McCain and the Pope: McCain cannot win in November without the Catholic vote (Reagan re-visited?)

LifesiteNews.com ^ | 27 March 2008 | Robert R. Reilly

[jmaroneps37]

I don't claim a great deal of knowledge about the subject of how the Catholic vote will go. Nevertheless, I do claim a level of knowledge far above the average person's.
I was the Director of Field Operations for Catholics Against Kerry. We were a small budget, big impact group.
I can tell you that there were two driving issues that enabled us to move the Catholic vote (this refers to genuine weekly mass attending Catholic voters only)from a 50/46 loss in 2000 to a 52/47 win in 2004. Those issues were Kerry's hypocrisy in trying to make believe he is a genuine Catholic, and the abortion issue, which was of course an out growth of the first issue.
Many people have forgotten that Pope John Paul was against the war, but even though the war was going badly in 2004 John Paul's personal feelings meant little to America's Catholics.
This author's opinion that McCain has a Hagee problem is just that: his opinion. I defy him or anyone to find three people in mass this Sunday who even know who Hagee is.

I personally chalk this piece up to a guy who misses the spotlight trying to grab a minute or two fame.
Anyone who believes genuine Catholics will over look Barack McGovern Obama’s abortion record or his other many flaws merely because he is a Democrat is simply wrong.

[KevinB]

I was a bleeding heart liberal and voted for Kerry. Now that I am recovering from my lapses in judgement, I wouldn't consider voting that way again.

So you won't be voting for president in the general election? (I won't be either.)

[Scotswife]

““Cafeteria Catholics” or “CINO” Catholics-In-Name-Only may vote Democrat...but Catholics faithful to Church doctrine vote Republican or Conservative. TRADITION. FAMILY. PROPERTY.”

I call it the CINOs vs. the Steubenville Catholics

[epow]

I cannot for the life of me understand why Obama’s support for infanticide is not receiving more attention.

Maybe because the drive-by media still controls to a large extent who and what gets the lion's share of the public's scant attention?

The internet and talk radio have broken the MSM's former monopoly on the "news", but most people who aren't political junkies like most FReepers are still get the main portion of their politically correct "news" via the liberal MSM.

[Scotswife]

has it even received much coverage on conservative talk radio?

I’ve heard his marxist views get discussed - and his unpatriotic sentiments...but one would think that his belief that an infant should be denied medical assistance would even trump the other important issues.

[epow]

Actually, I believe that President Reagan had been somewhat schooled in the same prophetic position as is Pastor Hagee, and held that position, especially with regard to Israel.

Bush obviously has no clue about Israel's very prominent role in end-time bible prophecy. He either doesn't know about or doesn't believe in God's curse on nations that do not accept Israel's claim on the land God gave to Israel's Hebrew forefathers or His promise of blessings on nations that support and defend Israel. If he did he wouldn't be constantly sending Condi Rice to play footsie with oil-rich Arab sheiks and Emirs while pressuring Israel into conceding more of it's God-given land to the Pallie terrorists who fire scores of rockets into Israeli towns and neighborhoods every day.

I wouldn't expect a profane man like McCain who doesn't claim to be a believer in Jesus Christ to know any more about bible prophecy than either Obama, Hillary, or Bush know, which apparently is practically nothing. Bush attends a mainstream denomination church every Sunday, and if most of the mainstream denominational churches were not pastored by apostate "ministers" who spiritualize prophecy or dismiss it's predictions as the demented scribblings of ancient mystics he would have learned something by now about Israel's critical role in the rapidly approaching events preceding Jesus Christ's return to Earth.

When God promised to bless people and nations who bless Israel, and to curse people and nations who hate the Jews and work against Israel's best interests he wasn't just making idle chit-chat. If the US turns against Israel to curry favor with rulers of the Islamic ME states we are in deep trouble, and all the nukes, missiles, and stealth planes on the planet won't get us out of that trouble.

[epow]

has it even received much coverage on conservative talk radio?

If it has I'm not aware of it.

but one would think that his belief that an infant should be denied medical assistance would even trump the other important issues.

If more people knew and cared about his belief it would probably become at least to some extent a factor in their choice of candidates. Of course that supposition assumes that the voters would care enough to make it a factor, and I think that right now many of B. Hussein Obama's rabid, swooning worshipers wouldn't desert him even if he were to call for public execution by hanging for all mildly handicapped adults and all senior citizens who have any kind of physical or mental health problem more serious than a hangnail.

[John Leland 1789]

“I don’t recall Reagan blathering on with crackpot hate theories about the Catholic Church.”

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Neither does Mr. McCain. But Mr. Reagan did keep friends among Premillennial Christians who also believed that the RCC has something to do with Antichrist’s reign.

[Petronski]

Neither does Mr. McCain.

Irrelevant. It was you, in #16, who was making a direct comparison between Hagee and Reagan.

[Mrs. Don-o]

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[Salvation]

**McCain and the Pope: McCain cannot win in November without the Catholic vote (Reagan re-visited?)**

True, voters who are CAtholic can NOT vote for Obama. He is the most liberal abortion voter in the Senate. Don’t commit a serious sin by voting for Obama and excommunicating yourself.

Vote Pro-life.