COOLER EXCLUSIVE- Why "The Speech" Mattered

The Cooler has received a copy an email from Marion City Councilman Craig Adamson that calls Mormonism "a cult" and calls the faith "secretive." This email was a response to an invitation to a Mitt Romney event tomorrow night at Linn Mar High School.

Councilman Adamson "replied all" and included dozens of Iowa conservatives on this disturbing email. For an elected official to send out this kind of message. Well, it doesn't reflect well on the Iowa caucuses or Iowans in general. You can read more about Councilman Adamson here.

From a political standpoint this demonstrates the challenges Gov. Romney still faces, and to a certain extent the Huckabee boomlet. The relevant parts are below. Click here to read the email in its entirety.

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.

As Drudge would say: Developing....