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Obama=Hitler? A debate rages…
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David Gibson
The Obama-Hitler meme has been repeated ad nauseum during the Notre Dame commencement controversy, threatening to become a self-sustaining corollary to Godwin’s Rule of Nazi Analogies. It is the verbal equivalent of the gruesome anti-abortion plane banners being flown around campus, and likely as effective. It is also a fatuous comparison, made worse by the fact…
The Three-Minute Confirmation Stick
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David Gibson
All about Supreme Court nominees and the “A-word.” That word is not “awesome.” But this segment is. Hat tip to Cathy Kaveny at dotCommonweal, a “Daily Show” devotee. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Three-Minute Confirmation Stick thedailyshow.com Daily ShowFull Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor
Bishop Wenski’s Notre Dame “reparation” homily
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David Gibson
The homily from Sunday’s mass is posted. Here is the full text…(I’d pasted the wrong text before…mea culpa.) As Amy Welborn said, the reparation idea is kind of strange, and Bp. Wenski seems to try to finesse it. But it still comes off as a blast at Notre Dame and Obama supporters. Mass of Reparation –…
Obama supporters: Russell Shaw wants an apology
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David Gibson
Our Sunday Visitor’s Russell Shaw, a longtime conservative Catholic journalist and observer–and often trenchant critic–of the American scene says Obama supporters should apologize for saying Catholics could support Obama because the president has, and will, do nothing but expand abortion, Shaw writes: “Dialogue? So far as is known, Mr. Obama has had one half-hour meeting…
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