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So the socialist Pope, who may very well have learned how to cause dissension by the same guy that taught Obama, Just doesn't know how to keep his yap shut as evidenced by his comment tha Trump must not be Christian if he wants to build a wall. Sorry Popester but your eminence is a moron. First you just drove up Trumps poll numbers 5-10 points by making such a ludicrous statement. Second you alienated all those Christians and others who happen to think the wall is a good thing. Maybe you'll excommunicate any Catholics who also happen to think the wall is a good thing. Lastly, like Reagan told Gorbachev, tear down that wall (around the Vatican). Even better, why don't you retire and go back to working as a bouncer in a bar.

Mark my words Woody. You'll regret Trump becoming the nominee. You'll find out he stands for nothing you desire in government- and everything you hate.

You know, I don't trust Trump. My feeling is the other shoe has to drop at some point, and we'll find out why a soulless businessman has decided to be the new champion of liberty. I've had a passing thought that perhaps politics has just gotten that bad, that someone like Trump can actually be the good guy. He's the only one making any sense on a lot of issues, and that's hard to ignore.

what issues, pray tell, is Trump close to 'making sense' about?
Oh, and woody, your initial post comes off as a bigoted whine.

woodchip wrote:So the socialist Pope

you state this like it is a bad thing. Christianity is INHERENTLY a socialist ideology.

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who may very well have learned how to cause dissension by the same guy that taught Obama,

Jerimiah Wright? Who knew?

Just doesn't know how to keep his yap shut as evidenced by his comment tha Trump must not be Christian if he wants to build a wall.

um, if you are referring to the actual words, he said that focusing on walls and not ALSO bridges is not Christian. He is correct.

Sorry Popester but your eminence is a moron. First you just drove up Trumps poll numbers 5-10 points by making such a ludicrous statement. Second you alienated all those Christians and others who happen to think the wall is a good thing. Maybe you'll excommunicate any Catholics who also happen to think the wall is a good thing. Lastly, like Reagan told Gorbachev, tear down that wall (around the Vatican). Even better, why don't you retire and go back to working as a bouncer in a bar.

see comment from Borowitz about Trump having figured out what stupid people wish to hear.

Anybody that can't see the hypocrisy at the top levels of the Catholic church is also blind.

callmeslick wrote: you state this like it is a bad thing. Christianity is INHERENTLY a socialist ideology.

Good, then let the pope empty the churches coffers to do good socialist deeds

callmeslick wrote:Jerimiah Wright? Who knew?

And look at how Obama got rid of Wright quicker than a used condom

callmeslick wrote:um, if you are referring to the actual words, he said that focusing on walls and not ALSO bridges is not Christian. He is correct.

He was focusing on Trump...stop trying to promote something that ain't true

callmeslick wrote:see comment from Borowitz about Trump having figured out what stupid people wish to hear.

So you are holding up a stupid person trying to show how other people are as stupid as he is. Here, try this out to show how stupid the pope really is:

Last, but not least, El Papa just visited Cuba. He hugged and embraced Raúl Castro, a man who has executed priests, harassed religious leaders, and closed Christian schools years ago. Did he call the Castro brothers un-Christian?

woodchip wrote:

callmeslick wrote: you state this like it is a bad thing. Christianity is INHERENTLY a socialist ideology.

Good, then let the pope empty the churches coffers to do good socialist deeds

are you suggesting that the Church does not do good deeds or simply doesn't spend the money fast enough for you?

callmeslick wrote:um, if you are referring to the actual words, he said that focusing on walls and not ALSO bridges is not Christian. He is correct.

He was focusing on Trump...stop trying to promote something that ain't true

actually, while the Pope was ASKED about Trump, specifically, he showed the class and dignity to NOT name names. Plus, he gave him an out with the bridges comment, but Mr Ego just ran with it to feed red meat to his idiot supporters.

Last, but not least, El Papa just visited Cuba. He hugged and embraced Raúl Castro, a man who has executed priests, harassed religious leaders, and closed Christian schools years ago. Did he call the Castro brothers un-Christian?

Raul did none of those things. Fidel did. Raul coming to power shows a bit of change in attitude. Obama was smart enough to see that, and hoping to capitalize upon that for the betterment of all.

woody's dismissive and insultingly stupid remarks about the Pope above illustrate the problem Trump gives the GOP, already struggling with a host of demographic wipeouts. Not so much what Trump says, but the words of his idiot supporters will paint his candidacy, and by default, the entire GOP with the brush of ignorance, intolerance, hatred, and bigotry. Way to go, woody! You just helped, a wee bit, to cement the election for the Dems as the GOP alienates Catholics along with Hispanics(lotta overlap), Blacks, Women and sexual minorities. A true winning strategy, if you wish to limit your 'wins' to county clerk positions in the Deep South.

callmeslick wrote:woody's dismissive and insultingly stupid remarks about the Pope above illustrate the problem Trump gives the GOP, already struggling with a host of demographic wipeouts. Not so much what Trump says, but the words of his idiot supporters will paint his candidacy, and by default, the entire GOP with the brush of ignorance, intolerance, hatred, and bigotry. Way to go, woody! You just helped, a wee bit, to cement the election for the Dems as the GOP alienates Catholics along with Hispanics(lotta overlap), Blacks, Women and sexual minorities. A true winning strategy, if you wish to limit your 'wins' to county clerk positions in the Deep South.

