"It's the equivalent of George W. Bush nominating a 78 year old to the Supreme Court."
Well, it's the equivalent of GWB nominating a 78 year old to the court with the intellect of Rehnquist/Scalia and Thomas combined.....someone like that could be a one man wrecking ball on the court. THAT is more like what this is.
Incidentally and I hope no one is offended by this, but, I just have to see a small parallel here in this: remember when Cheney was in charge of the VP selection? Ha, look how that turned out.
As I understand it, Ratzinger sort of presided over the election. Guess he did ok.
This is just very compelling, exciting stuff. Flipped through my Malachi Martin and he seemed to think that Ratzinger is to the right of JPII.
We shall see!
Here's a non-Catholic question for everyone:
Since the last Pope was "John Paul," how come this guy didn't take "George Ringo?"
--- Groan ---
Sorry. Someone had to do it.
Malachi Martin aside, that's likely true. The cardinals obviously wanted an administrator, rather than a pastor.
I was disappointed, as I listened to the radio, that he was so formal and did not venture outside official protocol in his greeting and blessing. JPII, upon his election, greeted the crowd in all the languages he spoke, and was warm and personable.
BXVI strikes me, personality-wise, as another Paul VI.
We will not see a Pope with the media savvy of JPII in our lifetimes, I'm afraid.