Posted on 10/12/2016 2:42:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In general, I think most of the alleged Wikileaks scandals of recent days have been overblown. But the way in which Hillary Clinton’s top staffers talk about Catholics is a relatively serious matter. The email thread involves Hillary’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, her director of communications, Jennifer Palmieri, and John Halpin of the Center for American Progress, which was also Podesta’s and Palmieri’s home as of the date of the emails, April 11, 2011. Click to enlarge:
This is the exchange. It starts with Halpin’s astonishingly arrogant comments:
Ken Auletta’s latest piece on Murdoch in the New Yorker starts off with the aside that both Murdoch and Robert Thompson, managing editor of the WSJ, are raising their kids Catholic. Friggin’ Murdoch baptized his kids in Jordan where John the Baptist baptized Jesus.
Many of the most powerful elements of the conservative movement are all Catholic (many converts) from the SC [Supreme Court] and think tanks to media and social groups.
It’s an amazing bastardization of the faith. They must be attracted to the systematic thought and severely backwards gender relations and must be totally unaware of Christian democracy.
Jennifer Palmieri responds:
I imagine they think it is the most socially acceptable politically conservative religion. Their rich friends wouldn’t understand if they became evangelicals.
The condescension is quite remarkable. Halpin wraps up the conversation:
Excellent point. They can throw around “Thomistic” thought and “subsidiarity” and sound sophisticated because no one knows what the hell they’re talking about.
As far as we can tell, there is no particular point to this conversation. Just a little evening dumping on conservative Catholics. It reveals, I think, how most liberals think–the narrow-mindedness, the ignorance, the condescension, the arrogance. There are still some Catholic Democrats, but frankly, I am not sure why.
And Catholics both rank and file and elites of the Church, continue their blind support of dems.
Another stellar post from 2ndDivisionVet!
Hell on wheels! Go, Trump, GO!
For the tone deaf, this is an example of sarcasm.
EWTN is talkin about it RIGHT NOW,
Plots to infiltrate Catholic Church. EWTN News
It’s all about abortion rights for many Catholics, as long as the Catholic Church sticks their heads in the sand and ignores the Democrat party leaders platform of pro abortion, this is the way it is going to be. As far as I am concerned, it is the church’s fault.
Stunning in its subversive arrogance.
that’s not reflected in the polls.
WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER GROUPS WHERE SUPPORT IS SO HEAVY AGAINST REPUBLICANS, WHY DO YOU TELL LIES????
Nope, I don’t. There is a post of a homily today in which the priests tells his flock they cannot vote pro abortion and save their souls. Are there Catholics like Pelosi and Biden, sure.
EWTN contracted Clinton Campaign, Podesta, etc. They did not respond to their inquires.
She hates us but my teacher’s union, minister, sister in law, professor, shrink, guidance counselor, priest, all tell us to pull straight Dem party on the ballot. Gotta do it for the children. Oh and she has a va@^/#, too.
She hates us but my teacher’s union, minister, sister in law, professor, shrink, guidance counselor, priest, all tell us to pull straight Dem party on the ballot. Gotta do it for the children. Oh and she has a va@^/#, too.
Most Catholics I know don’t vote D.
Maybe a few like my half brother who, in addition to being liberal, said “I’m half Catholic half Christian. Catholic on y’alls side”. Half idiot too.
They plotted to take down the Catholic church and turn it into a tool of the state
what more need be said
what American could possibly vote for these people
Ew, wikileaks are so overblown! This one is relatively important...
Yeah, getting rid of open borders, subverting religions, selling state secrets, all relatively unimportant, you big ass.
that’s not reflected in the polls.
WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER GROUPS WHERE SUPPORT IS SO HEAVY AGAINST REPUBLICANS, WHY DO YOU TELL LIES????”
I’m from MA everyone here is Catholic, including me, and everyone here EXCEPT for me votes dem.
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