William A. Donohue -- the Pope's U.S. Hitman

I happened to see Bill Donahue sounding off on Obama's graduation ceremony award by Notre Dame yesterday which reminded me that he is the only character I have been tempted to punch out following upon a vicious personal attack on my wife in a small public meeting.

Donahue is president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in the U.S. and an adjunct to the right wing Heritage Foundation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Donohue

The encounter with my wife was over a relatively small matter. She is a preservationist and was defending a handsome Catholic Church that was being scheduled for destruction. What was distinctive about Donahue was his characteristic nastiness and personal attack on a perceived enemy which he seems to see any non Catholic potentially to be. Neither Lyn nor I had ever encountered such ugliness projected face to face by a fellow human. I noted thereafter that this is his characteristic mode designed to unsettle opponents. Bill Buckley used to employ a similar game tactic to win arguments.

One can imagine how it must have been in the days of the Inquisition before the torch was lit.
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