Did the Romney's do any good?

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HeirofNumenor
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Did the Romney's do any good?

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Dr. Ed Lauritsen of Tucson, AZ, knowing many of his friends would be feeling distressed Tuesday night, penned the following:

It is Election Night 2012, and I'm sitting here at my computer listening to Governor Romney's concession speech, trying to come to grips with his defeat---our defeat. And into my mind comes three interesting thoughts. The first comes with a scripture:
"Behold, I will hasten my work in its time." (D&C 88:73).

If the Lord's "work" is to "bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" (Moses 1:39), and if that process begins by hearing about the Church and seeing its members, then the sooner and the faster the greatest number of people can see and hear about the Latter-day Saints---especially about exemplary Saints like the Romneys---the more the work is hastened. And though the Church has 55,000+ missionaries who are quietly and patiently roaming the world knocking on doors, the Lord has brought the LDS Governor and his LDS family into the very homes of millions of people around the U.S. and the world via TV, radio, and Internet for more than a year now---people who might never have received or accepted the missionaries or LDS neighbors, let alone have learned about the LDS way of life. But now they have listened, watched, and learned, and many of them will likely be more curious and receptive to the missionaries in the future. And that also goes for many of the Evangelicals, Protestants, and Catholics who locked arms with the Latter-Day Saints (thanks to Glenn Beck) during this long presidential campaign. Bottom line: the Romneys lost a hard-fought political battle, but they---and the Church---won a decisive, long-awaited cultural and spiritual victory in opening the minds and hearts of millions.

Another post-election thought: "Be careful what you pray for."

Had Romney won, it is highly doubtful that he and his team would have been able to rescue the nation's wounded economy from the purposeful destruction that Obama has intentionally inflicted upon it, Obama having done so in order to "fundamentally transform" our free enterprise system into a Socialist state. Had Romney won, the only possible way to have saved the nation and its economy would have been to make deep cuts in the welfare and entitlement programs---cuts that would have been branded "murderous, discriminatory and racist" at every turn by the Liberal mainstream media. And the ever-increasing drumbeat of these accusations over the next four years would have given license to thousands---perhaps millions---of malcontents to take to the streets in "civil unrest" (aka anarchy). As such, Romney's never-ending vilification in print and in the electronic media would have soon painted him---and his fellow Mormons---as the enemies of America, with all the resulting antagonism, stress, and persecution of the Church, both at home and abroad.

As is, over the next four years, right-wing zealots---not Christian Conservatives--- will likely become increasingly resistant, confrontational, and possibly violent in response to the creeping Socialism. Thus, "social unrest" may begin at the other end of the political spectrum, likely precipitating equally violent responses from the pro-Socialist masses.

And this foregoing scenario brings me to the third and final thought tonight, one which also was accompanied by the written word, this time in the form of a powerful metaphor by Hugh Nibley. I close with it:
On the last night of a play, the whole cast and stage crew stay in the theater until the small, or not so small, hours of the morning striking the old set. If there is to be a new opening soon, as the economy of the theater requires, it is important that the new set should be in place and ready for the opening night; all the while the old set was finishing its usefulness and then being taken down, the new set was rising in splendor to be ready for the drama that would immediately follow. So it is with this world. It is not our business to tear down the old set---the agencies that do that are already hard at work and very efficient---the set is coming down all around us with spectacular effect. Our business is to see to it that the new set is well on the way for what is to come---and that means a different kind of politics, beyond the scope of the tragedy that is now playing its closing night. We are preparing for the establishment of Zion.

Nibley, Hugh. Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless: Classic Essays of Hugh W. Nibley, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1978, p. 302

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Every time I read that whadeveryacallit at the bottom of Infowarrior82's posts ""Let every loyal member of the Church look down with scorn upon any man or woman who would undermine that Constitution." (President David O. McKay, Church News, May 1954)" I think of how Mitt Romney probably would have further underminded the US Constitution had he been elected POTUS. He certainly showed no indication that he would have strengthened it.

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+1 Lundy +1

lundbaek
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Another thing accomplished by Mitt Romney was a demonstration of how ignorant Mormons generally are of their responsibility to the principles of the US Constitution and its preservation/restoration to the US government.

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lundbaek wrote:Another thing accomplished by Mitt Romney was a demonstration of how ignorant Mormons generally are of their responsibility to the principles of the US Constitution and its preservation/restoration to the US government.
-1 lundbaek - 1

Fact: Mitt Romney was the most brilliant and good man to run for President since Abraham Lincoln and the fact that the majority of Americans were not able to recognize that fact and feel blessed and lucky to have an opportunity to vote for him reveals the sign of the times.
He ran out of a sense of duty to his country but also to his family. The nation has rejected a great and good man and will suffer as a result.

I truly believe he would have focused on the economy and restored JOBS and GROWTH to the U.S. He knew what he was doing there. A majority of voters decided to reward 4 years of failure and division and give Obama 4 more years. The stock market knows that means 4 more years of slow growth, recession, and HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT. However, a majority of Americans now seem willing to live with what we have and worse as long as the foodstamps, welfare, and disability checks keep flowing. Wait until they find out that borrowing 1.5 trillion dollars a year and printing trillions in funny money can't go on forever and we are in the Greek Situation. No doubt Obama will find somebody to blame besides himself. The U.S. is in DECLINE, and we knowingly voted to continue and speed up the decline.

Regardless of what you think of Mitt Romney, this is old news. Where is Ron Paul?
Paul supporters are "fanatical believers" who "don't represent mainstream Americans." Speaking of " Ignorant"

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