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Originally Posted by ziggytrix
Catholic != Republican
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This is quite untrue. Catholics have consistently been Democratic voters throughout the years, with only a temporary shift in 1980 and 1984 (but even then, they tended to vote Democrat for local, state, and national elections). Gore won the Catholic vote in 2000.
While I agree with Seth on some things, I think this attack against Kerry and the Dems in Congress is partisan bullshit pushed by Rwpublicans who probably think Catholocism is a weird, flesh eating cult.
What about the Catholic Republicans in Congress who voted for the war in Iraq? What about the Catholic governors who allow their states to execute prisoners? The Bishops here in the United States have allowed themselves to become politicized, and they have essentially become the tools of Far-Right extremists who find them to be no more than "useful idiots."