[Alas Babylon!]

I’m afraid after four years of making some inroads on my (democratic) fellow Catholics, stuff like this just encourages them to stay in the democrat fold.

I’ve been hammering away on abortion, gay marriage and now these health care mandates, and all of a sudden we have the cardinal, one who led the charge, making nicey-nice.

At best it’s confusing.

[MarkBsnr]

I’m afraid after four years of making some inroads on my (democratic) fellow Catholics, stuff like this just encourages them to stay in the democrat fold. I’ve been hammering away on abortion, gay marriage and now these health care mandates, and all of a sudden we have the cardinal, one who led the charge, making nicey-nice. At best it’s confusing.

At best. What is the good bishop up to? The Democratic machine in Washington plays for keeps. Has he taken on too much here? Does he think that he can run with the Democratic dogs?

[workerbee]

At best it’s confusing.

It's hard to see FReeper Catholics support Dolan's invitation -- do they not see the danger, the inherent conflict in what such a thing represents?

I wonder if it would be better to suspend the whole Al Smith dinner altogether, than to come to this sort of "compromise."