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6. I bet former speaker John Boehner is crying in his beer. :)

Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:56 PM

Apr 2016

"Thursday was a moment of highs and lows for the speaker of the House. The former altar boy who attended Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Reading, Ohio, hosted the Pope. He’d been working on that project for 20 years. “It’s a pretty big deal for a little Catholic boy like me,” he said. After experiencing the eternal questions in the Pope’s presence and the soul-examining questions in his address" http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/09/john_boehner_resigned_after_the_pope_s_visit_there_was_nothing_left_for.html

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(FELL OUT OF MY CHAIR - CNN Actually Covered It?!!) tomm2thumbs Apr 2016 #2

That's not how I heard it. I think they were saying Lodestar Apr 2016 #12

CNN acts like they can't understand why anyone likes him. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2016 #13

What happened to the seperation of church and state, dude? tirebiter Apr 2016 #3

what's yer point, dude ... ish of the hammer Apr 2016 #4

It IS about salvation! Plucketeer Apr 2016 #8

+1 dchill Apr 2016 #11

Bernie is Jewish. (In case anyone did not know that already.) JDPriestly Apr 2016 #10

I bet former speaker John Boehner is crying in his beer. :) ConsiderThis_2016 Apr 2016 #6