Well, MM, among the Catholic crowd here, there’s almost universal admiration for Governor Casey, who was as far left as Kennedy on issues like the minimum wage and healthcare but didn’t vote like a card-carrying member of NARAL on abortion.

Kennedy could not possibly measure up to Bob Casey, nor even to his conservative, pro-choice successor Tom Ridge.

Any figure that refuses to advocate for the most vulnerable of our society does not deserve praise.

I have not been able to find out any information of Kennedy’s charitable works. Did he found any charitable foundations with his millions? Did he serve Thanksgiving dinner to the homeless in Boston?

He made a sneering reference to a statement by one Karla Faye Tucker during an interview she gave on Larry King Live (Tucker had murdered a woman by plunging a pick axe into her again, and again, and again).

His sneering reference was justified, as Tucker was a nithing.

Since when has the Holy See concocted and imposed upon the whole Church an obligation to pacifism?

Such an obligation to pacifism did not exist in the eleventh century.

By the way, I’m still waiting for any recognition from you that Bush and Cheney were complicit in the death of innocent people — both people who were tortured to death based on policies they laid down, and civilians killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Who were these innocent people tortured to death?

. I have voted for pro-life Democrats in the past, including Glenn Poshard when he ran against George Ryan for governor of Illinois.

He brought up the “licenses for bribes” scandal back in the 1998 campaign.

n the other hand, Bush and Cheney WILL be defined by their war and torture policies, that being central to their legacy

Who were these torture victims?

And since when was torture against Catholic teaching? You have heard of the Inquisition, right ?