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Southern Appeal (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... Winters and other pro-Obama US Catholics might delight in tweaking the Holy father by appointing Kmiec as ambassador to the Vatican, it would be tantamount to sending Norman Finkelstein to Israel. Doug Kmiec chose to turn his back on a life time of support for conservative and, in particular, pro-life causes to endorse Barack Obama. This despite the fact that Obama ran on the...
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Lawyers, Guns and Money (Free subscription) | yesterday
I agree with Henry and Tim. Bainbridge's critique of Doug Kmiec as Vatican Ambassador has nothing to do with Kmiec's actual policy views, but rather with the fact that Kmiec vocally supported Obama. Bainbridge further argues that Kmiec's support allowed Obama to win over all the fake Catholics, and consequently that real Catholics will be insulted by his appointment....
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bainbridge believes appointing Doug Kmiec as ambassador to the Vatican would be an insult to the church. Henry Farrell is puzzled: In principle, the appointment of Kmiec should be no more or less insulting to either the Vatican (as a...
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Political Animal (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Bainbridge had a the other day, arguing that Obama would be insulting the church if he picked Douglas Kmiec, a prominent and devout conservative Catholic, and former dean of Catholic University's law school, to be the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.I take it that, as a general rule, one should not choose ambassadors whose appointment will insult the country to which they are credentialed....
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Accidental Blogger (Free subscription) | yesterday
Conservative law professor/blogger Stephen Bainbridge thinks that appointing Doug Kmiec[1] as the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See would be an insult to the Vatican and to the Pope. He follows up with a non-responsive response to the challenge that...
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Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
I’ve been puzzling over this post by Steve Bainbridge for a few days. Steve vigorously denounces a suggestion by Michael Winters that Douglas Kmiec be appointed ambassador to the Vatican, saying that such an appointment would be an insult to the church. I take it that, as a general rule, one should not choose ambassadors whose [...]
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Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | yesterday
... a conflict of interests, and now people are musing about who Obama will appoint to the position. Doug Kmiec, the Catholic conservative who supported Obama and made various pro-life arguments in favor of him during the campaign, has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the role. I imagine Kmiec would be a fine Ambassador, though we have no idea if he’d be picked for the...
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Roman Catholic Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... "Not another closeted Obama supporting priest ala Art Holquin." This same skewed argument is what Doug Kmiec and the other Obamacons have been peddling. A few thoughts: 1.) I don't know if Monsignor's "facts" are correct, but let us say arguendo that the abortion rates were higher under Reagan and Bush (1) than they were under Clinton, the case that somehow those rates were lower...
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... on abortion, I hope he does not prove them wrong. I hope he does not make a fool out of that nice Doug Kmiec , who led the pro-life charge on his behalf. I hope he does not spit on the rest of us—though I don't take him for the spitting sort—on his way in the door. I hope that his appointment of Ellen Moran, formerly of EMILY's List, as his communications director is followed by the...
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Last Best Hope for Earth (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... reconciliation, some 'uniting' that the Chosen One has been promising. Where is that Dean of Law Doug Kmiec who promised us that Obama is really interested in reducing abortions and is, at heart, a pro life fellow? Or, the question should be asked, "Dean Kmiec, what ambassadorship were you promised in return for selling out the most vulnerable amongst us?"
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Warren Throckmorton (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... Electoral College votes to Obama. And there were groups like “Catholics for Obama,” men like Doug Kmiec and Pittsburgh Steelers’ owner Dan Rooney, and all those young people who voted in hordes for Obama, including the 60 percent of students at Catholic colleges who believe abortion should be legal, according to a new study commissioned by the Cardinal Newman Center. Addressing the...
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Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... on abortion, I hope he does not prove them wrong. I hope he does not make a fool out of that nice Doug Kmiec, who led the pro-life charge on his behalf. I hope he does not spit on the rest of us—though I don't take him for the spitting sort—on his way in the door. I hope that his appointment of Ellen Moran, formerly of EMILY's List, as his communications director is followed by the...
