[miskie]

Agreed. I'm certain the reason he has been "Catholic" as of late is to get as many northern swing-state votes as possible.

But, I suspect Kerry will do what he does best, and ignore the excommunication and keep on talking..

Or, maybe he will proclaim the Vatican is part of the vast right-wing conspiracy.

[adc]

Yes, he can ignore and keep on potificating, however, his excommunication will undoubtedly be brought up as an issue which speaks to the integrity of his (lack of) core beliefs. One more nail.

[Jaded]

Not vast right wing conspiracy, just that Bush is giving them favors to garner their support. Or blackmail! That's it. Bush is blackmailing the Vatican to excommunicate Kerry. They used a Canon lawyer who is a consultant to CDF in Los Angeles to perpetrate this so no one would be the wiser. Since at FR we are smarter than the average bear and 96.8 percent of the population we have figured this out. Oh, and the parish priests are going to stuff the ballot boxes in all of the public schools and Baptist churches that are polling places and steal the election. Does that about cover it? This will be in KittyLitter's next book.

/sarcasm off