A comeback for Swiftboater Corsi?

February 20, 2006

Of all of the partisan attack dogs from the Swiftboat smear of 2004, few were as thoroughly discredited as Jerome Corsi. The man was not only caught lying about John Kerry’s heroic military service, Corsi was also exposed as a bigot, having condemned Islam and Roman Catholicism, among others. As Corsi once put it, “boy buggering in both Islam and Catholicism is okay with the Pope as long as it isn’t reported by the liberal press.”

And what’s Corsi up to now? He’s publishing a book with Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell called “Rebuilding America.”

According to the publisher, Blackwell and Corsi have teamed up to write “a blueprint for a new War on Poverty,” which calls for an “ownership society.” (It appears to be a fairly predictable, unoriginal right-wing attack on government programs that benefit families in poverty.) The publisher adds that the book “is meant to be a blueprint for John Kenneth Blackwell’s campaign for governor of Ohio.”

The Ohio Democratic Catholic Caucus believes the Blackwell/Corsi partnership should be a far bigger deal.

Mr. Blackwell has apparently decided to cast aside “Catholic” families and “Catholic” working people as well as his Catholic roots from his days at Xavier University. Like the chameleon he is, Blackwell has set a new course for promotion of the one he cares for most — himself.

In doing so Blackwell has chosen a well known anti-Catholic to co-author his new book. Well known for his role with the notorious “Swift Boat Veterans,” Jerome Corsi has a well known reputation for being a basher of the Catholic Church. With disparaging remarks that referred to John Paul II as “senile” and “boy buggering” as common practice for Catholics, Corsi has made his personal dislike of the Catholic Church clear.

By any reasonable standard, Corsi should be politically radioactive. Maybe Blackwell has forgotten, but one in five Ohioans is Catholic. Why on earth would a Republican gubernatorial candidate get within five feet of Corsi, worse yet write a book with the guy?

Shouldn’t a leading Republican gubernatorial candidate who crafts a blueprint for government with a discredited bigot face at least some consequences?

it’s not surprising that a rabid anti-Catholic would co-author a book with a Republican. Roman Catholics turned Republican over the issue of abortion (as they lifted themselves from the working classes and engaged in middle-class white flight), but the Roman Catholic Church also is against the Conquest and Suppresion of Iraq. And it’s against Capital Punishment. And it says the wealthy have an obligation to the poor. You know, all that Jesus stuff. Anyone who’s turned against all that love-your-neighbor crap is a natural ally of Republicans.

  • Between the garbage-stunt foisted on Hackett by the Dems, and now this, it seems the two parties are trying to out-do each other in the “how-bad-can-we-make-ourselves-look” contest. Maybe we Ohioans should vote Green—or Socialist—or *choke* “Libertarian”—anybody but Dem or GOP….

  • “boy buggering in both Islam and Catholicism is okay with the Pope as long as it isn’t reported by the liberal press.”

    The context of this quote is in reference to the horrible manner the Church handled the scandal of pedifile Priests who were moved around by the Church to avoid prosecution. This does not make him a bigot or anti Catholic, politically incorrect, but not a bigot.

  • I read the link before I posted. I am not embarrased at all. Comments out of context and anti-PC do not make him a bigot. Interesting how two people can read the same article and interrupt it differently.

    ?? Who/what is the most bigoted group on the planet (besides Republicans).

  • I’ve read Corsi’s quotes and it’s very clear that he’s a bigot, that he’s anti-Catholic, that he’s a major league hate-monger, and that he’s an all around assbag.

    How can you NOT see that, bogie?

  • Tom –
    My mom is a Catholic. She would never vote Republican because of the social policies that they hold. Jesus said to heal the sick and comfort the poor. The Republican policies are the antithesis of what Jesus taught.
    But boy, do they exploit the one-issue (abortion) voters.

  • How long until wingnuts start whining that those criticising Blackwell over this are racist? 1 … 2 … 3 ….

  • There are few bigger douchebags on earth than Ken Blackwell. One can only hope that this stunt backfires and gives the Governors Mansion in Ohio to the Dems, and sends both of these jackasses into early retirement.

  • How about a little swiftboat action for the swiftboater?

    “Unfit for Commercials”- an expose of a political bigot and his role in the republican party.

  • The thrust of this article is that Blackwell is unfit to be Govenor because he is writing a book with J Corsi because Corsi is a bigot because he said (the money quote here) “boy buggering in both Islam and Catholicism is okay with the Pope as long as it isn’t reported by the liberal press.”

    The churches inaction during the scandal (or their actions, moving priests from church to church to avoid prosecution) earned them the scorn of many, Catholics among them.

    If the Ohio Democratic Catholic Caucus mentioned above tries to make this association a campain issue they risk being precieved as “pro boy buggering”. This is a loser for you guys.

  • Actually, bogie, Corsi clearly suggests Pope John Paul II condoned sexual abuse of children. That’s not only un-PC, it’s also bigoted. It’s dishonest to suggest there’s another interpretation.

  • I think Corsi’s anti-catholism is demonstrated more by his prediction that John-Paul II would be the penultimate Pope.

    Why is this guy predicting the end of the Roman-Catholic church?

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