Demonizing AGAIN.... Damn Those Democrats

This is not a rant against all Democrats, but rather against a select few. Specifically, those that have the temerity to passive-aggressively bring up the religious beliefs of both Judge Roberts and Governor Mitt Romney of Mass. Take Teddy Kennedy (Whale, Mass.) for example

In the same article, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, brought up Romney's Mormon faith with the Atlantic interviewer. ''The question you didn't ask," Kennedy said, ''was about Mormonism, whether it would hurt him in a national campaign." [emphasis added...ed]

''The answer is no," Kennedy answered. ''We've moved on. That died with my brother Jack." [emphasis added...ed]

Oh yeah Senator, then why did you bring it up in the first place. You are JUST LIKE your little brother John Kerry who only mentioned that Mary Cheney was a lesbian. You damned flaming hypocrite, how DARE YOU, especially after Nixon's forces tried the same thing against your brother in 1960.

Alex Beam in the Boston Globe notes:

It's a fascinating question," says Alan Wolfe, director of Boston College's Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life. ''Catholics like to talk about anti-Catholicism and Jews like to complain about anti-Semitism. But a hundred years ago, Mormonism was the most hated religion in America. Since then the religion has changed dramatically. It's almost like a new business taking off -- it's a quintessential American success story."

Wolfe thinks that if Romney's ambitions take him to the 2008 Republican primaries, he's likely to be slimed by political operatives of the Karl Rove mold. ''I think there will be rumors spread about how Mitt Romney has six wives, all of them 14 years of age, stashed in a house in Utah. These rumors will be denied, but they will stick in people's minds. There is some subterranean sentiment about curious practices in Mormonism."

When Romney gave hints of running I wondered how long it would take for some Democrats to bring up his Morman faith. Wasn't long was it. Did you also notice how ole' Karl Rove got slimed too?

Some members of the left are equally trying to out Judge Roberts for being Roman Catholic because of its teachings regarding abortion. Not content to "out" that aspect of his life, they are also dragging his wife's beliefs regarding abortion into the frey. David Kirkpatrick of the New York Times engaged in a little throat cutting:

Judge Roberts's family life and religious convictions helped sell him to Christian conservatives as well. Both he and his wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, were observant Catholics, Mr. Leo told other allies. They had joined a church in Bethesda to follow their priest, Msgr. Peter J. Vaghi, who was well known in the Washington area as an advocate of Catholic orthodoxy and opponent of abortion."

My, what a neat way of saying Mr. Leo is pro Judge Roberts, but also alerting the NARAL pro-abortion types to the coming fight.

One would hope that the infamous term "politics of personal destruction," derided by but often used by the Clinton administration, would have died a decent death by now. Guess I was wrong.

So, if you are a Democrat and can't stand these tactics (and I know that there are a bunch of you out there) Tell your folks at the DNC to knock it off.

A Doff of the GM Chapeaux to Glen Reynolds, The Instapundit

Posted by GM Roper at July 26, 2005 09:04 AM | TrackBack