Who was responsible for Obama getting elected, for sending our nation into budget deficits, for his pro-choice doctrines, for his anti-American policies?
To a certain extend we can blame American Catholics who were - as I saw a popular bumpersticker - "Another pro-life Democrat".
But to a certain extent the blame also lies with us. Did we just go out and vote (or, Heaven forbid, not vote), or did we actually go out and campaign for a pro-Life President?
I'm not blaming any one person, I'm just asking the question: have you ever complained about something you had done nothing to try to prevent?
Fairness of it all
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Sorry that I didn't post your comment Katherine. I do not tolerate unclean language on this blog.
But to answer your objections.
I believe that any presidential candidate who openly supports abortion is not a good presidential candidate (whether or not they are Republican or Democrat).
Maybe you don't believe me (after all, I'm only a college student!) Will you believe the Most Reverend Raymond Leo Burke, JCD?
WASHINGTON — A powerful Catholic leader on Friday accused President Barack Obama of pushing an anti-life, anti-family agenda and called Notre Dame's invitation for him to speak scandalous.
Archbishop Raymond Burke, the first American to lead the Vatican supreme court, said Catholic universities should not give a platform, let alone honor, "those who teach and act publicly against the moral law."
~GT
Sorry. Here it is cleaned up. I apologize. During my years working as a lady steelworker, I picked up some bad habits.
Gregory, I would suggest you read this post on my blog:
http://catholicsforobama.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-sunday.html
I understand your point of view, though I respectfully disagree with it. But while some might think I am coaching the other team on how to beat us, I really encourage you to think deeply about this. You asked about responsibility for the election of Obama. I think Obama won the votes of millions of conflicted Catholics not because he solved their conflicts but because he respected them while the other side gave them no respect.
I am not sure you want the answer to that question.
The campaign started off with a portion of Catholics inclined to support Obama, another portion inclined to support McCain and a third element up for grabs.
The Obama campaign and its Catholic supporters devoted a lot of time, energy and resources to reaching out to the third group. Obviously, that outreach didn't result in agreeing with this largely pro-life/pro-peace and justice group on every issue. But in living room meetings, home vists, mailers, etc. the Obam campaign showed interest and empathy.
The McCain campaign and its conservative Catholic supporters made no effort to listen to or reach out to this middle element. They spent the whole campaign talking to themselves and having fits over the "heretics" from their own ranks (Kmiec, etc). The only thing they had to say to the middle group were accusations that they would be sinning if they voted for Obama.
Think of a woman with two suitors. Maybe by any objective standard one guy would be the better potential husband Looks, money, stability, security). But if all he has to say to her is that she is a woman of low virtue if she marries the other guy, while the other guys is taking her out, saying how much he feels for her, admitting he is not perfect but still loves her, which guy is going to get the girl?
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