This is just hilarious.
Sally Quinn of the “On Faith” blog, who called Pope Benedict a criminal and compared him to Nixon, is wondering whether Governor Rick Perry has an anti-Catholic “pastor problem.”
Gotta’ love it.
Rick Perry’s pastor problem?
Texas Governor, and possible GOP presidential candidate, Rick Perry has endorsed ‘The Response’ a prayer event scheduled for August 6 in Texas. “As a nation, we must come together and call upon Jesus to guide us through unprecedented struggles, and thank Him for the blessings of freedom we so richly enjoy,” Perry wrote on the event’s official Web site. Perry’s critics are concerned about his distinctly Christian approach to public prayer as well as his association, through ‘The Response,’ with several problematic pastors, among them John Hagee, controversial for his comments on Israel, the Roman Catholic Church and Islam, and C. Peter Wagner, who has suggested that the Catholic veneration of saints is an evil practice.Should politicians be judged by the religious company they keep?
This is great because Quinn was running around to anyone with a microphone screeching “RACISM! RACISM!” in an effort to silence anyone who dared criticize Jeremiah Wright.
But when it suited Quinn, she attacked the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict personally.
This is the Vatican’s Watergate. The Pope is Nixon. I mean, if you look at the signs, and the way they’re behaving, it’s exactly the same way. They’ve done something terrible. They’ve denied it. They’ve accused their accusers. The Pope this weekend talked about this being “gossip” and they weren’t going to be intimidated by it, but the fact is it’s been a coverup, and a crime, and a coverup.
The thing is that Quinn raises the specter of Hagee every election cycle. Hmmm. Let’s remember. About three years ago Sally Quinn, after completely excusing Obama for sitting silently in Jeremiah Wright’s church, expressed grave worries about Pastor Hagee’s bff-ness with…John McCain.
Earlier this year, he (McCain) sought and accepted endorsements from Rev. John Hagee, who has called the Catholic Church “The Great Whore”, and from Pastor Rod Parsley, his “spiritual adviser,” who calls Islam a “false religion” that should be “destroyed.” After negative publicity about both endorsements, McCain finally rejected them.
This is plain ol’ partisan hackery. It’s not even disguised well.
If I hear the Perry sat in a church that week after week that said G-damn Catholics. Or if I hear that he said or did something anti-Catholic himself I’ll get concerned. I can’t get too concerned about Sally Quinn’s accusations here. In fact, to be honest, I’d be a lot more concerned if he was hanging out with Sally Quinn.
Note: To be fair to On Faith, they do offer several differing opinions on the matter, some of which are valuable. (Not the one by Richard Dawkins)
July 14, 2011 at 8:36 pm
That's nothing. Michelle Bachmann, a Lutheran, is being criticized for not sufficiently distancing herself from anti-papal statements made by … wait for it … Martin Luther!
Got that? Renounce the Reformation and 500-year-old statements made by Luther or be branded an anti-Catholic "bigot". Even Catholics (or, perhaps, especially Catholics) ought to be offended by that sort of "Gotcha!" crapola.
The leftist media obviously think Catholics are idiots if they believe we'll fall for that kind of nonsense and vote instead for a true anti-Catholic like Obama on that basis.
July 14, 2011 at 9:39 pm
@ Jay Anderson. I do believe the O thinks he can win votes using those tactics.
July 14, 2011 at 9:43 pm
The only real 'gotcha' against Rick Perry is with that Divinity School drop out, Al Gore. I applaud him holding a day of fasting and prayer for our country. He's still not my favorite presidential candidate. Someone told me on my blog that Perry supported Gore when Gore was a conservative. When was that? In the crib?
July 14, 2011 at 10:49 pm
Most of the opinions found within "On Faith" are simply rubbish.
July 14, 2011 at 10:54 pm
As I said on my facebook page, our current president sat in a church for 20 years whose pastor publicly and on camera stated that he believed the AIDS virus was genetically engineered by the government to exterminate black people. But if you even mention that, it's raaaaaacist!!! However, Michele Bachmann was a Lutheran at one point and Rick Perry is an Evangelical. OMG!!! CRAZY CHRISTIAN ALERT!!!11!!
Seriously, this is getting to be ridiculous. I think we all know that Bachmann and Perry's religious affiliations aren't the problem here. It's their political one. And the media, hating the latter will do anything they can to provoke outrage by exploiting and twisting the former.
July 14, 2011 at 10:55 pm
She does write for WaPo… 🙂 But this story is still disappointing. People miss their chance not to be so cliched in their analysis, especially when making such broad over-generalizations.
July 15, 2011 at 12:08 am
Dear Lord, the commenters over there are daft. They would hated George Washington, if they bothered to learn what he did while in office.
Like this
"By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor– and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.
Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be– That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks–for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation–for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war–for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed–for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted–for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.
and also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions– to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually–to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed–to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord–To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and us–and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789."
July 15, 2011 at 3:59 am
Amen.
July 15, 2011 at 9:31 pm
"…herself from anti-papal statements made by … wait for it … Martin Luther!"
Who is the man responsible for popularising that most nettlesome of interjections, "wait for it?"
He must be identified, prosecuted, and jailed
July 15, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Seriously? You took the time to comment on that?
July 15, 2011 at 11:34 pm
Seriously, Jay? You took the time to comment on her comment?
July 16, 2011 at 12:53 am
Seriously, Tom? You took the time…?
July 16, 2011 at 3:46 pm
@ranting Catholic mom:
You have to remember that up until around the mid 80's, political parties were a lot less ideological. Gore grew up in that tradition, starting out as very pro-life, even advocating other conservative causes.
Yet like any who wanted to rise to prominence, he had to abandon his pro-life convictions as a Democrat. Since 1968, that was the one thing Democrats were always ideological about: to be a prominent Democrat, you had to advocate abortion.
Rick Perry used to be a registered Democrat. During that time in Texas, most democrats were more conservative than most Republicans. Eventually Texas politics conformed to the ideological lines (while to the right in a red state) everyone else has, and Perry wound up as a Republican.