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Pope Exits Giant Airbus and Gets Into Tiny Symbolic Car
Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | September 23, 2015 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 09/23/2015 3:18:58 PM PDT by Kaslin

RUSH: Folks, have you seen, did you happen to see, have you seen the little automobile that the pope is being driven around in? I have not seen it. I'd heard that he was being carried or driven around in a tiny car, but I didn't think anything about it. I thought something like a Popemobile. So I'm watching the arrival at the White House today and I see this little Fiat drive up, and I said, "You've got to be kidding." And sure enough, the pope got out of it.

I mean, it was tiny. It looked like one of those tiny little PT Cruiser things. And it looked like the pope was in there pretty tight. He had some help getting out of the thing. He just flew from Italy to Cuba to here, circling over North Carolina for a half hour, 45 minutes, and to show up in this? Yeah, I know, it's a good thing this segment's over.

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RUSH: Yeah, the Popemobile is a Jeep, but not this limo that he's driving around in. I mean, they had the picture of the motorcade heading in from Joint Base Andrews into the city, and this little car that the pope is in is so tiny that it straddles the center line of the two lanes. Then the SUVs, the Suburbans and Escalades and whatever else they are, there are two behind it and two in front. So those four SUVs make a square, and the pope's little car there is in the middle.

That's how tiny it is. I read that it's a Fiat. I have a very low resolution picture of it so I can't find out the icon, the logo on the back of the car. It looks like it says Chrysler on it. Only it can't be a Chrysler. Did Obama sell Chrysler to the Italians? I know he sold Jeep to the Italians. I read that it's a Fiat, but it's just tiny. I don't know, it struck me because here's the pope on this giant Airbus A330 flying from Italy to Cuba, the United States, circling over North Carolina for a couple loops and then driving around in this little thing with the windows down to boot. It just looked different, and I know the pope's trying to make a visual impression here, not being ostentatious.


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To: Kaslin

Yep. ISIS is crucifying and enslaving Christians and Yazidis and the Pope has us talking about economy cars......


41 posted on 09/23/2015 4:54:15 PM PDT by browniexyz
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To: Tau Food

da pope made a show of his simplicity by ordering water and a bananna. Bet he eats like a pig when he gets out of sight. Fake.


42 posted on 09/23/2015 4:54:38 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: Kaslin

I guess the pope wants global warming to wipe out the planet. Taking your own a330 on a non-mandatory trip seems to say so.


43 posted on 09/23/2015 6:14:47 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Kaslin
It's a Fiat 500L. It's a bigger version of the Fiat 500.

Both are small cars, comparable to the cooper Mini Countryman and the Cooper Mini, respectively. But still significantly bigger than a SmartCar, like this one:


44 posted on 09/23/2015 6:32:13 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: freedumb2003

I once owned an Alfa Romeo. The perfect Italian car. Had as many problems as a Fiat, but cost the same to repair as a Ferrari.


45 posted on 09/23/2015 7:15:08 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Kaslin

As if a tiny car is holier than a jet.


46 posted on 09/23/2015 7:37:54 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True Supporters of our Troops PRAY for their Victory!)
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To: LeoWindhorse

How about press 3 for Latin LOL!


47 posted on 09/24/2015 6:32:26 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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