Hey, we elected that Catholic that one time!
Catholics are still Christians, just not Protestants. Not that there aren't any Protestants who would not consider Catholics Christian and visa versa.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Nov 15, 2007 7:41:23 am PST #2423 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Daisy Jane - Nov 15, 2007 7:42:13 am PST #2424 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
So the people who think that a Jewish person shouldn't be president because of their Jewishness are people we should care about and listen to rather than say, telling them, "Y'all are nuts!"
Dana - Nov 15, 2007 7:43:00 am PST #2425 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Thompson could be the guy if he was running a more effective campaign.
Yeah, he kinda went splat, didn't he?
amych - Nov 15, 2007 7:45:01 am PST #2426 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Dudes! Keep your religion out of my politics, and I'll keep my politics out of your religion!
There may have been actual screaming at the radio and serious thoughts of moving to, oh, any of a dozen other countries this morning. I hate it this state of affairs is so widespread that "if I leave for the Netherlands, it means my in-laws won" is an argument for not doing so.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 15, 2007 7:46:24 am PST #2427 of 10001
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Catholics are still Christians
I think there are a large number of people who don't consider Catholics Christians, strange as it seems to those of us who were raised Catholic.
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2007 7:46:36 am PST #2428 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I remember someone (Nilly?) saying that the US paid more attention to the religion of its leaders than Israel does.
Hmm.
lisah - Nov 15, 2007 7:50:03 am PST #2429 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I remember someone (Nilly?) saying that the US paid more attention to the religion of its leaders than Israel does.
But could, say, a Christian or Muslim be elected to public office in Israel? Has one?
(Not that the US is not super crazy about religion & politics.)
juliana - Nov 15, 2007 7:52:25 am PST #2430 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
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Trudy Booth - Nov 15, 2007 7:52:32 am PST #2431 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think there are a large number of people who don't consider Catholics Christians, strange as it seems to those of us who were raised Catholic.
I've seen that go both ways, fwiw. Protestants aren't in the TRUE church and all.
Though in this day and age, I'm thinking that Rudy's problems would come less from his being Roman Catholic than his being such a BAD one... the flaunted mistresses, the multiple wives, the cousin-marriage, etc. Plenty of people who Vote Christian (and even who don't) will have problems with that.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 15, 2007 7:53:07 am PST #2432 of 10001
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I think they'll like his image as being tough on terrorism, and they may choose electability over a better ideological fit considering that the Democrats might nominate the incarnation of Satan as their candidate.
Also known as the not-Hillary strategy. I'm hoping, whoever the nominee is on either side, that it works exactly as well for the repubs as the not-Bush strategy the dems had in 2004.