I wrote a post a couple of months ago about whether religious conservatives would be able to accept Rudolph Giuliani as the GOP candidate. I mentioned Steve “Feddie” Dillard’s efforts to prevent such a perceived calamity. Now his website, Catholics Against Rudy, is up and running.
The CAR site is polished and professional, and I’m sure it’s helpful for what it’s trying to do. (Be sure to check out CAR’s MySpace page. Steve’s a Scorpio, so apparently Catholics are fine with astrology!) And here’s an AP story (with a quote from Steve) about Giuliani’s difficulties in trying to trade on his Catholic background when it helps him but elide the issue when it hurts him. (Ramesh Ponnuru at The Corner linked to these sites — well, not the MySpace page — before I was able to, but I found them on my own.)
Ultimately, I’m still not convinced that Feddie and his gang are doing anything more than tilting at windmills. Giuliani may yet not end up winning the GOP nomination, but I think that would be more as a result of things like last week’s gaffe than disquietude from religious conservatives. I had more on this in my original post, and Ponnuru links to a recent poll suggesting that abortion opponents are supporting Giuliani despite his positions. I think that most voters just aren’t going to base their decisions on whether Giuiliani is Catholic enough.
I’ll try to remember to check in on the CAR site from time to time, and Steve is welcome to drop by and tell me why I’m wrong.