Reply #12: Some thoughts. [View All]

[CBHagman]

First off, as the book "How to Be Irish (Even If You Already Are)" humorously points out, there have long been both right-wing and left-wing types among the Irish. It is a cross we must bear or, as my manager, a Welshman, likes to say, "Offer it up for the poor souls in purgatory."

As for the claim that churchgoing folks are more likely to be Bush supporters, I think that's a case of taking a few polls and making broad assertions with them. Certainly Bush always bangs a drum about his beliefs and practices (guess he missed the 6th and 7th chapters of Matthew), but that doesn't play with everybody.