Even Leftist Nun Can't Use 'God' In Her Convention Speech

All the liberals (especially liberal Catholics) who complained the church was entering partisan politics when Cardinal Timothy Dolan agreed to give a blessing to the Republican National Convention -- before he accepted the same assignment for the Democrats -- apparently had no complaint about Catholics entering partisan politics when Sister Simone Campbell drew standing ovations on Wednesday night in a convention address attacking Paul Ryan as a terrible Catholic.

A peek at the transcript suggests something amusing: at the same time Democrats scrapped the word "God" from the platform, and then hastily returned it despite heavy booing, Sister Simone never used the word "God" in her anti-Ryan lecture. She began:





The most obnoxious part of this speech was this dissident Catholic hailing Obamacare as the truly pro-life social program: "The Affordable Care Act will cover people like Margaret. We all share responsibility to ensure that this vital health care reform law is properly implemented and that all governors expand Medicaid coverage so no more Margarets die from lack of care. This is part of my pro-life stance and the right thing to do."

Or it came at the end, where the same Sister Simone who slammed the bishops of her church as being clueless males urged the nation to listen and not "yell at each other." Listen, and then slam your opponent for an "immoral budget" that attacks the poor:





Tim Graham
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