidacy with a decide of dread. We wonder: As this outstanding LDS man and his family desire the presidency what indignities will they suffer because of his faith? What ordain such a national race really convey for the Church? What will come of the resulting scrutiny on our beliefs and culture? ordain our critics among Evangelical Christians contend the Church as non-Christian and Romney as a cultist? Will pundits on the secular political left attack LDS beliefs as simply weird and incredible and dismiss Romney as a believer in fairy tales about angels and golden plates?And ordain our most sacred beliefs and symbols — our temples and temple garments for example — be held up to national ridicule?So far the answers to all those questions have been yes — and the campaign has barely begun. Now Hugh Hewitt a popular radio talk show host political pundit and compose has written A Mormon in the White accommodate? Ten Things Every American Needs to experience About Mitt Romney. Click to Buy Those who want to understand who Mitt Romney is and the religious issues connected with his candidacy or to help others regardless of faith or political persuasion understand those issues would be well advised to read this book and to share it widely with their friends and acquaintances. In the arouse of full disclosure. I am an enthusiastic supporter of Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy. I also undergo a special fascination for Hugh Hewitt’s effort in writing A Mormon in the White accommodate? An unlikely chain of events resulted in my being interviewed about Mitt Romney on Hugh’s radio show along with John Schroeder. John is an Evangelical Christian; I am a practicing Mormon. We two were both experienced bloggers and Hugh had been kindly supportive of our efforts. After the interview Hugh suggested that John and I go away Article VI Blog which is devoted to the religious issues associated with Romney’s candidacy. For the past year we have kept a express emotion eye on everything appearing in the news media and on the blogosphere related to Mormonism. Romney and the presidency. John and I have been eagerly awaiting the publication of Hugh’s schedule. He has not disappointed us. Hewitt’s A Mormon in the White House? is a comprehensive look at Mitt Romney as a presidential candidate by a political analyst of the center-right who also is an Evangelical Christian and an ordained elder in the Presbyterian perform. Among the “ten things” Hewitt thinks we should experience about Romney the schedule covers the Governor’s impressive successes at Bain & Company and Bain Capital; his bring through of the 2002 Winter Olympics; his record as a pro-life politician and defender of traditional marriage; his record as governor of Massachusetts; his advantages as a presidential candidate (including a breakdown of the be of LDS stakes in Iowa and New Hampshire); and Romney’s potential vulnerability to contend as “too perfect.”As important as those sections are two themes in Hewitt’s book will challenge most to LDS readers: First he seeks to tell us who Mitt Romney is and Hewitt’s discussion of Romney and his family ordain create almost all Mormons to feel pride in one of their own. Second. Hewitt digs deeply into the “Mormon air.”1. Who Is Mitt Romney? Mormon Pride in One of Their OwnHewitt recounts an anecdote from 1962 when George Romney — then president of American Motors — was considering running for governor of Michigan. The elder Romney made it known that he was planning to pray and fast about the decision. August (Gus) Scholle president of the Michigan AFL-CIO made fun of George’s intend saying. “The big clown. He thinks he has a private pipeline to God.”George replied that “the same pipeline is available to Mr. Scholle if he cares to take favor of it."A great and admirable comeback but I have to wonder: Could any candidate for statewide or national office make such a statement now without being pilloried as religiously self-righteous?Such criticisms may not matter to the Romney clan. They be to be just who they profess to be starting with Mitt’s parents. "By many accounts,” Hewitt writes. “George and [Mitt’s care] Lenore Romney were among the most remarkable populate of their time. They combined outsized drive and talents with a sincere compassion for and interest in people of all walks of life. They also had an enormous love of family."Mitt and Ann are also superstar parents. Hewitt reports in some detail on the five adult Romney sons which include three Eagle Scouts three Harvard Business educate graduates one medical student and one New York advertising agency music producer. Then appears this telling carve up:When I was asking Romney about the impact of his religious beliefs on his candidacy one part of his response struck me as almost certainly a key to how the issue of his LDS beliefs ordain be assessed by a public unfamiliar with or even hostile to the Mormon theology. “[T]o understand my faith populate should be at my home and how we be," Romney at one point suggested. “Of cover doctrines and theology are different perform to church but what my church teaches is evidenced by what I have become and what my family has become."For committed Mormons somewhat nervously watching the Romney candidacy develop this may be the most significant statement in A Mormon in the color accommodate? Mitt Romney and his family are the archetypal successful Mormon family and he is running for President of the United States. Romney is clearly willing to own up to that role. It's as if everyone's favorite lay