Are They Really This Shameless? Or Are They Just Stupid?

Democrats in Minnesota apparently think it's OK to smear a Minnesota Senate candidate, Dan Hall, who happens to be a Protestant clergyman, for opposing Obamacare, with the following image:

Did they really think that this image of a man in a Roman collar wouldn't register with readers of the ad as an image of a Catholic priest?  Did they really think that this wouldn't be offensive to Catholics -- the priest is wearing a button that says "Ignore the Poor" -- when the Catholic Church is extraordinarily active in providing healthcare services to the poor through Catholic charities and Catholic hospitals?

Let's be straight:  we are a sick, sick country, when people who call themselves "liberal" feel free to insult and degrade the religion that tens of millions of their fellow Americans follow peaceably, while most of the same people accuse a man like Juan Williams of racism for simply admitting that he has some trepidation when he sees openly Islamic men on airplanes after 9/11.