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In reply to the discussion: What the hell is wrong with John Kerry? [View all]Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)39. I come from a very Catholic family in MA
My father even spent a few years in the Seminary.
Not one of them is anti-birth control. In fact they are very much FOR birth control.
In fact I cannot think of one person that I know here that is anti-bc.
I think that any politician who believes they need to compromise with the extremists on this is very, very out of touch.
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Correction: He is one of the many good guys who are 1%'ers. OWS is not against the 1%
stevenleser
Feb 2012
#35
fuck this. just another man with his head up someone's ass. I'm sick of men decreeing. Fuck him on
roguevalley
Feb 2012
#62
That would be helpful! This morning I just turned on MJ while I made coffee and
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#55
well, it's not 'liberal MA' that Kerry is worried about but 'Catholic MA' it is one of the most
WI_DEM
Feb 2012
#4
Knowing how this WH works, CT, it's likely that they wanted Kerry out there yesterday because
blm
Feb 2012
#7
I'm beginning to think a lot of people knew this was coming. Like MSNBC last night....
Little Star
Feb 2012
#29
It's exactly what happened today on Morning Joe. Kerry was in a "line up" on the screen as
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#42
Catholic women have got to speak up and stop allowing the men dominate the issue. n/t
Peregrine Took
Feb 2012
#16
I know thru the experience of a family member who worked with Kerry's political consultants in
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#43
The Catholic church has alot of reach and influence. They can make or break a Catholic politician.
craigmatic
Feb 2012
#38
He got twothirds of the vote in 2008 - beating Obama's %, so it was not that Obama carried him
karynnj
Feb 2012
#56
I've been astonished all week, Mark Shields, EJ Dionne, Chris Matthews and Lawrence O'Donnell
Hamlette
Feb 2012
#45
30 years ago? How about all those burnings of heretics throughout the Church's long history?
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#53
His comment was simply that the administrtaion was "I think" working on a solution
karynnj
Feb 2012
#70