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Monday, November 19, 2007
Amanda Carpenter :: Townhall.com Columnist
Tagg Romney: Press Should Find Who Made Anti-Mormon Calls
by Amanda Carpenter
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Mitt Romney’s son and senior campaign advisor, Tagg, said the press should find out who is behind the anti-Mormon calls that were made in Iowa and New Hampshire in a phone interview Monday morning.

When asked if the Romney campaign would make a push to find out who made the calls Tagg said: “We’re going to let the press do that. If there was something we could do, we would. The Attorney General in New Hampshire is going to look into it, so we’re going to let them pursue it.”

“We’d be happy to give any help people thought we could give, but I’m not sure there’s anything we know that would be of any use,” he said.

Last Thursday, media reported that voters in Iowa and New Hampshire were receiving calls that inflamed anti-Mormon sentiments.

Romney immediately issued a video response and said the calls were “un-American” and distasteful at “a time when we’re preparing for Thanksgiving.”

But, some people, like Erik Erikson of RedState.com and Washington Post editorial writers venture that a Romney supporter was making the calls and engaging in “push polling” to test how opposed voters were to Mormonism.

When the National Review echoed similar sentiments, Romney’s national spokesman Kevin Madden issued a combative statement: “Let me be perfectly clear: our campaign was not and is not involved with any efforts to engage in alleged push polling calls against our own candidate. The insinuation made by the National Review post is highly misleading.”

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Amanda Carpenter is the author of “The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Clinton,” published in October 2006.
 
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correction to above post
Change "picking a funeral" from the above post, to "picketing a funeral"

JackShiite
No, I don't think it was politically motivated. Nor do I think the other candidates are scared of Romney. All you have to do is read the comments and it becomes very clear who is scared. Based on what they say you'd think Mormons were the worst criminals in the world. I think they actually must believe it's true. Fanatics, fundamentalists, etc will go to the greatest extents to forward their cause, whether it be murdering an abortionist, or picking a funeral for a fallen war hero. You don't think they'd push poll against Romney? Think again.

Look at Romney's most militant opposition and ask yourself if they fit that profile. They meet every Sunday, and their leaders plead with their flock to do everything possible to prevent Mitt from winning, and far prefer to elect the most liberal democrat possible. I've seen it myself.

Ockham's razor suggests that the most likely answer is the most simple and obvious one.
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