Thursday, June 17, 2004

Wuuuuh?

I know people play games with their party registrations sometimes so they can be good Fox News Democrats, but is there anything that can genuinely justify this description in today's NYT?

Michael Novak, the conservative Catholic theologian, has no problem with bipartisan criticism, but suggests Democrats are getting the brunt of it because, in his view, they are less tolerant than Republicans are on abortion. "It's really rather striking,'' said Mr. Novak, himself a Democrat. "The Democratic Party was always such a home to Catholics, but they are being driven out. They - I'm talking about the politicians - face more and more pressure in the Democratic Party to be pro-choice if they have ambitions.''