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The Democrats actually did it; they impeached President Trump.
When I switched parties in late July of 2016, it felt in a way, very much like what we Catholics call, “crossing the Tiber.” The Tiber is a river in Rome, and by “crossing it” it is commonly understood to refer to someone, usually of a Protestant Faith, who converted to Roman Catholicism.
Though I’ve been leaning and often voting Republican in recent years, it was the Democratic Convention from July 25-28, 2016, and the radical left agenda introduced there, that was for me the defining moment when I knew I was no longer a Democrat. As Reagan said, “The Party left me.” All that was left to do was to make it official; my wife and I made the change together.
I must imagine, that the turmoil that I felt within the certainty, as a lifelong Democrat becoming Republican, must feel a lot like what it feels like for a Protestant to become Roman Catholic. For me, it was embracing in a deeper way, my understanding of the Church’s teaching, on abortion, on marriage, on the human person, on objective truth. read more
Paul C. Binotto must be a very new soul on this planet. Common sense appeared to him like Jesus on the Mount.
Sorry, I’m not impressed.
…Tiber, Rubicon, potato, potatoe…
Excellent article. Welcome aboard, Paul.
Rome is to Christianity as Democrats are to politics.
Well howdy. Same with the NJ Congresscritter that changed parties.
I am wondering why political expediency drew you all out after the preponderance of evidence has been before you for decades.
Not impressed that this ‘deep thinker’ wishes to catch up with us inferiors.
But we’ll wait for you to catch up. For a while.
Lowell – I am impressed, that was a well written article. I, like the author, was raised by conservative Dems as well. He appears to have more Cat-lick guilt than I do though. The conservative Catholic church, what’s ‘left’ of it, is one of the last bulwarks against the Left in this country.
I just had a conversation with a very good friend who goes to a Anglican Episcopalian church and is getting a bit sick and tired of the Rainbow crap and he is thinking about Crossing the Tiber. You do not see rainbow flags on Catholic churches, they are all over the place with the AEC churches and I travel around, mostly northeast.
Now politically, I welcome his epiphany, his ‘Crossing’ over!
It can never come too early OR too late…the Crossing is a great analogy.
That said, I WAS wondering how old this author is??? He could have linked in Washington Crossing the Delware into his article. Perhaps I should tell him.
If someone is a Democrat today, I keep my distance.
The only reason I can see is they are one or more
of the following: stupid, crazy or evil.
Hi John,
I especially stay away, when driving and you see the bumper sticker (CoExist, etc), and if you have the sado masochistic drive to actually look at the driver?? OOOy ya Yoooy!
They are all LOOK the same! OLD WHITE HIPPIES.
Irrelevant.
GoBGJG