{"id":7527,"date":"2004-04-07T15:32:06","date_gmt":"2004-04-07T15:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/04\/fighting_over_kerry_in_dallas.html"},"modified":"2004-04-07T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2004-04-07T15:32:06","slug":"fighting_over_kerry_in_dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/04\/fighting_over_kerry_in_dallas.html","title":{"rendered":"Fighting over Kerry in Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the DMN Blog. Rod gets called Torquemada. He can add that to the list.<\/a><\/p>\n

His primary debate opponent on the blog says:<\/p>\n

Inquisitors separate the good enough Catholics from the not-so-good enough Catholics. I think that’s what you did to Mr. Kerry. You called him “ignorant” and a “Catholic in name only.” Frankly, I think that’s outside your competency to judge. But I’ll say this: It’s a good thing for him that this is the 21st century United States and not 15th century Spain. They don’t still burn heretics, do they<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

?<\/p>\n

(By the way, I heard a report on the NPR\/Slate program about Kerry’s big rally in Cinciana (as we call it here). Apparently the new protest technique at Kerry events is for a group of anti-Kerryites to plant themselves in the middle of the crowd and then start slapping flip-flops together on cue. I laughed.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the DMN Blog. Rod gets called Torquemada. He can add that to the list. His primary debate opponent on the blog says: Inquisitors separate the good enough Catholics from the not-so-good enough Catholics. I think that’s what you did to Mr. Kerry. 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