Day: January 13, 2012

There is something that isn’t being discussed here. Why are the relatives living in Mexico? I am going to go out on a limb and suggest that perhaps Mitt’s relatives were in Mexico for another reason–polygamy. Utah attempted to gain statehood for several decades. One of the provisions for being admitted to the Union in 1896 was to outlaw polygamy.

I know people now who have relatives living in Mexico. The Mexican government pretty much ignores polygamy. Anyone who has deep Mormon roots probably is descended from polygamists. The Mormons I know accept it as an inside joke but don’t talk about it with outsiders. Most outsiders don’t understand the theological or historical significance.

Perhaps polygamy is the reason that Mitt Romney isn’t touting his Mexican heritage. There isn’t any. They were expatriates living in Chihuahua for a couple of decades until things stabilized. I understand why he doesn’t want to share all this with the world. Then again…maybe I am wrong.

UPDATE:

Apparently I wasn’t wrong.  I had this thread written this morning and ready to post when I got home.  Starry found the story posted on the open thread.  I had not seen it.  I just knew from my friends that many polygamists settled in Mexico.  Some still go there.

From Starry:

https://www.moonhowlings.net/index.php/2012/01/08/open-thread-sunday-january-9/#comment-131306

From Politico.com : 

Conservatives continue to make up the largest segment of political views in the country, outnumbering liberals nearly two-to-one, according to a new poll Thursday.

The Gallup survey found that 40 percent of Americans consider themselves conservative; 35 percent consider themselves moderate; and 21 percent see themselves as liberal. The figures did not change from 2010

For the third straight year, conservatives outnumbered both moderates and liberals.

Conservatives began outstripping moderates in 2008, and the percentage of moderates has declined steadily over the past two decades, from 43 percent 1992 to 35 percent in 2011.

In fact, both self-identified conservatives and liberals have risen in number since the early 1990s, indicating a growing polarization in American politics.

While self-identified conservatives dominate the Republican Party, making up 71 percent, the Democratic Party is more split — 39 percent of Democrats view themselves as liberal, and 38 percent consider themselves moderates.

Meanwhile, independents are mostly moderate (41 percent), but skew more toward conservatism (35 percent) than liberalism (20 percent).  [Editor:  Bold is mine.]

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