Reply #31: Obama won the Catholic vote

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And courted it. Groups like Pax Christi and Catholic Democrats worked hard for him. I suspect guys like this SC priest are sore losers. They've held the floor over the last several years, along with every other conservative religious leader and politician. The progressive Catholics won this round, and I don't think the conservatives saw it coming. And they're mad. Pissed, in fact.

I had to chuckle at the Bishops' statement last week, though; re, abortion. I think the Bishops were really saying, "We helped put you into office and we don't want you to forget about our issues." They don't seem to realize that it was the LAITY'S doing, not theirs.

You might be interested in a report by the Pew Research Center: it found that in 2004, the threat by several Conservative bishops to deny communion to Kerry supporters had a minimal impact on the election. Bush actually gained more votes among non-churchgoers than he did among Catholics. And 72 percent of Catholics disapproved of the Bishops' statements.