[George W. Bush]

I believe that you have the instinct that Catholics are not going to move suddenly rightward at the voting booth and you are probably right about that but we are moving and we tend to be a verrrrrrrry stubborn lot. Once we move, we stay moved for a verrrrrry long time unless and until new reasons make for a slow change in momentum. Also, there is more and more momentum towards the GOP.

Our archbishop wrote to all in his parish publicly and told them it was anti-Church and anti-life to vote Democrat. 'My' bishop told anyone who joined a pro-abortion or pro-gay group to consider themselves excommunicated. We were one of the three all-Red Bush states in 2000.

RCs registered as Dims have declined in the last few decades according to my voter lists. Now they are far more likely to be Republicans with only a few holdouts, mostly because Mama and Papa were FDR Democrats and they can't bear to change. But, as you observe, that generation is passing.

If your bishops are serious, it can have a powerful impact, especially a moral challenge that is strong enough to get them to switch parties because the Dims are so blatantly anti-Christian. Even our single U.S. senator who is a Dim is generally recognized as one of the most conservative Dims (though not enough for me). Maybe along the lines of Lieberman. But then, anyone is conservative compared to the rest of the Dims.

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