Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Anti-Catholic bigotry in the GOP race for President?
It worked for George W. Bush in 2000, now it looks like a right-wing supporter of Gov. Mike Huckabee is bringing out the sharp knives for another GOP candidate, Sen. Sam Brownback...
According to the Catholic League, a letter "is being circulated among evangelicals in Iowa asking them not to split the Christian vote between former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Kansas Senator Sam Brownback; they are urged to vote for Huckabee, an evangelical, over Brownback, a Roman Catholic."Imagine if that kind of religious bigotry came from the camp of any Democrat running for President...
The letter was written by Pastor Tim Rude of Walnut Creek Community Church in Windsor Heights, Iowa. A Huckabee volunteer.
He writes that "Huckabee is an evangelical. He has not learned how to speak to evangelicals; i.e. Bush 41 & 43. He is one of us. I know Senator Brownback converted to Roman Catholicism in 2002. Frankly, as a recovering Catholic myself, that is all I need to know about his discernment when compared to the Governor's. I don't if this fact is widely known among evangelicals who are supporting Brownback."
P.S. To be clear, I'm not defending Sen. Brownback. He and I couldn't have a more different view of the world if my eyes were permanently affixed to my ass. Still, this is the kind of naked bigotry that doesn't belong in politics, as is the anti-Mormon stuff that other Republicans are tossing at another GOP shithead, Mitt Romney...
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