...But he does fly Crescent Airlines.
That title is absolutely rich.
Who would want to eat Obama, anyway?
Catholics shouldn’t allow those supporting abortion (obama supporters) at any of their functions including mass. These people are evil and they don’t need to be there.
The precedent was set years ago. Geraldine Ferraro was at the dinner when Cardinal O’Connor was the Archbishop of NY. (I remember of photo of her shooting daggers at Cdl. O’Connor, who made no secret of what he thought of her act, though not at the dinner.)
Since politicking is not supposed to occur at the dinner, it is not the same as outright promoting a candidate who is pro-abort or even providing a platform.
Truth is, the dinner would be pretty sparsely attended with no pro-aborts. Maybe it is time to end the dinner, lest the church be tempted to play towards Caesar.
Given how outspoken Cardinal O’Conner and (to a lesser extent?) Cardinal Egan are on the issue of abortion I doubt very much that the Obama campaign would try to play this up as any form of endorsement or approval. Jesus did after all hang around with thugs and hookers.
...But he does fly Crescent Airlines.
John McCain made it obvious remarks who supported life and who didn’t.
It’s a tough argument. The Al Smith dinner has traditionally invited all the important politicians of both parties.
Then, along came abortion. Virtually ALL of the politicians in New York State and New York City are pro-abortion. There are very few exceptions. And all of the Democrats on the national level have been pro-abortion since the passage of Roe v. Wade.
So, this is not a first.
I share the concern about sitting down next to a mass murderer and being polite all through dinner. Watching the videos of McCain’s speech, it was evident that Cardinal Egan was carefully remaining expressionless throughout the whole damned dinner, so as to avoid favoring one candidate over the other or taking political sides.
I don’t know what the answer is. Having dinner with the enemies of Christ is different from offering them Communion. But it remains an awkward business. Still, maybe it was best. I think McCain came out way ahead, and may have increased his lead among those who watched his speech. Obama gained nothing that I could see.
Interesting handshake.