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In reply to the discussion: "Polish death camps" [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)30. It's a shame what we're seeing here. catholics weren't even mentioned in the article
It seems a "those people are all alike and stick together" stereotype is what you're up against. That's sad and demonstrably not true --
Incoming US President Barack Obama has won back a significant proportion of the Catholic vote previously lost to George Bush, electoral analysts say.
The International Herald Tribune quoted several religious experts saying that the swing in the Catholic vote in this year's election may be one of the more significant political developments, despite the emphasis that Democrats have put on attracting evangelical voters.
Although Kerry is Catholic, he won only 47 percent of Catholic voters, while Bush drew 52 percent. That represented a reversal from 2000 when Gore won 50 percent of Catholics and Bush won 47 percent.
On Tuesday, Catholics, who accounted for about a quarter of the electorate, supported Obama, at 54 percent, over McCain, at 45 percent.
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=9996
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It's a shame what we're seeing here. catholics weren't even mentioned in the article
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2012
#30
It's ridiculous because you just made it up with not a shred of evidence and keeping on repeating it
sabrina 1
May 2012
#83
Of course, but they did, probably disingenuously because it's clear to any rational person
sabrina 1
May 2012
#94
Again I disagree. I knew what the President meant when he said 'Polish Death Camp'...
truebrit71
May 2012
#58
It most definitely IS (and was). Take a look at a map and get back to me...
truebrit71
Jun 2012
#105
I took his comment as meaning "Polish death camps" as in "Nazi death camps in Poland"
Zalatix
May 2012
#23
Interesting that you expect a head of state to "stand up for their country"...
FBaggins
May 2012
#64
And there were just as many that were more than eager to assist the Nazis in their task...
truebrit71
May 2012
#62
I voted for #1. It was clearly a kind of slip of the tongue. His advisors and speech writers
CTyankee
May 2012
#39
Sarah's Key is a very good movie about France's complicity with rounding up Jews for
CTyankee
May 2012
#87
Coco Chanel was a Nazi collaborator, every time they discuss her company's clothes
adigal
May 2012
#98