…that the criticisms I direct at the Thing that Used to Be Conservatism somehow give you a fig leaf for voting for the Dems, do be aware that you are a fool. The Dem leadership, from Obama on down, make it extremely clear that they are the overt enemies of the Catholic Church–and therefore the enemies of God.
They aren’t even subtle anymore. If you support those people, thinking that somehow this is compatible with Catholic faith you are, I will say it again, a fool.
Get it. Our Ruling Classes don’t care about the Catholic faith. One part of our Ruling Classes see Catholics as people to exploit. Since my readers largely hail from that demographic I address much of what I say to them.
But another part of our Ruling Classes see the Church as an enemy to defeat. Obama and his minions make that clear and if you don’t see it you are–what’s that word again?–a fool.
What we Catholics need to do is stop trying to ingratiate ourselves with people who wish to use or destroy us (typically by offering up large chunks of our Catholic heritage, moral tradition, and cultural riches in sacrifice so that we can have a place under the table, eating the scraps that fall from it), and instead begin the long and difficult task of reclaiming the whole of our tradition.
Because the present regime will not last. What we want is to position ourselves to have a full Catholic faith to offer the world when it all collapses, not to try to hitch our wagon to this rapidly falling star of the Duopoly. This world is passing. Our mission is to set our sights on the kingdom that will never pass away. Stop getting played and start getting serious about embracing the fullness of the Faith and not some whittled down version that some Party Boss will approve of.