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In the brief month since the end of the Democratic Convention, America's Catholics have started to back away from John Kerry. In a CBS News poll conducted before the convention, Kerry led among white Catholic males 51/40. In a just released poll, CBS now reports that Kerry's lead with this important group has fallen by a net 7 points. The numbers now stand at 48/44 with Kerry still on top. Since 1964, the white male vote has steadily turned away from Democratic presidential candidates. Without support from Catholics,it is doubtful that John Kerry can win this election.

Catholic League president William Donohue commented today on the remarks made about President George W. Bush that are featured on the website of Catholics for Kerry 04: “The home page of Catholics for Kerry 04 prominently lists comments by Wayne Madsden, who says, ‘George W. Bush’s blood lust, his repeated commitment to Christian beliefs and his constant references to ‘evil doers,’ in the eyes of many devout Catholic leaders, bear all the hallmarks of the one warned about in the Book of Revelations—the anti-Christ.’ He also charges that Bush ‘couples his political fanaticism with a neo-Christian blood cult.’ “This is...