Register Radio: What Happened at the Political Conventions?

[Michie]

Today on Register Radio, we spoke with National Catholic Register correspondent Charlotte Hays, who covered the Republican National Convention, and Michelle Bauman, who covered both the Republican and Democratic National Convention as Washington, D.C. correspondent for Catholic News Agency/EWTN.

Both writers spoke about the Catholic presence at the conventions.

"The Republican convention had a sunny, upbeat tone," described Hays. She said that the two most visible Catholics at the convention were Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan. "Ryan is really interesting for Catholics because he has based his economic proposals on Catholic social thought. I did an interview with him previously in which Ryan said there's no monopoly on Catholic social teaching. If he becomes Vice President, he'll make policy decisions with Catholic social thought in mind."


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[Fantine]

"Ryan is really interesting for Catholics because he has based his economic proposals on Catholic social thought.

Has Hays been living under a rock?

News flash: Ayn Rand isn't Catholic.

USCCB Tackles Paul Ryan | National Catholic Reporter

Finally, Bauman was asked about the Democratic party's efforts to remove a reference to God in the party platform. Bauman explained that the party had removed the reference and then voted three times whether to reinsert the language into the platform. She explained that while it wasn't clear if the delegates reached a 2/3 vote majority, the chairman declared that a majority vote had been reached and the language was reinserted.

Misleading journalism--it was its connection with the Jerusalem issue that created the dissent.