Word: anti-catholicism
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With that choice in mind, the McCain camp was hell-bent on portraying Bush as the captive of his party's right wing--a divider, not a uniter. By the time Michigan voters were going to the polls last Tuesday, McCain had taken Bush's visit to Fundamentalist Bob Jones...
Time may heal all wounds, but for George W. Bush, time is running out. So on Sunday, with only nine days to go until Super Tuesday, Bush stopped licking the campaign wounds inflicted by his Bob Jones University appearance and apologized to Catholics for not denouncing the school's anti...
Bush's victory in South Carolina was less than pristine. His campaign there was marked by a number of missteps, most notably his opening speech at Bob Jones University, an institution notorious for its prohibition of interracial dating and for the anti-Catholic sentiments of its founder. Bush's seeming...
Other audience members criticized Trimble for his continued membership in the Orange Order, an Irish Protestant organization alleged to be heavily anti-Catholic.
What remains to be seen is how much this divide will take root in the rest of the nation. McCain continued to steal some of Bush's centrist thunder in South Carolina by campaigning on a message of inclusiveness, overtly asking Democrats and independents to support him. Bush, meanwhile, accused...