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« on: August 11, 2012, 02:02:57 AM »
« edited: August 11, 2012, 02:06:02 AM by retromike22 »
I didn't know that Ryan was a Catholic. Are there any anti-Mormon and anti-Catholic Protestants out there or have they all died out?
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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2012, 02:07:27 AM »
There are still plenty of anti-Catholic Protestants in the south.
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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2012, 02:07:46 AM »
Well, Biden's a catholic and Obama is black. I am guessing the anti-mormon and catholic protestants would also be anti-black?
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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2012, 02:07:46 AM »
Or maybe the country's moved on?
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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2012, 03:16:42 AM »
Evidently, to a remarkable degree. The question is, how much of the country.
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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2012, 03:21:03 AM »
The part of the country that hasn't moved on has probably moved on even less from the whole "hating black people and/or secret muslins" thing.
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« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2012, 03:46:06 AM »
Probably not many realize it, but there are no Protestants on SCOTUS.
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« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2012, 06:04:45 AM »
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on August 11, 2012, 03:46:06 AM
Probably not many realize it, but there are no Protestants on SCOTUS.

Indeed, six Catholics and three Jews.
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« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2012, 06:55:14 AM »
A lot of "firsts" can be overstated. Is this the first ticket with two surnames containing the letter "y" ?
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« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2012, 07:14:06 AM »
« Edited: August 11, 2012, 07:28:25 AM by JCL beith smitten with a lass »
Where is the evangelical Protestant? I don't see one. Neither party has a Protestant in the ticket.
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« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2012, 07:18:32 AM »
Quote from: doktorb on August 11, 2012, 06:55:14 AM
A lot of "firsts" can be overstated. Is this the first ticket with two surnames containing the letter "y" ?
Possibly. Not going to check through the defeated ones. Certainly not if we add given names, though, there've been about half a dozen successful ones alone in that case. Grin
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« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2012, 07:35:06 AM »
Quote from: Lief on August 11, 2012, 03:21:03 AM
The part of the country that hasn't moved on has probably moved on even less from the whole "hating black people and/or secret muslins" thing.
You wonder whether this was on some GOP insiders' mind. (Probably not, though. The Protestant-Catholic divide has become quite unimportant.) Back in '28, the first neither-British-nor-Dutch GOP candidate (not in the male line anyhow) had a part-Native running mate... and was up against the first ever Catholic nominee.
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« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2012, 07:51:42 AM »
Quote from: JCL beith smitten with a lass on August 11, 2012, 07:14:06 AM
Where is the evangelical Protestant? I don't see one. Neither party has a Protestant in the ticket.

You must be devastated.
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« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2012, 07:56:33 AM »
Barack Obama is a Protestant.
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« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2012, 08:15:01 AM »

I'm pretty sure Obama is an atheist.  That's not a bad thing, but it does make him not a Protestant.
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« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2012, 08:16:49 AM »
Crap. We are all royally screwed now!
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« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2012, 08:21:20 AM »
Quote from: cavalcade on August 11, 2012, 08:15:01 AM

I'm pretty sure Obama is an atheist.  That's not a bad thing, but it does make him not a Protestant.
If he's an athiest, he is at least a Protestant athiest.
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« Reply #17 on: August 11, 2012, 08:30:54 AM »

The issue is that he isn't the right kind of Protestant.
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« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2012, 08:35:29 AM »

The white kind of Protestant?
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« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2012, 08:51:17 AM »

The conservative/evangelical kind of Protestant.
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« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2012, 08:54:00 AM »
There are plenty of reasons to dislike Ryan, but him not being a protestant is not one of them.
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« Reply #21 on: August 11, 2012, 09:10:57 AM »

Mind you, what could be more deeply American than the United Church of Christ, the lineal descendant of the Puritans?
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« Reply #22 on: August 11, 2012, 09:13:56 AM »
Quote from: ajb on August 11, 2012, 09:10:57 AM

Mind you, what could be more deeply American than the United Church of Christ, the lineal descendant of the Puritans?

But, but, but... they're LIBUHRULS!
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« Reply #23 on: August 11, 2012, 11:09:16 AM »
I think we should all admit that white Catholics are the most powerful swing voters in this country.  The republicans know that the southern evangelicals will always vote for them. 

Now in order to win the swing states, the GOP needs to appeal to the "Reagan Democrats" which are essentially white Catholics (who voted for Kennedy, FDR, etc.). 

The southern evangelicals may stay home, but then they concede to the half-black Obama and the Liberal Democrats. 

Catholic Paul Ryan ensures Romney victories in Iowa, Ohio, Florida, and Wisconsin. 
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« Reply #24 on: August 11, 2012, 11:11:07 AM »
No one ensures victories anywhere.
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