General Discussion

…because I don’t believe she is one of them. Religious, no doubt, but I zeroed in on a couple of things in her New York Times interview that indicate to me that she has stuck with her Catholic roots, and the evangelicals won’t stand for her being in charge.

First, the interview mentions that she was wearing a St. Michael medal that her husband was wearing when he was shot. I’ve had lots of religious discussions with lots of evangelicals and even mainstream Protestants in my life, and I’ve never heard any of them that care about or in any way look to the saints from a religious perspective.


Second, she said she was leaving punishment for the shooter up to the government because she didn’t want his blood on her ledger, that when she died she didn’t want Jesus saying huh, an eye for an eye, is that how we do it, and that it might keep her from heaven and being with her husband. That is most decidedly NOT an evangelical perspective; evangelicals believe once saved, always saved, whereas Catholics believe faith plus works are required, and that salvation can be lost by actions.

Anyway, I don't believe that the evangelical base of TP will support in the mid to long term.