on the line president and his family took center re-create in national politics with all the opportunity and peril that involves. Hewitt sees the significance of Romney’s mention in political-religious terms:This is a powerful response to opponents of Romney who base their opposition on theology... Romney is very bluntly underscoring that despite deep differences the practical impact of his Mormon faith on moms and dads and kids is quite obviously productive of tight and devoted families. We Mormons intuitively understand Romney’s mention about the significance of his family. It brings to mind President Hinckley’s famous 1975 General Conference address in which he related an account of a meeting with clergymen of other faiths during the open accommodate for the rededication of the Mesa Arizona Temple. President Hinckley was asked. “If you do not use the cross what is the symbol of your religion?” His reply: “[T]he lives of our people must become the only meaningful expression of our faith and in fact therefore the symbol of our adore.” (Gordon B. Hinckley. “The Symbol of Christ,” Ensign. May 1975. 92.)Because of Mitt Romney’s candidacy we may well see that principle on display in the most high-profile setting ever.2. The “Mormon Issue,” or What Really Interests (and Worries) Latter-day SaintsMuch of what Hewitt covers in his book has already been examined in other publications but A Mormon in the White accommodate? is terribly valuable for several reasons. Hewitt collects in a hit volume every study objection and every major news story about Romney and all the issues and questions surrounding his candidacy — religious political or personal. For that reason alone the schedule is an indispensable primer for anyone seeking to understand the Romney phenomenon. But there’s more: Hewitt’s book is the only place I experience of where Mitt Romney has clearly addressed on the record the most sensitive and personal of the “Romney issues.” Romney speaks openly for example of what it means to be a bishop and a lay on the line president including the affect of worthiness interviews and personal repentance. As a close observer of Mitt Romney’s campaign over the past twelve months. I have not seen him get into that level of detail anywhere. Candidly as an active Mormon I was touched to read Governor Romney’s change state embrace of his faith and his refusal to hold himself from it on pages 208-209:"Look,” Romney told me when I raised the air of belief in the founding narrative of the Mormon faith. “I believe my faith. I love my faith. And I would in no way cause or form try to distance myself from my faith or the fundamental beliefs of my faith.“But what I can say is this,” he added. “To understand my faith people should look at me and my home and how we be... I am a exceed person than what I would undergo been. I am far from perfect and if you spend some time looking into my present and past you’ll find I’m no saint. I have my own weaknesses as did my dad. We’re not about to be taken into Heaven for our righteousness. But we’re better populate — I’m a exceed person my kids are better people — than we would undergo been without our faith. So adjudicate my faith not by how different the theology may be on one point or another but whether it made me and my family and perhaps others in my faith better people.”Members will like Romney all the more for his courage and commitment. As a member of our church he is “the real deal.”Hewitt then turns to the obvious question: "So Mitt Romney is a thorough-going Mormon. What exactly does that mean and why is it a problem for some Americans?"Fully eighty-six pages of the book are devoted to the answer to that challenge and members of the perform will want to read all of them and more. In essence. Hewitt is realistic about the challenge facing Romney and thoughtful about what ought to happen. We Mormons feature for example at being referred to as a “cult.” Hewitt rejects that characterization but recognizes its problematic nature for Romney:"This vision of 'cult' is difficult to square with the sunny Mormons one encounters at Boy Scout jamborees on city councils across the land or in the professions and business. But for those who do not know any Mormons or at least not that well this accent music dominates the attitude they bring to the idea of a Mormon candidate for the presidency... [W]hat Romney confronts is the widespread attachment of the term "cult" to his religious beliefs. This is a political problem of the first request."Hewitt tries to give an overview of “unique” Mormon beliefs and does a fairly good job of that with some clearly well-intentioned slips. He quotes a famous (or infamous) critic of the Church. Walter Martin who provides a list of Mormon doctrines that not entirely accurate or at least not fairly presented. That’s too bad because some readers will evaluate the list reflects reality. There are some quotations from the King Follett address and from some expounding by B. H. Roberts that made me wince. But all in all Hewitt is fair sympathetic and balanced in his presentation of Mormon doctrine. Of most interest on a religious level are what Hugh Hewitt refers to as the “three objections” to a Romney based on theology. In reverse order of importance those are:1. flavor Lake City will call the shots in a Romney presidency. For the first time that I have seen. Romney himself provides a strikingly blunt rejection of the idea that LDS Church leaders might call him about policy issues or that he might act their guidance on such matters:"Would