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Remembering everything.\u00a0 Learning nothing:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the debates and in sweeping rallies across the country, Mitt Romney captured the imagination of millions of Americans.\u201d <\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Some Romney functionary, doubling down on the epistemic closure bubble<\/p>\n

Screw prolifers and become a more effective corporate tool while throwing candy and a pretence of caring to disregarded minorities, like Bill Clinton<\/a>\u00a0did, saith another Bourbon.<\/p>\n

Screw prolifers and become more like that winner John McCain<\/a>, say others.<\/p>\n

The GOP has an almost infallible knack for learning exactly the wrong things from failure.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be a long time in the wilderness for them.\u00a0 Meanwhile, those who care about the Church\u2019s teaching first should set about finding ways and means to implement it in its fullness, not worrying about the GOP and currying favor with it.<\/p>\n

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