tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post6437190223485332966..comments2010-01-12T16:09:59.604-06:00Jake Parrillonoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-61701929837283663342009-03-26T17:27:14.000-05:002009-03-26T17:27:14.000-05:00If Cardinal McIntyre was willing to state publicly in 1964 that it was wrong to vote for a divorced and remarried candidate, imagine the position he would have been in that year had JFK lived and run for reelection...wouldn't he have been forced to declare his opposition to a Catholic president who was known to be commiting adultery?Bookwormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-62285957268293420772009-03-25T12:09:09.000-05:002009-03-25T12:09:09.000-05:00As best I recollect, divorce was once considered a giant negative for any American politician, regardless of religion. It wasn't until Reagan that it became acceptable to wink at it.Andy Kowalczyknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-35935535546568711422009-03-25T05:27:57.000-05:002009-03-25T05:27:57.000-05:00Let's add this vital background to the first item. Cardinal McIntyre was a racist, and his other views veered close to the John Birch Society. No wonder he disliked Rockefeller.Bill Kurtznoreply@blogger.com