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Willard Mitt Romney the 65 year old US businessman, politician and 2012 Republican Party presidential candidate and likely nominee has been profiled by Bob Abeshouse on Aljazeera on the likely effect of his being Mormon on his race for the White House. Abeshouse states, “…a significant minority say that they would think twice about voting for a Mormon as president. Evangelical Christians are especially concerned, with some believing that Mormonism is more a cult than a mainstream Christian creed. Others fear a Romney administration would be unduly influenced by the church’s attitude to such matters as polygamy, gay rights and abortion… Evangelical Christians in the US have had a long competition with Mormons for converts. Evangelicals regard the idea that humans can progress to godhood as blasphemous, and take issue with many Mormon practices and doctrines, such as so-called endowment rites. In these temple rituals Mormons pass between rooms representing different stages of the eternal progression they believe all humans participate in – from the Garden of Eden to the earthly world to celestial heaven… Romney has done his best to avoid all discussion of his Mormon faith in the 2012 race. …his Mormonism could be “the x-factor” that costs him the election in a tight race against Barack Obama for the White House in November.”

 

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Johnny Reid "John" Edwards the 57 year old US former presidential candidate had refused to answer a series of questions under oath during a deposition relating to a privacy lawsuit between his former mistress and mother of his child Rielle Hunter, and a former campaign aide Andrew Young. Young had allegedly improperly obtained from her a reputed sex video tape involving Edwards. Edwards will now face questioning under the direct supervision of a Superior Court Judge to rule on the questioning fairness, and to decide on what may be released to the press. Hunter’s suit against Young is for the return of the video tape, however the issue of a witness’s right to refuse questions that unreasonably annoy or embarrass, and the medias right to report lay at the heart of the legal debate. Inspired by Ned Barnett ow.ly/4KADi image source Wikipedia ow.ly/4KAIB This should be grist for the media mill (May 6 2011)

Johnny Reid “John” Edwards the 57 year old US former presidential candidate had refused to answer a series of questions under oath during a deposition relating to a privacy lawsuit between his former mistress and mother of his child Rielle Hunter, and a former campaign aide Andrew Young. Young had allegedly improperly obtained from her a reputed sex video tape involving Edwards. Edwards will now face questioning under the direct supervision of a Superior Court Judge to rule on the questioning fairness, and to decide on what may be released to the press. Hunter’s suit against Young is for the return of the video tape, however the issue of a witness’s right to refuse questions that unreasonably annoy or embarrass, and the medias right to report lay at the heart of the legal debate.

 

Inspired by Ned Barnett ow.ly/4KADi image source Wikipedia ow.ly/4KAIB

Ales (Alaksiej) Anatoljevich Michalevic the 36 year old Belarusian politician Had to move very quickly out of reach of KGB (March 22 2011)

Ales (Alaksiej) Anatoljevich Michalevic the 36 year old Belarusian politician and 2010 presidential candidate in the Republic of Belarus, has fled the country following his release from prison and his making of public statements that he and other political prisoners had been tortured. Michalevic was arrested by KBG agents on the eve of the election along with other opposition candidates in a brutal crackdown against those who ran against the incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko referred to as Europe’s last dictator, and charged with organizing mass riots. Hundreds of pro-democracy activists have been arrested and subjected to torture including painful physical stress positions, denial of clothing in extreme cold conditions, and being held in cells at temperatures of 10C.

 

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