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Barbara Bush: Mormons Gone Wild
Monday, April 23, 2007

Barbara Bush has waded into the muddy waters of God in the '08 election. First, her husband said on CNN today that the country may be experiencing a bit of "Bush fatigue" and that's why Jeb isn't running. As to which candidate he prefers? "I have no dog in that hunt," Bush said "But three good men are leading and there are some others too. Any I can't talk bad about the Democrats. It's very, very early, but it's comfortable to be on the sidelines. " CNN picks up the story from there.

Asked if voters should be weary of Romney being a Mormon, the former president's wife, Barbara, said "not at all," noting there are "wild people" in many religions.

"I mean it was in 1897 that bigamy was outlawed in that church," she said. "You know we have a lot of Christian wild people too, and a lot of Jewish wild people and a lot of Muslim wild people. The Mormon religion takes care of it's own, they don't have people on welfare.

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