So Young, So Hateful; Rall Really Rails Every morning, I look forward to a good breakfast along with Hernando Today. I don't usually read Ted Rall's editorials, but today was the exception. In the first five paragraphs (that was all I could take) he said "Mike Huckabee may not be smart enough to hold a job; he's a crazy Christian and he won because crazy Christians motivated by anti-Mormon bigotry voted for him. In the Republican Party, hate trumps cash. If Huckabee were Muslim, he'd be a radical Islamist denying separation of church and state." Etc., etc., etc. ...more

January 11, 2008

It's painful to see Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney having to defend his religion. It's also sad that some Americans just can't get past the "religion thing" with candidates, and make their decisions based solely on their religion, or their supposed lack thereof. That said, what Romney needs to defend is his frequently changing stance on important issues. That's where his campaign is falling down. By every standard, Romney is a good American and has been extremely successful as a businessman and as a politician. He's a Mormon, too, and for a fairly large number of evangelical Christians, that's enough to not vote for him for president. ...more

December 7, 2007

TAMPA - Three Tampa men have been charged with carrying out a spree of armed robberies in Tampa, Seffner and Brandon, their crimes growing increasingly violent and culminating in the stabbing of a man, deputies say. Four of the incidents took place this weekend; another occurred Oct. 19. ...more

October 31, 2007

In the media lately, there are statements made by some people that Mitt Romney is not to be considered as a candidate because he is a Mormon. This is absurd. The same comments were made by some narrow-minded voters in past years, when they stated John F. Kennedy is a Catholic and could not be considered as a candidate. ...more

October 13, 2007