Just as men are always on the lookout for a pretty woman, the Wise Guy prowls the streets and the byways, the books and the papers, and the bits and bytes of electronic media for the lovely form of Wisdom. This is particularly true in this American election year when he seeks Political Wisdom, an awkward figure at best, whose beauty is often hidden and needs good lighting and professional make-up to look attractive and stir men’s hearts.
The Wise Guy believes he has discovered a bit of Political Wisdom that is particularly relevant for his fellow Catholics. Here is a quote from an article by David R. Carlin, “Catholics and Democrats: The Unraveling of a Relationship.”
“…I won’t say that the Republican party has become the Christian party. I will say that the Democratic Party has become the anti-Christian party; for to take sides with the secularists/moral liberals in the culture war, as the Democrats have done, is to take sides against Christianity. And so, the Democratic Party has gone from being a Catholic-friendly working and lower-middle class party to being a secularist and upper-middle class party. Can a Catholic be a Democrat today? It is virtually impossible, assuming that the Catholic in question is a ‘real Catholic,’ is acquainted with policies of the party, such as its support for abortion and homosexuality, and is capable of reasoning logically. And this is what is actually happening: Increasingly, ‘real Catholics’ are leaving the Democratic Party, although ‘nominal Catholics’ (who are really semi-secularists) remain.”
https://www.catholicleague.org/catholics-and-democrats-the-unraveling-of-a-relationship-2/