[UncleDick]

This shouldn't be surprising to anybody. Traditionalist catholics are (generally) paleocons.

[antceecee]

Reference: http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0503/0503conswar.htm

I guess this Catholic is an anomaly.... I support the war in Iraq, I support Israel and I am against the OBL.

Guess we traditional Catholics don't all (generally) fit the paleocon mold.

[GOP Poet]

Okay. I'll bite. What is a paleocon? Any relationship to peacock or pale ocean?

[IrishRainy]

Didn't his father move the whole family to Australia so they could avoid being drafted to Vietnam?

Mel has 6 sons and even though we no longer have the draft, deep down I think people who went through that era fear it will be brought back, and that their kids might **gasp** die. Even though they could die on the streets of Malibu (in Mel's case) at any time. It's a rather short-sighted view of the world, IMO.