Unfortunately they don't have to go THAT far to get this tripe. Sometimes they get it from their 'social justice' oriented religion teachers!
Quite true. I think Clinton fooled a lot of Catholics in 92 and 96, but the ensuing Monica years probably opened a few eyes as to what you get with Democrats. I still know Catholics who either deny or minimize the fooling around that JFK did, but they can't rationalize away that blue dress.
The biggest "naughtiness" scandal of the Bush Administration has been the twins' drinking problems, and the Bush family handled it properly. I think Catholic families are happy to have had a break from explaining bizarre sexual behavior in the Oval Office to their kids and grandkids, if there's a Kerry sex scandal prior to the election, it might remind them of the tawdriness of the Clinton years.
Also, I would suppose that Catholic educators would have focused properly on the meaning of defense in the current age. It was easy for a bunch of ivory tower bishops to condemn Reagan's buildup that ultimately ended the Cold War, but it's much harder to ignore the Islamofacist religious nature of the attack that has visited our shores on 9/11.
Here's hoping that a large group of Catholics finds it in their hearts to see GWB as being more in line with their beliefs and values than they do Kerry, in the upcoming election.