Posted by
Phil E. on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 9:18:56 PM
Building on my last post, it's always enlightening to hear Hugh Hewitt interview (or cross examine?) an arrogant Liberal reporter about his bias. Almost without exception, they deny they are biased to the Left or that there is a bias to the Left in the old media, despite the multitude of evidence Mr. Hewitt presents. It's always comical because any objective observer can see the reporter's bias from the company he keeps, the things he says and the things he does. (Owns no gun, favors murdering babies, consistently, mindlessly votes Democrat... when candid enough to disclose the latter.) And the bias is obvious from the sound bite montages of Talking Points that Rush and Laura Ingraham assemble, corroborating the monolithic culture of the media. But getting them to see and admit their bias is a futile exercise. They're blind. It's like asking a Muslim if he's biased against Jews. "No. They simply should be annihilated." These people are trapped in a culture. They've fallen and can't get up.
Along similar lines, it would be pointless to ask Mitt Romney - or any Mormon, for that matter - if he's in a cult. Which I expect will be a popular question in 2007. But does anyone in a cult know they're in a cult?
That was a rhetorical question, but for the Mormons out there who will argue the point, telling me they're not in a cult, the answer is "No. No one who's in a cult knows they're in a cult. If they did, they would get out." Just like the reporter, he cannot see he's trapped.
Of course, I don't know what Mr. Hewitt asked Mitt Romney for his upcoming book nor how aggressively he asked. Based on his friendly attitude toward Mormons so far, I'm expecting softball questions and/or no follow through. For example, on his radio show many months ago, he quizzed some "scholars" from BYU about
DNA evidence vs. the Book of Mormon. To his credit, Mr. Hewitt asked the scholars how the evidence would affect their beliefs, since the BOM, "
the most correct book on earth," claims Native Americans are of Jewish descent. Whereas everyone knows they are Mongoloid, even before the DNA evidence. (Just look.)
In typical fashion, despite the fact that we acquit and (sometimes) execute people on DNA evidence, the answer was "It wouldn't matter" because, in Mormonism, facts don't matter. At least one of the "scholars" admitted he bases his conclusions on "personal revelation," which is code for "I've prayed about it and I feel it's true." He can go by his feelings if he wants - some people think there are 72 virgins waiting for them in heaven too - but this makes a farce of "the best in intelligent talk radio," ostensibly considering facts in evidence. As a lawyer and sometime relentless interrogator, you would expect Mr. Hewitt to jump all over that to force the point, as he does with Liberals. But he didn't.
How I wish he would be as blunt and aggressive with Mitt Romney as he is with Lefties. But it seems Mitt Romney is a friend. Maybe a good friend. And it's hard to challenge good friends, putting them on the spot. Better to not be unequally yoked.
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Interestingly, you'll find Mormons will argue like those on the Left, claiming blunt questioning is akin to the Spanish Inquisition. They often resort to ad hominem retorts. Let's see if I'm Right.