What a Day in Politics!

First, the cartwheel-worthy news:Barney Frank is Retiring!


He saw the writing on the Wall. He came within ten points of losing the last election and since that time there has been a redistricting which put more conservatives in his precincts.

Then there was Sam Brownback and Twittergate.

Really? We are at the point where a little snotnosed kid without manners can gain 10,000 followers for being rude and mean? It was overreaction to ask for an apology. But once it did happen and the girl 'refused' to apologize, we have a much different problem as a culture. Kids will be kids at that age but your duty as a parent is to teach the child manners, grace, how to be a decent human being. I am appalled that they let their daughter become a celebrity bitch. How will that serve her in life? How does it serve your community, country?

The plot thickens for Cain:Woman alleges she had a 13 year affair with him.

Says she has 61 texts/emails at odd hours.

Is that it? Not very compelling, but neither is the statement from Cain's lawyer:

a statement provided to CBS News from Cain attorney Lin Wood did not go so far as to deny an affair. Wood's statement said White's accusations of a consensual affair between two adults was not a legitimate news story.

"This is not an accusation of harassment in the workplace - this is not an accusation of an assault - which are subject matters of legitimate inquiry to a political candidate," Wood said in the statement. "He has no obligation to discuss these types of accusations publicly with the media and he will not do so even if his principled position is viewed unfavorably by members of the media."

The Dems hit Romney as Two Men Trapped in One Body

How fun is that?

Catholic Proabort Politicians are Despondent; Petition/Counter Petition

With the illumination that Pro-Life Catholics desire to give momentum to Catholic Politicians faithful to the tenets of our religion, abortion advocating Catholic politicians are despondent at the shocking news that they're betraying their faith.

They have never heard this insulting revelation before from the rock they're under.

And, they're dismayed that people are fundraising to accomplish their political aspirations.

Where in America has this ever been done before.

Senator Kerry is whimpering in the corner with a spokesperson who doesn't have her Bernadin seamless garment talking points memorized

“At a time when the whole cloth of Catholic teachings demands we work together to find answers for so many who are suffering in this world, it’s disappointing to see incendiary political fundraising rather than good-faith efforts to promote the common good and work together to reduce the number of abortions,” Kerry spokeswoman Whitney Smith wrote in an e-mail."

You know...the whole cloth.

The whole nine yards.

The whichamacall it.........The cloth without the holes.

In a good-faith effort to promote the whole common good cloth, Catholics United is circulating a petition on behalf of the catatonic Catholic proaborts.


I can trump this cartoon.

United Catholics Circulate Counter-Petition to President Barack Obama
to denounce divisive tactics of Catholics United.

Calls for return of money for inappropriate use of of government agencies
and unfaithful Catholic periodicals to ambush faithful Roman Catholics

Dear President Obama;

Once again, operatives with strong partisan ties are misusing faith to achieve their political ends.

Today, the unfaithful organization Catholics United run by an official of your campaign, Elizabeth Frawley Bagley was limping along trying to get traction out of a story that Roman Catholics are tired of leadership misrepresenting dogma in the public square and are fundraising to give momentum to politicians who embrace our ideals to give us a voice on Capitol Hill.

I know what you're thinking: It's as crazy for faithful Catholics to have taxation and want representation on Capitol Hill as it is AfroAmericans. Yet, as a wise man once said, we have dreams too, that someday folks will judge Catholics by the content of our character. We shall not be deterred. We will not be intimidated. Our political dreams, of course, are deflated by a 2000 year history of martyrdom - but oddly, the gravitas of evangelizing in the public square only gets more zealous. Go figure.

Considering the divisive tactics this rat pack initiative has participated in , our feelings are hurt. In fact, we're so paralyzed and depressed we are being spoon-fed soup.

You have officially stated that you reject divisive politics and that's a good first step but more needs to be done, especially if their grassroots adviser God O Thunder gets out of jail. Together with our friends in the Roman Curia, can you send us 76.9 million applications for the witness protection program? All people of faith have reason to be offended by Catholics United divisive tone.

We are calling on President Obama to 1) clarify to all those who are stalked and threatened that he does not support these attacks on the Catholic faith and 2) ask Elizabeth Frawley Bagley to return all the funds raised by this campaign or put them to good use in this time of economic crisis by donating them to Catholic Advocate.

Please sign my petition and ask President Obama to help right the wrongs of these degrading tactics.

United Catholics is a group of hundreds of thousands Catholics.

Hell Hath No Fury Like The Feuerher

The new initiative "Catholic Advocate," whose goal is to expose politicians "who hide their pro-abortion record behind a smokescreen of faith," confirmed to CNA that they do have the support of Senator Sam Brownback for their initiative.

But on Friday, Joe Feuerher, a staff writer of the National Catholic Reporter, questioned the authenticity of the letter, quoting Brownback's spokesman Brian Hart, who said that "our chief of staff ... had never seen, heard of, or approved it."

On Monday, Catholic Advocate sent CNA a copy of the email approving the letter from Senator Brownback. The email, which involves the names of other individuals not relevant to the story, was dated February 29, 2008 to Matt Schenk, of HSP Direct, clearly stating that "the Brownback/Catholic Advocate appeal" was "ok, approved."

Regarding the statements of Brian Hart quoted by the Reporter, Glen Chambers, chief of staff for Senator Brownback, explained that "I think we've gotten to the bottom of the confusion over the mail piece. Neither the Senator nor I had seen the letter or were aware of it. I figured out that you did get permission to use his name on the piece from a former campaign staffer in February of last year." Chambers also said there would not be future mailings using the Senator's name.

The CNA story also gives credence to the character assassinations that are reserved for Catholics who assent to the authority of the Deposit of Faith.

In the his story, Feuerher takes special aim at Deal Hudson, whom he describes as a "conservative Catholic activist and Republican political operative." Feuerher dedicates part of his article to focusing attention on his own controversial report from 2004 that detailed an inappropriate sexual encounter Hudson had revealed and apologized for several years ago.

In 2004, Feuerher deflected criticism that his intention was character assassination by saying that he just followed "where the story led me."

Nevertheless, earlier this year, Catholic blogs called attention to the Hudson story by saying that the coverage the National Catholic Reporter gave to the scandal surrounding Eric McFadden was insufficient in comparison.

I love the Freudian slip in Feuerherd's name. Considering the sex scandals right under the noses of the National Catholic Reporter, I'm amazed they are so bold.

I wouldn't wish the despicable characters at the NCR crowd upon McFadden's family.

But, let's mark the occasion: There are obscene pictures of a minor taken in his his wife's car and plenty of lewd and lascivious sex details in the public domain that the National Catholic Reporter story didn't "take them".

Catholics United is never associated with the sexual criminal and pedophile they sent to five parishes in Ohio to "protect children". NCR has yet to ask the question as to whether the sexual socipath went inside of the parish building on the directives of the DNC and their cronies at "Catholics United".

Feuerherd did not respond to my question about about Kennedy initiating the story. I'm terribly sorry that Kennedy is sick and I pray for his health and his conversion. But, let's have the decency to be honest. There's never been any mention in the National Catholic Reporter of the Kennedy's canoodlings when he drove off the bridge and left the woman to die. The story never seems to "take them there" even when its the Kennedys using the resources of the National Catholic Reporter to intimidate.

There is an end to letting the proabortion lobby of the DNC use political terrorism at a periodical with the name Catholic on it.