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Killarney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:11 PM
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Bush Shows up at his Pope Meeting Late
There's respect. Keep the freaking Pope waiting!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040604/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_running_late_1
President Bush (news - web sites) arrived 15 minutes late for his meeting with Pope John Paul (news - web sites) II — unusual for a president who makes no secret of his impatience when others keep him waiting.

It was a rare breach of protocol in Vatican (news - web sites) City, too, and raised eyebrows in the papal delegation.

snip

Protesters in the city were yelling "George Bush, terrorist," yet the president was insulated from the anti-war demonstrations, tucked safely away in plush digs behind high stone walls and razor wire.
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:13 PM
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1. had to snag an extra line or two, eh, Georgie?
:snort:
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indigobusiness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:37 PM
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10. Medication of any kind
could only help.
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alonso_quijano Donating Member (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:15 PM
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2. sounds nice...
"George Bush, terrorist," . . . tucked . . . away . . . behind high stone walls and razor wire.

A guy can dream.
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sundancekid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:17 PM
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3. more signs of disrespect -- and, his REAL self -- how shameful!
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:18 PM
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4. "yer imminence, sorry to keep you waitin' but
Laura wanted to grab a quicky."
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:21 PM
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5. ick!!! don't give me that mental picture when I'm trying to eat lunch! nt
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:22 PM
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7. god- i just eat..
now i`m going to have painful cramps...and my brain is starting to hurt over that thought of those two...i can`t go on....
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:50 PM
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13. Grab a what?
Edited on Fri Jun-04-04 04:51 PM by Cronus
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:21 PM
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6. Perhaps the Pope should have refused to see him
Being late was Bush's power play. He's shameless and disgusting and an embarassment to America, imo.
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Killarney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:24 PM
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8. Power play -- that's what I thought, too
It's Shrub punishing the Pope for speaking out against the war.

You don't just show up late for the Pope. This was done on purpose as a form of disrespect in retribution.
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Dropkick Donating Member (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:45 PM
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12. The pope is a cult leader...
...according to my friends fundy mother. And apparently this is a commonly held fundy belief. Catholicism is a cult ('cuz they have candles, incense, have strict rituals, etc) in their eyes, so why would Dumbya show respect to a cult leader?
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Pillowbiter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:36 PM
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9. Crikey
I mean the pope could go at any minute now, and Bush keeps him waiting? Every second is valuable to someone who's clock is ticking.

PB
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:40 PM
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11. Man, Hell is staring that idiot right in the face, and he disses the Pope?
Express elevator, going DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN!!!!!

:hi:
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readmylips Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:57 PM
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16. bush didn't diss chalabi at Thanksgiving plastic turkey...
ceremony. I love it. Bush claims he did not meet with chalabi but he met with chalabi during this plastic turkey fiasco.

I did not have sex with that man amadh chalabi! I did have sex with a plastic turkey.
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readmylips Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:52 PM
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14. Pople should have refused his trojan gift....
better yet, Pope should have hit bush acroos his stupid face with his stupid medal.

Well, georgie the tojan now thinks he's won the Catholic vote..Catholic vote of which nation? Italy? USA?
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 04:52 PM
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15. Wasn't italy on Hitler's side most of WWII? (and has a fascist now)
Someone splain this to me:

"Two days before commemorating the 40th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy, Bush quietly paid tribute to Italian victims of World War II. "
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louis c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 07:02 PM
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17. The Pope and Bush
The Pope and Bush met for a joint, public address to the world. I could hardly understand a word he said. I had trouble understanding the Pope,too.
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