Craig Adamson Email
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From: Craig Adamson [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 7:19 PM
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Subject: RE: Mitt Romney Event Linn mar High School
REMOVED BY CC,
I am “replying to all” in hopes of appealing to as many Christians (hopefully thinking Christians) as possible. While I know several of you well, there are many of you I don’t know. Read on at your risk.
I am not telling you or anyone on the list that I’m a better Christian than you, or anything of the sort. I’m a sinner just like everyone. Perhaps I’m even worse? I would ask you NAME REMOVED please reconsider your interest in supporting Mitt Romney –SPECIFICALLY.
Please do not “sell” your Christian values for the “possibility” -that is right- the possibility of a candidate that seems more electible than another. That is a fallacy that far too many “educated” voters have convinced themselves is true over the years. Vote for a leader who espouses your values and has a history of maintaining those values on a daily basis –not just for the day and for the TV camera. Can you look in the mirror, or can you look in the direction of God and tell Him, “I know I tell everyone that my Christian values are important, but I’m going to ignore those values because I think this person can win.” I believe that is very short-sighted. What if you prayed and prayed and prayed for a strong Christian candidate to appear, and God made him appear warts and all. Are you now not willing to vote for him because he doesn’t “seem” to be electible? Would you feel you did the right thing for voting for a candidate who you thought was more electible, but shared none of your social convictions? How would you reconcile that with God? Can you?
While no candidates are perfect people, nor are they perfect candidates, I challenge everyone to search their own heart on this matter and see if they can spot the candidates who are secular humanists, pro-abortion, pro gay rights (including gay marriage) and tax and spenders. There are several “front-running” candidates who are socially liberal and fiscally conservative. That’s great. But let’s back up a second. They are socially liberal. Are you socially liberal? If they weren’t fiscally conservative, would you vote for them? So why ignore what is important in hopes they will also remain true to their supposed fiscal responsibility? If your values don’t have to be bought, then for goodness sake, what happens when you are presented with an ethical dilemma related to money?
Several of these candidates who have changed their stances repeatedly (some continue to do so) on their views of abortion, gun control, taxes, religion, etc. Do you suppose their message to NY and Massachusetts voters is different than the messages we are hearing here? Some people will say anything to be your next president. Saying anything doesn’t mean anything. Mitt Romney was specifically quoted in today’s CR Gazette (12/7/07), “Americans tire of those who would jettison their beliefs, even to gain the world.”
WHAT??!!??? Perhaps I’m reading into that statement too much, but isn’t he running for president to serve us? Or is he running to “gain the world?” I’ve never heard a candidate refer to the presidency that way. Additionally, he seems to be quite hypocritical –especially in regards to is strong support of “a woman’s right to choose” and now is suddenly anti-abortion, except that States (not the Fed Gov’t) should have the ability to decide the issue on a state by state basis. Soooo you are for pro-choice???
I fear that you will be very disappointed in your affiliation with this particular candidate in the end. You can find numerous reasons if you take the time to look. The guy is handsome. But do we need a handsome president? He has enough money to buy the presidency. Do we want someone to buy our country?? Or do we need someone with the ability to lead and who has some philosophical and moral convictions? While it is a smaller issue in relation to the others, let us not dance around the issue of religion either (as Mitt will have to do throughout his run). Don’t allow yourself to be “scared into being inclusive.” If you are discriminating on the issue of abortion, you can discriminate on any number of reasons. Religious conviction may not be ‘politically correct’ but it doesn’t mean you cannot use it to decide. If that is important to you.
