'His greatest liability has been religious bias'
I don't hang around Republican evangelical types, so I can't say if
Bob Novak is right or wrong when he asserts Mitt's Mormonism is his 'greatest liability.' I just assume everyone sees Mitt the same way I do: as a consummate empty-suit flip-flopper. But I find it more than just a coincidence that
PBS and
Hollywood have
all of a sudden discovered Mormonism as a subject of serious examination and screen entertainment. Mitt's getting it from both the religious right and secular left. ... Not that I didn't like the recent PBS series on Mormons. It was quite good, though it was about an hour too long for my taste. Still, as I watched the show, I couldn't help but think, 'Couldn't a lot of this institutional wackiness be applied to just about any organized religion?' Religion is an important component of judging a candidate. I don't want a religious zealot anywhere near the red button or constitution. But if the Mountain Meadows Massacre is now fair game in the election, then the more recent Pedophile Scandal is also fair game. Do we really want to go down this road? ...