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Somehow wasn't aware of Tim Kaine's Jesuit connection until today. (Original Post)
onehandle
Jul 2016
OP
Jesuits are either very good or very bad, here's some famous Jesuit educated people
TexasProgresive
Jul 2016
#9
Tess49
(1,579 posts)1. Me, too!
ALBliberal
(2,339 posts)2. Social justice. I predict that this man of obvious faith will not
Boast or preach. It's an awesome pick for Hillary. We have so many talented smart committed Democrats.
Beartracks
(12,809 posts)3. Jesuits are a good bunch.
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ALBliberal
(2,339 posts)4. My husband's uncle is a Jesuit priest. Very learned and dedicated.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)5. I looked that up "Jesuit", very impressed.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)6. Exactly!
Jesuits have a very strong affinity for science and social justice. Kaine really has led a life of service.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)9. Jesuits are either very good or very bad, here's some famous Jesuit educated people
They teach one to how to use their mind but don't have much success in changing how it's bent.
Joseph Goebbels (Head of Nazi Propaganda Ministry) -- Trained at a Jesuit College
Joseph Stalin (Communist Dictator) -- Trained by Jesuit monks at Tiflis Seminary
Fidel Castro (Communist Dictator) -- Trained by Jesuits at Colegio Belen
Bill Clinton (Former US President) -- Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
George Tenet (Former CIA director) -- Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
William Casey (Former CIA director) -- Trained by Jesuits at Fordham University
Juan Carlos I (King of Spain) -- Trained by Jesuits at the Instituto de San Isidro
Timothy Leary (Leading Proponent of LSD) -- Trained by Jesuits at Holy Cross College
Denzel Washington (Famous Actor) -- Trained by Jesuits at Fordham University
Patrick Buchanan (Conservative politician) -- Trained by Jesuits at Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown University
John Kerry (US Senator) -- Trained by Jesuits at Boston College
Robert Gates (Secretary of Defense) -- Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
Robert Baer (Former CIA case officer) -- Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
King Abdullah II (King of Jordan) -- Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
Jose Barroso (President of the European Commission) -- Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
Alexander Haig (White House Chief of Staff, Iran-Contra General) -- Trained by Jesuits at St. Joseph's Preparatory School and Georgetown University
John Gannon (Former Head of the Homeland Security Department's Intelligence Unit) -- Trained by Jesuits at Holy Cross College
Vernon Walters (Former Deputy Director of the CIA) - Trained by Jesuits at Stonyhurst College
Prescott Bush (Former Co-Director of Union Banking Corporation, Dubya's grandfather) -- Trained by Jesuits at Stonyhurst College
More at:
http://jonahfrank-bp4.blogspot.com/2009/04/famous-people-who-attended-jesuit.html
Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)7. Jesuit educated -HS and college
That experience made me an agnostic and a Democrat.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)8. PLUS - Tim Kaine is a Zappa fan !!!