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Catholic Questions and Answers on Abortion

Are Catholic Democrats pro-choice? Some Catholic Democrats are pro-choice; some are pro-life. Remember, there are also prominent pro-choice Catholic Republicans including Rudy Giuliani, Thomas Ridge and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Some Catholic Democrats say they are both pro-life and pro-choice --...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on October 8, 2008 at 2:34 AM | Comments (0)

McCain denies right to universal health care, dodges voting record against children's health insurance

The second presidential debate Tuesday night focused on the global economic meltdown, and both candidates put healthcare reform at the center of their plans to restore the health of the economy. The word "health" was mentioned 47 times during the...

Posted by Patrick Whelan on October 8, 2008 at 2:17 AM | Comments (0)

It's naughty vs nice, and Obama wins on civility and the facts

Both candidates appeared very presidential and quite knowledgeable. But if respect for the truth and civility of tone were the highest measures of the candidates' self-confidence, Senator Obama won the debate in a walk.

Posted by Patrick Whelan on September 27, 2008 at 12:11 AM | Comments (0)

Administration ignored expert advise on 'troop surge' in Iraq, preferring to send soldiers and buy peace at taxpayers' expense

A new book by Washington Post Associate Editor Bob Woodward has put the Bush White House on the defensive. Released Monday Sept 8, the book makes allegations that the Administration spied on individuals within the Iraqi government. Mr Woodward conducted...

Posted by Patrick Whelan on September 9, 2008 at 1:36 AM | Comments (0)

Palin Attacks Catholic Community Organizing by Senator Obama; No Mention of Economic Distress Across America

Minneapolis, Minn. - Sept 4, 2008 - Catholic Democrats is expressing surprise and shock that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's acceptance speech tonight mocked work that her opponent had done in the 1980s for the Catholic Campaign for Human...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on September 4, 2008 at 1:55 AM | Comments (6)

Democrats' Platform Outperforms Republican Platform on Issues of Concern to Catholics

Minneapolis, Minn - Sept 2, 2008 - The concerns of Catholic voters are better reflected in the Democratic national platform, ratified at last week's convention in Denver, than in the Republican platform, according to an analysis by the Catholic Democrats....

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on September 3, 2008 at 10:42 AM | Comments (7)

Match-up of Palin and Biden poses new questions

Senator John McCain made history by selecting a woman as his vice-presidential nominee Friday. In her two years as Alaska's governor, she has accomplished a measure of popularity there, particularly among conservatives, that gave her the bona fides to play...

Posted by Patrick Whelan on August 30, 2008 at 10:53 AM | Comments (1)

Conservative Catholics embarrass themselves with school-yard insults over Biden nomination

The selection of Senator Joseph Biden as the running mate of Democratic Nominee Barack Obama elicited the predictable responses from a raft of extremist Catholic Republican surrogates. A unifying theme of their criticism toward Senator Obama was their childishly simplistic rehashing of the trash-talking that characterized their similar criticism of Senator John Kerry four years ago.

Posted by Patrick Whelan on August 25, 2008 at 2:04 AM | Comments (0)