Would any of you support an avowed atheist for president? Do you think religion, especially Christianity, is being marginalized by ACLU and other organizations? If so than you would be piling on to vote in a Mormon. Mormonism is a cult. In case I didn’t type it clearly enough… Mormonism is a cult. I won’t vote for Mitt Romney for numerous other reasons, but based on my knowledge of Mormonism, I would not trust him as my president as he might be fooled into believing most anything. How could he possibly be trusted to negotiate with Islamic radicals? He might believe Muslim and Mormons are the same, just like he tries to pass off Mormons as Christians. The Mormon Church is extremely wealthy and extremely secretive. But that is information for another time. Additionally, the LDS religion is sexist, racist, and the Church president is considered both a prophet (on the same level as Jesus) and ultimately the authority for God on earth. Mitt would be going against Mormon doctrine and risks ex-communication if he didn’t take orders from his Church. An ex-communicated Mormon loses their salvation. So either he is willing to be one of “those who would jettison their beliefs, even to gain the world” or he is just one of those people willing to forego his own personal salvation to be president of the United States? Would you choose to be President or choose Christ as your Savior? I’m just asking a simple question. I know “UR4JC”. Sorry, couldn’t resist that play on words.
NAME REMOVED, I know you well enough to call you a friend and I think you know how much I respect your ideas and abilities. You’ve also helped challenge me in my faith and my conservatism. If you didn’t know how much I respect you, now you do. I respect you A LOT. If I cannot dissuade you, then we may have to agree to disagree. That’s okay.
Thank you for asking me to help out, but I must decline. I will ACTIVELY be campaigning AGAINST Mr. Romney. I feel confident with a closer examination, a man who supports Aid to Women and who walks with Christ every day will come to a different conclusion on who to support as our next president.
Hope that helps you or someone else you know in their decision making process. If nothing else, pray for me to actually know what I’m talking about for a change.
Craig
Craig Adamson CRPS, PRP
President
Adamson Financial Planning
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Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 1:53 PM
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Subject: Mitt Romney Event Linn mar High School
Hi all:
Like many of you, I have struggled with who to support in the upcoming caucus. I am starting to lean pretty strongly toward Mitt Romney based on his overall package of conservative values both socially and fiscally.
I have been asked to host a table at an upcoming Romney event next Wednesday at 5:45 at Linn mar High School.
I’m inviting all of you to join me. (I’m not sure even if you all have the same political leanings I do)
If you are or might be interested, please respond to this email, and I’ll get you details in the next few days.
posted by Caucus Cooler at 12/11/2006
11 Comments:
This is sad. There are complete untruths in this document. So many, I can't even start to enumerate.
Anyway, if you believe this guy, then, well, there's no reason to try and explain to you anyway.
And if you're a reasonable person, you'll see the transparency.
Falsehoods and fear-mongering, I'm afraid.
What a sad, sad message, a Pastor peddling falsehoods, bearing false witness against another religion.
I apologize, this man is not a Pastor. I am glad . . . I expect you'll find honesty from a Pastor.
but he's a councilman . . .a politician! so that explains the mistruths.
Very sad this man is using his position as a councilman to attack an American church and faith.
What a poor, poor decision and a misuse of the public trust.
Here's what the Mormons believe. The founder wrote 13 articles of faith in response to queries as to what the Mormons believed. I have just listed the last 3.
11. We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
12. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
13. We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.
Joseph Smith
This councilman reminds me of the governor of Missouri who put out an 'extermination order' on Mormons, simply because of what they believed. Would the councilman favor such an order today? Yes, an extermination order.
Sure sounds like a radical religion to me. Does it to you, Mr. Councilman?
Hey Paul ... while Mormons may say they believe:
11. We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
MITT ROMNEY proved HE does NOT believe this when he fought against Same Sex Marriage in Massachusetts. The courts and elected officials - elected by and representing the CITIZENS of Massachusetts support allowing those whose religious beliefs support same-sex CIVIL marriage for those who CHOOSE that - based on THEIR personal religions beliefs. See Mormons AND Christians want to not only believe what they want - but to also FORCE it on others - so this is a lie.
12. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
AGAIN - CRAP - Romney spouted GOD over State over and over again in his battle against same sex marriage.
Another Lie.
Wow... what a sad and unbelievably uninformed email. I am not a Mormon but I can't imagine any other relgion, group of people, whatever, enduring this type of open criticism and bias the way Mitt Romney continues to have to defend. Unimaginable. And it's coming from apparently "educated" people. Just sad and I wish articles and emails like this would simply stop. He'd govern as a "Mormon"? Please. Nothing in his history would suggest this, either in public or private life. He also addressed this topic directly and succinctly in his speech last week and yet, you still write what you write. Everybody has their opionions and it is obvious you have yours... I feel sorry for you.
