And Another Thing...

I have never hid my deep dislike of Screaming Bill Donahue of the Catholic League. At best, he is an embarassment. He represents the entirely wrong way of engaging the culture: that of borrowing the whine and entitlement tactics of the left. Waaaaah! They are being mean to us! Make them say they are sorry. I would talk about him more, but I hear they make you go into rehab... har har har.

And here, obviously I am not saying that Mr. Donahue is a rump ranger, or light in the loafers in any way. What I am saying is that he is the sort of person who would have been tagged as a "fag" back in elementary school. Hell, we didn't even know about all that disgusting stuff. Fag was what you called someone who was being less than a Mensch.

But that is a side issue (of course if we are to oppose blacklists, we must say "fag" in solidarity with the general - I don't oppose all blacklists, but when they come from people who get teary over Pete Seeger getting blacklisted, I find them very hard to accept). The real issue is this nonsense with Mr. Hannity.

Who cares?

Why are "serious Catholics" wasting time watching this trash? Is it because, deep down, we still think there is something left of the magic between us and the GOP (and its mouthpieces)? Are we serious?

Let me spell it out for you:

The GOP is not a pro-life party, and I am not talking about any "seamless garment" nonsense. I am talking about doing nothing to get a partial-birth abortion ban passed with a majority of both houses AND the presidency.

The GOP is a sort-of free market and corporate welfare party, and nothing else. Any nod towards traditions and morality are nothing more than a sentimental gushiness, easily set aside if a dollar is to be made.

Let me spell it out even clearer (I wish I could remember where I read this, if you are the author, please holler): the only GOP candidate to have only been married once is the friggin' Mormon.

And you wouldn't vote for a Mormon, would you? I mean, if the choice were between Mitt Romney and Hitler, I would expect you to have to think about it for a few minutes, before voting for...nevermind. You get the point. Putting a Mormon in any position above, perhaps dogcatcher (and even then...Hitler, Romney, Hitler, Romney. Bow Wow! Woof woof!) is like pinning a "Smite Me" sign on the back of the country.

The dream is over. We have lost the round that began with our false victory (Kennedy, '60). It is time to try something else.

Now, I am aware the Nancy Pelosi (oh, what a cute little Italian grandmother, if you can imagine a cute little Italian grandmother in favor of sodomy and baby murder. Sorry, I can't. Maybe wopping you over the head for mistreating the pasta, but not that crap) must be stopped, but constantly picking the GOP to do the task is a mistake, unless we can force the GOP into something else, and that will not happen unless they have to work for it.

Rick Santorum and his ilk will not do.