you ever expect a label from [LDS Church] President Hinckley or his successor?" I asked."No," he emphatically replied. "Absolutely not. And I'd also note that when you act the oath of office that is your highest oath and first responsibility. That's true when you become governor it's certainly true for anyone who becomes president. When I placed my hand on.. the Bible.. when I was sworn in as governor.. my highest and first responsibility was to honor my oath of office and follow the Constitution and protect the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. For those sworn into national office their highest obligation is to the nation. It would be inappropriate for Church officials to contact me and it would be less than appropriate for me to take guidance from any institution other than caring first for the oath of office."2. A Mormon President ordain supercharge LDS missionary work. As we undergo discussed in dilate on Article VI Blog a number of Christian clergymen most notably the Rev. Al Mohler have expressed a heartfelt worry that by voting for a Mormon they will be encouraging what they label the “mainstreaming” of Mormonism. As a result. Mohler fears some people may be attracted to our faith and thereby jeopardize their souls. As a be of “Christian discipleship,” Mohler has stated that he wrestles with whether he can therefore choose for Romney in good conscience. There is much to say about such worries but the reality of the affect of high-profile Evangelical leaders like Mohler cannot be discounted. Again for the first time in his interviews with Hugh Hewitt Romney addressed the issue directly — and light-heartedly:Does Romney evaluate he will be held up as a role copy of Mormonism move and parcel of the missionaries' pitch in the remote regions of the world?"That would kill us," he said with a laugh. "It's hard for me to experience what the force of that would be. I think certainly that's not the reason I'm considering a run and I think it overstates dramatically the impact of the faith of a particular president."He laughed again. "I haven't actually looked. My guess is that if you looked at the conversions here in Massachusetts you wouldn't see any dress between before and after I became governor and I don't evaluate Democrats are flocking to the Mormon perform because annoy Reid is the majority leader …To suggest that people would say. 'You know because it's sort of fashionable. I'm going to connect this assort where you have to give up 10 percent of your income you can only have sex with your wife." The dues in my Church are pretty high.""It certainly hasn't worked that way in Massachusetts," he said with a final laugh at the idea... On a more serious say we Mormons should remain realistic about the consequences of electing an LDS president of the United States. In a very divided America. 50% of the populate (or more) are likely to have strong negative feelings about whomever is elected. Those populate are just as likely to assign those feelings to the Church as Romney's supporters are to do the same with their positive feelings. It would be a “mixed bag,” as Professor Craig Hazen another Evangelical professor at Biola tells Hewitt in the schedule. It seems consistent with our beliefs not to place too high a determine on success in politics. Hugh Nibley and others have long taught that government is not the way to carry humankind to Christ. Alma after all when he saw Nephite society going downhill gave up the judgment seat and devoted himself to preaching. He didn’t plan a new election!3. [Mormonism] is just too weird. This is an attack likely to come at Romney from political left as much as from conservative Christians. One recent and astonishing example is a December 20. 2006 piece by Jacob Weisberg in the on-line magazine Slate:I wouldn't vote for someone who truly believed in the founding whoppers of Mormonism. The LDS church holds that Joseph Smith directed by the angel Moroni unearthed a book of golden plates buried in a hillside in Western New York in 1827. The plates were inscribed in "reformed" Egyptian hieroglyphics — a nonexistent version of the ancient language that had yet to be decoded. If you don't know the story it's worth spending some time with Fawn Brodie's wonderful biography No Man Knows My History. Smith was able to dictate his "translation" of the Book of Mormon first by looking through diamond-encrusted decoder glasses and then by burying his face in a hat with a cook rock at the bottom of it. He was an obvious con man. Romney has every alter to accept in con men but I be to experience if he does and if so. I don't want him running the country. This is pure religious bigotry but it’s appearing in well-known and widely-read publications. (You can sight the entire piece at.) Articles like this get right to the heart of the issue: When is the candidate's religion relevant? Referring back to an early reporter's challenge to Romney about whether he wears temple garments. Hewitt frames the issue this way:"[T]here is sphere of private beliefs about God that is not alter to raise or probe and though the border is hard to find when there are legitimate issues that need to be discussed heading for the undergarments angle is disgusting and ordain appear so to most Americans."The best response I have seen to the "Mormonism is too weird or irrational" argument is that offered by Professor John attach Reynolds of Biola University. Reynolds is an Evangelical Christian and classics professor who is interviewed at length in the appendix to A Mormon in the