Mormonism is a cult, if you define cult as "Any religious group that deviates from orthodox teachings of historic Christianity, while claiming to be "true Christians" by way of some special revelation or privilege". There are lots of cults out there, Mormonism being one.
Christians and Mormons worship two DIFFERENT Gods.
Here is more of what Mormons believe:
1Mormon – God was once a man like us.
1Christian – God was, is, and always will be God.
2Mormon – Many Gods, an unknown number of them
2Christian – One God. Isaiah 44 “I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God…Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no God; I know not any.”
3Mormon – Salvation by grace AND works 2 Nephi 25:23
3Christian – Salvation by faith alone. Many verses, one example Ephesians 2:8-9
4Mormon – Men become Gods, have a marriage and children in Heaven
4Christian – “Men become Gods” is blasphemy. Jesus said we will be neither married nor given in marriage in Heaven. Matthew 22:29-30
Mormons and Christians worship a different Jesus as well:
The Jesus of the Bible: Co-Eternal with God, without beginning or end.
The Jesus of Mormonism: Created by a God, who was himself also created. At one time this Jesus was not, then, having been created by God, became. This Jesus is thus less than God.
Different Jesus, different God. One Christian, one not.
All of you will love this!
Not all evangelicals feel the same about M. Romney
Prominent PR specialist and evangelical Mark DeMoss has circulated a memo
to leaders of evangelical organizations urging support for Mitt Romney. I
asked for and received his permission to reprint it here:
To: Conservative Evangelical Leaders From: Mark DeMoss (Personally)
Subject: The 2008 Presidential Election Date: October 9, 2007
In about 100 days we will likely have a Republican nominee for president.
Most political observers believe it a near certainty that this nominee will
face Hillary Clinton in the general election. While most people think this
election cycle started too early, I'm finding that few people realize the
primaries are almost upon us, and how compacted the primary calendar is.
Within about 30 days after the last college football bowl game is played,
primaries (and an all-important caucus) will be held in Iowa, Nevada, New
Hampshire, Michigan, South Carolina, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware,
Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah and
West Virginia! (At least a dozen of these will fall on the same day,
February 5, 2008.)
As certain as it seems that Hillary will represent the Democratic Party, it
now appears the GOP representative will be either Mayor Rudy Giuliani or
Governor Mitt Romney (based on polls in early states, money raised and on
hand, staff and organization, etc.). And, if it is not Mitt Romney, we
would, for the first time in my memory, be faced with a general election
contest between two "pro-choice" candidates. Read More...
I decided over a year ago to help Mitt Romney; and while I have not been
(and will not be) paid one dollar, I have worked harder on behalf of a
candidate this past year than in any election of my lifetime. Why? In large
part because the next president is almost certain to appoint two-to-four
Supreme Court justices.
When I began surveying the landscape of potential candidates I was looking
for three things:
Someone who most closely shared my values;
Someone who has proven experience and competence to lead and manage large
enterprises;
Someone who can actually win the nomination (without which it is obviously
impossible to challenge or beat Hillary Clinton, or any other democrat
people who certainly don't share our values). So how did I settle on Mitt
Romney? After spending months researching his life and his record, and hours
with him (and his wife and staff) in his home, his office and on the road, I
am convinced his values practically mirror my own values about the sanctity
of life, the
sacredness of marriage, the importance of the family, character and
integrity, free enterprise and smaller government. But more than one
candidate shares my values; which leads me to my second criterion.
The President of the United States is the CEO of the largest enterprise on
planet earth, presiding over a nearly $3 trillion budget and some 2 million
employees (the size of the workforces of General Motors, General Electric,
Citigroup, Ford, Hewlett-Packard and AT&T combined). Mitt Romney has already
been the chief executive of one of the most successful investment management
firms in the world Bain Capital, with nearly $6 billion under management; a
Winter Olympic Games (Salt Lake City, 2002), where he turned a $379 million
operating deficit into one of the most profitable Games ever; and the state
of Massachusetts, where he eliminated a $3 billion deficit without raising
taxes or borrowing money.
