THE BIG CON - 1

THE BIG CON – 1
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7/09

Special Report by Anne Hendershott
She is chair of Politics, Philosophy and Economic Program at “The Kings College” in New York City, and author of Status Envy – The Politics of Catholic Higher Education (Transaction.) The Catholic World Report Aug. – Sep. 2009.

Misleading “Catholic” organizations such as Catholics United and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good operated as an arm for pro-abortion Democrats in 2008 and now enjoy an important role in the Obama administration.

Self-described “progressive” Catholic organizations, such as Catholic in Alliance for the Common Good, Catholics United, Catholic Democrats, and Voice of the Faithful, have successfully manipulated long-standing divisions among Catholics. In 2008, President Obama with the help of misleading propaganda from these groups won a majority of the Catholic vote.
Now these organizations are playing an important role in his administration. Witness the appointment of Alexia Kelley, the co-founder and director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good.

Kelley has been appointed to direct the federal Health and Human Services Department’s Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. For almost a decade, Kelley worked for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Campaign for Human Development, a grant-making program that has been criticized for actively working against the Church’s mission, as evident in the program support for pro-abortion activities and politicians.

During the years that Kelley worked for the Campaign for Human Development, more than seven million dollars were awarded to ACORN (Association of Community Organization for Reform Now). Now under criminal investigation in several states, ACORN’s voter registration work helped to elect President Obama.

Kelley teamed with Catholic United’s leaders James Salt and Chris Korzen, in the 2008 campaign to neutralize the abortion issue by casting it in pro-Democratic Party terms. Salt and Korzen have plenty of political experience … Salt’s political work has involved overseeing the Kansas Democratic Party’s dubious “faith outreach” efforts, including what he calls “messaging work” for the pro-abortion Kathleen Sebelius & the development of “faith-based messaging resources.” “EDGY WORK” – On its website, Catholics United describes itself as ”non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting the message of justice and the common good found at the heart of the Catholic Social Tradition.”

But in a September 12, 2008 radio interview heard at soundsauthors.com, Korzen disclosed that at Catholics United “we do a little bit more edgy work … we can do lobbying and political work unlike your traditional non-profits.”

Prior to helping to found Catholics United, Korzen served as co-founder and director of the Catholic Voting Project in 2004, after working as an organizer with the Service Employees International Union. He is a frequent contributor to the left-wing website The Huffington Post, where he often publishes pieces in support of the Democratic Party…
George H. Kubeck. The above will be completed in 4 or 5 more pages. Happy Labor Day!