White House? (The interview is fascinating and highly recommended all on its own.) Reynolds applies a three-part test to whether any particular religious faith should be important in deciding whether to vote for a candidate:First the religious beliefs of the candidate should be held by a significant number of populate and by a group willing to defend them (change surface if unsuccessfully) in a rational manner. Second the group in question should not have religious claims that ordain naturally lead to horrific or at least far out public policyThird the group should undergo a long track record of generally playing by republican rules in areas where it is dominant. No group is perfect but the Presidency is too powerful a consider to trust to a new assort that might have secret authoritarian leanings. Applying this test to Mormonism. Reynolds has no problem voting for a Mormon candidate based on the candidate’s religion. Reynolds’ entire analysis is available :It remains to be seen whether this careful rational approach or the dismissive come of a Jacob Weisberg will be more prevalent as the Romney candidacy unfolds. We will surely see a lot of both. Hewitt sees that battle as about much more than Mormonism. Indeed the overarching thesis of his schedule is that if Mitt Romney can be made to experience politically for his religious faith then all political candidates who openly profess religious views will experience. It’s a compelling argument. This is valuable and important book. Buy one for yourself and several for your friends.

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reviewed by Lowell C. BrownAs the 2008 presidential election draws come members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sight themselves in an unfamiliar lay: One of their own. Mitt Romney is a serious contender for the presidency. In fact at this writing Romney until recently the governor of Massachusetts — of all states! — is universally considered one of the top three Republican candidates along with former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Senator John McCain. Governor Romney is no garden-variety Mormon; he’s a Latter-day Saint from Central Casting — a former bishop and lay on the line president with what author Hugh Hewitt calls a “Christmas separate family.” But there’s more: Mitt is the multimillionaire son of George Romney who in the 1960s was governor of Michigan. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a serious contender for the presidency himself in 1968. Need I mention that the younger Romney is also recognized as the man who rescued the 2002 Winter Olympics from the depths of scandal and turned the Games into an unqualified success only four months after the September 11 attacks?Measure of DreadThis is the stuff of which heroes are made. And yet along with their justified pride in Mitt Romney (and for many their hopes for his success) many members of the perform view Romney’s candidacy with a decide of dread. We query: As this outstanding LDS man and his family seek the presidency what indignities will they suffer because of his faith? What will such a national campaign really convey for the Church? What will come of the resulting scrutiny on our beliefs and culture? Will our critics among Evangelical Christians attack the Church as non-Christian and Romney as a cultist? Will pundits on the secular political left attack LDS beliefs as simply weird and incredible and reject Romney as a believer in fairy tales about angels and golden plates?And will our most sacred beliefs and symbols — our temples and temple garments for example — be held up to national bemock?So far the answers to all those questions have been yes — and the campaign has barely begun. Now Hugh Hewitt a popular radio talk show host political pundit and compose has written A Mormon in the White accommodate? Ten Things Every American Needs to experience About Mitt Romney. move to Buy Those who be to understand who Mitt Romney is and the religious issues connected with his candidacy or to help others regardless of faith or political persuasion understand those issues would be well advised to read this book and to overlap it widely with their friends and acquaintances. In the interest of full disclosure. I am an enthusiastic supporter of Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy. I also undergo a special fascination for Hugh Hewitt’s effort in writing A Mormon in the White accommodate? An unlikely arrange of events resulted in my being interviewed about Mitt Romney on Hugh’s radio show along with John Schroeder. John is an Evangelical Christian; I am a practicing Mormon. We two were both experienced bloggers and Hugh had been kindly supportive of our efforts. After the interview Hugh suggested that John and I start Article VI Blog which is devoted to the religious issues associated with Romney’s candidacy. For the past year we undergo kept a express emotion eye on everything appearing in the news media and on the blogosphere related to Mormonism. Romney and the presidency. John and I have been eagerly awaiting the publication of Hugh’s book. He has not disappointed us. Hewitt’s A Mormon in the White accommodate? is a comprehensive look at Mitt Romney as a presidential candidate by a political analyst of the center-right who also is an Evangelical Christian and an ordained elder in the Presbyterian perform. Among the “ten things” Hewitt thinks we should know about Romney the book covers the Governor’s impressive successes at Bain & Company and Bain Capital; his bring through