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It’s because he says things like this, from a post earlier today:

I stand by my comment around the use of the term “sexual terror” as demagoguery. Show me where that phase has been used in the English language prior to the widespread terrorist attacks of the latter part of the 20th century to present and I will concede the point. Otherwise – in the context of the interview with it’s inaccuracies, vitriol and sloppiness, that phrase is merely a rhetorical flourish that punches up the inaccuracies and vitriol.

Or at least he used to be.

I now disagree profoundly with the party on positions that its leadership and most vocal and influential constituencies have come to decree — since 1972, anyway — as litmus tests.

I always found the democrat’s position on abortion counter-intuitive. Defend to the last man the rights of every differently-abled physically-challenged transgendered albino little person of color with a speech impediment in their native language and no desire to learn English to be free of second-hand smoke from three states away, but ignore the most fundamental right of all – the right to life. Fight against all kinds of discrimination but never you mind about discriminating against Christians. Choose whatever you want to do with your body but forget about choice in schools, where your tax dollars go, and what happens to the money from your paycheck under the heading “FICA.” When you think of the “big tent” the democrats have been it makes you wonder how they got there. It is no surprise they might become an endangered species. Mark goes on to say:

This space hasn’t agreed with every position taken by Pat Moynihan, but has always respected and quite enjoyed the illustrious statesman from New York, whose loss to the Senate is rendered all the more grievous by the choice voters made on his successor.

Hillary Rodham Clinton. I thought only Republicans had three names.

Though I go only by two names I have been a Republican since way before I could vote or fit into Florsheims. I think Capitalism run amok is letting China into the WTO. A strong national defense and tough foreign policy is better than a thousand treaties, especially if the treaties involve things you can’t see like air. I used to smoke big topedo-shaped cigars to keep bugs and liberals away. Sure I care about the environment – I want to open my door every day to pick up my copy of the Washington Times and have the world still be there. A girl once broke up with me because she found out I voted for Bob Dole. That was after he became the poster boy for geriatric erectile dysfunction. Why am I a Republican? Because they don’t think the government can fix everything, they know how to win wars (they just can’t finish them), they believe individual responsibility, and generally speaking they are not pro-abortion. They understand and appreciate the Christian ethos that this country is founded on rather than discount it as archaic and backward. Oh, and they give me rides on their big boats.

Just think what a pickle we’d be in if Al Gore was President. The Chinese would be sending their laundry our way, he’d be snuggling up with Arafat, and he’d be funding research for vehicles that run on alternative fuels, like cars that run on Republicans.

for the American Bishops to whom this applies:
We haven’t heard a “mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.”
I’m 30, grew up at the poster-Parish for the “Zero Tolerance for Latin” craziness right after Vatican II, and I know what that means.
It doesn’t mean “Mistakes were made.”

Over on Sirman on the mount there’s a response to my previous post.
Here’s a little tidbit back.
First – I’ll summarize my logic. I’m into Truth. Truth is good. The Truth is a gift from God, and acting in truth here on earth is our calling. There’s no question that many priests and bishops have either participating actively in or turned a blind eye to evil. Criminal and civil courts will no doubt address those matters in great detail. There’s not a single person who isn’t outraged, shocked and shaken by the fact that priests and bishops have been a party to and encouraged evil acts.
My problem with the interview on WMAL was that both the journalist and the man interviewed stepped outside of discussing the truth and made an indictment against the entire Church. I’m not using “hostile media” or “person with an axe to grind” as a “caveat.” Fact is, statements were made that were both sloppy and inaccurate and I think it’s appropriate to not only point that out, but express some consternation *and* express concern about the motives.
I’m Catholic and believe all that the Church teaches. That’s my bias. But this isn’t about bias – it’s about truth, and it’s wrong to vilify the entire Church and American Bishops in this context.
Now – here’s a small point, but it needs to be said: I stand by my comment around the use of the term “sexual terror” as demagoguery. Show me where that phase has been used in the English language prior to the widespread terrorist attacks of the latter part of the 20th century to present and I will concede the point. Otherwise – in the context of the interview with it’s inaccuracies, vitriol and sloppiness, that phrase is merely a rhetorical flourish that punches up the inaccuracies and vitriol.

As a result I am here for the weekend. I’ll have to do some reading and see what to blog about. I think we should all ask Alexandra why she hasn’t been blogging lately over at Oremus!