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Risk or reward?
With working class roots and a strong background in foreign policy, Sen. Joe Biden brings a lot to the table for the Democratic presidential ticket. But he’s also a pro-abortion Catholic–a fact some analysts believe is bound to touch off heated debate among the very constituents Democrats are working so hard to attract.
By selecting a Pennsylvania-born Catholic as his No. 2, [Barack] Obama is betting the potential rewards–including swaying elusive lunch-pail Catholics in the Midwest–outweigh the risks.
Catholics have been a swing vote for almost 40 years. Polls show white Catholics, who account for nearly one in five U.S. voters, evenly divided between Obama and Republican John McCain. McCain is leading among Catholics in battleground states Ohio and Florida.
“Having Biden on the ticket covers the Catholic base,” said David Gibson, a Catholic journalist and author. “But anytime you pick a Catholic, it’s also courting controversy.”
What impact do you think Biden’s Catholic faith will have on Obama’s bid for the presidency–is it a risk or a reward?
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Jabbermouth Joe or Blowhard Biden an asset? Not the way we see it here in the hinterland, folks. And his 100% proAbort voting record is in complete lockstep with the abortucrat big money donors to the party. Not much of a controversy there either. I can’t wait to learn which Eurosocialist’s speeches Biden will be plagiarizing from this go ’round.
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Somehow I suspect Biden’s adherence to Catholicism’s teaching will be as rigorous as the biblically-guided voting record and policies of Gore and Clinton.
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Biden’s so-called Catholicism won’t change a single vote. His far-left views mirror BHO’s, so they won’t change a single vote. His plagiarism is ancient history, eagerly overlooked by the lapdog press. In choosing Biden, BHO risks only the association with Biden’s mouth but gains nothing. It’s a safe choice, not what you’d expect from the Messiah of Change for Change’s Sake.
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The key part of his Catholicism is its connection to working class roots. I think the bigger question will be how he speaks about that faith — does he have a faith story he can tell? At this point, I don’t know what kind of Catholic he is (see discussions at Get Religion).
If he’s faithful, able to talk about it, then at the very least it would say something about his integrity. And that alone would be worth something.
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