I swear to GOD, Tweety compares choice of new Pope to Bush picking Cheney

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

I think this new pope, just on a very cosmetic level, is amazing. He's 78 years old. I remembered him being talked about when we studied Vatican II back at the Holy Cross in the 60s. Ratzinger was a major figure. And here he is now radiant, looking strong, solid... what a leader he looks like.

It first struck me when we covered the funeral ceremony two Fridays ago: He gave a wonderful homily and how the crowd reacted to it. I sensed a resonance then between him as the friend of the late pope, and the crowd, loving of the pope. There was a togetherness there. So maybe his election isn't a surprise. It didn't take him long to get past the 77 he needed to win.

The other thing that struck me— and this is not a knock— but a parallel: Remember when our President George W. Bush was looking for a vice-president? He interviewed to all these young men and women. In the end, he came back to Dick Cheney, the man he had put in charge of the search committee. It seems to me the cardinals must have looked around the world, and they stopped and realized that they had a great guy right here… the Dean of the College Of Cardinals, and he's perfect for the job.

There's a lot of other factors that led to his election, I'm sure. There are many Europeans in the College of Cardinals. The conservatives won, and there's no surprise there. But what's also interesting is that Ratzinger picked the name Benedict. The last pope Benedict was Pontiff during World War I. And there hasn't been a German pope in hundreds of years. And here he is, the new Pontiff saying, "I want to have the as name as a pope who tried to bring peace in World War I... before any of the hell of the 20th century, when the world could have been a more peaceful place." So that his name which connotes “peacemaker” is so interesting.



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7548457/#050419a

[gordianot]

1. Thanks for reminding me why I no longer watch MSNBC.

Don't watch Fox, CNN, ABC or CBS either.

[MrBenchley]

2. Two flabby corrupt Nazis?

Does this mean Tweety thinks that God ordained Deadheart Dick to loot the treasury for Halliburton's bottom line?

[Inland]

3. Well, if you weren't depressed before, a Cheney comparison will do it.nt

[mbee]

4. Pretty scary if he things he's comparable to DCheney! I think

women should leave the church and just let the men have it. I just don't believe in the male domination thing! Once the women leave the men will be lost!

[alcuno]

5. Benedict XVI looks like Robert Blake.

I'm Catholic and I can't get it out of my head.

[Nikki Stone 1]

14. LOL!!!

:)

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. Bush approves

So something is very, very wrong.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050419/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_pope

"Bush hails new Pope as man of wisdom."

Bush ignored JP2 when he called the Iraq Invasion "Unjust".

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

8. "Bush hails new Pope as a former Nazi and a modern-day fascist"

...happy days are here again.

[Cha]

16. I read on Skinner's thread that

this Pope was against the Iraqi Invasion too..along with Pope John Paul.

"rpannier (1000+ posts) Tue Apr-19-05 08:16 PM
Response to Reply #101

131. From everything I've read about him


He agrees with the last Pope on almost everything. He's anti-death penalty, anti-Iraq War (The last Pope distanced himself from any member of the Church who didn't oppose the War), anti-abortion, etc. The only thing that he and the Pope seemed to differ on (that was substantial) is his opposition to Turkey in the European Union because Turkey is not a Christian nation and Ratzinger's belief in the supremacy over other faiths."


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3504587#3505977

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. Huh! Thanks!

I'm happy to learn that, although I still have a strange feeling (probably because I've just been going over Herzog's films, such as Aguirre: The Wrath of God) ;-)

[Writer]

7. He's 78 years-old?

Is The Vatican kidding? So... we might be doing all of this once more in about 5-8 years?

Just an observation,

Writer.

[tsuki]

9. I am sure the new Pope is enjoying the compliment.

:sarcasm:

[tanyev]

10. Actually, I believe Cheney picked Cheney.

So, yes, the comparison may be apt. But not in a good way.

And I just sent Chris an email telling him so.

[Cha]

15. Good for you!

:toast:

[progressivejazz]

11. Hey Tweetie!

When I was at Holy Cross during the '60s the voice we were most interested in was Father Kung. You know, the one who pointed out the hypocrisy of John Paul II talking about rights for the rest of the world, but denying rights within the Church.

Tweetie, please tell people you went to Boston College. You are a shameful representative of the College of The Holy Cross.

[Generator]

12. Damn apt analogy

But Matthews doesn't get why.. :rofl:

When you compare someone to the greedy, duplicitious, disliked, fearmongering (some say reptilian from another planet) co-leader of America, it ain't a compliment.

But to him, it is!

[Arkana]

13. Tweety is beginning to REALLY freak me out

And here he is now radiant, looking strong, solid... what a leader he looks like.

Didn't he say the EXACT SAME THING about Chimpy McCrotchstuffer on the day of "Mission Accomplished?"

[KoKo]

17. He says" "Ratzinger looked strong and solid.." OMG he's under his robe

looking for what he liked to look for with the Chimp in the "tight jeans." Does Tweety have NO SHAME? He's always looking for "solid things" sheesh. I'm telling you this is definite example that Tweety isn't what he appears to be...he needs some counselling to uncover his true sexual identity.

" Ratzinger was a major figure. And here he is now radiant, looking strong, solid... what a leader he looks like."

[DemBeans]

18. it's interesting, isn't it?

Why does Matthews only gush over men like this? He'll occasionally make a sexist remark when he considers a female guest attractive, but he never goes over-the-top, drooling, slobbering nuts over female public figures - only men, and usually over what he considers ultra-male macho characteristics.

He certainly has issues.

[omega minimo]

20. After the Black Smoke announcement, NPR commentator compared

Ratzinger and John Paul the Second's relationship to Bush II and Karl Rove settin around in the mornin, sharing the news and swapping stories; conjuring up an image of grinning bosom buddies starting the day together, as a LEAD IN to a question! He was talking to a Vatican insider. The flattering reference to Bush/Rove was on "Liberal Media" National Public Radio.

:bounce: