WaPo: Conservatives Gearing Up To Pounce Over Anti-Catholic Rhetoric In SCOTUS Fight

Hotair ^ | 09/23/2020 | Ed Morrissey

[Kudsman]

No “gearing up” needed. We believe it. Deal with it.

[TexasGator]

but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

[Gay State Conservative]

POUNCE

They left out rape,pillage and burn.

[j.havenfarm]

This is the first “Republicans pounce” story Ive read before Republicans actually pounce!

[familyop]

It’s not that. Lagoa is also Catholic and in a much more mainstream conservative way.

[familyop]

It’s not that. Lagoa is also Catholic and in a much more mainstream conservative way.

[Vehmgericht]

Did RBG’s faith influence her decisions?

[Political Junkie Too]

Attacks against Amy Coney Barrett on her religions faith will backfire on Joe Biden.

The MSM cannot praise Biden as a devout Catholic whose beliefs are "baked into the core functions of the campaign," and then try to attack and disqualify Judge Barrett over the same claims.

From just a few days ago...

September 20, 2020: NPR: How Joe Biden's Faith Shapes His Politics

When Joe Biden seeks to inspire or comfort, he turns to his faith. His speeches are woven with references to God, biblical language or the pope...

If elected, Biden would become only the second Catholic president in American history. It's not a detail he highlights, but people who know him well say his Catholic faith is central to how he sees the world...

Biden, who carries a rosary in his pocket and attends Mass every Sunday, is known as a deeply devout person of faith, and his campaign sees electoral implications in that — in part because Biden has tried to frame this election as a clear moral contrast between Trump and himself.

Some Democrats would go so far as to say that Biden is running perhaps the most overtly devout Democratic presidential campaign since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

From July 17, 2020: Associate Press via the New York Daily News - Biden’s bid touts faith, courts even religious conservatives:

President Donald Trump’s appeal to religious conservatives is a cornerstone of his political identity. But Joe Biden is a different kind of foe than Trump has faced before: one who makes faith a central part of his persona — often literally wearing it on his sleeve.

In fact, Biden's practice of carrying a rosary that belonged to his late son Beau caught the attention of one of his Democratic presidential rivals when the two were awaiting a debate last year...

Biden's identity as "a very devout Catholic and person of deep faith," deputy political director John McCarthy said, is "baked into the core messaging and core functions of the campaign."

-PJ

[familyop]

Here's what the Democrats will use, not in a Senate hearing but throughout the media.

People of Praise
Wikipedia
...People of Praise was formed in 1971 by Kevin Ranaghan and Paul DeCelles. Both men were involved in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, in which Pentecostal religious experiences such as baptism in the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues and prophecy was practiced by Catholics.
...
History
Further information: Basic ecclesial community People of Praise grew out of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, which began in the United States in 1967 and saw Pentecostal religious experience and practices such as baptism in the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues embraced by members of the Catholic Church.

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003694.html
Language Log
October 21, 2006
"Private prayer language"
Searching for "private prayer language" on LexisNexis Academic in the "Major Papers" category, I found six hits, four of which refer specifically to the two votes mentioned above. The other two uses are both in quotations. One is from a 1994 story (Esther Talbot Fenning, "Charismatic Renewal: Movement in Worship", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 19, 1994), about practices in among Catholics involved in "Charismatic Renewal" (emphasis added):
Charismatics believe that speaking in tongues, healing and prophecy are gifts of the early church and are still available to people who are open to them, says Bonnie Dillard of the People of Praise, a prayer group at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in St. Charles.

"Most Catholic pastors are frightened of the Charismatic Renewal," Dillard said. "Part of the reason is that they've seen people get into it and go on to leave the church."

Dillard said that speaking in tongues and prophetic utterances also are disconcerting to some Catholics.

"Tongues is simply a private prayer language consisting usually of a few nonsense syllables," she said. "It has no basic function at large gatherings."

[Blood of Tyrants]

The Dems are gearing up for an unconstitutional religious test.

[Fido969]

They won’t go after Coney Barrett, they’ve lost that fight and there is no upside.

Instead it will be wall-to-wall Trump bashing.

Ed lived in the bubble, and has very limited reasoning abilities.

[Fido969]

They won’t go after Coney Barrett, they’ve lost that fight and there is no upside.

Instead it will be wall-to-wall Trump bashing.

Ed lives in the bubble, and has very limited reasoning abilities.

[Kudsman]

That will be her “crime”. She will rubber stamp Trump’s, and therefore Putin’s, wishes. The left is all demented, including their current selected leader.

[gasport]

What is appropriate pouncing gear?

[Buttons12]

Why wouldn’t they go after Barrett? They’ve had 2 years to recharge their batteries after Kavanaugh.

Frankly, I’m hoping it’s not Barrett. Here’s 7 minutes of her being hassled by Al Franken about talking to “hate groups.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHpqoCmVbjU

How hard is it to say, “I don’t talk only to people who agree with me.” Instead she said she doesn’t investigate every group she speaks before, which is a silent acceptance of his premise. And then he tries to make it sound like investigating and vetting are the same as looking up basic information about groups unfamiliar to her, and she doesn’t tell him that this isn’t the same as vetting. So he accuses her of lying to him.

This woman listens to arguments for a living. And she wasn’t being grilled by Clarence Darrow there.

[Gay State Conservative]

Probably not.Ten bucks says she was an atheist.

[metmom]

And liberals are gearing up to dump anti-Catholic rhetoric.

Dems/liberals are as predictable as the sunrise.

We know what to expect because it’s a knee jerk reaction with them. It’s like they can’t help themselves.

[metmom]

I’m good with either one.

Considering how the left is reacting to both of them, they will both be good candidates.

[metmom]

The MSM cannot praise Biden as a devout Catholic whose beliefs are "baked into the core functions of the campaign," and then try to attack and disqualify Judge Barrett over the same claims.

Sure they can and mostly they will.

It's like 1984. They will just change what they are saying and pretend like it was never anything else.