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To: ansel12

“We see some hope in diluting the effect of the destruction caused by the mass Catholic immigration we suffer from.”

Are you talking about recent immigration of Latino’s to North America? - or are you referring to 19th century immigration from Catholic Europe into the USA?

The reason I am asking is that you are mistaken about the so-called ‘destruction” of our country from Catholic immigration. I can tell you that one of the reasons that Catholics were so stridently Democratic for 100 years is that when the Irish came to New England, they were met with virulent anti-Catholic bigotry by the upper class of Boston. Since those folks were members of the Republican party, the Democrats took advantage of it and recruited the Catholic vote. “Irish need not apply” was the message received by Irish immigrants from fat-cat Republicans in Boston.

Historically, the immigrant Irish population became overwhelmingly the leaders of the fast-growing Catholic church in America. So, the youth, young priests, etc. were influenced toward favoring Democrats, and that became for many of them as important to them as being a Catholic. But these Catholics never were pro-slavery or for that matter, were not necessarily for large government. They had fled from persecution in Europe. Still, without the wherewithal to become educated, these immigrants ended up becoming public servants, policemen, firemen, etc. That is why there is this history of favoring the Democrats, not because they favor socialism.


31 posted on 06/15/2014 1:17:21 PM PDT by Gumdrop (~)
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To: Gumdrop

The majority of Catholic voters have been, and still are supporters of the democrat party and liberalism.

Big city politics and unionism, and socialism from Europe in the past, abortion and gay marriage big city politics, unionism, and socialism, today.

Nothing changes, the democrats need them.


33 posted on 06/15/2014 1:27:45 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
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To: Gumdrop

I will point something else out.

If conservatism is important to you, shouldn’t you express some relief at learning about some Hispanics becoming Evangelicals?


34 posted on 06/15/2014 1:29:54 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
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