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Roman Catholic priest elected as voting member of Congress dies
The Boston Globe ^
| January 28, 2007
| Lolita C. Baldor
Posted on 01/28/2007 6:24:15 PM PST by Jim Noble
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No comment. Have at it.
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:24:17 PM PST
by
Jim Noble
To: Jim Noble
RIP. He chose the wrong party.
To: Jim Noble
I guess Deval won't be able to appoint him to a post in his administration.
To: Jim Noble
Mass. voters never cease to astound me.
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:26:12 PM PST
by
spyone
To: Jim Noble
I wouldn't wish damnation on anyone.
Drinan did much to further the cause of abortion. He also counseled politicians like Mario Cuomo and taught them that it was OK to be Catholic and support abortion. "I am personally opposed to abortion, BUT . . . ."
As far as I could see, he was as unrepentent as ever in his recent pronouncements. I hope he had some sort of deathbed conversion experience. Let God sort it out.
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:27:50 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Jim Noble
He fries in the 7th bolga of hell, false councilors.
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:32:16 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(Welcome to the Newly Socialist State of New Hampshire.)
I'll bet that that was one interesting particular judgment.
To: Jim Noble
Just days ago, Drinan managed to say the mass celebrating Nancy Pelosi's ascension into the House speakership. Evidently that was the last straw.
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:35:27 PM PST
by
madprof98
("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
To: Jim Noble
Our gain. Someone else's loss.
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:36:35 PM PST
by
dirtboy
(Duncan Hunter 08 - rationalization not required, he IS a conservative already)
To: Jim Noble
Drinan was a Massachusetts Communist who was about as close to being a Catholic as I am to being a brain surgeon.
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:38:03 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
To: Jim Noble
I saw Jerry Falwell cut him to pieces on some news show many years ago. All Drinan could do was huff and puff.
To: Cicero
Anyone know of any actual conservative GOP priests?
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:38:19 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: Jim Noble
May God have mercy on his soul. He may be introduced to the souls of all those babies whose mothers aborted them because Catholic lawmakers were convinced by Drinan that the "personally opposed, but" stance was acceptable to the Church. These lawmakers are very public about their positions, and Catholics who might have a tenous link to the Church, are confused and are led to believe that abortion must not be that bad, because it's legal and 'Catholic' politicians support it.
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:44:39 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Jim Noble
I don't know how a minister , priest or rabbi could perform his ministerial duties and be a poltician simultaneously.
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:45:37 PM PST
by
tomcorn
To: Jim Noble
Well, all his career, he made what I consider to be wrong assessments and votes; but the only thing that matters now is this: was he born-again?
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:46:21 PM PST
by
Migraine
(...diversity is great (until it happens to you)...)
To: Jim Noble
I have absolutely NO sympathy for Drinan.
I'm glad he's dead.
To: Coleus
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:48:00 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(NO to Rudy in 2008! The politics of Rockefeller and the attitude of a Gambino.)
To: Migraine
What matters to me is his impact on our public life, which was negative.
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:48:55 PM PST
by
California Patriot
("That's not Charlie the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
To: SuziQ
He was found wanting, I hated that man, may he meet his just reward.
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:53:46 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(Welcome to the Newly Socialist State of New Hampshire.)
To: NewHampshireDuo; BlackElk
I guess Deval won't be able to appoint him to a post in his administration.
Hmm! You are actually off by only one letter, and I'd suspect Ol' Scratch would be willing to find an appropriate post for such a servant.
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posted on
01/28/2007 6:54:18 PM PST
by
sittnick
(There is no salvation in politics.)
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