DesertDrifter (and all) -- and there's more, a lot more, here and wherever else in the world they can get away with it -- there was strong and direct Vatican backing for dubya in both 2000 and 2004 (in 2004 including US bishops attacking Kerry over choice, calling to deny him communion, and a whole lot more, extensively documented here) -- a few more recent posts I've opened over the last few hours, far from an exhaustive list but sufficient to tie in a good portion of the larger relevant context that has been documented here -- (linked in):