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The “Nuns On The Bus” tour from the Midwest to DC took off from Des Moines, Iowa today with a scheduled stops to educate and inform people on Paul Ryan’s disaster of a budget, and also give voice to their work through visits to homeless shelters, hospitals and food pantries.
“The tour’s first stop was at the office of Rep. Steve King (R-IA), a supporter of the Ryan budget. The nuns had planned to present the congressman with a copy of the Faithful Budget, an economic approach drafted by a group of Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other religious organizations as a rebuttal to the House budget. The Faithful Budget calls for increased aid to the poor and cuts in military spending.
Though the nuns say they had an appointment, the congressman’s office was shuttered and dark.”
Are we surprised that Rep. Steve King’s people were conveniently not there for the appointment? Absolutely not – these guys are more than happy to hide behind ‘balanced budget’ rhetoric while they basically send a goodly proportion of Americans down the toilet, but when it comes to facing a bunch of women (and even women who are dressed in ‘civvies’ these days; it is not as if they are facing Sister Joseph Mary from 1957, with a long black habit, a rope belt and an 8″ cross) with some actual moral credibility — nope.
No guts. Weenies, the lot of them. This is leadership?
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Steve King is a racist asshole and a despicable excuse for a congressman who should be held in contempt by all right-thinking people. My only regret about not living in his district is that I don’t get to vote against him.
A lovely piece, Toby. I didn’t know that Moyers was sending people along with them…there should be a good show out of this.
I would love to think the nuns can make a difference in contrasting the Ryan justifications with the truth of a religious, charitable view of the horrible budget.
In any case, I’m pleased with them for doing this. Thanks for alerting us to it.
As for Steve King…no surprise he’s a coward. Love your take…Not as if he’s facing Sister Joseph Mary, circa 1957, with full habit…
heh heh. Too bad, in a way.
Rep King stands up the nuns? It’s time for the “Michigan treatment” and this really should go viral.
You had me at the diary title.
Great to see that these Nuns are following in the great nun tradition of fighting for the best of catholic ideals. If only the Bishops would take their cue from these nuns, who are far more enlightened followers of their ultimate leader. Just my opinion.
ps…I am not catholic. But just like the country, I am sure the RCC would be better off if women were running it.
I’m not Catholic, either — but I sent money to the nuns for their tour. As long as the Repubs keep acting like a bunch of petulant little punks, this gives the nuns the opportunity to give their message unopposed and it also points out what a bunch of cowards the Repubs are. How can they lose? They will win every time – if the Repub meets with them and ‘makes nice’ but empty talk, then they can show that. If the Repub refuses to speak with them, then they show that. It’s obvious that the Repubs are scared to death of these women (and frankly, I think a lot of these guys are scared to death of all women – but nuns, of course, carry more ‘weight’); they really are afraid that the nuns are going to make them say something that they will regret later. I’d love to see them go visit Eric Cantor and see how HE handles it.
Nuns shall pass! (And use turn signals.)