[Sca-cooks] The Fallwell/Robertson statements - was, Fw: Threats

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Ted Eisenstein wrote:
>>I'm not quite old enough to remember some of the anti-Catholic
>>sentiments expressed during JFK's presidential campaign, Phillipa, are
>>you? I gather they were mostly a retread of the nastiness spread about
>>Al Smith and various others.
>>
>
> At least some of those sentiments centered around to whom a
> Catholic president would owe allegiance. As president, he'd owe some
> to the people, of course - but there were those who worried that, as a
> Catholic, he'd have to owe allegiance as well to the Pope.

Yesyesyes, papal bulls grazing on the White House lawn, an' a' that. On
the other hand, as it happened, compare the respective first day in
office of JFK and GWB, and tell me, honestly, whose first day
demonstrated a greater dependence on the input of religious leaders.

This type of argument is known as a straw man. Beneath it lies, for
practical purposes, bigotry.
Adamantius
--
Phil & Susan Troy

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"It was so blatant that Roger threw at him.  Clemens gets away with
things that get other people thrown out of games.  As long as they
let him get away with it, it's going  to continue." -- Joe Torre, 9/98