<H4><U><FONT FACE=BOOKMAN OLD STYLE SERIF>Goose and Gander</FONT></U></H4> <DIV ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE=HELVETICA ARIAL><H1><B> Can a Catholic <BR>Be loyal to Pope <BR>And America?</B></H1></FONT></DIV>

DEMOCRATS HAVE SHORT MEMORIES.

For many years, many Americans said a Catholic should never, could never be president.

The concern was that a Catholic president’s loyalties were to Rome and the Pope rather than the United States.

For the most part, the concerns proved unfounded.

IN 1928, DEMOCRATS NOMINATED the first Catholic candidate for president, Al Smith.

According to David Mislin, Assistant Professor, Intellectual Heritage Program at Temple University (http://tinyurl.com/yxkj56gf ), A wave of bigotry followed. As in the late 19th century, critics argued that the Catholic Church was too political. The Vatican would use a Catholic president as a way to meddle in U.S. politics.

Russell Conwell was pastor of Grace Baptist Church when Temple College was chartered in 1888. There is no connection to the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem nor the Mormon temple in Salt Lake City UT.

John Kennedy was repeatedly challenged about where his loyalties lay: with America or with Rome. His alleged dual-loyalty never seemed to interfere with his politics.

 

Image above - Catholic Candidates: Al Smith (left) and John Kennedy

 

SO WHY THE JEWS?

Ilhan Omar and her like-minded friends insist that non-leftist Democrats’ loyalties lie not with America, but with Israel.

Interestingly, she does NOT say Catholics have dual-loyalties to Rome, nor Episcopalians to Canterbury. Nor does she suggest that Muslims in America are loyal to Islam’s shira law rather than American law.

No, for Omar and her ilk, only the Jews have dual loyalties.

I’m not certain that she even makes a distinction between observant Jews and self-hating Jews, of which there are many under the banner of “progressive Democrat.”

Is Bernie Sanders, a Jew by birth, loyal to Israel? No, even though Israel is a semi-socialist state.

 

Omar & Company whine that people are playing the anti-Muslim card. She is, she claims, being persecuted by Conservatives and even a few Democrats, for being a Muslim.

There may be anti-Muslim prejudice in America, and there may be some justification for this feeling: ISIS, beheadings and stonings, bombings, misogyny, sharia law — and then there is Iran.

But to the best of my knowledge, there has been no anti-Muslim rhetoric emanating from from her fellow politicos; indeed, most rush to her defense whenever she puts her foot in her mouth — something that seems to happen with amazing frequency. But that’s OK; she apologizes and all is forgiven until the recidivist does it again.

 

The main problem Omar and her fellow bigots have is

i g n o r a n c e

I don’t know who “educates” these people, but they are only making fools of their political tools — the politicians serve their handlers who lead them astray with untruths.

A big lie The expression was coined by Adolf Hitler, when he dictated his 1925 book Mein Kampf, about the use of a lie so "colossal" that no one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously." This and repeating a lie often enough — the Jews are loyal to Israel, not the U.S. — will soon have ignorant or lazy people believing the lie.

Omar would do well to study the history of Somalia, the country of her birth.

Smartraveller.gov.au cautions “Do not travel (to Somalia). Terror attacks occur frequently in Somalia. Further terror attacks could take place anywhere at any time. Somali militants have publicly threatened, and have the capability, to carry out attacks in all areas of Somalia, including Mogadishu, Puntland and Somaliland.

The U.S. State Department (http://tinyurl.com/y3l5plmg ) warns “Do not travel to Somalia due to crime, terrorism, and piracy. Terrorists continue to plot kidnappings, bombings, and other attacks in Somalia. They may conduct attacks with little or no warning, targeting airports and seaports, government buildings, hotels, restaurants, shopping areas, and other areas where large crowds gather and Westerners frequent, as well as government, military, and Western convoys.

I can understand why her parents wanted her distant from her homeland. Most residents of Somalia are Muslims, the majority belonging to the Sunni branch of Islam and the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence, although some are adherents of the Shia Muslim denomination. Perhaps someone should question HER loyalty to the United States.

 

Jews in America are loyal to America. They may have a love of Israel, although I know some Jews who neither want, nor have, a connection to Israel, but there is no question that their first loyalty is the United States, no matter what Omar’s handlers think.

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