Was anyone else offended and outraged to see Jeb Bush

[mitchtv]

on his knees before the pope, kissing his ring ? He was not there as a Catholic, but on our dime representing our nation.

[7th_Sephiroth]

1. don't worry

he flew there on disney/abc's dime

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I am offended and outraged to see Jeb Bush. Period.

No matter where he is or what he does, he pisses me off.

[ailsagirl]

8. ocelot, you took the words right out of my mouth!!! n/t

:evilgrin:

[Rowdyboy]

3. You're kidding me...Representatives of the American government

are NEVER supposed to bow to ANYONE! Not the queen of England, not the Dali Lama, and certainly not the pope. Hell, we don't even DIP OUR FLAG at the Olympics!

[mitchtv]

6. it'd make a good campaign photo

if he ever runs for anything else

[autorank]

7. It was awful beyond words. Jebbie was just tickled too! So happy!

[PartyPooper]

4. I knew he was there. But, I never saw the picture you describe.

:wtf:

[autorank]

5. Well, call me old fashioned, but it's just weird seeing an American guy

kneeling down before another guy dressed in gold lame. What the Hell was Jeb saying to the Pope and why was he smiling? But then again, I am from the provinces (which is to say, anywhere other than NYC).

[mitchtv]

9. It looked like his knees

did not want to cooperate.

[autorank]

11. Maybe that's what he was saying, "Ouch, oh this hurts, hurt me some more..

..feels so good." Well, maybe he borrowed those lines from big bro.

[Skittles]

10. disgusting

absolutely disgusting

[deadparrot]

12. But wasn't it worth it seeing a Bush

kneeling in front of a priest?

The imagery is a bit humorous, at least. :)

[ananda]

13. Bush is to Pope..

.. as Sonny is to Vito

.. or something like that.


Sue

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. Eh. He's Catholic, so that's the done thing on meeting a Pope.

Doesn't offend or outrage me. What DOES bother me is the fact that the governor of the state of Florida is representing the US. There's no reason or precedent for that; the only reason he got sent was because he's Junior's brother.

[thethinker]

15. I was uncomfortable with this

I saw this on television. My friend who was watching TV with me was shocked. If he was Catholic it might have been understandable. But he is not Catholic so I just could not understand what he was doing on his knees. The whole scene made me very uncomfortable.

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. Except that he IS Catholic; he converted.

[mitchtv]

17. yes Chimp Jr is a RC convert

Latina wife Mex/catholic
and answer to Post above The US bows to no one simple as that.

[PartyPooper]

18. Uh, he is Catholic. He converted when he married Columba.

But, he was representing the US in Rome! Ya' know, "separation of church and state", etc. :eyes:

O8)

[pnorman]

19. I think he converted to Catholicism;

presumably in accordance with his wife's religious affiliation.

As for bowing and scraping before a dude in gold lame? It disturbs me too, but that apparently goes with the religion. But, IF he was there in any official capacity, doing that "might" violate a federal law (or a long established custom). Perhaps a Google-search might give me the answer to that.

In any event, lets make sure that Dubya's Bob Jones type base gets plenty of copies of that picture.

pnorman

[PowerToThePeople]

20. maybe it went like this

[Lone Pawn]

21. He IS CATHOLIC, and that's what CATHOLICS DO.

[bumblebee1]

22. Kissing the Pope's ring?

Heck, that's a tad bit better than kissing the asses of Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and James Dobson. Or are the RWs busy kissing someother part of the male anotomy?