Nights are growing very lonely, days are very long;
I'm a-growing weary only, list'ning for your song…
So far George Romney´s presidency seems like as “steady as we go” administration: Not much in the way of radical New Deal/Next Frontier type changes to society and government but rather more like implementing “common sense” polices using the already stablished Roosevelt era bureaucracy as a launching pad and building on the Civil Rights laws of the previous administrations. So pretty much a standard Liberal consensus Conservative, don’t roll back anything people actually depend on, but trim out the fat and don’t waste money. Even I, a committed Liberal, would not despair under Romney
Foreign Policy wise he’s much more aggressive than Kennedy but thankfully he seems grounded enough that he wont just throw men and money at the problem (A badly fought war is a great way to destabilize the country’s social cohesion and drain the treasury). I sincerely hope there’s a happy ending in Cambodia (as much as there can truly be one at this point)
“Why yes, Walter, I can easily do that for you. During the tenure of President George Albert Smith, who presided over our Church from 1945 to 1951, we fought vigorously against the influence of the Ku Klux Klan and other such hate groups in American politics, a stance that has continued since.
I thought Romeny was going to get really nasty there and use that fact to deflect to Robert Byrd or the sordid history of the Democratic Party – Yes, I
know Robert Byrd apologized for his role in the KKK when he was young and was a stalwart supporter of rights for African Americans, believe me I’ve had to defend him
And, Mormon God is clearly preparing for the 1972 Presidential Election already