Mysteries of modern life

[Paul Mackin]

The p-list isn't big on electoral politics but one thing I'm always 
wondering about is where extreme right wing Republican 
would-be-candidates can possibly be coming from.

One answer came in a fascinating front page story in this morning's 
Times. How many times do you run across a woman who (in later life) had 
a seven year affair with the obstetrician who delivered her, that doctor 
also being a prominent Pittsburgh abortion provider. Well, Karen 
Santorum did, and only gave up that love after meeting Rick 
Santorum--the rest being history. Rather miraculously she returned to 
her estranged family and their ancestral Catholic faith, and Rick 
experienced a big bolster to his lukewarm faith as well. And after not 
too much soul searching they found themselves joined up with the Ubers, 
a group Gary Will says are not Catholics but Papists, who seemingly get 
their marching orders direct from Rome. There's no shortage of such 
types around Washington, most famously an enclave of them in the upscale 
suburb of Great Falls, Virginia. They attend St. Catherine of Sienna 
Catholic Church where they can hear Mass in Latin. They send their kids 
to Opus Dei Schools, etc. etc. Justice Scalia is prominent among them.


Strange and seemingly true. but can it possibly explain anything?


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/us/politics/from-nominal-catholic-to-clarion-of-faith.html?pagewanted=2&hp

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