Of course, this was flying around while he was running for president!
Stemberger’s ludicrous assessment of Mitt Romney’s Mormonism inspired an eighteen-hour-stream of “Mitt Romney is so Mormon jokes”
Stemberger’s ludicrous assessment of Mitt Romney’s Mormonism inspired an eighteen-hour-stream of “Mitt Romney is so Mormon jokes”
on Twitter at @askmormongirl. I’m reprinting the best here,
(Just a note: for some of these, you may have to be Mormon to understand.)
So, how Mormon is Mitt Romney?
Mitt Romney is so Mormon that he’s afraid to join the Tea Party because of Doctrine & Covenants Section 89.
Mitt is so Mormon he’s related to the other Mormon presidential candidate and half of his own campaign volunteers as well.
Mitt is so Mormon his campaign bus is a pioneer handcart.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d call 19-year-old boys to serve as US ambassadors.
Mitt is so Mormon his Israel policy will be centered on Jackson County, Missouri.
Mitt is so Mormon he’ll make the income tax a flat 10% and collect fast offerings to fund Medicaid.
Mitt is so Mormon he doesn’t do Pilates, he does golden Pilates.
Mitt is so Mormon that his campaign “oppo” team has done all the other candidates’ genealogy.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d make the Book of Mormon required reading at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d commission a presidential motorcade built entirely of 10-passenger family vans.
Mitt is so Mormon, he will actually hang the Constitution up by a thread, just so he can save it.
Mitt is so Mormon, he will ask members of Congress to go home and pray about his
economic plan.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d ask the Elders Quorum to move him into the White House.
Mitt is so Mormon that his first act will be to make July 24 a national holiday.
Mitt is so Mormon, he asks donors to stack chairs after fundraising dinners.
Mitt is so Mormon he’ll award Ty Detmer, Steve Young, and Jimmer Fredette the Congressional
Medal of Honor.
Mitt is so Mormon he refers to expatriates as “apostates” and non-US citizens as “Gentiles.”
Mitt is so Mormon that his campaign slogan is “What do you know about Mitt Romney? Would you like to know more?”
Mitt is so Mormon he’ll reroute the Freedom Trail through Palmyra, New York, Nauvoo, Illinois, and Winter Quarters, Iowa.
Mitt is so Mormon he’ll rename the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms the Word of Wisdom squad.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d do an ad for the LDS Church: “I’m a husband, father, and leader of the free world. And I’m a Mormon.”
Mitt is so Mormon he isn’t as concerned about getting American youth jobs as he is about getting them married.
Mitt is so Mormon he tried to convince CNN to let him bring a visual aid to the debate so he could turn it into an object lesson.
Mitt is so Mormon that he refers to Congress as “The Great and Spacious Building.”
Mitt is so Mormon he’ll end every address with “hope you all get home without any harm or accidents.”
Mitt is so Mormon he’ll assign a friend to every new member of Congress.
Mitt is so Mormon he’s already picked out a room in the White House for his year’s supply of wheat and beans, and he’ll require the White House Chef to rotate the food storage.
Mitt is so Mormon his Secret Service codename will be Mahonri Moriancumr.
Mitt is so Mormon he thinks Harvard is the BYU of the east.
Mitt is so Mormon, he doesn’t campaign: he “fellowships.”
Mitt is so Mormon that he’s installing two basketball hoops at the inaugural ball so there’s a place to hang decorations.
Mitt is so Mormon that he’ll change the name of “Cabinet Meeting” to “Correlation Meeting.”
Mitt is so Mormon that if he got elected all of the White House Pyrex 9x13 pans would have a piece of masking tape on them with his name written in Sharpie.
Mitt is so Mormon that he’s going to rename the 101st Airborne as “The Stripling Warriors.”
Mitt is so Mormon, he won’t deport illegal aliens, he’ll just disfellowship them.
Mitt is so Mormon, he’ll rename FEMA the Federal Relief Society.
Mitt is so Mormon that if elected he’ll require every state to have an Official Casserole.
Mitt is so Mormon that he’ll appoint Lavell Edwards head of the Department of Defense.
Mitt is so Mormon that he’ll rename the weekly presidential address “Politics and the Spoken Word.”
Mitt is so Mormon that his cabinet would consist entirely of unqualified volunteers.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d outsource the department of education to the Boy Scouts.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d convene a linger-longer after cabinet meetings.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d hang a copy of the Proclamation on the Family and a picture of the Washington, D.C. LDS temple in the White House.
