While everyone’s obsessing over Santorum actually believing what his Church teaches…

Is anyone paying attention to what else is going on?

First, here’s what Santorum actually said about contraceptives:

“My position is birth control can and should be available…My personal position is well known, obviously well known,” he said. “As a Catholic – and I do my best to be a faithful Catholic – my wife and I we don’t believe or practice birth control as an article of faith of our church.” CNN

For you Virginians, isn’t that basically what Tim Kaine said about the death penalty in 2005? Pretty much:

Kaine has repeatedly said that, while religious convictions lead him personally to oppose the death penalty, as governor he would follow the law and would exercise his clemency powers sparingly.. The Roanoke Times.

Where are all the people who cried out “How dare he attack Kaine for being Catholic?”

Crickets.

But while you were being distracted, this was also happening:

The failed Obama stimulus turned three.

The Wall Street Journal announced that the U.S. and Afghans are in talks with the Taliban.

What happened to the America that didn’t negotiate with terrorists?

Also, Congress Extended the Payroll Tax Cuts, but they still don’t know how to pay for it.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was criticized for Having flags lowered for Whitney Houston’s funeral, but maybe that was to deflect criticism for vetoing gay marriage. Of course, he’d already promised to do that.

Closer to home, Lt. Governor Bill Bolling broke a 20-20 tie in the evenly divided chamber to back tax credits for corporations that contribute to scholarships for low- and middle-income students to attend private schools.. Richmond Times Dispatch.

Now that I’ve told you what’s really going on, go get back to your Saturday.

1 comment

  1. Indeed it is a clear double standard. Like our local WMAL talk host up here, Chris Plante, loves to say, “if it wasn’t for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all”. Liberalism tolerates any religious practice as long as it conforms to liberal doctrine.

    From President Obama’s first day in office when he “shut down” Gitmo, to the Patriot Act, to the (fill in the blank), we have once again seen that you can never trust a liberal politician. And the “The Press” silence for the last three and half years cannot be described with mere words. For them, the ends always justify the means.

    Tim Kaine does us no service by using his faith as political credentials and as social justice policy justification and then treats Catholic doctrine like a cafeteria. If you do not accept the Church’s teaching then say so, make your case to the voters, but do not disrespect the Church. And Church leaders do society no service in failing to hold their flock accountable to standard of conduct guided by grace. I fear they are well down the road to irrelevance and their mortal enemy, liberalism, is happy to help.

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