2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[Dark Sage]

Okay, answer me this if you will.

If you are so certain that Mr. Obama’s gross negligence caused him to ignore an obvious threat that led to four American deaths…

Then why did Romney’s most recent speech in Belmont not focus on this likely cause for impeachment, and instead focus on how Obama has contributed to the “fiscal cliff” that is looming at the end of the year? (Something that you could probably blame more on our lazy Congress cancelling all of its October sessions.)

I would love to accuse Romney of being a wimp, as George H. W. Bush’s rivals were so fond of calling him, but I have a more logical answer: Romney has at least some brains in his head, and knows that he would never get away with making such serious accusations against his opponent.

But if you’re so sure that they’re true… Feel free to pursue them.

Edit: Here's something else to consider.

This baseless accusation you make against Mr. Obama makes me think of how tempting – and easy – it would be to make baseless accusations against Romney.

As you know, Mr. Obama has been slandered repeatedly by people who say he’s a Muslim. Romney does not deny being a Mormon, and there are many who would say that his faith is worse than Islam.

Mormonism is a relatively new religion, compared to Islam, which has been around for thousands of years, so many consider it a cult. It was founded by a man who was clearly a bigot, who claimed that he was more important than Jesus.

The Book of Mormon claims that dark skin is a punishment from God, and Mormons did not acknowledge that blacks were even human until 1965.

Thus, it is very tempting for me to accuse Romney of being a bigot who belongs to a false religion, and it would be very easy for me to do so. But I do not do so. Despite the fact that he bullied a gay classmate while he was in prep school, I can’t say with certainty that such things are true, and I will not make baseless accusations.

You should not either.