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Trump is doing well. I’ll give him credit for this performance. He has delivered some funny lines.
Watching Trump at the Al Smith Dinner
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Kamala Harris to skip traditional Al Smith dinner, first time presidential candidate has ducked charity event since 1984
Vice President Kamala Harris is skipping this year’s Archdiocese of New York’s annual Al Smith Dinner becoming the first presidential hopeful to duck out since failed presidential wannabe Walter Mo…
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Well, soon they will have TWO things in common.
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Wrong.
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Cardinal Dolan's 'Al Smith dinner' disappointment is misdirected
One could almost imagine the tears welling up in his eyes as New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan lamented the rejection he received from Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for president, of his invitation to the annual Al Smith charity dinner.He said he was "doubly disappointed" at her refusal to attend. The cardinal has tried to convince the world that she is receiving bad advice. Others have tried to convince her that a change of mind would allow her to show civility, to elevate political discourse, to show she doesn't have anything against Catholics and so on.
Perhaps it would be best to stop here to collect our breath and spend a moment or two reflecting on just who should be placed on the spot for engaging in less-than-civil behavior, as well as contributing to the diminishment of Catholic identity and credibility in the public square.
Even in this era of the endless gush of stuff coming at us on every manner of device, it is possible to cull reality from it all. In the case of Trump, the material almost outruns social media's ability to keep up.
The sin here is not that Kamala Harris had the good sense to reply, "No thank you, I'm previously engaged." The real scandal is that the good Catholic cardinal of the great city of New York would not have the courage to say, this year, that the current Republican candidate is a walking example of so much the Catholic Church finds repugnant in today's politics that he would suspend the normal invitations.
The real controversy is that an event that touts its history of raising funds for society's most needy is going to host someone who is one of the culture's greatest threats to that kind of caring. The real outrage is that Trump, given the public nature and extent of his repulsive record, should be invited to a fundraiser for an organization, Catholic Charities, that has long worked in the trenches to save and transform lives on society's farthest margins. It is tragic that the guest of honor this year will be someone whose personal example and policy wishes are in a collision course with the principles of Catholic social teaching.
We are triply disappointed, Cardinal Dolan, that in the name of the church and its witness to the wider culture, you did not suspend the norm this year and invite someone worthy of the event's cause. We are disappointed you didn't have the courage to stand up to Trump, a looming threat to the democratic ideals that allow the church to host such a high-profile public gathering.
Editorial: Cardinal Dolan's 'Al Smith dinner' disappointment is misdirected
Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he was "doubly disappointed" by the rejection from Kamala Harris of his invitation to the annual Al Smith dinner. But we are triply disappointed that Dolan did not have the courage to stand up to Donald Trump.
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She has no sense of humor.
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Wow!!!! What a time to invest in DJT stock !!!
Harris not showing up at the dinner, another nail in the coffin for the election.
Harris not showing up at the dinner, another nail in the coffin for the election.
Afraid and embarrassed. She's outclassed as they know her background. In that she has never earned anything she has achieved. They may be jaded too, but they have become successful in their own right. She's an unscrupulous opportunist and not ready for prime time.
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Meanwhile this is what Kamala did for the dinner….a recording with a lame SNL skit.
If you actually listen to it, it couldn’t be any more anti-Catholic. “Don’t ever let them tell you who you are. You tell them who you are.”
If you actually listen to it, it couldn’t be any more anti-Catholic. “Don’t ever let them tell you who you are. You tell them who you are.”
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