Lawrence O'Donnell ...

[mike]

Great show tonight ... I'm still in love with Krystal Ball ...

If you're reading this now ... it's still on!

[mike]

BTW, Lawrence is a Catholic and has taken his share of "beatings" just as I do because we're "liberal" Catholics.

Here in Ocala (a bastion of "conservatism"), the question was asked of Barbara Fitos (a Catholic and a politician): Can a Catholic can be a Democrat? More accurately: "Can a Democrat be a good Catholic?"

In Houston five decades ago, John F. Kennedy noted America faced "far more critical issues" than the "so-called religious issue" he sought to put to rest.

Fitos makes a similar argument for her role on the County Commission, which to her doubles as a ministry.

"I strive so hard by my example to let people know where I am, but sometimes that's not enough," Fitos said. "The sad part is, I don't know you're ever going to stop people from making assumptions or drawing conclusions."

I can not see how one cannot be (a Catholic and a Democrat).
Pretty much her answer, too.

I'm still in love with Krystal Ball ...

[rstrong]

Here in Ocala (a bastion of "conservatism"), the question was asked of Barbara Fitos (a Catholic and a politician): Can a Catholic can be a Democrat? More accurately: "Can a Democrat be a good Catholic?"

Why would it be harder for them to be good Catholics than for Republicans? Their policy on abortion for Americans is essentially the same. Sure, Republicans *campaign* on an anti-abortion platform. But I'm talking about abortion policy once in power.

Ronald Reagan campaigned on an anti-abortion platform, but turned his back on the anti-abortion crowd once elected.

Bush II campaigned on a promise to restrict abortion and support for proposals for a constitutional amendment banning abortion. But once elected he merely blocked U.S. funds for international family-planning groups - a token move that would not affect US citizens and likely increased the number of abortions.

The Republicans controlled the Presidency, House, Senate and a majority of the Supreme Court all at the same time and could have banned abortion if they wanted to, but did not.

Wouldn't Republican dishonesty on the subject make them LESS like good Catholics? Wouldn't Republican policy in general and their place on the political spectrum make them LESS like a model of a good Christian?

"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
- Jesus Christ, RINO.

[mike]

Here in Ocala (a bastion of "conservatism"), the question was asked of Barbara Fitos (a Catholic and a politician): Can a Catholic can be a Democrat? More accurately: "Can a Democrat be a good Catholic?"

Why would it be harder for them to be good Catholics than for Republicans?

You gotta live here to understand. It's not only a bastion of Conservatism, it's a bastion of Confederate Baptists as well. Racism is alive and well in these here parts.

Their policy on abortion for Americans is essentially the same. Sure, Republicans *campaign* on an anti-abortion platform. But I'm talking about abortion policy once in power.

Ronald Reagan campaigned on an anti-abortion platform, but turned his back on the anti-abortion crowd once elected.

Bush II campaigned on a promise to restrict abortion and support for proposals for a constitutional amendment banning abortion. But once elected he merely blocked U.S. funds for international family-planning groups - a token move that would not affect US citizens and likely increased the number of abortions.

The Republicans controlled the Presidency, House, Senate and a majority of the Supreme Court all at the same time and could have banned abortion if they wanted to, but did not.

Wouldn't Republican dishonesty on the subject make them LESS like good Catholics? Wouldn't Republican policy in general and their place on the political spectrum make them LESS like a model of a good Christian?

"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
- Jesus Christ, RINO.

Indeed, rstrong.