Obviously the republicans need to data mine their own employees a bit as much as they do the rest of us. Then perhaps, this could be avoided.

Typical, smarmy Republican. Catholics know it is a sin to have sex without marriage. And yet they chose this hypocritical loser as their Catholic outreach rep?

Another grenade goes off WITHIN the McCain campaign.

They claim they know so much about others yet they don't know about themselves.

McCain and his campaign clearly know what Hudson did, except they didn't think people would remember or say anything because it was McCain.

There goes what little catholic vote he had.

With each passing day, McCain sinks deeper and deeper into the abyss of political burials.

RIP - McCain Campaign

OBAMA 08

McCain seems to always have a questionable staff member.

When is McCain going to vet his own people and his campaign contributors?

Going all the way back to the primaries, it's looked like McCain says one thing but does something else.

If other Republicans would have done a tenth the research that the media is doing, McCain would never be the nominee.

This also raises a larger question, did McCain know about this ahead of time? If not, he's not doing a good enough job vetting his surrogates. If so, he doesn't have the best judgment.

As we now know, the Catholic vote was brilliantly manipulated in the 2002 mid-term and the 2004 Presidential campaign by Karl Rove and his conservative Republican machine. Using the promise of social justice programs, opposition to gay marriage and anti-abortion SC justices, the conservatives ensured that more Catholics would vote against only the second potential Catholic President in U.S. history (John Kerry). Unfortunately, the Catholic Church played along with that deception to further its own agenda. Will the Catholic voter be duped once again? We'll find out in November!

scary part is, that the catholic vote has been swinging right since gwb mostly because of issues like abortion, gay rights, and the protection of israel. i was shocked to find out in the last few years how much the c. church sounds like the evangelical religious right. i now consider myself a recovering catholic and have for several years.

Father Pfleger was on Obama's catholics committee.

I don't remember this group calling for his ouster.

Pfleger has praised Farakkan and Obama knows him for 20 years.

Obama invited Pfleger to hold religious events in Iowa.

Obama calls Pfleger his moral compass.

This is a liberal group.

This liberal group was ok with Father Pfleger on Obama's catholic steering committee.

This liberal group was ok with an associate of Farakkan on Obama's catholic committee.

Why is McCain worried about Catholic votes anyway? Most are going to Obama. Catholics are NOT as racist as many people think.

Michael

Pfleger was just being a jerk. I don't think that is a crime yet.

bobw-------i am a liberal i dont care who has sex with who i dont care if a president has an orgy in the whitehouse. it is just the hippocracy that makes me mad the repukelicans try to put themselves on the right hand of god but they are worse then most of us they just do it behind closed doors why we do it in the open.

I doesn't surprise me McCain's camp doesn't care this guy harrassed an 18 year old woman....people make mistakes right? After all this is the guy that called his wife a c*nt, left his disabled wife before their divorce was finalized to marry a millionaire half his age, and passed laws that restrict pharmaceutical companies from insuring birth control while insuring viagra.

Why is it , that when I read the comments here, most of the republican supporters seem to feel that they have to resort to name calling and intimidation to get their point across. It sure looks like to me most republicans do nothing but spew hate at those that do not agree with them, instead of commenting in a reasonable fashion. That is the farthest thing from being a Christian.

This is disgusting and goes right along with what Republicans are nowadays: HYPOCRITES!!!!

michael said
This liberal group was ok with Father Pfleger on Obama's catholic steering committee.

you make an interesting point michael.

Wonder if McCain has a different kind of religious problem than predicted?

http://www.political-buzz.com/

Using the promise of social justice programs,
opposition to gay marriage and anti-abortion SC
justices, the conservatives ensured that more
Catholics would vote against only the second
potential Catholic President in U.S. history (John
Kerry). Unfortunately, the Catholic Church played
along with that deception to further its own
agenda.
Will the Catholic voter be duped once again? We'll
find out in November!
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I remember when Kerry was being lambasted
for his support of abortion. We had a visiting
priest come to our church and give us a lecture
(not sermon) on Kerry's viewpoints regarding abortion. He said that this was not a
supportive doctrine of the church and those
who voted for him could not receive
communion! I still go to church but decided
not to go to communion in silent protest.

I'm still trying to figure out why mccain confused the Packers with the Steelers last week while speaking to a Pittsburgh crowd. He is either going senile or he was trying to pull one over on the Pittsburgh crowd, either way this is BAD news for mc-more-war. You can check out the article by going into google and typing "mccain steelers" and picking the first link.
Obama 2008!!!

What? He solicitated an 18 year old? Was he supposed to do it earlier before the age of consent?

The problem is most repubs are corrupt. It will be hard for Mccain to find clean honest people to run his campaign.

Oh no, McCain confused two football teams from what just 30 or 40 years ago? I'd be doing good to remember that there was just that these 2 teams existed that long ago.

Pfleger bad mouthed a grown woman. This McCain spiritual advisor tries to nail 18 year olds. And you compare the two?

he allegedly solicited sex from an 18-year-old female student when he was a professor at Fordham University in New York in 1994.

I see the word ALLEGEDLY. What does that mean?

Advise too Hudson - ENTER A REHAB CENTER like your other Christian, hypocritical pals ie Foley, Haggert etc etc - Craig didnt .... but should have -he is too busy writing his book that explains his wide stance -

Yes, well it's not unusual that the Democreeps would try to make a mountain out of a mole hill.

