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Donohue: Roberts Nomination & Catholic Baiting
NewsMax ^ | 7/20/05 | Limbacher

Posted on 07/20/2005 2:04:51 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection

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1 posted on 07/20/2005 2:04:53 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Already posted:

Was Roberts Chosen Because He's Catholic?

2 posted on 07/20/2005 2:08:46 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Pope JPII)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
We hope this is not the beginning of an ugly few months.”

I hope it gets so damn ugly the MSM&D are put out of their political/sychophantic misery.

I dare the dems to get ugly/negetive on this nominees confirmation!

3 posted on 07/20/2005 2:09:20 PM PDT by sirchtruth (Words Mean Things...)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

According to Adele M. Stan, Bush is "betting he’s bought himself some insulation

Yeah, that will help him greatly in the 08 election...


4 posted on 07/20/2005 2:09:25 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
And the fact that it is coming from a mainstream liberal source is even more disconcerting.

They're just not as discreet as they used to be. Everyone knows they are bigots, they are tired of pretending otherwise.

5 posted on 07/20/2005 2:09:59 PM PDT by siunevada
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"We had no idea that John G. Roberts, Jr. was a Roman Catholic until today. But when we learned of his religious affiliation, we wondered how long it would be before his religion would be dragged into the debate."

Dems still fancy themselves as the anti-bigotry party, the party that wants to keep religion out of politics, but once again they are playing the religion card, dragging someone's faith into the debate.
6 posted on 07/20/2005 2:11:22 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

Since my Catholic friends now have a German Pope, I've been "baiting" them with beer and pretzels. ;)


7 posted on 07/20/2005 2:13:57 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"She says this is a "timely pitch” to "conservative Catholic voters prior to the midterm elections”"

We're well over a year away from the mid-term elections. What this is for the Dems is a timely pitch for an appeal to anti-Catholic bigotry.
8 posted on 07/20/2005 2:14:29 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

Think how loud that they would have yelled had Roberts been a So. Bapist.??????


9 posted on 07/20/2005 2:14:32 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Ferocious anti-Catholic bigots like Schumer and Boxer will fight tooth and nail against any practicing Roman Catholic (or devout/evangelical Protestant) from ever being named to the Supreme Court. The democrats have a long tradition of anti-Catholic bigotry, as can be seen in this democrat party propaganda from the 1850's.


10 posted on 07/20/2005 2:15:05 PM PDT by friendly (Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.)
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I wonder why it is true that Dems are so anti Catholic, when I think that they are a morjority of the Congress????


11 posted on 07/20/2005 2:21:28 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Oh, pelllleeeaze.

So, if Bush had picked a woman – he would be pandering to the female voters.
If he picked a black – to the black population.
If he picked a Hispanic – to all those of Spanish or Mexican heritage.
If he picked someone of the Jewish faith– well, he would be expecting gratitude from the Jewish voters.
Etc, etc, and so forth.

What would make them happy: An American of mixed heritage, who is neuter in gender and agnostic?

Whatever they can come up with they will use to find fault. This is just too pitiful for publication. Let’s see if Kerry and Kennedy speak out against any Catholic bashing that results from this kind of trashy journalism.

12 posted on 07/20/2005 2:25:03 PM PDT by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: Steve_Seattle; siunevada; friendly

How many Hispanics are not Catholic?


13 posted on 07/20/2005 2:25:25 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection (I take the Ginsburg)
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"How many Hispanics are not Catholic?"

This site says 23% self-identify as Protestant:

http://www.facsnet.org/issues/faith/espinosa.php

Then out of the Catholics, how many are faithful? Probably less than half, just like the rest of the population.


14 posted on 07/20/2005 2:33:45 PM PDT by siunevada
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Exactly which Catholics does the American Prospect speak to?


15 posted on 07/20/2005 2:35:41 PM PDT by drpix
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
The people who run the democrat party are anti-Chrisitan, anti-Jewish and will use religion as the reason for destroying someone. The neoleft has become what the national socialist and communist were; Anti-freedom, so as to impose their belief structure on everyone through hate and violence.
16 posted on 07/20/2005 2:38:18 PM PDT by YOUGOTIT
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To: siunevada
ONLY for the sake of assumption, using your figures, say 55% of the sector consists of practicing Catholics. Which party in their right mind would ignore their deeply regarded religion?
17 posted on 07/20/2005 2:41:57 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection (I take the Ginsburg)
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"How many Hispanics are not Catholic?"

Quite a few more than 30 years ago. Many have gone over to evangelical Protestantism, and some have dropped out of Christianity entirely. But I don't know the percentages.
18 posted on 07/20/2005 2:43:09 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

How do you feel Hispanics will react to the defacing of Christianity?


19 posted on 07/20/2005 2:46:28 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection (I take the Ginsburg)
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I wonder why it is true that Dems are so anti Catholic, when I think that they are a morjority of the Congress????

Many Catholics are born Democrats and do not at all identify with the Republican Party. Liberal Catholics accept abortion and gay marriage because they think the Dems are better on the "compassion" issues and the environment. My dad was anti-abortion, anti-affirmative action, anti-feminist, anti-union - and a staunch, Republican-hating Democrat till the day he died. Go figure.
20 posted on 07/20/2005 2:46:53 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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