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To: Mrs. Don-o
"The upshot is that Obama won among eligible voters who voted,..."

Half of Catholics did not vote because neither party gave them a compelling enough reason to do so. When half of any voting group fails to vote it is a problem. Neither party provides a clear cut "Catholic friendly" platform and rarely produces any clearly Catholic friendly candidates.

On a daily basis we see the not so subtle anti-Catholic bias displayed by those who claim to represent the conservative best of America. They bray and bitch endlessly about Catholics not being loyal to the GOP or to their personal conservative principles and then hold Catholic responsible for politicians who do deviated from Catholic teaching. Until a party or candidate more closely adopts and embodies Catholic teaching they cannot presume the Catholic vote. We serve our country best by serving God first.

Peace be with you

30 posted on 07/02/2012 11:21:16 AM PDT by Natural Law (Jesus did not leave us a Bible, He left us a Church.)
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To: Natural Law
I heartily agree that both major parities, and most pols and pundits, are decidedly uninspiring, when not actually repulsive, from a sound Catholic point of view.

Which only makes it more deplorable that 'sound Catholics' have fallen so far short of providing the vision, values, and leadership for a real, coherent alternative.

"Someody oughta get out there and do something!!" is usually translated by the saints as "God help me, I've got to do something."

31 posted on 07/02/2012 11:59:39 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
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