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    so irrational in its paranoia that it would have made Whittaker Chambers blush ... For better and for worse, Romney's familiarity with Cleon Skousen does convincingly demonstrate that Mitt Romney is not far removed and indeed well-acquainted with a radical and firebrand conservatism--even if it is of the variety he might want to keep chained to a radiator in the attic. Full Article at Boise Weekly
    so irrational in its paranoia that it would have made Whittaker Chambers blush ... For better and for worse, Romney's familiarity with Cleon Skousen does convincingly demonstrate that Mitt Romney is not far removed and indeed well-acquainted with a radical and firebrand conservatism--even if it is of the variety he might want to keep chained to a radiator in the attic.
    SOURCE: Boise Weekly 1 month ago
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  1. Anybody that's going back to the John Birch era is going to discover Ezra Taft Benson
    SOURCE: Boise Weekly 1 month ago
  2. we share a common creed of moral convictions. And where the affairs of our nation are concerned, it's usually a sound rule to focus on the latter.
    SOURCE: Boise Weekly 1 month ago
  3. Mormons tend to be one or two generations behind the broader culture, which is frustrating--a church that espouses prophetic inspiration should be the headlights on issues affecting the oppressed and the downtrodden, not the taillights
    SOURCE: Boise Weekly 1 month ago
  4. Did Jesus say when a man asks for your shirt, you give the government your coat also, and have the government give that coat to the man? No! The government is a middleman ... The government is the Devil.
    Glenn Beck – Glenn Beck SOURCE: Boise Weekly 1 month ago
  5. The combination of Skousen and Benson would have been very attractive to him ... I think he's now sharing with America what originally attracted him to Mormonism.
    SOURCE: Boise Weekly 1 month ago
  6. While differences in theology exist between the churches in America
    Mitt Romney – Mitt Romney SOURCE: Boise Weekly 1 month ago
  7. To say he's going in that direction because he became a Mormon is pushing it a little far.
    SOURCE: Boise Weekly 1 month ago
  8. have I established the Constitution of this land, by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose.
    SOURCE: Boise Weekly 1 month ago
  9. Skousen is apparently a political agitator. I am an historian
    SOURCE: Boise Weekly 1 month ago

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