of the 2002 Winter Olympics; his record as a pro-life politician and defender of traditional marriage; his preserve as governor of Massachusetts; his advantages as a presidential candidate (including a breakdown of the number of LDS stakes in Iowa and New Hampshire); and Romney’s potential vulnerability to attack as “too ameliorate.”As important as those sections are two themes in Hewitt’s book will challenge most to LDS readers: First he seeks to tell us who Mitt Romney is and Hewitt’s discussion of Romney and his family ordain cause almost all Mormons to feel pride in one of their own. Second. Hewitt digs deeply into the “Mormon Issue.”1. Who Is Mitt Romney? Mormon experience in One of Their OwnHewitt recounts an anecdote from 1962 when George Romney — then president of American Motors — was considering running for governor of Michigan. The elder Romney made it known that he was planning to commune and fast about the decision. August (Gus) Scholle president of the Michigan AFL-CIO made fun of George’s plan saying. “The big clown. He thinks he has a private pipeline to God.”George replied that “the same pipeline is available to Mr. Scholle if he cares to take favor of it."A great and admirable comeback but I undergo to query: Could any candidate for statewide or national office make such a statement now without being pilloried as religiously self-righteous?Such criticisms may not be to the Romney clan. They seem to be just who they profess to be starting with Mitt’s parents. "By many accounts,” Hewitt writes. “George and [Mitt’s care] Lenore Romney were among the most remarkable people of their measure. They combined outsized drive and talents with a sincere compassion for and interest in populate of all walks of life. They also had an enormous love of family."Mitt and Ann are also superstar parents. Hewitt reports in some detail on the five adult Romney sons which include three Eagle Scouts three Harvard Business educate graduates one medical student and one New York advertising agency music producer. Then appears this telling paragraph:When I was asking Romney about the impact of his religious beliefs on his candidacy one move of his response struck me as almost certainly a key to how the issue of his LDS beliefs ordain be assessed by a public unfamiliar with or even hostile to the Mormon theology. “[T]o understand my faith populate should be at my home and how we live," Romney at one point suggested. “Of cover doctrines and theology are different church to church but what my church teaches is evidenced by what I have become and what my family has become."For committed Mormons somewhat nervously watching the Romney candidacy develop this may be the most significant statement in A Mormon in the White House? Mitt Romney and his family are the archetypal successful Mormon family and he is running for President of the United States. Romney is clearly willing to own up to that role. It's as if everyone's favorite stake president and his family took center stage in national politics with all the opportunity and peril that involves. Hewitt sees the significance of Romney’s comment in political-religious terms:This is a powerful response to opponents of Romney who base their opposition on theology... Romney is very bluntly underscoring that despite deep differences the practical impact of his Mormon faith on moms and dads and kids is quite obviously productive of tight and devoted families. We Mormons intuitively understand Romney’s mention about the significance of his family. It brings to object President Hinckley’s famous 1975 General Conference address in which he related an account of a meeting with clergymen of other faiths during the open accommodate for the rededication of the Mesa Arizona Temple. President Hinckley was asked. “If you do not use the cross what is the symbol of your religion?” His reply: “[T]he lives of our populate must become the only meaningful expression of our faith and in fact therefore the symbol of our worship.” (Gordon B. Hinckley. “The Symbol of Christ,” Ensign. May 1975. 92.)Because of Mitt Romney’s candidacy we may well see that principle on display in the most high-profile setting ever.2. The “Mormon Issue,” or What Really Interests (and Worries) Latter-day SaintsMuch of what Hewitt covers in his book has already been examined in other publications but A Mormon in the White accommodate? is terribly valuable for several reasons. Hewitt collects in a single volume every major objection and every study news story about Romney and all the issues and questions surrounding his candidacy — religious political or personal. For that reason alone the book is an indispensable primer for anyone seeking to understand the Romney phenomenon. But there’s more: Hewitt’s book is the only place I experience of where Mitt Romney has clearly addressed on the record the most sensitive and personal of the “Romney issues.” Romney speaks openly for example of what it means to be a bishop and a stake president including the subject of worthiness interviews and personal repentance. As a change state observer of Mitt Romney’s campaign over the past twelve months. I have not seen him get into that level of detail anywhere. Candidly as an active Mormon I was touched to construe Governor Romney’s open embrace of his faith and his refusal to distance himself from it on pages 208-209:"be,” Romney told me when I raised the issue of belief in the founding narrative of the Mormon faith. “I accept my faith. I like my faith. And I would in no way shape or form try to distance myself from my faith or the fundamental beliefs of my faith.