At age 18 years old she is no child and if he approached her the catholics have nothing to say about it. She is of age. Men have done that in the 30's 40's 50's 60's & later. What is the big deal? That has been going on since time. All she had to say is no. He wasn't going after a child. McCain should not fire him. The catholic church should clean out their own back yard first.

BTL musings - Yes, and Republicans would never do that! LOL

No...he tried to have sex with another consenting adult? What is the problem exactly? The fact that she was an ADULT? Or perhaps that she was actually a female? Oh wait I know, she wasn't overweight or wearing a blue dress? Or could it be that neither of the consenting adults involved were married to someone else?

This seem a small matter compared to Senator Obama's affliations with questionable pastors, churches, groups etc. Anything to cause a fuss.

With all the comments made against this man because he approached an 18 year old for sex that is not a crime because she was old enough. Get a grip. By the way yes, the catholics don't believe in sex before marriage. How many college students are living common law today? How many male students sneak into the girl's dorm? Let's be real. When your old enough, there's nothing anyone can do. Didn't you ever listen to the Maury show where youngs girls ages 14 and up are having sex for money. Where have all of you been? And they are proud of it. Plus they are asking the men.

Kent: He doesn't need a rehab center. Its not a crime to ask for sex at his age or her age. Get real. If a man approaches you all you do is say NO! Its as simple as that. The catholics are making a big deal out of nothing. Their priests should go to rehab. The catholics need to clean up their churches.

In the 40,s & 50,s if a man asked for sex the answer would be get lost. No one made a big deal out of it. The trouble today is guys and girls have to learn to how to grow up and get a life. There were girls in those years that had sex with men older than themselves but the difference then and now is at that time guys wouldn't marry a girl they had sex with.

His staff members can't control their staffs/members.

What a surprise. A conservative with a shady sexual past.

Surely the American people have learned by now that the political party members screaming the most about "moral" values - don't have any of their own.

Wonder if we'll have to endure this story for weeks on end like Rev. Wright.

My best guess.....nope.

Hudson,... was forced out of a similar position with the 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election team when the same story surfaced.

... Hudson was forced to resign ... after a night of heavy drinking."

"Deal Hudson is not the type of Catholic leader that you want associated with your campaign," wrote the group's executive director, Chris Korzen.

Hudson has been described as a Catholic "powerbroker" with close ties to Karl Rove. He reportedly advised President Bush and Rove on issues of importance to Catholic voters.

Hudson,... was forced out of a similar position with the 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election team when the same story surfaced.

... Hudson was forced to resign ... after a night of heavy drinking."

"Deal Hudson is not the type of Catholic leader that you want associated with your campaign," wrote the group's executive director, Chris Korzen.

Hudson has been described as a Catholic "powerbroker" with close ties to Karl Rove. He reportedly advised President Bush and Rove...

Catholics United? Never heard of them. 20,000 members? Seems pretty small compared to the 10s of millions of Catholics in America and they do not represent me. Granted, a man who has been accused of sexual misconduct also does not represent me.

Catholics care about socially conservative issues. Abortion is murder, same-sex marriage is a sin, birth control use is sinful, etc. Unlike "evangelicals" Catholics generally arent single issue voters. Poverty, immigration, human dignity are also important issues. It's just where the particular faithful decide to place their vote.

These claims that the Catholic vote is going to Obama is unfounded and irresponsible. I am a church-going Catholic and I plan to vote for McCain in '08.

No laws were broken when he tried to solicit sex from an 18 y/o female. There were no arrests. It may have been against University policy for which he lost his job, end of story. The Catholics should be more concerned with their Pope who has pedophiles within his clergy. Catholics should be more concerned with the pedophiles within their clergy and those within the Catholic organization that hide and protect them. Beginning to think Catholics bury their head in the sand or they are just nut jobs.

"These claims that the Catholic vote is going to Obama is unfounded and irresponsible. I am a church-going Catholic and I plan to vote for McCain in '08."
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What more should one expect from people who still obviously support a church which defends pedophilia? Would you send your children to a day care that beats and abuses children? Certainly not but you'll still send them to the good ole Catholic church....... you people are warped!!!

It's not about her age (18) so much as the fact she was a student and he was her professor. What part of that don't you understand?

While it is true that the Catholic Church nowadays does emphasize single issues like abortion and gay marriage, the fact remains that most Catholics do not vote as a single issue bloc. In fact, many Catholics like me are progressives who care more about the poor, the sick, the needy and especially the environment. Religion enriches my faith, not my politics. For those of you who cannot learn to separate the two, do whatever works for you. But don't lump all Catholics together with your limited understanding. Yes, if calling me a 'liberal' makes you feel better about your own political views, then so be it.
If the Republicans/Conservatives continue to exploit/deceive the Catholic vote, then we Catholics deserve it. Remember; fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool us repeatedly; maybe we get what we deserve.

I didn't know it was against the law to have sex with a girl that is 18. Whats the big deal? I am a conservative-and would rather it not have happened--but, that is not anyones business since she was 18. You democrats are grasping for straws. Clean the crap off your own back door---18 is legal age.

b4uvote wrote that to all the Republican members of Congress before President Clinton was impeached.