Catholic League Whacks Obama (Again)
Tuesday May 6, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Catholic League
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Although I am loathe to up the comboxer count (to what? - 1? on this thread, if you include this reply), but the Catholic League is simply wrong. (Again.)
Pollitt doesn't "hate religion". Clearly she hates the "weirdness, wrath, insult, blowhardiness, vanity, paranoia, divisiveness and trouble" that religion seems to engender.
As a matter of fact, I kinda feel that way myself about those very same things. Odd, huh?
Obama is a Humanist. All you need to do is judge him by his words and actions. Democrats will wake up to this reality of Obama's true belief system some day. Hopefully sooner than later. This though, is all a "Christian" needs to hear from this typical, two-faced, slimy, politician: "I don't want them PUNISHED, with a BABY!" That says it all about this guy's Humanist identity. Of course his pandering to the sodomites in San Francisco is also a good place to see Obama for what he truly is. Bush hatred surely has the Democrats blinded.
Judging by tonights primary results it may not matter what the Catholic League thinks about anything.
Charles,
You think so? Though Obama improved among Catholics over Pennsylvania and Ohio, he still lost them to 59-to-41 to Hillary Clinton. How much did the Catholic League have do with that? Probably not alot. But if there's a sustained anti-Obama effort on the part of the Catholic League and pro life groups like the National Right to Life, and none against Hillary Clinton, that would seem to give Obama a good deal of bad press in the Catholic world, no?
Do you see Obama's anemic Catholic support entirely as a byproduct of his weakness among working class voters who happen to be Catholic?
I agree with Charles - it really DOESN'T matter what the Catholic League "thinks" about anything. As a religious body, they should stay the heck out of politics or have their tax exempt status removed.
Like you yourself said, God-a-riffic, "How much did the Catholic League have do with that? Probably not alot."
"Obama is a Humanist."
Ooooo, Donny, you make that sound like a 'bad thing'. And here all this time, I thought humans were God's finest creations. Reading your tripe, I often think, "Maybe not."
Your constant references to "Sodomites" ignores that the vast majority of people who engage in sodomy (both oral and anal copulation) are heterosexuals. You just haven't figured that out yet.
Obama called his non-supporters, "bitter, and clinging to their religion". Obama supports partial birth abortion, and is against mandatory healthcare for infants, 'because it might add stress for the woman'. Obama's positions are clearly out-of-synch with the Catholic views and teachings. His pastor for 20 years, Rev. Wright, has stated that Obama would say anything because "he is a politician", and Obama is pandering to gain votes.
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