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Beartracks

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29. K&R. So true. And has this actually been sent to the Press Corps?!

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 02:24 AM

Feb 2012

'Cause, yeah -- they need a reminder that they're being played. Hey, press -- you're the PRESS, for God's sake! You don't call someone a devout Catholic just because he or his campaign manager SAYS he is! From now on, you should at a minimum state it thusly: "Santorum, who calls himself a devout Catholic..."

Remember your schooling: journalists stick to FACTS -- observable, provable facts. Whatever you write is taken to be your own assertion unless you've credited some other source. So, if you write, "Rick Santorum, a devout Catholic, is gaining in the polls...." then, unless it is actually YOU asserting that he is a devout Catholic, you must attribute that editorial descriptor to some other source.

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a former altar boy to the national press corps regarding that �devout� Catholic, Rick Santorum [View all] appleannie1 Feb 2012 OP

KNR...they need to also stop referring to crazy-ass adulter Callista joeybee12 Feb 2012 #1

maybe that's what's wrong with... la la Feb 2012 #3

Could be... joeybee12 Feb 2012 #6

I hope this goes viral. Excellent...n/t monmouth Feb 2012 #2

WELL SAID! That's what is pissing me off about the bishops now. CurtEastPoint Feb 2012 #4

Absolutely spot-on 100% correct. As a Catholic, I studied the Catechism; the work of King James was WinkyDink Feb 2012 #5

You're correct. Lugnut Feb 2012 #30

Catholics hear the Bible every week at Mass, both the old Testament and the New Testament. pnwmom Feb 2012 #33

Oh, yes. Lugnut Feb 2012 #38

I was raised in the Espiscopal Church. xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #43

I got my first prayer book when I received my first communion. Lugnut Feb 2012 #45

Same here. I was never taught from the bible either. dmr Feb 2012 #44

Isn't that communist family background?? Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #7

On point! Raine Feb 2012 #8

"Devout Catholics follow all the Church�s teachings" - Yeah, THAT is the problem. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #9

How so? boxman15 Feb 2012 #19

because the church is homophobic and sexist. La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #21

"The Church has very outdated teachings when it comes to.." cleanhippie Feb 2012 #23

I've always said that the nun who pounded the Works of Mercy into my head dflprincess Feb 2012 #27

The Jesuits finally did it for me. Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #36

If you just overlook their anti-woman, anti-gay theology, they're pretty decent folks Hugabear Feb 2012 #46

Santorum is to theology as . . . grantcart Feb 2012 #10

The analogies aren't quite right usrname Feb 2012 #40

I have stated before, these people are not devout. Drahthaardogs Feb 2012 #11

He has not working class roots, he always mentions his grandfather, never his father. julian09 Feb 2012 #12

His grandfather was a company man I suspect. Drahthaardogs Feb 2012 #17

Thank you, thank you. I think holy ricky is evangelical and not a catholic. Every thing you said southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #13

BRILLIANT!! Off to bookmarked you go!! K&R!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #14

Great letter. Glad to see religious people distancing themselves from this garbage. cbayer Feb 2012 #15

K&R Segami Feb 2012 #16

I am not Catholic but I loved that letter. I am from Pennsylvania so I know first hand appleannie1 Feb 2012 #18

Excellent, though religion does not have to be the source of a candidate's morality and/or values, karynnj Feb 2012 #20

No! hootinholler Feb 2012 #22

There are two Catholic churches. Peregrine Took Feb 2012 #24

These are the two Catholic churches meow2u3 Feb 2012 #42

Papist heads of state? soryang Feb 2012 #25

Wow. You guys are going to hate me, but devout doesn't mean good. It means dimbear Feb 2012 #26

To be fair, wickerwoman Feb 2012 #32

You forgot the link to the original ... GeorgeGist Feb 2012 #28

K&R. So true. And has this actually been sent to the Press Corps?! Beartracks Feb 2012 #29

self delete hehe flamingdem Feb 2012 #31

Well said! This is great and spot on :) AllyCat Feb 2012 #34

Practise and Principles ambercolter Feb 2012 #35

ass froth is about as much a devout catholic as I am... Javaman Feb 2012 #37

My favorite line from this article. madmax Feb 2012 #39

Oops. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #41