MSNBC confirms: Pope to be a no-show at the White House dinner in his honor

[Stinky The Clown]

The reason given was that he's old and needs his sleep.

I think it is something else.

Like the papal equivalent of the bird to Presidunce WarHardOn

[lpbk2713]

1. He doesn't like hot dogs.

He's heard about BushCo dinners.

[gateley]

2. I'd heard a while back

that the Pope wouldn't attend as a protest statement regarding our policies on terror.

[dbonds]

3. Palpatine has no use for Jar-Jar?

[stellanoir]

yet another self deleted inadvertent duplicate

ughhh why does this keep happening ???

[stellanoir]

4. That's why he had to be met at the airport in the first place.

He was going to blow this off from the get go.

[TomInTib]

6. I am still agog about the 21-gun salute.

Reminds me of the old Soviet Union.

"Military" on everything.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

9. They had a 21-gun salute for this pope....

What, were they honoring his time in the Hitler youth or something?

Real classy,George...

:rofl:
:rofl:

[Stinky The Clown]

8. That got me, too

Caligula and The Lump In The Bed had to haul their asses over to Andrews to get to see him. I suspect had they not gone, Bennie would have been just as happy - or happier.

[TomInTib]

11. Yeah, I saw that.

I was at a friend's house and she has TV.

Long shot on the tarmac (no cars in the frame) while The Decider and The Library Assistant walked over to Popie's aeroplane.

Looked as if they had walked all the fucking way from el Casa Blanca.

Windy as hell, too.

[Cass]

5. CNN said the pope doesn't usually attend dinners at all.

I didn't catch if its just this pope that doesn't attend dinners or all popes.

[rsmith6621]

10. Jeez.....How Many Dinners Could Have Been Bought For....

......for the poor in this country knowing that the Pope was not going to be in attendance....what a waste of $$$$...and Time.


......Such compassion.

[JDPriestly]

12. He may be on a special diet. And he may fast occasionally for spiritual reasons.

[juajen]

13. What I heard on CNN was that Popes do not eat in public, period.

NT

[monmouth]

7. I read somewhere he had a previous commitment re the Church...n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

14. Maybe its just gas .......

[Thepricebreaker]

15. Pope's do not eat in public - its protocol.

[Indenturedebtor]

16. Yet another gaffe

From the Pretzeldunce Shrub.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

17. if the pope doesn't eat in public

why did the white house invite him to dinner in the first place?

[elf]

18. wearing a white dress

in the presence of the pope,like Laura did, is not appropriate either.

I'm not catholic and think the whole pope thing is very much about history and not fitting these time anymore