"The most anti-Catholic political ad I've ever seen"

[Anselm33]

I quote from the first paragraph:

A Democrat Party supporting independent non profit group has sent out perhaps THE most anti-Catholic political advertisement I’ve ever seen. Sometimes there’s a little subtlety to anti-Catholic political rhetoric but not this time. This is in your face anti-Catholicism. A postcard was sent out to voters with a photo shopped picture of a Catholic priest wearing a campaign button saying: “Ignore the Poor.

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See the full article in the National Catholic Register:
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It’s been said that anti-Catholicism is the last respectable prejudice of the left.

 

[johnnykins]

I know nothing about the group that did this. Are they legit. If so, it’s disturbing. If they are unknown, it is just “dirty tricks” aka politics as usual.

 

[Phemie]

I know nothing about the group that did this. Are they legit. If so, it’s disturbing. If they are unknown, it is just “dirty tricks” aka politics as usual.

From the comments accompanying the article the ad was sponsored by that State’s Democratic Party.

Of course around here that picture would more accurately depict an Anglican priest than a Catholic one. Haven’t seen clericals on our pastors in ages.

 

[Joe_5859]

Am I the only one who is confused? Maybe it’s just my ancient monitor, but I cannot read what the little button the priest is wearing actually says. Can anyone help me out?

EDIT: Never mind, I just squinted and was able to make out that it says “Ignore the Poor”.

Wow, that is pretty bad. Way to alienate the Catholic voters!

 

[runningdude]

The most amazing thing that I noted was that the comments actually agreed. Usually these are the playground for people taking cheep shots against the Catholic Church. Oh, the NC register is a Catholic newspaper. Slightly changes thing

 

[rlg94086]

Huh…I wonder how our resident Catholic Democrats are going spin this one…

 

[Alan55]

Huh…I wonder how our resident Catholic Democrats are going spin this one…

Let me try to unpack the logic of the ad:

The U.S. bishops have increasingly made abortion the single issue for Catholic voters, abandoning the issues that were so important to Catholic voters in recent decades, such as care for the poor and disadvantaged. Nowadays, Republican candidates who favor policies that strongly favor big business and wealthy taxpayers can expect to receive the Catholic bishops’ support as long as they say that they are pro-life. Ignore the poor, protect the unborn. That’s the stance of today’s Catholic voter. Why not make such single-issue voters a target for the majority, who favor pro-choice policies?

Understand that I think the ad is despicable, but that’s the sense I make of it.

 

[JimG]

Let me try to unpack the logic of the ad:

The U.S. bishops have increasingly made abortion the single issue for Catholic voters, abandoning the issues that were so important to Catholic voters in recent decades, such as care for the poor and disadvantaged. Nowadays, Republican candidates who favor policies that strongly favor big business and wealthy taxpayers can expect to receive the Catholic bishops’ support as long as they say that they are pro-life. Ignore the poor, protect the unborn. That’s the stance of today’s Catholic voter. Why not make such single-issue voters a target for the majority, who favor pro-choice policies?

Understand that I think the ad is despicable, but that’s the sense I make of it.

Of course, it was the Democratic Party which made the decision to embrace the pro-abortion position. It could obtain the bishops’ support by adopting a resolute and firm pro-life stance; but to do so, it would have to reject the pro-choice plank of the national Democratic Party Platform.

 

[johnnykins]

From the comments accompanying the article the ad was sponsored by that State’s Democratic Party.

Of course around here that picture would more accurately depict an Anglican priest than a Catholic one. Haven’t seen clericals on our pastors in ages.

If it were in fact sponsored by the state Democratic party - that is very disturbing. If it is a “dirty trick” that too is disturbing, though to be expected.

James Michael Curley in his autobiography, “I’d Do It Again” tells of his Gubernatorial race when her spoke in Republican Needham during a time when the KKK was active in Massachusetts. During his talk a flaming cross burned on a distant hill. He railed against the Republicans and KKK. He, naturally, was able to name the good Democratic Irish Catholics who lit it at his request!

Sorry, I start out skeptical on things like this.

 

[rlg94086]

Let me try to unpack the logic of the ad:

The U.S. bishops have increasingly made abortion the single issue for Catholic voters, abandoning the issues that were so important to Catholic voters in recent decades, such as care for the poor and disadvantaged. Nowadays, Republican candidates who favor policies that strongly favor big business and wealthy taxpayers can expect to receive the Catholic bishops’ support as long as they say that they are pro-life. Ignore the poor, protect the unborn. That’s the stance of today’s Catholic voter. Why not make such single-issue voters a target for the majority, who favor pro-choice policies?

Understand that I think the ad is despicable, but that’s the sense I make of it.

Yes, I think you nailed it, and I took the liberty of bolding the fallacies that sort of thinking is based on. The Catholic Church has not abandoned any issues, nor have they ever said “ignore the poor.” Meanwhile, the Democrats have increasingly embraced the culture of death and abandoned the Catholic Church by ignoring the lives of innocents - abortion, embryonic stem cell research, euthanasia, cloning - and further degradation of marriage and family - homosexual unions.

I certainly don’t think the ad will help your party’s cause. Further alienating the Catholic Democrats who are already uncomfortable with the party’s stance on life issues is a good way for people to see the supposed “big tent” for what it really is.

 

[new_User1357246]

If it were in fact sponsored by the state Democratic party - that is very disturbing. If it is a “dirty trick” that too is disturbing, though to be expected.

James Michael Curley in his autobiography, “I’d Do It Again” tells of his Gubernatorial race when her spoke in Republican Needham during a time when the KKK was active in Massachusetts. During his talk a flaming cross burned on a distant hill. He railed against the Republicans and KKK. He, naturally, was able to name the good Democratic Irish Catholics who lit it at his request!