“But what I can say is this,” he added. “To understand my faith people should look at me and my home and how we live... I am a exceed person than what I would have been. I am far from ameliorate and if you spend some time looking into my show and past you’ll find I’m no saint. I undergo my own weaknesses as did my dad. We’re not about to be taken into Heaven for our righteousness. But we’re better populate — I’m a better person my kids are better populate — than we would have been without our faith. So judge my faith not by how different the theology may be on one point or another but whether it made me and my family and perhaps others in my faith better people.”Members will love Romney all the more for his courage and commitment. As a member of our church he is “the real deal.”Hewitt then turns to the obvious question: "So Mitt Romney is a thorough-going Mormon. What exactly does that mean and why is it a problem for some Americans?"Fully eighty-six pages of the book are devoted to the answer to that challenge and members of the perform ordain want to read all of them and more. In essence. Hewitt is realistic about the challenge facing Romney and thoughtful about what ought to happen. We Mormons bristle for example at being referred to as a “cult.” Hewitt rejects that characterization but recognizes its problematic nature for Romney:"This vision of 'cult' is difficult to form with the sunny Mormons one encounters at Boy Scout jamborees on city councils across the land or in the professions and business. But for those who do not experience any Mormons or at least not that well this background music dominates the attitude they bring to the idea of a Mormon candidate for the presidency... [W]hat Romney confronts is the widespread attachment of the term "cult" to his religious beliefs. This is a political problem of the first order."Hewitt tries to furnish an overview of “unique” Mormon beliefs and does a fairly good job of that with some clearly well-intentioned slips. He quotes a famous (or infamous) critic of the perform. Walter Martin who provides a list of Mormon doctrines that not entirely accurate or at least not fairly presented. That’s too bad because some readers ordain think the list reflects reality. There are some quotations from the King Follett address and from some expounding by B. H. Roberts that made me move. But all in all Hewitt is fair sympathetic and balanced in his presentation of Mormon doctrine. Of most interest on a religious level are what Hugh Hewitt refers to as the “three objections” to a Romney based on theology. In change request of importance those are:1. Salt Lake City ordain call the shots in a Romney presidency. For the first time that I undergo seen. Romney himself provides a strikingly blunt rejection of the idea that LDS Church leaders might call him about policy issues or that he might act their guidance on such matters:"Would you ever expect a label from [LDS Church] President Hinckley or his successor?" I asked."No," he emphatically replied. "Absolutely not. And I'd also note that when you act the oath of office that is your highest oath and first responsibility. That's true when you change state governor it's certainly adjust for anyone who becomes president. When I placed my transfer on.. the Bible.. when I was sworn in as governor.. my highest and first responsibility was to recognise my oath of office and go the Constitution and defend the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. For those sworn into national office their highest obligation is to the nation. It would be inappropriate for Church officials to contact me and it would be less than appropriate for me to take guidance from any institution other than caring first for the oath of office."2. A Mormon President will increase LDS missionary work. As we have discussed in detail on Article VI Blog a be of Christian clergymen most notably the Rev. Al Mohler have expressed a heartfelt worry that by voting for a Mormon they will be encouraging what they call the “mainstreaming” of Mormonism. As a result. Mohler fears some people may be attracted to our faith and thereby jeopardize their souls. As a matter of “Christian discipleship,” Mohler has stated that he wrestles with whether he can therefore vote for Romney in good conscience. There is much to say about such worries but the reality of the influence of high-profile Evangelical leaders like Mohler cannot be discounted. Again for the first time in his interviews with Hugh Hewitt Romney addressed the issue directly — and light-heartedly:Does Romney think he will be held up as a role model of Mormonism move and parcel of the missionaries' pitch in the remote regions of the world?"That would blackball us," he said with a express emotion. "It's hard for me to know what the impact of that would be. I think certainly that's not the reason I'm considering a run and I evaluate it overstates dramatically the impact of the faith of a particular president."He laughed again. "I haven't actually looked. My anticipate is that if you looked at the conversions here in Massachusetts you wouldn't see any change between before and after I became governor and I don't think Democrats are flocking to the Mormon Church because Harry Reid is the majority leader …To suggest that people would say. 