That kind of experience convinces me Mitt Romney could lead, manage and
govern and actually win (my third criterion)? After he was the runaway
winner of the important Iowa straw poll in August, TIME magazine's political
columnist Joe Klein wrote, "Romney now has to be considered a strong
favorite to win the Republican nomination. And another prediction: if
nominated, Romney will be formidable in the general election." Like it or
not (and most of us don't), these campaigns have become obscenely expensive.
It has been estimated that the two party nominees may well spend in excess
of $100 million in the primaries, and several times that in the general
election. One insider told me Hillary may spend half a billion dollars
before it's over! This means a successful candidate must be able to come up
with this kind of money. Through the first three quarterly reporting
periods, Republican candidates reported total revenues as follows:
Mitt Romney: $62.4 million Rudy Giuliani: $46.1 John McCain: $30.5 Fred
Thompson: $12.8 Ron Paul: $8.0 Sam Brownback: $3.3 (through 2 quarters; 3rd
quarter number had not been reported yet) Mike Huckabee: $2.3
These numbers are important for many reasons. It takes money to hire staff,
recruit volunteers, send out mailings, travel the country, organize events
(Mitt told me recently he had done 462 events just in Iowa so far!) and to
buy TV commercial time. CNN recently reported that Romney just became the
first candidate in history to buy 10,000 TV commercials at this point in the
presidential campaign (by comparison, John McCain was purchasing his first
commercials the same weekend).
Gov. Romney is also leading by 4%-11% or more in polls in a number of early
states, such as Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan, Nevada and one recent poll
now shows him leading in South Carolina. Historically, a candidate who wins
the Iowa caucuses and several of the early primaries benefits from a
tremendous amount of national exposure and fundraising momentum.
As this race heats up and we approach the final stretch of the nominating
process, I have three growing concerns:
Currently, conservatives (whether evangelical or not) are dividing their
support among several candidates. In the long run, this only helps Rudy
Giuliani, who clearly does not share our values on so many issues.
Talk of a possible third party candidate draft movement only helps Giuliani
(or, worse yet, Clinton), in my view. While I wholeheartedly agree with Dr.
James Dobson that not having a pro-life nominee of either major party
presents an unacceptable predicament, I would rather work hard to ensure we
do nominate a pro-life candidate than to launch an 11th-hour third party
campaign. Mike Huckabee affirmed this concern when he told the Washington
Post last week, "I think a third party only helps elect Hillary Clinton."
Perhaps most troubling to me is the idea I keep hearing that electing
someone like Hillary Clinton would "actually be good for the conservative
movement," since it will "galvanize our forces, enable us to build our
mailing lists and raise more money, therefore, I'm not going to vote for
anyone this time around." Well, I am not willing to risk negatively changing
the Supreme Court, and our entire judicial system, for the next 30 years in
exchange for building our conservative mailing lists and operating budgets
for the next four or eight years. That, in my opinion, is selfish,
short-sighted and dangerous.
Here is what I believe is at stake in this election:
Someone is almost certain to appoint two, three, or four justices to the
Supreme Court. Do we want that person to be Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani
or Mitt Romney?
Someone will cast vision and lead Congress on matters of national security,
including securing our borders against illegal immigration. Should that be
Hillary, Rudy or Mitt?
Someone will deal with the definition of marriage in America and will either
defend and model a faithful marriage and strong family, or not. Who should
that person be?
Someone will either and desires above those who can't defend themselves.
Would we prefer that Clinton, Giuliani or Romney be in that position?
[By the way, I am also troubled by skeptical sentiment in some corners about
the legitimacy and sincerity of Gov. Romney's "conversion" on the abortion
issue. I always thought the pro-life movement existed for the purpose of
influencing hearts and minds on the issue of life, and historically, we have
celebrated converts to our side. We embraced Ronald Reagan (who signed a
liberal abortion law as governor of California), Norma McCorvey ("Jane
Roe"), and others, and I am prepared to accept and embrace Mitt Romney. I've
also told him he will be held accountable on this if elected.]
