Melissa Harris-Perry

When I first saw the video clip of those raving MSNBC liberals bashing the Romney family and especially the innocent black child that the Romneys (one of Mitt’s sons) had adopted (which became Mitt’s grandson), I was literally sick to my stomach.  The MSNBC liberals who practice politics of personal destruction are beyond disgusting.  That is the sole reason why I do not make it a practice to watch MSNBC.  The Romneys did not adopt the black child as tokenism.

Mitt Romney lost the 2012 election for president against mulatto Barack Obama (same as mulatto Melissa Harris-Perry; in a broader sense, our children are also mulatto) because he did not revert to demonizing his opponent to the outrageous levels that the Democrats used to destroy Mitt Romney politically.  Mitt is not a politician.  Instead, he is a decent human being and an excellent example of a good member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons).

Many caring white families cannot find enough available white babies to adopt.  Hence, many of those who desire to adopt a baby will go where more babies are available for adoption.  Thus, they adopt black, Hispanic, Asian, or some other minority race child.  They love that child just as much as they love their own natural-birth children.  I imagine the Romneys had adopted the black child through the LDS Family Services organization.  Furthermore, I imagine the Romneys even will have the child “sealed” to them for time and all eternity in a Latter-day Saint (LDS) temple.  That means the black child will be permanently a member of their genealogical family line forever—now and in the hereafter.  That is not tokenism.  That demonstrates the pure love of Christ.  You will find other Mormon families who have adopted minority children also because they love them as their own.

As a Mormon herself, Melissa Harris-Perry is smart enough to realize that she stepped way beyond the decency line.  She was rightfully embarrassed and felt a sense of guilt (shortly after the show aired) upon receiving an avalanche of nasty tweets from her viewing audience as well as those who later saw the video clip on the news and reacted negatively.  Consequently, she has profusely apologized in her Twitter tweets as well as on her show on television, which at least indicates she retains some modicum of integrity.  What these talking heads should understand is they should refrain from continually putting their hateful and insensitive politics ahead of their religious beliefs, their sense of decency, and what Jesus Christ would do in a similar situation.

As a Mormon and one who served as a bishop of two separate congregations for a total of over 10 years, I am grateful that Melissa Harris-Perry fell back on her Mormon roots and repented for her major infraction, faux pas, and transgression.  As expected, Mitt Romney was very gracious in dealing with the insulting racial attack on him, his family, and their innocent black baby boy.  When the Romneys black son grows up, I seriously doubt that he would marry North “Norri” West (Rapper Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s baby daughter) as suggested by Melissa Harris-Perry.  Their beliefs will be so far apart that such a union would never happen.  I for one would totally be shocked if they ever considered dating each other.

Now that this entire incident is water under the bridge, we should put it behind us and move forward to solve real problems confronting our nation.  Politicians and media talking heads should forever avoid taking shots against the children of those who run for political office.  Once we can get the liberals and progressives to stop attacking the children of Sarah Palin, I then will know that they have arrived at a more respectable level of political discourse.  However, I am a sensible man and will not hold my breath while expecting that to happen anytime soon.

Politics of racial division must stop in our country.  That stopping must start from the top, i.e., the man in the White House.  When that happens, then everyone below will follow suit.  Instead of politics of divisiveness, we need politics of unity.  President Ronald Reagan knew how to do that well.  Once we can achieve that level of political sparring, we will be well on our way to healing many of our nation’s ills.  May we move forward with that as our collective goal?

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