tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post3577572900538352372..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: IF FOX NEWS CAN ATTACK THE POPE, WHY NOT TRUMP?Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-12675309630112387262016-02-19T06:56:51.544-05:002016-02-19T06:56:51.544-05:00I was watching the CNN pundits talking about the P...I was watching the CNN pundits talking about the Pope/Trump dust-up before and during the town-hall with Kasich, Bush, and Trump. The CNN folks, especially Anderson Cooper, just couldn't make sense of the ramifications of the "controversy". Don't any of them have a bit of knowledge about the South currently and in the past?<br /><br />The South Carolina Republican they had on alluded to it when he said that there are only 200,000 Catholics in the state's population of 4 million (his numbers). This controversy with the Pope is the best thing that could have happened to Trump. Fundamentalist Protestants generally think Catholics are <i>not</i> Christians, so Trump being-attacked-by/attacking the Pope is a badge of honor for him. Fits right in with the KKK's animosity towards Papists.Arthur Mervynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17504229544539032232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-39346435900548678942016-02-19T01:17:38.641-05:002016-02-19T01:17:38.641-05:00Abortion? One thing the Pope stated unequivocally ...Abortion? One thing the Pope stated unequivocally this week is that 'abortion is an intrinsic evil'. Not a lot of wiggle room there. Not sure how much more clarity he could provide.<br /><br />This was in reference to the ziko virus, he was asked what if a pregnant woman caught it, could she have an abortion?GrrlGeek1972https://www.blogger.com/profile/09659244801144649025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-39470052682681442262016-02-18T22:30:40.197-05:002016-02-18T22:30:40.197-05:00Here's the difference. Fox News doesn't ha...Here's the difference. Fox News doesn't have to win Florida. There's no Republican path to that white mansion that doesn't run through the humongous peninsula. Trumps supporters in the Republican party might have no problem with his going after the Catholic imperial grand poobah but Latinos tend to take their religion seriously and they don't appreciate it when you fuck with their guy in the white robes. <br /><br />Obama won the Latino vote 67% to 31 in 2008. McCain fared as well as he did because he was a veteran. In 2012, though Obama's favorables had fallen, he shellacked Romney 71 to 27. Trump has to outperform those numbers. He's already screwed himself with all that talk about rapists and walls and deportation. And now he's taking on the pope? <br /><br />This may be the quintessential "proceed-asshole-proceed!" moment of this campaign cycle. Parallaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197450068146912743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-44857075456594966942016-02-18T20:44:16.033-05:002016-02-18T20:44:16.033-05:00Fred Clark at Slactivist has been tracking how peo...Fred Clark at Slactivist has been tracking how people now choose their churches to suit their politics, rather than the other way round, for years now. This is all of a piece with that.<br /><br />The Republican party <i>is</i> their church.William F. Glennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557342274820875239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-84858274398221940622016-02-18T19:38:28.794-05:002016-02-18T19:38:28.794-05:00There were Pope-King wars similar to this in the M...There were Pope-King wars similar to this in the Middle Ages. Pope usually won.AllieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994768860067988405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-10038432449713691722016-02-18T16:35:58.103-05:002016-02-18T16:35:58.103-05:00I think Gerald Parks is on to something here.
Cru...I think Gerald Parks is on to something here.<br /><br />Cruz keeps saying this opponent or that - Trump, Rubio, any Dem - 'can't call themselves a Christian" because they support abortion, or support a group that facilitates referrals that might lead to abortion, or that might actually house counselling that might result in abortion, or that's been made subject of at least one defamatory false video and enumerable baseless claims that they hunt down, kill, hoover out and sell off aborted former baby bits as trinkets or herbal juicer supplement or cracker sprinkles or whatnot.<br /><br />Hey Rs! Pope says you and your dang fence means you all been EXCOMMUNICATED, bitches!Feud Turgidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379322096770703017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-22753521368202533452016-02-18T15:49:39.901-05:002016-02-18T15:49:39.901-05:00Just when you think this election season can't...Just when you think this election season can't get any stranger, it does.<br /><br />Anyhow, Mexico will pay for the wall so I guess they aren't Christian either.Tom239https://www.blogger.com/profile/08284080992839010801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-79289675711945956252016-02-18T15:26:37.827-05:002016-02-18T15:26:37.827-05:00Sweet BABY Jesus ...the #1 Christian (THE Pope) in...Sweet BABY Jesus ...the #1 Christian (THE Pope) in the whole wide world just said that the GOP/Republican front runner is no Christian ...BECAUSE ...he wants to build walls and not bridges. Hummm ...so by default ...those that support The GOP/Republican front runners position on the building of walls ...are NOT Christians!<br /><br />Well ...Fox and Friends now have its War on Christmas AND Christianity ...all in one! Go figure ...a twofer!<br /><br />A Civil War ... Christian vs Christian ...humpt ..these RWers sure like their Civil War re-enactments. Gerald Parkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086005170803865460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-30253615237626167572016-02-18T14:46:52.717-05:002016-02-18T14:46:52.717-05:00Trump is just angling for the Catholic vote.Trump is just angling for the Catholic vote.retiredenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11693405694592881395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-64497753444938845322016-02-18T14:45:07.920-05:002016-02-18T14:45:07.920-05:00Then again, South Carolina's Indian-American g...Then again, South Carolina's Indian-American governor, who attends both a Methodist church and a Sikh temple, just endorsed Marco Rubio, who attends both a Catholic and a Baptist church and was a Mormon for a while when he was a child.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-11203635135888251652016-02-18T14:40:07.266-05:002016-02-18T14:40:07.266-05:00Yo, Catholics: Don't listen to none of idjits....Yo, Catholics: Don't listen to none of idjits. Wanna know how to figure out the number angels on a pinhead? Infinity. Cuz angels ain't real.<br /><br />Trump's already running a WWF-style campaign, so a pizzle contest with Pope Francis fits right in. Hey FRANK! Put on a Mexican rasslin' mask, grab a shair, and get in their and rumble!<br /><br />Figures Trump would draw THIS lucky days from the vote in South Cackalacky.Feud Turgidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379322096770703017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-6405635913685701262016-02-18T14:13:51.603-05:002016-02-18T14:13:51.603-05:00Tribally they are Catholic. Religiously, not so mu...Tribally they are Catholic. Religiously, not so much. Ed Crottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103923868669472908noreply@blogger.com