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Agreed. It is also worth noting, that Buckley was not necessarily opposed to US involvement in Iraq, but instead was very much opposed to the manner it was being fought up until the past year.

The comparison to Idi Amin, I believe, is an apt one. It will be interesting to see how the South American community would respond to a Venezuelan- Columbian war. Perhaps this could be HC's undoing. ....just a note, HC here means Hugo Chavez, not Hillary Clinton ;)

As a Catholic, and seeing this mentality on a weekly basis, its not so much as allowing themselves to be used, as it is their desire to make that issue their deciding issue. The fact of the matter is that the republican party should not be focusing on such divisive politics, and instead offer...

Many Catholic minds will find it very difficult to get over the Abortion issue. Luckily, this stalemate, divisive issue has not come to the forefront yet. Should the issue come to the fore, then RC's are likely to flock towards McCain, as I would imagine he would be the only one out of...