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To: Cincinna
I guess this means he will never be POTUS.

There are a host of reasons why he'll never be POTUS; his Catholicism is not one of them.

92 posted on 03/04/2009 7:46:15 AM PST by TradicalRC (Conservatism is primarily a Christian movement.)
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To: TradicalRC

For whatever reason, it is almost impossible for a Roman Catholic to become POTUS. That is why there has only been one in our history....JFK.

There is a large part of the electorate, especially in the South, who would never vote for a Catholic, period.

Agreed that the prejudice against Catholics is much less than previously in the population as a whole, there are core groups necessary to win an election, the Scots-Irish, for example, who would never for vote for a Catholic.

Read James Webb’s excellent book, “Born Fighting: The History of The Scots Irish in America “. He traces it back to ancient Rome, and it persists today.


113 posted on 03/04/2009 11:25:30 AM PST by Cincinna (TIME TO REBUILD * PALIN * JINDAL * CANTOR 2012)
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