Why is Santorum losing the Catholic vote?

[Sabayon65]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/why-is-santorum-losing-the-catholic-vote/2012/03/09/gIQAyDud1R_story.html

It’s easy to stereotype the American electorate, to make assumptions about which politicians should appeal to which voters. Oftentimes those assumptions are correct, but the Republican primaries have produced an intriguing case of when they’re not: Rick Santorum is losing the Catholic vote.

Santorum, a devout Roman Catholic, has lost that segment of the vote to Mitt Romney, a Mormon, in every state but one (Tennessee) where there are exit polls. Notably, that includes two big industrial states, Michigan and Ohio, where the two competed head-to-head. In Michigan, Romney won among Catholics 44 percent to 37 percent. In Ohio, his margin was even larger at 44-31 percent.

[zbdent]

1. maybe they're giving up their principles they hold so dear and otherwise would be

adamant about keeping to, so that they can, as they hope, "get a candidate who can beat Obama" ...

so much for sticking to what they believe ...

[appal_jack]

2. Mitt is not a Mormon in TN?

Must be where he goes to get his freak on...


-app

[USArmyParatrooper]

3. Because even Catholics like to shag nt

[Proud Public Servant]

4. Because every Catholic

goes to church with a guy like Santorum, and they just plain hate that son of a bitch, too.

[Booster]

7. Made me laugh outloud. Thanks for that.

[chieftain]

12. Exactly.

[baldguy]

5. The fact that he's fucking insane has nothing to do with it?

[ingac70]

6. Talking shit about JFK didn't help. n/t

[indepat]

8. Catholics know better than anyone how heretical much of Frothy's

politics are to the edicts of the Holy See?

[Ikonoklast]

15. Frothy steps right up to the line of Sedevacantism, but is smart enough not to cross it.

But he really, really wants to.


I know someone exactly like Rick the Prick, so self-righteous, so judgmental, more knowing of RCC practices and chatecism that those who studied it their entire lives and are part of the Church hierarchy.

[Lil Missy]

9. Because he is a nutbag?

[IndyJones]

10. I think it's a huge statement - saying nutjobs like Santorum do not speak for RCCs any more than

the Pope or Bishops speak for most of us.

Trying to take women's rights back to the 1800s isn't going to win over the hearts and minds of Catholic women.

[greymattermom]

11. opus dei

Santorum is an opus dei booster. How popular is opus dei among main stream Catholics?

[meow2u3]

14. Opus Dei is not very popular

among mainstream Catholics, on the one hand. On the other hand, OD makes mainstream Catholics look bad because of their disproportionate power in the Church.

So, when you hear about "Catholic bishops" in the news calling for denying communion to Democrats, chances are it's the bishops with ties to Opus Dei. They're the most outspoken theocrats, the radical clerics right here in the USA.

[Kath1]

13. As an ex-Catholic,

I think the contraception issue is losing him support. It will lose Romney support, too. A church-going, devout Catholic woman in my family was totally pissed off when they stated preaching anti-contraception politics from the pulpit 2 weeks ago. She said her reply to them is nunya - none of your business! She'll be voting Obama.

[LeftishBrit]

16. Because 'Catholic' and 'mediaeval' are not synonyms, much as Santorum might think they are

[Iggo]

17. Because he's making them look bad.

[Herlong]

18. Because they remember JFK?

I have hope every-time I hear JFK, and that will be true until the day I die.

[CreekDog]

19. why would someone win for beloning to the same denomination? that's laughable.

suggesting Catholics vote as a block for Catholic candidates is laughable too.

[excuse not to write]

20. Um, because he's Nuts?

Just a guess!

[Arkana]

21. Because he's not a Catholic. He's a fucking evangelical nutjob.

[Shannon1981]

22. He's closer to The Teavangelical Taliban

than he is to Catholicism. Both are evil to any thinking person, but there is something marginally scarier about the teavangelicals.

[polichick]

23. Yep - he's influenced by Dominionists...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/23/1064793/-Rick-Santorum-Parties-With-Dominionist-Pastor-Hagee

[rox63]

24. Because he opposes a lot of stuff that many Catholics like

And yes, most Catholics use birth control (despite Church teachings), and enjoy non-precreative sex. The Catholic church also officially believes that evolution and global climate change are real, and they also oppose the death penalty.