Noting that the Left's dormant Anti-War/Pro-Civil Liberties wing would reactivate under a Republican President is stating a well-known fact, not "rationalizing."

My grandfather converted to LDS late in his life.

His church ("cult" in your bigoted vocabulary) cared for him until the end and vastly improved the quality of his final years.

I met his LDS buddies at the funeral, which they were instrumental in organizing, and they came across as genuinely nice, decent people (unlike, for example, you).

Do you hate all religions equally, or save your venom for congregations with fewer members than the largest organizations?

If you resent Mormons because they have doctrinal differences with your own particular denomination, all is explained.