Somehow wasn't aware of Tim Kaine's Jesuit connection until today.

[onehandle]

Sold!

[Tess49]

1. Me, too!

[ALBliberal]

2. Social justice. I predict that this man of obvious faith will not

Boast or preach. It's an awesome pick for Hillary. We have so many talented smart committed Democrats.

[Beartracks]

3. Jesuits are a good bunch.

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[ALBliberal]

4. My husband's uncle is a Jesuit priest. Very learned and dedicated.

[Iliyah]

5. I looked that up "Jesuit", very impressed.

[tallahasseedem]

6. Exactly!

Jesuits have a very strong affinity for science and social justice. Kaine really has led a life of service.

[TexasProgresive]

9. Jesuits are either very good or very bad, here's some famous Jesuit educated people

They teach one to how to use their mind but don't have much success in changing how it's bent.

Joseph Goebbels (Head of Nazi Propaganda Ministry) -- Trained at a Jesuit College

Joseph Stalin (Communist Dictator) -- Trained by Jesuit monks at Tiflis Seminary

Fidel Castro (Communist Dictator) -- Trained by Jesuits at Colegio Belen

Bill Clinton (Former US President) -- Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University

George Tenet (Former CIA director) -- Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University

William Casey (Former CIA director) -- Trained by Jesuits at Fordham University

Juan Carlos I (King of Spain) -- Trained by Jesuits at the Instituto de San Isidro

Timothy Leary (Leading Proponent of LSD) -- Trained by Jesuits at Holy Cross College

Denzel Washington (Famous Actor) -- Trained by Jesuits at Fordham University

Patrick Buchanan (Conservative politician) -- Trained by Jesuits at Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown University

John Kerry (US Senator) -- Trained by Jesuits at Boston College

Robert Gates (Secretary of Defense) -- Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University

Robert Baer (Former CIA case officer) -- Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University

King Abdullah II (King of Jordan) -- Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University

Jose Barroso (President of the European Commission) -- Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University

Alexander Haig (White House Chief of Staff, Iran-Contra General) -- Trained by Jesuits at St. Joseph's Preparatory School and Georgetown University

John Gannon (Former Head of the Homeland Security Department's Intelligence Unit) -- Trained by Jesuits at Holy Cross College

Vernon Walters (Former Deputy Director of the CIA) - Trained by Jesuits at Stonyhurst College

Prescott Bush (Former Co-Director of Union Banking Corporation, Dubya's grandfather) -- Trained by Jesuits at Stonyhurst College

More at:
http://jonahfrank-bp4.blogspot.com/2009/04/famous-people-who-attended-jesuit.html

[Old and In the Way]

7. Jesuit educated -HS and college

That experience made me an agnostic and a Democrat.

[L. Coyote]

8. PLUS - Tim Kaine is a Zappa fan !!!

from: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512278571