\u201cThe Most Anti-Catholic Political Ad You\u2019ll Ever See\u201d<\/a>. I would suggest adding the words \u201cThis Election Cycle\u201d to make that headline more precise. Americans have been capable of much greater anti-Catholic stuff in the past, and I have confidence that the pro-abortion and gay Left have much more potent wells of pure Catholic- (and Christ-) hatred to draw on if you really let them work themselves into a lather.<\/p>\nHowever, that said, Matt\u2019s basically right: this does represent a new low for the party that used to be on the side of all those Catholic working class stiffs. It deserves everything its gonna get this election.<\/p>\n
How sad that the Republican party doesn\u2019t deserve what it\u2019s gonna get this election.<\/p>\n
Update: It appears the bigoted Dem ad is aimed at a Protestant pastor in Minnesota and was only stupidly anti-Catholic by virtue of some Dem campaign dumbell who couldn\u2019t decode an image if his life depended on it. A reader writes:<\/p>\n
Fortunately, there\u2019s more to this story than initially appears. It\u2019s not meant to be an attack on the Catholic Church, but is instead a (poorly executed) attack ad agains Dan Hall, who is a protestant minister running for office in Minnesota: <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
http:\/\/www.commonwealmagazine.org\/blog\/?p=10593<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n(I\u2019m not defending it, btw. Just pointing out that it\u2019s not as incendiary than it seems at first blush to be. Somebody made a big PR gaffe on this one\u2026)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n