tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12575278.post5533769337321173143..comments2023-05-21T07:08:28.555-05:00Comments on Vatican Watcher: Woe to the Republic!Jacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15978875228528105026noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12575278.post-34948968709529052632012-11-07T17:48:41.653-06:002012-11-07T17:48:41.653-06:00You make a good point about pragmatic voting and w...You make a good point about pragmatic voting and who can do more sooner, a president seeking to outlaw abortion or a president looking to increase the state at the expense of the buffers that have traditionally stood between Man and the state, the family, the Church, private associations, etc. The voters, especially the Christian ones, need to be shown by those in a position to do so, that those buffers are not only welcome, but needed.<br /><br />The voters may not socialist, but they are definitely anti-capitalist, something you imply in the post when referring to Romney as the rich white guy.<br /><br />The tragedy of this is that the institutional Catholic Church in the US is mired in progressive politics. It would have no standing with those on the right were it to free itself from the tendrils of the left and offer up something different.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978875228528105026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12575278.post-91556686463516565772012-11-07T15:35:33.334-06:002012-11-07T15:35:33.334-06:00That may be so, Jacob. But I still think the citi...That may be so, Jacob. But I still think the citizenry is there to be won by the Republicans.<br /><br />Both the Republicans and the Democrats have been hijacked the Christian Right and Socialists, respectively, under the Big Tent of two-party politics. Low-information voters need to be educated that the Left holds more danger than the Right.<br /><br />If a Rightist President is elected with a pro-Life agenda, it is still a long and twisty road to outlawing abortion. On the other hand, if a Leftist President is elected, Socialist policies can easily be enacted before the Midterm elections.<br /><br />My point, just because Americans are becoming increasingly Secular does not mean they are becoming increasing Socialist.Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03689927008145878698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12575278.post-19736095742679596872012-11-07T11:29:55.748-06:002012-11-07T11:29:55.748-06:00While I agree with your idea that Romney failed to...While I agree with your idea that Romney failed to reach low information voters regarding the long term fiscal consequences of voting for Obama, I think that it only played a part in Romney's loss.<br /><br />As noted at the blog Rorate Caeli, Obama won the Catholic vote, 50 to 47. Romney won evangelical protestants, but even his number there didn't get over 60%. The United States is realigning, definitely, socially. Post-Christian Americans are simply not prepared to vote for a Republican whom they view as a step backward.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978875228528105026noreply@blogger.com