<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Democrats, too:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><h1 class="title-news" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; border: none; overflow: visible; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-size: 30px !important; line-height: 36px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; ">Sister Simone Campbell And Cardinal Timothy Dolan To Bless The Democratic Convention</h1><div class="comments_datetime_new border_none relative v05" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; overflow: visible; position:
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 background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><div style="list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: none; overflow: visible; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-indent: 1.5em; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; line-height: 21px; ">NEW YORK (RNS) In a move that could recast the reigning political narrative about the Catholic bishops, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has accepted an invitation to deliver the closing benediction at the Democratic National Convention, a week after he gives a similar blessing to the Republicans in Tampa, Fla.</div><div style="list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: none; overflow: visible; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-indent: 1.5em; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; line-height: 21px; ">From the start, Dolan, who is also president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, made it clear that he
 would be willing to pray at the Democratic convention. There were doubts, however, that the Democrats would invite Dolan.</div><div style="list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: none; overflow: visible; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-indent: 1.5em; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; line-height: 21px; ">The Obama campaign also revealed Tuesday (Aug. 28) that Sister Simone Campbell, the popular face of the recent "Nuns on the Bus" tour for social justice, will be addressing the Democrats in Charlotte, N.C., the night before Dolan's appearance.</div><div style="list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: none; overflow: visible; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-indent: 1.5em; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; line-height: 21px; ">That is kind of a Catholic "two-fer" that threatens to upstage GOP nominee Mitt Romney's Catholic
 outreach and highlights the importance of this swing vote in a deadlocked race...</div><div style="list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: none; overflow: visible; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-indent: 1.5em; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; line-height: 21px; "><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/cardinal-timothy-dolan-sister-simone-campbell-democratic-convention_n_1837848.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/cardinal-timothy-dolan-sister-simone-campbell-democratic-convention_n_1837848.html</a> <br></div></div></div></div></span></div><div> </div><div>Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<br></div>  <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1">  <b><span
 style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Rosemary Huskey <donaldrose@cpcinternet.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Ron Force' <rforce2003@yahoo.com>; 'Moscow Vision2020' <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 28, 2012 5:05 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [Vision2020] absolutely unbelieveable.<br> </font> </div> <br>
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--></style><div><div class="yiv1121073778WordSection1"><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Splendid, kissing the bishop’s ring. . . how can Evangelical Republicans stand this blatant pandering?   Remember how Repubs used to worry about John Kennedy bringing Rome to Washington?  </span></div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">  </span></div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Yowsa!!!!!!</span></div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">  </span></div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73,
 125); ">Rose Huskey</span></div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">  </span></div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">  </span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron Force<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> Moscow Vision2020<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] absolutely unbelieveable.</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal">  </div><div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal"
 style="background:white;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Here's why the KOC:</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-catholic-vote-is-the-2012-bellwether/2012/05/03/gIQAXkJhyT_blog.html </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</span></div></div><div><div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><hr
 size="1" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "> Tom Hansen <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> Rosemary Huskey <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">donaldrose@cpcinternet.com</a>> <br><b>Cc:</b> viz <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:44 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] absolutely unbelieveable.</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div></div><div
 class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">  </span></div><div id="yiv1121073778"><div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">The RNC opening ceremony WITHOUT a military honor guard to present the colors?!?!</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">  </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">WHAT AN EFFING PILE OF CRAP!!!</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">  </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Who else is the GOP going to disrespect?</span></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span
 style="color:black;">Seeya round town, Moscow.</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">  </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Tom Hansen</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">  </span></div></div><div><div
 class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;"><span style="color:black;"><br>On Aug 28, 2012, at 11:13 AM, "Rosemary Huskey" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">donaldrose@cpcinternet.com</a>> wrote:</span></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">I am gobsmacked beyond belief…..  even in my most cynical, sarcastic
 mood never would I have imagined that the Republican Party would invite the Knights of Columbus – with their silly plumed hats and swords to present the colors at the opening of their convention this morning – followed by the worst tenor ever heard straining out the National Anthem.  It is a rich satire complete with audience shots of frumpy old white women decked out in a super heavy application of pancake makeup and deep blue eye shadow.  I’m frightened!!!!!.  </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Rose Huskey</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><div class="yiv1121073778MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span
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