The meaning of Rudy's demise

Paul Kengor, co-author of The Judge and professor at Grove City College, remarks in National Catholic Register on Rudy Giuliani's surprising journey from Republican front runner to rebuffed spectator:

The reality is that the rejection of Rudy by Republicans should not be brushed off lightly and quickly; it merits pause for careful reflection, and perhaps even celebration.

Let there be no doubt that Rudy was refused because of outrage at how he proudly and unequivocally supports a “woman’s right to choose.” This was a Republican religious rejection of Rudy. He was rejected not only by evangelicals but by the pro-life Catholics who share his party and his faith.

Yet, it was also much more, especially for Republicans and for Catholics. Consider the big picture:

Over the last two or three decades, the Democratic Party has increasingly championed policies that extinguish what Pope John Paul II and his Church have called the first of all freedoms and the most basic of all human rights: the right to life.

Since Roe v. Wade, and particularly since Ronald Reagan’s election in 1981, the Republican Party (by and large) has not sacrificed its soul at the altar of political expediency on the abortion issue. Republicans like Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush have battled dogmatic abortion advocates in the Democratic Party like Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi and now Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, for whom abortion remains a kind of political sacrament, even though some of them are Catholic.

Read the entire piece.

Comments

[Ed Peters]

I am soooooo glad Rudy went down in flames.

[LJ]

There are enough Catholic Democrats muddying the water and trying to obscure or just plain ignore the truth of the Catholic position.

[Nino]

nownow,americas mayor also said and this was sickening..I am not perfect wish I were,but I also follow the teachings of my church I consider important...why not a supreme court judgeship or at least a college professor hey rude?