tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post5411878609648932414..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: Wiggles, Hillary And ObamaDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-73597025450711065532008-04-17T22:29:00.000-04:002008-04-17T22:29:00.000-04:00It is possible to understand the logic of the stat...It is possible to understand the logic of the statement, as you understand it, while at the same time disagreeing with the statement.<BR/><BR/>Not everyone who turns to Republican Catholicism, as you have described it, has been driven in this direction by a loss of a job, or by some other tragedy. Some people are Catholic and Republican because they feel grateful. For what?<BR/><BR/>For being alive, for not being, shall we say, aborted. Some people, even some Catholics, turn to religion from a sense of joy and thankfulness.<BR/><BR/>It is not necessary to make a religion of politics to understand Obama, or any other politician.<BR/><BR/>Religion is really larger than politics. If Obama had expressed THAT decidely un-Marxian sentiment, he would not be in the pickle jar.Don Pescihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-44277158737645767662008-04-17T20:54:00.000-04:002008-04-17T20:54:00.000-04:00Some few people turn to religion when they have lo...Some few people turn to religion when they have lost their jobs and their way of life. Sometimes, their religion tells them that abortion is wrong, that homosexuality is wrong, and that contraception is wrong. Since they don't have much left, they "cling" to their religion without really questioning all that it teaches them.<BR/><BR/>When it comes time to vote, they sometimes have a choice. One party might help them find a job, and help them afford health care, and keep their sons and daughters out of wasteful wars.<BR/><BR/>Another party supports their opinion on abortion, homosexuality, or contraception, and tries to impose that outlook on everyone by law, regardless of religious belief. Because their religion is one of the few stable institutions in their lives, they vote for this party, against their own self interest.<BR/><BR/>Obama mangled his statement. It is crystal clear that he values religion. To state otherwise, based on one statement from literally thousands of public statements, is idiotic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com