Did Bush showing up at the Pope's viewing disgust you??

[azndndude]

Also Condi Rice was there as well, but no Jimmy Carter, these assholes are responsible for thousands of deaths, the Pope was opposed to the illegal Iraq war. He looked like a little kid that got caught with his hands in the cookie jar.

[roguevalley]

1. Yes. He can't show the appropriate emotion. He sees it as a

political opportunity and a chance to have attention. The dimwit.

[hippiepunk]

2. yep

He looked like hes bored.

[Disturbed]

3. It no more disgust me than the fact that

this Silverspoon Sociopath is the Pres. of the U.S.A.

[AuntiBush]

22. You got that right!

Couldn't agree more! :puke: :puke:

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[burrowowl]

25. There was still much

anti-Catholic feelings against 'Popism', U$ policy not toget close to the Vatican. Many Fundies say the Catholics aren't Christian and probably think they are'worse' than Jews or Muslims.
I know, have felt the brunt of these fanactics.

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[burrowowl]

28. I should mention

that Carter is the most Christian among them.
It wasn't Carter, it was U$ tradition and policy.

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[burrowowl]

31. Seeing a report on a Catholic channel

Visit to Cuba and Castro freed over 300 political prisoners after visit. Bu$h, well the death penality still lives on and pleas for clemency? HA! says U$.

[flyarm]

36. carter didnt meet those popes..he has worked diligently with

this pope, and those popes were popes for a very shirt time..this pope was made pope during carters presidency..and this was the first pope to come to our white house, at the invitation of president Jimmy Carter..a real diplomat and a man with integrity and perfect protocol and decency, and decorum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fly a catholic who resents * the chimp being at my popes funeral..espe3cially since my pope call * the anti christ !

[LostInAnomie]

5. Bush* waking up in the morning disgusts me.

eom

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. Shrub showing up anywhere disgusts me...

but I agree he had no business showing up at that funeral

[OrlandoGator]

7. Take heart: Being among all those real Christians disgusts him, too.

n/t

[CoffeeCat]

8. I was especially embarassed...

...when Bush flagged down one of the cardinals and said, "I'll have a bag of peanuts, 2 beers and some elbow room because I'm about to pick my nose like I'm digging for gold!"

[Southsideirish]

9. Yes.

[CC]

10. yes

and Someone forgot the lightening bolt.

[ngGale]

11. Yes - more than any event Chimp has ever attended...n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Carter should have gone instead of Pickles

And wtf was the deal with her and Condi wearing those veils? Were they trying to look like nuns? I was insulted by that and I am not even a practicing Catholic anymore.

[tritsofme]

37. It is tradition for women to wear the veils,

Hillary Clinton wore one too when she met the Pope.

A kind of "when in Rome" type of thing.

[proud2BlibKansan]

40. Women stopped covering their heads in the Catholic church

almost 40 years ago.

[proud2BlibKansan]

43. Check out this picture

These women are not wearing veils



Only Sister Mary Condi and Sister Mary Pickles are wearing veils.

[Nothing Without Hope]

13. I did like this picture of him by the bier with a RED CONEHEAD

There was apparently a cardinal behind him who was a bit taller. So appropriate! And it goes with his vacant expression. If it was true that the pope feared he might be the AntiChrist, so much worse the travesty.



(This is the 3rd photo in the OP of this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3436947&mesg_id=3436947&page=)

And the Bush admin people apparently lied to Jimmy Carter to keep him out of the group:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002233661_carter07.html
Carter's absence from U.S. group is causing a stir

(snip)

But one Carter aide who asked not to be named so as not to "make a fuss" over the episode called the White House version of events "the truth, but not the whole truth."

The aide said the White House indeed called Carter asking if he'd like to join the U.S. delegation, and Carter replied that he would. But, according to the aide, the White House soon called back saying the small group did not include former presidents. So Carter backed out, figuring the seat was needed for someone else, the aide said.

The White House called once more, saying the first President Bush would, in fact, attend, the aide said. But the aide said Carter declined once more, thinking it was understandable that the president's father would go and assuming the guest list was essentially closed. The aide said that when Carter learned Clinton was going too, it was too late, and thus the former president became visibly absent from the group.

(snip)

[fortyfeetunder]

14. Dubya didn't learn one thing about Italian etiquette

You go to Italy only to eat pasta, you do not bring with you rice on the side...

[Jamastiene]

20. LOL n/t

[Les BOOGIE]

15. everything about Shrub disgusts me, especially ..............

wearing the US flag on his lapel

[saltpoint]

16. DUers here who mention the vacant, stunned look on --

-- Poppy's and Dubya's faces... yes. That's what's striking about this PR turn at the Vatican.

