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Pope Rope-A-Dope's Dope Pelosi (First Round Decision)
HopieChangie.com ^ | 2/18/2009 | HC

Posted on 02/18/2009 9:52:17 AM PST by APStyle7

House Squeaker Nancy Pelosi tried to paint her visit this week with Pope Benedict as a meeting of the minds, but his holiness just wasn't havin' it. Pelosi's taxpayer-funded boondoggle, hatched to clear the air with those pesky pro-life Catholics, included a demand for a one on one with the pontiff. Her office press statement of the visit tells one story:

"It is with great joy that my husband, Paul, and I met with His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, today. In our conversation, I had the opportunity to praise the Church’s leadership in fighting poverty, hunger, and global warming, as well as the Holy Father’s dedication to religious freedom and his upcoming trip and message to Israel. I was proud to show His Holiness a photograph of my family’s papal visit in the 1950s, as well as a recent picture of our children and grandchildren."

Charming, right? But the statement from the Holy See paints an entirely different picture about the Pope's view of Pelosi wanting to kill more babies. Say what you want about the guy's hat, but he didn't play patsy to Nancy.

"Following the General Audience, the Holy Father briefly greeted Mrs. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, together with her entourage. His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the Church’s consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception until natural death, which enjoin all Catholics, and especially legislators, jurists, and those responsible for the common good of society, to work in cooperation with all men and women of good will in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of development."

(Excerpt) Read more at hopiechangie.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; abortion; catholic; moralabsolutes; pelosi; pope; prolife
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Awesome. She tried to roll the Pope, and he beat her down.
1 posted on 02/18/2009 9:52:17 AM PST by APStyle7
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To: APStyle7

Amateurs shouldn’t compete against professionals.


2 posted on 02/18/2009 9:55:43 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners.)
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To: APStyle7
...I was proud to show His Holiness a photograph of my family’s papal visit in the 1950s, as well as a recent picture of our children and grandchildren."

Strange thing to show when you are on the pro abortion side of the fight...

3 posted on 02/18/2009 9:56:49 AM PST by IrishPennant ("We're surrounded...That simplifies our problem.")
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To: APStyle7
Hit 'er again! Hit 'er again! Harder! Harder!

I mean this is the nicest possible way....:o)

4 posted on 02/18/2009 9:57:17 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("May the Lord bless you and keep you, May He turn to you His countenance, And give you peace.)
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To: APStyle7

The Pope should ex-communicate these anti-Catholics.


5 posted on 02/18/2009 9:57:31 AM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: NTHockey
Amateurs shouldn’t compete against professionals.

Like, Don't brings horns and a pitchfork to a Rosary fight????

6 posted on 02/18/2009 9:57:50 AM PST by IrishPennant ("We're surrounded...That simplifies our problem.")
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To: APStyle7

The Pope should’ve performed an exorcism on ‘er right
then and there.


7 posted on 02/18/2009 9:58:46 AM PST by Semper Mark (As graceful as a bulldozer and as subtle as a wrecking ball.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I said it on an earlier thread about this - I picture the scene from the movie Airport where everyone lined up to smack the hysterical woman....in this case, I see the Pope taking the first smack and a whole line of Cardinals lined up behind him waiting for their turn.


8 posted on 02/18/2009 9:59:39 AM PST by IrishPennant ("We're surrounded...That simplifies our problem.")
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To: APStyle7

Even skipping the smack down on abortion, just this phrase “Following the General Audience, the Holy Father briefly greeted Mrs. Nancy Pelosi,” made it quite clear who was in charge. Pelosi goes down, Pelosi goes down.


9 posted on 02/18/2009 9:59:57 AM PST by KarlInOhio (On 9/11 Israel mourned with us while the Palestinians danced in the streets. Who should we support?)
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To: APStyle7

Pope 1
Pelosi 0


10 posted on 02/18/2009 9:59:58 AM PST by Ingtar (Americans have truly let America down. A sad day.)
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To: APStyle7
"the Church’s opposition to the taking of innocent human life, at any stage of the human journey, is not some weird Catholic hocus-pocus; it’s a first principle of justice than can be known by reason. It is a “requirement of the natural moral law” — that is, the moral truths we can know by thinking about what is right and what is wrong — to defend the inviolability of innocent human life." Great. Right On Pope Benedict!!!
11 posted on 02/18/2009 10:03:28 AM PST by ZULU (The Obamanation of Desolation stands here. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: APStyle7
Ripple effect.

Please, please let's see ripple effect.

12 posted on 02/18/2009 10:03:56 AM PST by polymuser (Bye, bye Miss American Pie.)
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To: APStyle7

Plastic face, here’s a napkin wipe the egg off your face.
Whatlaothsome creatures these phony Democrats are!


13 posted on 02/18/2009 10:05:37 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: APStyle7

I am surprised a flash of lightening did not strike her when she entered the Vatican.


14 posted on 02/18/2009 10:06:21 AM PST by llevrok (The word "shan't" should be used more.)
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To: APStyle7
Since there is no picture to have fun captioning, it might be fun to come up with lines the Pope may have used after Nazi P left...

1. Nazi leaves and the Pope sits down in his big 'ol Pope chair, looks around the room then at one of the Cardinals and says, "Does it feel dirty in here to you?" or;
2. "WTF was that, huh?"

15 posted on 02/18/2009 10:06:59 AM PST by IrishPennant ("We're surrounded...That simplifies our problem.")
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To: polymuser

The Pope was wrong to meet with the pro-baby-killer Pelosi. Why would you reward a person responsible for the deaths of up to 1 million Americans a year with a visit by the Pope? It makes no sense.


16 posted on 02/18/2009 10:07:22 AM PST by WaterBoard (Somewhere a Village is Missing it's Socialist.)
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To: WaterBoard
It makes no sense.

I suspect he's being gracious (a trait unknown to liberals) by giving her a warning before he goes global against her.

17 posted on 02/18/2009 10:09:24 AM PST by polymuser (Bye, bye Miss American Pie.)
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To: WaterBoard

It makes perfect sense. Christ ate and socialized with sinners - should his representative in Rome do any less? I suspect he hoped to bring her back into the fold, as Christ brought many sinners back into fellowship with God.


18 posted on 02/18/2009 10:09:32 AM PST by knittnmom (FReeper formerly known as 80 Square Miles)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
I mean this is the nicest possible way....:o)

Oh. Well. All Righty then!

19 posted on 02/18/2009 10:10:41 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Snicker ... chuckle ... snort!


20 posted on 02/18/2009 10:11:18 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan
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