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Stray thoughts on religion, ‘Young Guns’

I had a few thoughts I figured I’d share after reading one of the recent “Leftovers” posts on pa2001.com Central.

I must say, I am glad to finally see some real people of faith standing up to the “pretenders” who like to throw around self-serving claims about their supposed “religious beliefs” along with cherry-picked scripture to—as Catholics United’s executive director Chris Korzen put it—“score cheap political points and lead voters astray.” Everything reported from Korzen’s statement should have been said a long time ago, and I couldn’t have said it better myself. Thanks, Mr. Korzen. And please keep up the good, and desperately needed, work.

Another item from that same post, however, made me laugh.

Let me first say that, up to this point, I’ve seen nothing not to like about 3rd District GOP candidate Mike Kelly. He appears to be personable, charming, charismatic, a font for delightful metaphors, down-to-earth, and, astounding for a Republican these days, firmly grounded in reality. One thing he’s not, though, is a young-un.

Nonetheless, he has been added to the NRCC’s “Young Guns” program for tracking congressional challengers.

Now, I get that the political parties have to have their plans in place to assist their candidates across the board, and that catchy names attract attention as well as much needed dollars. But come on, “Young Guns” for campaigners who are middle-aged or greater? Keith Rothfus, the GOP’s contender in the 4th District, got a nod too, and this guy’s gotta be around my age!

Surely the GOP can do better than to offer up a program name that provides an unintentional laugh-fest to anyone who looks a little more closely at the details.

July 27, 2010 at 10:40 am

--Tammy Alonso

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