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To Catholics, Conservatives and Americans. \u00a0Here he points out what many are figuring<\/a>. \u00a0For those who scratch their heads and wonder how after 20 of 28 years of Republican control, we can be in a state in 2008 of electing perhaps the most openly and radically liberal president in history, here\u2019s the answer. \u00a0I knew a fellow who was a Catholic convert. \u00a0He was from Argentina (and had some pretty strong words about the Left\u2019s answer to illegal immigration). \u00a0He had also worked with the government for several decades. \u00a0He explained that it didn\u2019t matter who was in the White House, or Congress for that matter. \u00a0The overwhelming majority of government workers he had associated with were far to the Left, avid Democrats, and more liberal than most of the liberal Democrats the media interviews. <\/p>\n

There are other reasons of course. \u00a0Many Republicans aren\u2019t much better. \u00a0And as for the presidents, at least two of the three last GOP executives had wives that would fit alongside of any MSNBC host. \u00a0And a few others would either embrace all the glories of liberalism completely, or at least, alongside most of the American mega-multinational corporations, promote everything from liberalism that leads to hedonism and debauchery, as long as it winds up lifting the bottom line. \u00a0Nonetheless, like it or not, we are and have been for many generations, a liberal society. \u00a0Douthat calls it like it is. \u00a0Perhaps others may begin to listen.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"