Through their silence regarding a dangerous demagogue and implicit promulgation of a single-issue litmus test for voting, the US bishops have collectively sold the largest component of their flock up the river.  Tim Kaine received far more criticism from their pens and pulpits than our vile President Elect, who provided them with fodder for valid moral criticism on a daily basis.  There will be irreversible repercussions for the Church in this country in the years to come once the roundups begin.