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1/ Here is an #ElectionDay thread about #Catholics and #democracy. You should read it all but here is the TLDR headline: Catholics have done our part to bring US politics to this point, and we need to fix it.
Let's begin with a long view.
Let's begin with a long view.
2/ The #CatholicChurch spent 1900 years avoiding #democracy, quite comfortable with empire and monarchy. The closest the church ever got was the Council of Basel (1431-1449) that followed something like democratic procedure to challenge papal supremacy, suggested a conciliar...
3/ ...approach to the governance of the church. It did not succeed.
A century earlier Marsiglio of Padua had praised ideas very close to popular sovereignty & he remained "the accursed Marsiglio" into the 19th century.
Very little in Catholicism has pointed to #democracy.
A century earlier Marsiglio of Padua had praised ideas very close to popular sovereignty & he remained "the accursed Marsiglio" into the 19th century.
Very little in Catholicism has pointed to #democracy.
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Con Inc'ers think that the GOP's electoral problem is Trump and Trumpism. Many former Trump fans are "just tired" of him. @IngrahamAngle said so.
I am not going to give you now data to make a case otherwise. But I want to direct your attention to George W. Bush.
Con Inc'ers think that the GOP's electoral problem is Trump and Trumpism. Many former Trump fans are "just tired" of him. @IngrahamAngle said so.
I am not going to give you now data to make a case otherwise. But I want to direct your attention to George W. Bush.
2/ Late 2006 was the end of his second year of his second term. His first term was delegitimized as "stolen" by a 5-4 SCOTUS ruling as well as by his brother @JebBush who was FL's governor. Afew months into his term, a GOPer left the party; giving Dems control of the Senate.
3/ Shortly thereafter the terror attacks happened. Bush's ratings popped and he drove it to the historic midterm election wins for an incumbent party (in 2002).
But then the fun began on multiple levels, in no particular order.
cc @AriFleischer @KarlRove @NicolleDWallace
But then the fun began on multiple levels, in no particular order.
cc @AriFleischer @KarlRove @NicolleDWallace