Sorry, I start out skeptical on things like this.

I accidentally reposted this article but it is definitely real. I am from MN and contacted the DFL which IS the Democratic Party here…

 

[NE_Catholic]

Let me try to unpack the logic of the ad:

The U.S. bishops have increasingly made abortion the single issue for Catholic voters, abandoning the issues that were so important to Catholic voters in recent decades, such as care for the poor and disadvantaged. Nowadays, Republican candidates who favor policies that strongly favor big business and wealthy taxpayers can expect to receive the Catholic bishops’ support as long as they say that they are pro-life. Ignore the poor, protect the unborn. That’s the stance of today’s Catholic voter. Why not make such single-issue voters a target for the majority, who favor pro-choice policies?

Understand that I think the ad is despicable, but that’s the sense I make of it.

My sense is that the Catholic Church stress “life” in it’s messages towards voters, such as euthansia, immigration, abortoin, etc. Will the Republicans now show a priest with a badge that saws “ammesty for all”?

 

[rlg94086]

My sense is that the Catholic Church stress “life” in it’s messages towards voters, such as euthansia, immigration, abortoin, etc. Will the Republicans now show a priest with a badge that saws “ammesty for all”?

I certainly doubt it. As a Catholic Republican who supports immigration reform, I join our previous president and previous presidential candidate. Republicans are not united on the immigration issue, and I don’t think they would be as dumb as the Democrats to alienate Catholic voters.

Also, it would be equally slimey to characterize the Church as being for “amnesty for all,” as it is to say “ignore the poor.” The Church is in favor of reforming our immigration but also recognizes the right of nations to regulate immigration.

 

[Sonny1954]

I quote from the first paragraph:
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See the full article in the National Catholic Register:
ncregister.com/blog/the-most-anti-catholic-political-ad-youll-ever-see?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NCRegisterDailyBlog+%2540The+Daily+Register%2541#When:03:03:00Z
It’s been said that anti-Catholicism is the last respectable prejudice of the left.

In the first place, it’s the Democratic Party (not the Democrat Party) and in the 2nd place, it’s certainly not the most blatantly anti-Catholic political ad I’ve ever seen. That “honor” goes to a editorial cartoon captioned “Big John and Little John” and showed a boyish JFK sitting on Pope John XXIII’s lap, with the Pope telling Kennedy “Remember to do what Papa tells you!” THAT was in your (our) face.

 

[Dale_M]

Let me try to unpack the logic of the ad:

The U.S. bishops have increasingly made abortion the single issue for Catholic voters, abandoning the issues that were so important to Catholic voters in recent decades, such as care for the poor and disadvantaged. Nowadays, Republican candidates who favor policies that strongly favor big business and wealthy taxpayers can expect to receive the Catholic bishops’ support as long as they say that they are pro-life. Ignore the poor, protect the unborn. That’s the stance of today’s Catholic voter. Why not make such single-issue voters a target for the majority, who favor pro-choice policies?

Understand that I think the ad is despicable, but that’s the sense I make of it.

I think you are basically on target, but I would also add that the postcard isn’t directed specifically against the Catholic Church but against all of right wing Christianity. The Roman collar, at least in the US, is often used as a symbol of Christian clergy. And, in the US at least, Evangelical voices have often been as loud against abortion as have been Catholic voices.

I don’t think the postcard is specifically anti-Catholic so much as it is an appeal to those who oppose what is perceived to be the Christian Right.

 

[rlg94086]

I think you are basically on target, but I would also add that the postcard isn’t directed specifically against the Catholic Church but against all of right wing Christianity. The Roman collar, at least in the US, is often used as a symbol of Christian clergy. And, in the US at least, Evangelical voices have often been as loud against abortion as have been Catholic voices.

I don’t think the postcard is specifically anti-Catholic so much as it is an appeal to those who oppose what is perceived to be the Christian Right.

Seriously? Do you really think the vast majority of Americans don’t look at the picture of collared clergy and immediately think “Catholic?”

And, how, exactly, is the picture of collared clergy automatically targeting the Christian Right? What is it about the collar that signifies the Right?

Epic fail by the Democrats.

 

[Dale_M]

Seriously? Do you really think the vast majority of Americans don’t look at the picture of collared clergy and immediately think “Catholic?”

Yes, I do. Honestly, I am surprised that you haven’t been aware of this symbol. Certainly I was aware of it, growing up non-Catholic in the 1970s. Many Protestant clergy (although certainly not all) wear similar garb.

And, how, exactly, is the picture of collared clergy automatically targeting the Christian Right? What is it about the collar that signifies the Right?

Nothing about the Roman collar implies Christian Right. However, the button does, at least to those on the Left, when combined with a Christian symbol.

 

[rlg94086]

Yes, I do. Honestly, I am surprised that you haven’t been aware of this symbol. Certainly I was aware of it, growing up non-Catholic in the 1970s. Many Protestant clergy (although certainly not all) wear similar garb.

I grew up non-Catholic. While I, rarely, saw other clergy with the collar, I have always most associated it with Catholic priests. I’m pretty sure the majority of people do.

Dale_M:

Nothing about the Roman collar implies Christian Right.

Exactly.

 

[Dale_M]

I grew up non-Catholic. While I, rarely, saw other clergy with the collar, I have always most associated it with Catholic priests. I’m pretty sure the majority of people do.

Well, maybe its a regional thing. Certainly Lutheran clergy wear such a collar, and Lutheranism has a stronghold here in the upper Midwest.

 

[BobCatholic]

Those Democrats = Bigots.

Simple as that.

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