John Gehring: "It's convenient for Weigel to dismiss this authentic Catholic critique of Boehner as "reactionary liberalism." Casting these theologians, scholars, clergy and women religious as knee-jerk proponents of big government is factually wrong, but it does shift attention away from draconian Republican budget proposals that are deeply hostile to Catholic teaching about government's vital role in protecting the most vulnerable...
If Weigel prefers that state governments knit together our nation's fraying social programs for the most vulnerable, he should offer a solution to the structural problem of states now cutting assistance programs when they're most needed."
Weigel's piece is really, really weak (I'm certain I could write a stronger one from the Catholic neocon viewpoint). But John Gehring pulls no punches. This resembles Tyson in his prime v. some chump that he KOs in the 1st round.
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