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Romney gets an introduction into the wild and wacky world of rural Utah politics
« on: May 12, 2018, 10:17:57 pm »
Romney gets an introduction into the wild and wacky world of rural Utah politics
By Paul Rolly
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Updated: 22 hours ago
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Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney got a taste of Utah’s unique politics when he attended the Iron County Republicans’ Lincoln Day Dinner shortly after announcing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate.  ...

To say the experience in Cedar City was bizarre would be an understatement — at least when one hears how Romney reportedly described the encounter to several friends and acquaintances.  ...

Attendees peppered Romney about backing legislation to legalize polygamy and to do away with the signature-gathering option for candidates to get on primary ballots (a tack Romney himself used).  ...

But things then got even stranger.  The invocation came from Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who became a folk hero to anti-federal government forces for staging an armed confrontation with Bureau of Land Management agents when they tried to seize his cattle after he failed to pay grazing fees for 20 years.

Bundy’s prayer lasted for more than five minutes, according to the accounts, as he railed to God about federal atrocities. When he finished, instead of the traditional “amen” from the audience, he received a standing ovation.   ...

A woman approached a young female Romney campaign staffer and suggested she would make a great sister wife in the woman’s polygamist family.   ...
Entire article at Salt Lake City Tribune

I forget, has Mitt ever lived in the Beehive State?


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Re: Romney gets an introduction into the wild and wacky world of rural Utah politics
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2018, 04:17:56 am »
Why are we still talking about Romney?
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Re: Romney gets an introduction into the wild and wacky world of rural Utah politics
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2018, 04:41:20 am »
Quote from: mountaineer on May 12, 2018, 10:17:57 pm
Romney gets an introduction into the wild and wacky world of rural Utah politics
By Paul Rolly
 Â·  Published: 1 day ago
Updated: 22 hours agoEntire article at Salt Lake City Tribune

I forget, has Mitt ever lived in the Beehive State?

I'm not sure about actually living in UT, but he did have a sizeable chunk of property in Park City, UT.
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Re: Romney gets an introduction into the wild and wacky world of rural Utah politics
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2018, 05:02:59 am »
My father had a cousin. named Ivan Orten in Cedar City that had a gas station. When we did our annual trip from SoCal to Wyoming (grandparents) we stopped for gas and fishing stories.

Polygamy was outlawed in Utah in the late 1800s as a condition of statehood. (I have never been a Mormon but a few relatives are)
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Re: Romney gets an introduction into the wild and wacky world of rural Utah politics
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2018, 11:44:43 am »
Quote from: WarmPotato on May 13, 2018, 04:17:56 am
Why are we still talking about Romney?
Because he's starting a run for the U.S. Senate, and we discuss many candidates here.
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Re: Romney gets an introduction into the wild and wacky world of rural Utah politics
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2018, 03:10:15 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on May 13, 2018, 11:44:43 am
Because he's starting a run for the U.S. Senate, and we discuss many candidates here.

Actually, he's starting another run for the Presidency.
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Re: Romney gets an introduction into the wild and wacky world of rural Utah politics
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2018, 07:41:37 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on May 13, 2018, 03:10:15 pm
Actually, he's starting another run for the Presidency.

Wouldn't that make him a three-time loser?  I don't think even Adlai Stevenson had that poor a record.
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Re: Romney gets an introduction into the wild and wacky world of rural Utah politics
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2018, 07:44:06 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on May 13, 2018, 07:41:37 pm
Wouldn't that make him a three-time loser?  I don't think even Adlai Stevenson had that poor a record.

Only because he went to London and died before he had the chance. Romney can right that wrong.
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Re: Romney gets an introduction into the wild and wacky world of rural Utah politics
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2018, 08:02:32 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on May 13, 2018, 03:10:15 pm
Actually, he's starting another run for the Presidency.

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Re: Romney gets an introduction into the wild and wacky world of rural Utah politics
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2018, 08:08:14 pm »
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