Gary Johnson Gary Johnson and Catholics

[truthspeaker]

I'm probably going to get a lot of heat for pointing this out, but Johnson does not have the Catholic vote.

This past week, the Cardinal and bishops have been encouraging parishes to speak about voting catholic ideals. They were not pushing specific candidates, rather, encouraging Catholics to vote for candidates who back the church's core values.

One of these values is pro-life.

Gary Johnson is not pro-life.

(Honestly I don't know--is his VP nominee pro-life?)

Johnson will have difficulty gathering the Catholic vote on that alone. For that matter--many Christians of various denominations. Some will not vote for a candidate (no matter how good he is) if he is not pro-life.

 

[lakefx]

Perhaps 'officially' and 'on paper' Catholics won't support Johnson. But your making a somewhat laughable assumption. 54% of Catholics voted for Obama 4 years ago. Catholics are not a single-issue group, the 'Catholic Vote' is pretty much missing from the landscape overall as they tend to mirror the country as a whole these days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathol...s_in_the_United_States#Presidential_elections


In fact, based on a few Catholics I know... Johnson's pro-choice stance might actually sway Catholic voters from Romney. Just sayin'.

 

[wgadget]

Pro-life is the least of our worries at this juncture in American history.

But maybe that's just me.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

Pro-life is the least of our worries at this juncture in American history.

But maybe that's just me.

It's not just you.

 

[69360]

It's my only hangup with Johnson. But I am going to vote for him anyway since he's so much better than the other 2 choices.

Romney is really only pro life when it's politically convenient for him anyway.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

but Johnson does not have the Catholic vote.

Johnson does not have any voting bloc.

 

[Sola_Fide]

Johnson does not have any voting bloc.

Zero. Gary Johnson is not Ron Paul and the Gary Johnson does not represent the same ideas as Ron Paul. Sorry.

Gary Johnson would never be able to give a speech like Ron Paul gave in Pella, Iowa. Gary couldn't ever make the case for Christian libertarianism (or a moral case for freedom at all) like Ron did at the Faith and Freedom and VVS. These things are alien to Gary I'm afraid.

 

[specsaregood]

Romney and the RNC did a pretty good job of trying to get the catholic vote this year. Weren't all the opening and closing readings done by catholic officials?

 

[Joseph de Maistre]

The <5% of any state that Johnson may or may not get will be composed of mostly white, barely Christian or not at all, strongly disillusioned Republicans. To speak in any terms about groups potentially voting for him is a bit premature.

 

[tony m]

As a Cath, I believe there is a much lower percentage than Christians that practice their respective faiths strictly. I do not see this as much as an obstacle than - since GJ isn't on TV, he doesn't exist.

 

[lakefx]

Johnson does not have any voting bloc.

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since GJ isn't on TV, he doesn't exist.

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Gary couldn't ever make the case for Christian libertarianism

Fix the variables. Not the candidate.

 

[Sola_Fide]

Romney and the RNC did a pretty good job of trying to get the catholic vote this year. Weren't all the opening and closing readings done by catholic officials?

The GOP is the Catholic Party...there's no question about it.

 

[tttppp]

I'm probably going to get a lot of heat for pointing this out, but Johnson does not have the Catholic vote.

This past week, the Cardinal and bishops have been encouraging parishes to speak about voting catholic ideals. They were not pushing specific candidates, rather, encouraging Catholics to vote for candidates who back the church's core values.

One of these values is pro-life.

Gary Johnson is not pro-life.

(Honestly I don't know--is his VP nominee pro-life?)

Johnson will have difficulty gathering the Catholic vote on that alone. For that matter--many Christians of various denominations. Some will not vote for a candidate (no matter how good he is) if he is not pro-life.

There are also plenty of people who will vote for him because he is pro choice. This abortion debate is bullshit. Its a ticky tack issue yet it gets blown up every election as if the right answer will fix our economy or end our wars.

 

[Zarn Solen]

Catholics are all over the political spectrum.

That said, many Ron Paul supporting Catholics are probably going to be pro-life. I certainly would not vote for Gary Johnson.

 

[BlackTerrel]

Perhaps 'officially' and 'on paper' Catholics won't support Johnson. But your making a somewhat laughable assumption. 54% of Catholics voted for Obama 4 years ago. Catholics are not a single-issue group, the 'Catholic Vote' is pretty much missing from the landscape overall as they tend to mirror the country as a whole these days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathol...s_in_the_United_States#Presidential_elections


In fact, based on a few Catholics I know... Johnson's pro-choice stance might actually sway Catholic voters from Romney. Just sayin'.

This. Was going to say the exact same thing.

Catholics don't vote the way their Bishops tell them to.