screen-shot-2016-10-17-at-1-09-38-pmAfter 2 Dodges, Catholic Kaine Defends Anti-Catholic Emails From Campaign

He claims to be a strong Catholic.  He is not. First he claims that the emails are not accurate and may have been somehow “doctored.”  After this is slapped down, he goes for the whole “well I’m Catholic and she likes me, so…” and that falls flat as well.  He says no one should have to apologize for their opinions, which is also something that his party and he himself have never adhered to.  Really, Tim?

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I want to get to another email that
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shows campaign communications director
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Jennifer palmeira talking about
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Catholicism with a democratic strategist
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who denounces what he calls the religion
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severely backwards gender relations she
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responsive some conservatives are only
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Catholic because they think it is the
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most socially acceptable political
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conservative religion many took offense
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to the perceived mockery of Catholicism
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you’re Catholic should the campaign
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apologize for these messages
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well Martha let me first say this and
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this is really important thing I don’t
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give credence to any of these dumped
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documents because I don’t even know if
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they’re accurate and they are part of an
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effort by the Russians and WikiLeaks I
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just want to say it was right there
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email said he sent this
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yeah but-but-but I this is an important
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topic that everybody needs to know about
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these emails one email has come up with
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my name in it and it’s completely
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inaccurate now was it inaccurate because
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the center didn’t know what he or she
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was talking about was inaccurate because
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it was dr. i have no way of knowing on
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catholicism I am Catholic I’m very very
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serious about my Catholicism and Hillary
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views that is a real asset and we talked
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about our faith lives as she asked me to
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be on the ticket with her so in terms of
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what Hillary Clinton who is running for
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president thinks about Catholics and the
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and the value more broadly of having a
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faith background i can tell you she
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views it as a plus just as she views her
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own methodism as a plus an apology
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I you know again I you we all have
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opinions and I don’t think you need to
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apologize for your opinions but in fact
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that that’s a great thing about our
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country and even about being Catholic we
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have plenty of opinions so you don’t
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need to apologize for an opinion but in
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terms of respect for the church and
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people’s faith lies Hillary Clinton has
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that respect because it’s what motivates
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our