If these are the photos running in the world's newspapers, those facial expressions on the 2 presidents Bush will reinforce the idea that they are vacuous, clueless droids completely unaware of the magnitude of events around them.

Like many Popes, JPII was controversial. But his range as a thinker eclipsed both Bush presidents put together. When either Poppy or Shrub dies, I very seriously doubt their passing will elicit the measure of grief and respect accorded to JPII.

[LibDemAlways]

24. When chimp goes, there will be about as

much grief as was displayed by the munchkins upon the passing of the Wicked Witch of the East.

[saltpoint]

26. : )

(that was a bingo, LibDemAlways)

[fortyfeetunder]

29. Agreed. No intellectual match.

I think the late Pope had both masters and not one but two doctoral degrees. Label that picture:

Three degrees above zeroes!

[burn the bush]

17. Bush becomes very little boyish whenever he is around the pope

I've noticed in all of the bush and pope pics that shrub is politely folding his hands or kicking his feet. He just looks childish whenever i've seen him with the pope.

[oasis]

32. Bush is the most undeserving head of state on the planet. He's dumber

than a plank.

[Peter Frank]

18. It disgusts me that...

... our "moral values" leadership doesn't "value morals" -- other than those that are practically expedient in fomenting support for this innately warped and compromised cabal of corrupted and sadly myopic/messianic ideologues. The blind are clearly leading the blind here.

I too saw the footage of The Pope scolding Bush about Iraq. It was manifestly a picture of the true saint lecturing the false prophet; and Bush was visibly stunned by John Paul's presence.

The rife hypocrisy of this administration makes me physically bilious.

[Jamastiene]

19. Bush showing up anywhere

disgusts me. I imagine he will embarrass us badly again. And Condescending Rice is disgusting to me too. Although, I'm not normally one to say one word about anyone's appearance, looking at either one of those two makes my stomach turn. I miss the days when people just evolved because they believed it was possibly the truth. Apparently, now you can simply refuse to evolve just because you think liberals are bad. Hence, we have to look at those two and just wait for them to totally embarrass us again, like when they interpretted phony information as "intelligence" and started a whole damn war over it. I'd think Condescending would be a little smarter than Bush, but she does follow him. Ugh.

Yes. It disgusts me.

[AuntiBush]

21. They HUMILIATED & DEGRADED themselves.

Took note of Cardinals, Priests behind them and they're eyes told it all. They do not represent this kid. Ashamed of them... the world knows what they're all worth... zilch!

[burrowowl]

23. YES!

Condi was making evil faces and to boot andrew Card was there. It looked like Laura was telling Bu$h to stop fidgeting.
Among them all, Carter is a real Christian!

[cap]

33. could someone please tell laura about catholic ettiquette??

I am Catholic and havent covered my head since I was 10 years old. Women do not cover their heads when they visit the pope or catholic churches.

[Peter Frank]

34. Carter wanted to go to the funeral but...

...as the story goes, he declined after being informed that the Vatican was only allowing five dignitaries from each country.

This means that Rice is there instead of a senior U.S. president.

Bush avoids appearing in the same frame as Carter as much as he avoided being in the same frame as John Paul after their first meeting -- where Bush looked like a kid caught with his hand stuck in the cookie jar.

Philanthropists like Carter cannot be acknowledged on the stage of the new world disorder -- it weakens the power of greed.

[flyarm]

35. yes it disgusted me and disgusts me..

and papa the pedophile with him..they make me sick!!

fly

[radfringe]

38. ummm......

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3436947&mesg_id=3439599

[B Calm]

39. Hitler showing up at the Pope's funeral.. Very disgusting

and the whole world is watching..

[Cuban_Liberal]

41. To be honest, it did.

As a Catholic, I felt violated by his presence.

[smirkymonkey]

42. Bush's very existence disgusts me.

Beyond words.

Really.

[Jack Rabbit]

44. Yes

Bush defames the dead by speaking of them.

[Princess Turandot]

45. On the one hand, I think that the 'President of the US' should have

attended, given all of the other world leaders that attended. Before you even get to the hypocrisy involved, the other problem is that none of the Bushs look like they've ever were at a religious service before. Poppy looked irritated during the private viewing as if he was too good to be there, while W & wife looked confused; meanwhile their presence prevented people who had honest emotions abt wanting to pay their respects to the Pope from getting into the church. Clinton at least looked like he was saying a prayer.

The Jews & Muslims looked more solemn than Bush did. Thank goodness they didn't show too much of * during the service. I wonder if he was miffed that he wasn't in a better seat! And then to have him say how moved he was by all of it..probably rehearsed it all night.

[earth mom]

46. It made me angry seeing him there with Clinton and not Carter. eom