Needed: More like Santorum

[Atman]

This is your brain. This is your brain in a sheep. Any questions?

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Needed: More Like Santorum
November 20, 2006

Rick Santorum lost on Election Day. He is, but no longer will be, a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (my native state).

Santorum is a good example of what all Catholic politicians should be, but very few are. He is loyal and obedient to the teachings of the Catholic Church.

All Catholics have a serious obligation to give total and unconditional loyalty and obedience to the teaching authority of the church in all matters of faith and morals. Obedience is the essence of Catholicism. Most Catholic politicians do not believe this. This is nothing less than tragic. Equally tragic is that, among Catholics in general, dissent and disobedience have been widespread for decades.

There is an old saying: An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. The Catholic Church has an abundance of clever people. It needs loyal people. It needs lots of them. It needs people like Rick Santorum. So does America.

Francis Cook
Windsor Locks

http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hc-lets1120.artnov20,0,751103.story?coll=hc-headlines-letters

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Francis doesn't seem to understand the message sent by the voters in Santorum's thumpin'.

[NoodleBoy]

1. there's a reason that that's an "old saying"--

"An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness"-- because in the modern world, cleverness beats conservatism every time.

[Atman]

2. Yeah, it doesn't require even an ounce of cleverness to blindly obey

It's scary that this guy thinks we need MORE of this in government!

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[Frances]

3. Democracy and Catholicism can't co-exist

if we follow the letter writer's logic. Democracy says that power flows from the people up, not from the top (even God) down.

[BlooInBloo]

5. A lot of things can't coexist with Catholicism - 'nuff said - lol!

[BlooInBloo]

4. Looks like there's a lot (predictably) that Francis doesn't understand....

http://www.lists.opn.org/pipermail/org.opn.lists.local_activists/2004-August/000762.html

(2nd entry)

[survivor999]

6. Anybody who is intolerant and favors wars

Has nothing to do with Catholicism and the teaching of Jesus. Obvious to anyone who's not a pathetic bigot.

[warrens]

7. Oy

I grew up in all-Catholic towns in New England. Guys like this form a very small minority of Catholics.

[Old and In the Way]

8. Maybe Rick can run as Bishop.

nt

[valerief]

9. But then EVERY Santorum-clone would want their own fetus to show

to their little children. Where would they get all those feti?

[LeftishBrit]

10. What a scary attitude!

Fodder for fascists. Don't think, just obey. Wow.

And by the way, the late Pope condemned the war in Iraq. Interesting how the right seem to want people to follow their religious leaders just when it suits right-wing causes, and not otherwise.