Top 20 Rejects of 2007: #12

I was particularly angry when I sketched this. I don’t remember if there was an unusually high number of freshly fallen soldiers’ photos in the paper, or maybe one of the bios that struck me in a personal way, but it was probably wise that no papers decided to publish this.

Steve Benson cuts loose on Romney and Mormonia

Editor and Publisher has a new story in which Arizona Republic cartoonist Steve Benson more or less accuses Mitt Romney of trying to subject the United States of America to Mormon rule.

In his talk, Romney said “I believe in my Mormon faith” while also noting that the church’s “teachings” would not influence his decisions if elected president.

“Yeah, right,” responded Benson.

… He said “Romney, like all ‘temple Mormons,’ made his secret vows using Masonic-derived handshakes, passwords, and symbolic death oaths that he promised in the temple never to reveal to the outside world” — and that Romney also secretly vowed to devote his “time, talents” and more “to the building of the Mormon religion on earth.”

You don’t often see someone in the media calling out another religion like that, at least not this side of Glenn Beck taking on the Muslims.

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