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July 23, 2004
Bush | GOP Seeks Catholic Parish Directories

This from the Las Vegas SUN:

The Republican National Committee has asked Bush-backing Roman Catholics to provide copies of their parish directories to help register Catholics to vote in the November election, a use of personal information not necessarily condoned by dioceses around the country.

In a story posted Thursday on its Web site, the National Catholic Reporter said a GOP official had urged people who attended a Catholic outreach event in January to provide parish directories and membership lists to the political party.

“Access to these directories is critical as it allows us to identify and contact those Catholics who are likely to be supportive of President Bush’s compassionate conservative agenda,” wrote Martin J. Gillespie, director of Catholic Outreach at the RNC. “Please forward any directories you are able to collect to my attention.”

The RNC is using the information from parish directories only for its nonpartisan voter registration drive, RNC spokeswoman Christine Iverson told The Associated Press on Thursday. Those efforts target members of other faiths as well as people who belong to nonreligious organizations, she said.



Posted by Alan at July 23, 2004 09:10 AM | TrackBack
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“The RNC is using the information from parish directories only for its nonpartisan voter registration drive, RNC spokeswoman Christine Iverson told The Associated Press on Thursday.”

One thing I like about RNC campaign operatives — they can say things like this with a straight face.

Posted by: Don [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 23, 2004 11:09 AM

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