Good points. I would say that being poor removes an obstacle to the practice of virtue. Having wealth on the other hand provides a different opportunity for the practice of virtue.
Yes, I’m a conservative, generally I’m for the free market, I listen to Rush and vote Republican, usually, and I’d like for he and Palin and the rest to stick to defending religous liberty rather than telling us Catholics how to interpret our Holy Father.
Problem is, with the intellectual equipment Rush and Palin have got, we won’t get anything we haven’t gotten already. Those who like it, can go ahead and defend them. That’s you, Nifster.