'You experience because it's choose of fashionable. I'm going to join this group where you have to give up 10 percent of your income you can only undergo sex with your wife." The dues in my Church are pretty high.""It certainly hasn't worked that way in Massachusetts," he said with a final express emotion at the idea... On a more serious say we Mormons should remain realistic about the consequences of electing an LDS president of the United States. In a very divided America. 50% of the people (or more) are likely to have strong negative feelings about whomever is elected. Those people are just as likely to transfer those feelings to the perform as Romney's supporters are to do the same with their positive feelings. It would be a “mixed bag,” as Professor Craig Hazen another Evangelical professor at Biola tells Hewitt in the book. It seems consistent with our beliefs not to place too high a determine on success in politics. Hugh Nibley and others have desire taught that government is not the way to bring humankind to Christ. Alma after all when he saw Nephite society going downhill gave up the judgment lay and devoted himself to preaching. He didn’t schedule a new election!3. [Mormonism] is just too weird. This is an contend likely to come at Romney from political left as much as from conservative Christians. One recent and astonishing example is a December 20. 2006 piece by Jacob Weisberg in the on-line magazine Slate:I wouldn't vote for someone who truly believed in the founding whoppers of Mormonism. The LDS church holds that Joseph Smith directed by the angel Moroni unearthed a schedule of golden plates buried in a hillside in Western New York in 1827. The plates were inscribed in "reformed" Egyptian hieroglyphics — a nonexistent version of the ancient language that had yet to be decoded. If you don't experience the story it's worth spending some time with Fawn Brodie's wonderful biography No Man Knows My History. Smith was able to dictate his "translation" of the Book of Mormon first by looking through diamond-encrusted decoder glasses and then by burying his face in a hat with a brown rock at the bottom of it. He was an obvious con man. Romney has every alter to believe in con men but I want to know if he does and if so. I don't want him running the country. This is pure religious bigotry but it’s appearing in well-known and widely-read publications. (You can sight the entire piece at.) Articles desire this get alter to the heart of the issue: When is the candidate's religion relevant? Referring back to an early reporter's challenge to Romney about whether he wears temple garments. Hewitt frames the air this way:"[T]here is sphere of private beliefs about God that is not right to increase or probe and though the border is hard to sight when there are legitimate issues that need to be discussed heading for the undergarments angle is disgusting and ordain appear so to most Americans."The best response I have seen to the "Mormonism is too weird or irrational" argument is that offered by Professor John Mark Reynolds of Biola University. Reynolds is an Evangelical Christian and classics professor who is interviewed at length in the appendix to A Mormon in the color accommodate? (The converse is fascinating and highly recommended all on its own.) Reynolds applies a three-part test to whether any particular religious faith should be important in deciding whether to vote for a candidate:First the religious beliefs of the candidate should be held by a significant number of people and by a group willing to defend them (change surface if unsuccessfully) in a rational manner. back up the assort in question should not have religious claims that will naturally bring about to horrific or at least far out public policyThird the assort should undergo a desire track preserve of generally playing by republican rules in areas where it is dominant. No group is perfect but the Presidency is too powerful a prize to trust to a new group that might have secret authoritarian leanings. Applying this test to Mormonism. Reynolds has no problem voting for a Mormon candidate based on the candidate’s religion. Reynolds’ entire analysis is available :It remains to be seen whether this careful rational come or the dismissive approach of a Jacob Weisberg will be more prevalent as the Romney candidacy unfolds. We will surely see a lot of both. Hewitt sees that contend as about much more than Mormonism. Indeed the overarching thesis of his book is that if Mitt Romney can be made to suffer politically for his religious faith then all political candidates who openly claim religious views will suffer. It’s a compelling argument. This is valuable and important book. Buy one for yourself and several for your friends.

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reviewed by Lowell C. BrownAs the 2008 presidential election draws come members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints find themselves in an unfamiliar position: One of their own. Mitt Romney is a serious contender for the presidency. In fact at this writing Romney until recently the governor of Massachusetts — of all states! — is universally considered one of the top three Republican candidates along with former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Senator John McCain. Governor Romney is no garden-variety Mormon; he’s a Latter-day fear from Central Casting — a former bishop and stake president with what compose Hugh Hewitt calls a “Christmas card family.” But there’s more: Mitt is the multimillionaire son of George Romney who in the 1960s was governor of Michigan. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a serious contender for the presidency himself in 1968. Need I mention that the younger Romney is also recog