Mitt is so Mormon he has volunteers combing through old GOP voter rolls for less actives he can reactivate.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d ask the Chief Justice to use a SCRIPTURE QUAD at his inauguration
(Just a note: for some of these, you may have to be Mormon to understand.)
So, how Mormon is Mitt Romney?
Mitt Romney is so Mormon that he’s afraid to join the Tea Party because of Doctrine & Covenants Section 89.
Mitt is so Mormon he’s related to the other Mormon presidential candidate and half of his own campaign volunteers as well.
Mitt is so Mormon his campaign bus is a pioneer handcart.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d call 19-year-old boys to serve as US ambassadors.
Mitt is so Mormon his Israel policy will be centered on Jackson County, Missouri.
Mitt is so Mormon he’ll make the income tax a flat 10% and collect fast offerings to fund Medicaid.
Mitt is so Mormon he doesn’t do Pilates, he does golden Pilates.
Mitt is so Mormon that his campaign “oppo” team has done all the other candidates’ genealogy.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d make the Book of Mormon required reading at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d commission a presidential motorcade built entirely of 10-passenger family vans.
Mitt is so Mormon, he will actually hang the Constitution up by a thread, just so he can save it.
Mitt is so Mormon, he will ask members of Congress to go home and pray about his
economic plan.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d ask the Elders Quorum to move him into the White House.
Mitt is so Mormon that his first act will be to make July 24 a national holiday.
Mitt is so Mormon, he asks donors to stack chairs after fundraising dinners.
Mitt is so Mormon he’ll award Ty Detmer, Steve Young, and Jimmer Fredette the Congressional
Medal of Honor.
Mitt is so Mormon he refers to expatriates as “apostates” and non-US citizens as “Gentiles.”
Mitt is so Mormon that his campaign slogan is “What do you know about Mitt Romney? Would you like to know more?”
Mitt is so Mormon he’ll reroute the Freedom Trail through Palmyra, New York, Nauvoo, Illinois, and Winter Quarters, Iowa.
Mitt is so Mormon he’ll rename the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms the Word of Wisdom squad.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d do an ad for the LDS Church: “I’m a husband, father, and leader of the free world. And I’m a Mormon.”
Mitt is so Mormon he isn’t as concerned about getting American youth jobs as he is about getting them married.
Mitt is so Mormon he tried to convince CNN to let him bring a visual aid to the debate so he could turn it into an object lesson.
Mitt is so Mormon that he refers to Congress as “The Great and Spacious Building.”
Mitt is so Mormon he’ll end every address with “hope you all get home without any harm or accidents.”
Mitt is so Mormon he’ll assign a friend to every new member of Congress.
Mitt is so Mormon he’s already picked out a room in the White House for his year’s supply of wheat and beans, and he’ll require the White House Chef to rotate the food storage.
Mitt is so Mormon his Secret Service codename will be Mahonri Moriancumr.
Mitt is so Mormon he thinks Harvard is the BYU of the east.
Mitt is so Mormon, he doesn’t campaign: he “fellowships.”
Mitt is so Mormon that he’s installing two basketball hoops at the inaugural ball so there’s a place to hang decorations.
Mitt is so Mormon that he’ll change the name of “Cabinet Meeting” to “Correlation Meeting.”
Mitt is so Mormon that if he got elected all of the White House Pyrex 9x13 pans would have a piece of masking tape on them with his name written in Sharpie.
Mitt is so Mormon that he’s going to rename the 101st Airborne as “The Stripling Warriors.”
Mitt is so Mormon, he won’t deport illegal aliens, he’ll just disfellowship them.
Mitt is so Mormon, he’ll rename FEMA the Federal Relief Society.
Mitt is so Mormon that if elected he’ll require every state to have an Official Casserole.
Mitt is so Mormon that he’ll appoint Lavell Edwards head of the Department of Defense.
Mitt is so Mormon that he’ll rename the weekly presidential address “Politics and the Spoken Word.”
Mitt is so Mormon that his cabinet would consist entirely of unqualified volunteers.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d outsource the department of education to the Boy Scouts.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d convene a linger-longer after cabinet meetings.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d hang a copy of the Proclamation on the Family and a picture of the Washington, D.C. LDS temple in the White House.
Mitt is so Mormon he has volunteers combing through old GOP voter rolls for less actives he can reactivate.
Mitt is so Mormon he’d ask the Chief Justice to use a SCRIPTURE QUAD at his inauguration
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