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Harry Reid Wants to Talk About the Vatican (“We sure do like this new pope”)
The New York Times ^ | November 26, 2014 | Jason Horowitz

Posted on 11/27/2014 9:26:21 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

On a recent afternoon in the Senate majority leader’s office, Harry Reid decided he was done talking about his chief of staff, David Krone. Instead, he and his top aide wanted to chat about the Vatican.

“We sure do like this new pope,” Mr. Reid said of Pope Francis. After a brief discussion about the pope’s opponents in the Catholic hierarchy, Mr. Reid, a Mormon from Searchlight, Nev., brought up the name of perhaps the pontiff’s most vocal critic, the American cardinal Raymond L. Burke, a once enormously powerful prelate who has lost key Vatican positions under Francis.

“How about Burke? They’ve demoted him twice,” Mr. Reid said with a chuckle. “You know, I’ve had dealings with Burke.”

He told a story about the time he spent hours with Cardinal Burke in Missouri after the funeral of former Senator Thomas F. Eagleton.

“After the funeral, we went to his home; I don’t know what it’s called. A very nice place. And we talked about nothing. Now Claire McCaskill and others just hate the man,” said Mr. Reid, referring to the current Missouri senator, who had declined to vote for him for Democratic leader earlier in the day. Then Mr. Reid added that he had had a good conversation with Cardinal Burke and enjoyed it....

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TOPICS: Catholic; Moral Issues; Other Christian; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: cardinalburke; harryreid; mccaskill; popefrsncis
You just got demoted, too, grifter.
1 posted on 11/27/2014 9:26:21 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

David Krone is persona au gratin at the White House.


2 posted on 11/27/2014 9:34:48 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Twisted Reid is...


3 posted on 11/27/2014 9:40:42 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You'll need to pray harder than that, Harry.


4 posted on 11/27/2014 9:51:04 AM PST by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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petty.

they love to talk about whom they hate ...


5 posted on 11/27/2014 10:16:41 AM PST by campaignPete R-CT (Let the dead bury the dead. Let the GOP bury the GOP.)
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There are a lot of reasons not to like this Pontiff, Harry just gave me a HUGE one


6 posted on 11/27/2014 10:21:40 AM PST by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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Harry The Reid’s 15 minutes are up


7 posted on 11/27/2014 10:52:34 AM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: MUDDOG

Persona au gratin? They serve him at the White House baked in a cheese-flavored sauce?


8 posted on 11/27/2014 3:12:18 PM PST by Campion
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Who gives an Obama about what some Mormon thinks about the Vatican.
9 posted on 11/27/2014 3:13:49 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Campion

That, or a Packers fan.


10 posted on 11/27/2014 3:15:23 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: Cyman
There are a lot of reasons not to like this Pontiff, Harry just gave me a HUGE one

Harry Reid has had "head" trouble as long as he's darkened the door of the U.S. Senate, his seat bought and paid for by his backers, Nevada casinos, still (and always) run by the mafia.
Harry's HEAD is either in the clouds,
in the sand
or
up his butt.

Harry wouldn't know Pope Francis even if the pope walked up to him and kicked him in the shins.
Reid: what a clown.

11 posted on 11/27/2014 3:49:43 PM PST by cloudmountain
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