On July 22, 2002, ALLPOLITICS posted a column by Mark Shields
titled: "Dems Doing Worst to Lose 'Catholic Vote.'" Go to:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/07/22/column.shields/
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"But in a deliberate act of political bigotry, the Democratic
National Committee is daily telling Catholic voters to get lost.
Do you think I exaggerate? Then go to the Democratic National
Committee website. There you will finds ‘links of interest from
the Democratic National Committee.' If your interests include
the environment or veterans or Gay and Lesbian or Jewish-American
or pro-choice or African-American, the DNC will happily suggest
dozens of places for you to spend time. There is under "Catholic"
only one Democratic Party-endorsed site to visit: the absolutely
unflinching champions of abortion on demand, ‘Catholics for a
Free Choice.'

"How offensive is this? Well, what would be the reaction if the
only DNC-recommended site under Jewish-American (there are 13,
including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
and the Jewish Forward newspaper) was "Jews for Jesus?"...
[...]

"Does anyone there even know of the U.S. Catholic Conference,
which speaks for the voiceless, defends the needy, protects the
earth, works for peace, welcomes the immigrant and reminds us
all that when nearly one out of five American children lives in
poverty and when 43 million of our fellow citizens are without
health coverage, the moral measure of our society and our nation
must be how fare ‘the least among us.'
[...]

"Uncritical, unrestricted access to abortion for all has become
the litmus test for the national Democratic Party. The DNC may
be run by single-issue voters. But Catholics, as they have shown
to the consternation of conservatives time and again, are anything
but single-issue voters. Will any national Democratic leader have
the decency and the intelligence to apologize to Catholic voters
for the Democratic National Committee's insults? I wonder."
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Papa Jack comments:
This column is two years old, but the DNC attitude is just as
biased today as it was when it was written.

We see Kerry profess to be an "active Catholic," while doing
battle with the church bishops over abortion and other topics.
He seems to be saying

to other Catholics, "Don't listen to those
musty old men (bishops) -- just follow my lead."

Thanks for considering my point of view.

"How offensive is this? Well, what would be the reaction if the
only DNC-recommended site under Jewish-American (there are 13,
including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
and the Jewish Forward newspaper) was "Jews for Jesus?"...