I find this banner from washingtonpost.com a bit beyond stupid.
“Pope Watch” reminds me of this Onion article on Catholics lining up for Pope John Paul II’s funeral before he was even close to dying.
“I don’t know how much longer I’ll have to wait, but whether it’s five days or five months, it’ll be well worth it,” said Bruni from his position near the front of the queue. “This is going to be a funeral I’ll never forget.”
This pope visit is chock-full of fun nuggets.
Here’s one of my favorites:
Betsy Stabler…had expected Benedict to move slowly up the road in his special car but he zoomed by at normal traffic speed, she said.
“He went by really fast,” she said. “But I still saw him and it was really neat… He’s such a cute pope.”
Wow. A cute pope? She seems like she should be petting the pope while saying this. “Oh, who’s a cute little pope? Yes you are! YES. YOU. ARE!”
In my opinion, Benedict would easily lose “Pope Idol” to Pope John Paul II, a much more precious of a pope, for sure.
The nonsense continues here:
One family with three children held up a banner declaring “We love you pope hope.”
I’m sorry, but “pope hope” is reserved for after President Barrack Obama achieves world peace, converts to Catholicism, becomes a priest, works his way up the ladder, and becomes pope. Look for this to happen in about ten years from now.
The pope differs from Bush on war:
“Patient efforts of international diplomacy to resolve conflicts and promote progress”
Both of these guys are supposed to have direct lines to God. This blatant contradiction proves one of them doesn’t have this connection.