Sunday, March 22, 2009

The Republican Mindset, Wowzers

Exemplified by Ms. Lopez:

Notre Dame

Will have Barack Obama as their commencement speaker this year on May 17th, the White House announced today and Notre Dame just confirmed to NRO. That's shameful. Last week the president of the United States perpetrated an assault on human dignity. No statements or press releases will undo what Notre Dame's position in the eyes of the world is in response: "Doesn't matter." We've got THE ONE. So much for the One to whom the school's namesake gave birth.

I've been optimistic that the radicalism of this administration on life could be a real catalyst for renewal in many churches. At Notre Dame, the administration there just made a choice. They took a giant step away from their identity as "Catholic." They would rather be of this world than the one they supposedly exist to bring people toward.


Instaputz notes that that last sentence is just a mockery of the English language. The rest of it is pretty much NRO/GOP boilerplate. Which is to say, the talking points of a party that still thinks abortion can be a winning issue.