What I see much more of is an effort to deny that Catholics are a democrat voting block, even on this thread I am sensing a little hostility.
I've never seen anyone deny that Catholics are a (50:48) voting block for Obama, virtually identical to, or JUST whisker less pro-Obama than the U.S. electorate as a whole (51:47) (See statistical analysis at link)
But what an odd conversation. The figures also reveal that, in terms of regions, "the Midwest" voted for Obama (51:47) in almost exactly the same percentage as Catholics. Yet I have never once seen a FReeper heap disdain on "Midwesterners" as a contemptible Obamunist voting block, though I have seen that charge against "Catholics" on virtually every FR thread on electoral trends for the last 5 years. Even though it's well athwart the +/- 3% margin of error.
I guess there's a lot of ways to slice the salami. Some are more useful than others.