Mitt Romney and the Presidency

A Washington, DC. top congressional policy advisor who is
also LDS, has said the vast majority of GOP
congressmen are endorsing Mitt Romney.
He thought a Mitt presidency was no longer improbable,
but, it is now something that 'could happen.'

So..., if Mitt Romney became President of the US
(code name PONTUS) will we have something we've
never had before --
a president who goes to a specific church
for his entire presidency?

All other presidents belonged to religions that didn't have
tight congregational boundaries. Now, think about that:

What Ward would PONTUS be in? We'd better check the Church web site.

>>If you are his new Bishop, here are your top 10 questions:

1. Will you allow an inaugural ball to be held in the cultural hall?
Do you mount security cameras on top of each basketball rim
and have a secret service detail stationed on the stage?

2. Can you call Mitt and Ann as the Nursery leaders...
even if you really feel inspired?

3. Who is going to home teach them?
Will you call someone who needs activation
but may not pass the vetting and national security screening?

4. If Harry Reid and Mitt Romney are in the same High Priest
group, will you need to be there to keep order?

5. Exactly how will tithing settlement work?
Will the Secretary of the Treasury come too?

6. Will you be inviting the new Romney family to speak in
Sacrament Meeting... and if they go a
little over at what point do you ask them to sit down?

7. Will the Secret Service do a sweep of the building before
each meeting? And if the Romney's always leave before Sunday School,
will the Sunday School president need to interview them? If they
stay, where will you hold the class?

8. Can you call the Secret Service agents standing out in the hall to
help out in Primary?

9. If you give Mitt a calling and the two Democrats in the
Ward raise their hand AGAINST sustaining him
- partly out of habit - does the Supreme Court need to be
involved?

10. If you can't give them a calling (job), and they don't
attend very often (for presidential stuff) will that mean they're 'inactive?'
If they're not active, can you give them a Temple Recommend?
And if you do, can they go? Will the Secret Service have to
screen the temple too?

11. If the President wants to hold Sacrament Meeting
at Camp David or the White House
for security reasons, is that a conflict of Church and State?

>>If you're assigned to be the Romney's home teacher:

1. Can you just drop by, no appointment?

2. Can you even call them for an appointment or do you have
to go through the Chief of Staff?

3. Can you bring by Christmas sweets and cookies?
Will they be analyzed? And for how many people -
family, secret service details?

4. If you don't come will the IRS do an audit on you?

5. Will they want to do a national security background
check?

6. Do you have to have a permanent companion who has been
vetted? Can you just grab any teacher or priest to come with you?
And what if that priest has been a little wayward?
Do you need to search him first?

7. Does the Elder's Quorum have to help him move
in and out of the White House?

8. If Ann Romney gets sick, are you allowed to bring in
meals or at least tell the Relief Society about it?

9. What should you share with the Bishop about the Romneys?

10. Do you have to ask them about their year's supply?

11. If you get a late night call for a blessing will
reporters follow you around wanting to know
what was wrong and what you said?

>>If Mitt Romney is assigned to be YOUR home teacher:

1. Is telling the group leader you haven't been home taught
a national security breech?

2. If he wants to come at the end of the month, do you
accept his reason, "I've been out of town"?

3. Will he drop by unannounced or will the media crews give
him away?

Grin! and wish some Washington Bishop your sympathy.