Someone will need to deal with radical Islamic Jihadists and the threat they
pose to our nation. As evangelicals, do we want to entrust Hillary Clinton,
Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney with that critical assignment?
Finally, someone will either welcome evangelicals and people of faith into
the White House and their administration; or shut them out of deliberations
and consideration for various appointments. Would Hillary, Rudy or Mitt be
most accepting of evangelicals and people of faith?
Now, I fully recognize some evangelicals take issue with me for supporting a
Mormon for the office of president, and I respect their concerns. Indeed, I
had to deal with the same concerns in my own heart before offering to help
Gov. Romney. But I concluded that I am more concerned that a candidate
shares my values than he shares my theology. (If I believed similar theology
was paramount in a president, I would be writing this memo urging support of
Mike Huckabee.)
As a Southern Baptist evangelical and political conservative, I am convinced
I have more in common with most Mormons than I do with a liberal Southern
Baptist, Methodist, Roman Catholic or a liberal from any other denomination
or faith group. The question shouldn't be, "could I vote for a Mormon," but,
"could I vote for this Mormon?" After all, Mitt told me there are Mormons he
couldn't vote for (I presume Harry Reid, for example); and there are
Southern Baptists I couldn't vote for (Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Al Gore,
to name a few).
Incidentally, if one-third of "white evangelicals" voted for Bill Clinton,
the second time (a Southern Baptist who doesn't share our values on most
issues); can we not at least consider supporting a Mormon who does share our
values? Noted conservative columnist Robert Novak wrote this month that Mitt
Romney is "the only Republican candidate unequivocally opposed to gay
marriage and the only one who signed the no tax increase pledge."
On May 17, my friend of nearly 30 years, Jerry Falwell, went to Heaven. In
addition to being my first employer and like a second father following the
death of my father in 1979, Jerry was my political mentor in many ways. I
learned from him, some 25 years ago, the value of working closely with
people of other faiths and religions who shared our convictions about the
sanctity of life, support for the state of Israel, the sacredness of
marriage and the importance of the family unit, the dangers of pornography,
and the value of God in public life. Consequently, the Moral Majority (and
many subsequent organizations) was built with coalitions of evangelicals and
like-minded Roman Catholics, Jews and yes, Mormons.
Just about six months before his death, Jerry accepted my invitation to a
meeting with Gov. Romney at his home outside Boston. He joined me, and about
15 other evangelicals, for an intimate discussion with the Governor and his
wife Ann. Jerry was one of several that day who said, "Governor, I don't
have a problem with your being Mormon, but I want to ask you how you would
deal with Islamic jihadists, or with illegal immigration,or how you would
choose justices for the Supreme Court," and so on.
While Jerry Falwell never told me how he intended to vote in the upcoming
election, I think I know how he would not have voted. I also know he would
not have "sat this one out" and given up on the Supreme Court for a
generation.
I am wholeheartedly convinced that Mitt Romney can be trusted to uphold the
values and principles most important to me as a political conservative and
an evangelical Christian. Again, I am not being paid, and I am not
interested in a job in a Romney Administration (I would not accept one even
if offered, as I'm still raising three teenagers). Neither is my public
relations firm involved in any way. I am involved because I believe the
stakes are high, perhaps higher than ever before in my life.
In closing, I would respectfully urge fellow conservatives and evangelicals
to consider doing the following:
1. Pray fervently for this election.
2. Follow the news and the primary calendar; being familiar with the process
and aware of the urgency of the schedule.
3. Encourage people to vote and not "sit this one out," merely because they
aren't excited about a candidate.
4. Encourage people to support the candidate who best represents their
values; whether or not they share your theology.
5. Galvanize support around Mitt Romney, so Rudy Giuliani isn't the
unintended beneficiary of our divided support among several other candidates
or, worse yet, so we don't abdicate the presidency (and the future of the
Supreme Court) over to Hillary Clinton.
I believe we can make a difference. the difference in this election, and if
Mitt Romney should become the 44th president of the United States, I'm
confident he won't forget how he got there. I hope you'll join me. Thank you
for your consideration of these things.
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