LOL
Back last year when the GOP was hanging itself over the birth control mandate, which is why Obama threw it out as bait anyways because he knew what they would do, the GOP thinking it was a an easy win kept on referencing the Catholic institutions employers and I didnt think it was very smart ,and then only days later Priests in the church are attacking those same GOP congressmen over the Ryan budgets.
GOP got nothing good from that whole episode.
The GOP didn't try very hard.
Catholics are a swing group. You want their votes? You gotta work for ‘em. Rightly or wrongly.
In ‘00 and ‘04, I was contacted personally by the Bush campaign and invited to sessions to hear about Catholic concerns. Why? I was identified as a parish leader, as a “persuader.” I didn't go to any, but I noted that the Bush campaign kept in constant touch with me from the late primaries through the generals both years, NOT ASKING FOR MONEY EVERY DAMNED TIME THEY REACHED OUT, but asking me as a Catholic lay leader, as a homeschooler, as a pro-lifer.
In neither ‘08 or ‘12 did I hear a peep out of the McCain or Romney campaigns about my issues. I received 3 - 6 phone calls per day begging for money, but no one asked my views on anything.
I still voted for McCain and Romney, but both campaigns took my vote - and the votes of a lot of other Catholics - for granted.
Not the way to win elections.
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