Wow slick, are you ever living in a Dem distortion bubble. From all the talk shows (both lib and con) where Catholics called in, none approved of what Pope Borgia said. Go ahead and keep fantasizing while Trump keeps stripping away Dem voters, minorities and in general widening his base. Once the primaries are over then we will get the national polls to see how Trump does against Crazy Bernie and his tin foil followers. I really suggest you start listening to a more varied source of commentary than on your liberal source blogs and news organs.

you clearly heard nothing from the Catholic community in the Eastern US. They are none-too-impressed. Find me one poll of the entire electorate that illustrates the accuracy of your Trump Wet Dream. One. Start with explaining the CONSISTENT polling of negatives that puts him at a staggering 60% negative personal image.

Not talking about what Catholics are saying about Trump. Try looking to see what they think about what the Pope said. Remember, a lot of trust in the Church has already been lost because of the priest scandals a few years back.

around here, the Pope is adored by most Catholics. Strongly so, as many I know feel his presence to be the antidote to the scandals, an atonement and refocusing which the church needed. No one is calling in to denigrate the Pope on any local talk shows that I've heard. Everyone seems to grasp, as I did, that the Pope consciously AVOIDED isolating the condemnation to Trump, and spoke in general terms.

I guess listening to a insignificant source for info will lead you to that conclusion.

let's see, I read the commentary in the Delaware press, listened to the Philly NPR station take calls, the only place fielding whacko calls about a 'socialist' pope was the right-wing loony toon station downstate.

Like I said...a insignificant source

woodchip wrote:Like I said...a insignificant source

compared to what you based your comments and observations upon? Really? Enlighten us.

Republican Catholics: I don't like having to ignore half of what the Pope says.
Democrat Catholics: You'll get used to it.

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Must of been a Republican Catholic who wrote that snide little observation. Notice the term "Democrat" Catholics?

He is a Republican, she is a Democrat...

I don't get it...what's the problem?

I've heard you make this comment in regards to identifying the party as the Democrat party, but I'm pretty sure "Democrat" is correct when referring to people.

from Mindy Fischer, writer--"I appears that the Pope is not a fan of Donald Trump. This probably doesn't worry Trump too much. It isn't like he doesn't already have a lot of support from guys in white robes and pointy hats."

and I'm sure the orange jump suits are all for Sanders. So this is the guy you want in the White House:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... story.html

Nice…comparing the Pope to the Klan.

woodchip wrote:and I'm sure the orange jump suits are all for Sanders. So this is the guy you want in the White House:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... story.html

yes, that is EXACTLY the sort of man we need to be in the White House. Someone with a heart, someone with a mind. Yes.

★■◆● yeah.

And maybe I have a really big blind spot going on, but I must have missed those "walls around the Vatican" in every single shot I've ever seen of St. Peter's Square. Y'know, the open plaza where you can walk straight into the Vatican.

the walls probably date back to the time of the actual Borgias, I'd suspect.

Yeah, that too. Apparently Francis should have knocked down some 600-year-old masonry during his first week in office or something.

woodchip wrote:So this is the guy you want in the White House:

This is exactly the kind of person we need as a leader, one who puts everything on the line of o help people.

It's the woody and slick show, with special guest spidey.

/me flips on the applause sign.

vision wrote:

woodchip wrote:So this is the guy you want in the White House:

This is exactly the kind of person we need as a leader, one who puts everything on the line of o help people.

What did he put on the line? Tell the parents of a guy who got maimed or killed in war how courageous Crazy Bernie is because he protested on a all white campus

ummm, it WASN'T an all-white campus, they merely had segregated housing. And, taking that stand and others at that time, for a white person showed EVERY BIT the courage as someone going to war.

Dream on.

woodchip wrote:What did he put on the line? Tell the parents of a guy who got maimed or killed in war how courageous Crazy Bernie is because he protested on a all white campus

How many wars did Trump fight in again? I lost count.

The same amount as "Stolen Valor" woodchip here. None.

Every bit the courage as going to war? That's a bit of an overstatement... No need to take it that far.

Spidey wrote:He is a Republican, she is a Democrat...

I don't get it...what's the problem?

I've heard you make this comment in regards to identifying the party as the Democrat party, but I'm pretty sure "Democrat" is correct when referring to people.

A Democrat would say: Democratic Catholic. (Like Democratic Party)

A Republican would say it as an epithet: Democrat Catholic.

Even though it's use as an epithet is older than our previous idiot president in office, Bushie's intentional usage of this construction really resurrected the epithet. (Or unintentional in his case. I can't tell if Bush was just an idiot or a savvy hater who loved to use the noun-as-adjective construction to needle his adversaries. Uniter my a$$.) So every time I hear it, I hear it as a derogatory remark by another liberal-hating conservative. Nice people those conservatives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_ ... 8phrase%29

Aw c'mon, TC, I'm nice people!

But, I mean, If you're gonna go and be everything that's wrong with the world...

vision wrote:

woodchip wrote:What did he put on the line? Tell the parents of a guy who got maimed or killed in war how courageous Crazy Bernie is because he protested on a all white campus

How many wars did Trump fight in again? I lost count.

If I remember right only Eisenhower and Kennedy fought in a war. All the rest didn't. Your point?

woodchip wrote:Your point?

The point is that you don't need to be a war hero to know sacrifice.