The Religion Question for Romney and Huckabee

Over at First State Mitt Politics, guest poster Ron Letterman makes his case for Romney. I wanted to make a few comments to his post.

Comparing Gary Bauer and Mike Huckabee is odd because outside of their faith there is no comparison. Bauer ran a think tank whereas Huckabee ran a state for 10.5 years.

I am a Christian, but that will not be the defining reason I will push the button for any candidate. I do think that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a cult, but that will not disqualify Romney from getting my vote if I were going to vote for him. I would hope that other believers think this way. To characterize Christians as only voting for other Christians would suggest that believers are mind-numb robots, which for the overwhelming majority of us that is not the case. I think Ron knows that too.

Here are some other unrelated scattered thoughts:

• In my mind a candidate that has previously governed something gives them standing over most other candidates. So in light of that, Romney, Huckabee, and Guiliani have the edge over the field of Republican candidates.
• To look at one thing on the surface, I think we are going to have a tough time electing someone from New England.
• If you remove John McCain then take all the remaining candidates and mash the best of each together, we would have a winner. Yeah, in my dreams.

It is great to hear from Ron Letterman again. I still love him from his days at The Light FM and more recently WGMD. I hope he is doing well and that we hear more from him. Ron, if you read this, you should start your own blog! I had hoped  that you would do that after you left WGMD.

Word For Today

I get this daily email which features different unusual words. Today’s word is mare’s nest. It is defined as this:

1. A confused mess.
2. A hoax or an illusory discovery.

I’ve got to use this one sometime. Any ideas?

Robbed At An ATM

WBOC reports that a man was robbed at the Wilmington Trust ATM on Friday evening, January 4th at 7:10.

This is from WBOC’s report:

Officers learned from the victim that while at the ATM machine a male suspect walked up to the victim and demanded money. When the victim refused, the suspect punched the victim in the face. The suspect was able to get an undisclosed amount of money from the victim.

Police say the suspect is described as a black male, approximately 18 to [20] years of age, approximately 5-foot-10, between 150 and 180 pounds, clean shaven and was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black long-sleeve button-up shirt and possibly a black hat or do rag.

It’s distressing to hear stuff like this. I often wondered if any of the ATMs in town would be a target. That one seemed to be the safest of them all, certainly safer than County Bank, which is behind the bank and out of view of the road. If you have any information on this, give the Laurel Police a call at 875-2244.