except for this freeper.
If there were any block to them, Catholics might be a voting block. There isn't and they aren't. They used to be, but they aren't any more.
Look at all the factions identified in just these few posts. It's a joke to even try to say there is such thing as a Catholic voter. You can say there is a black block--they all vote the same, for the most part. You can say there is a gay block--they all vote the same, for the most part. But to say Catholics are the same block implies they vote the same, and they don't.
It doesn't matter who they vote for, they still vote, almost 30 million of us. And it was the Catholic Reagan Democrats who helped win it for Reagan the first time he ran and it was the Catholic Pro-life Reagan democrats who pushed Bush over the top in many states. Had he been a pro abort, he surely would have lost. Many Catholic Democrats will vote for a pro life republican, I happen to know a few personally, who do.
Exactly my point, but much better stated.
except for this freeper.
Not really. It's ridiculous, however, to lump non-practing and practicing Catholics together. Practicing Catholics went for Bush in 2000 by almost 60%. Bush is campaining hard to get the other 40% on his side too.
I know people who are active Catholics, but still have an allegiance to the Democratic party. Here in Pennsylvania, many, if not most of them, voted for Rendell for governor, despite his pro-abort stance. But I don't know any sincere, practicing Dem Catholics who aren't bothered by the abortion issue. I think the Bush team is being smart to highlight Kerry's extreme positions on social issues. Tweak their consciences enough and they'll be voting for Bush this time around.