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peace13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:43 AM
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Why did Pelosi go to Italy?
I heard that on MSNBC yesterday. Special audience with the Pope? Help me here.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:44 AM
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1. Why not?
Edited on Wed Feb-18-09 11:45 AM by elleng
Good Food, Nice Clothing, Purses, Gloves!!!!

lol

Meeting; others joined her.
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tuckessee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:54 AM
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10. You forgot to add....
...."Plus the chump taxpayers will foot the bill. Let the little people pay.":)
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:59 AM
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15. She went to attend a business meeting of some sort, chump.
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tuckessee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 12:00 PM
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16. Unbunch 'em. You'll feel better. n/t
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:47 AM
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2. To kiss the Pope's ring. n/t
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:47 AM
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3. New tits ?
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 01:29 PM
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17. As long as it's not another facelift......................
:eyes:

I know, I know, bad Bea.

:spank:



:7
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:01 PM
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19. Indeed
Maybe if she'd stayed as she was everyone would've been more endeared to her.



I don't think she could have anymore anyway - her navel would form a Kirk Douglas chin dimple and she'd have a beard. :rofl:
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:08 PM
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20. I know it's bad of us, but LOL!!!!
The other day Imus, of all people, said something nice about Hillary and dissed Nancy in the process. He said that, unlike Pelosi, Hillary was aging gracefully and looked good. He thought that Nancy had overdone her surgeries. This is the same Imus who called Hillary "Satan" for years. He now likes her, go figure.

:eyes:
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:48 AM
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4. Condi Rice told her about this great shoe store, and Nancy thought there's no time
like the present to go check it out. After all, there's nothing going on here that warrants her attention, right?

Plus, with the economy in the shitter, prices are really low on all those expensive designer leather goods.

Nancy has her priorities straight, no doubt about it. :eyes:
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:59 AM
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14. Try to be more sexist next time. nt
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:50 AM
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5. Part of a congressional delegation. Gave a speech, etc....
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peace13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:58 AM
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13. Thanks for this.
I had joked with myself about a meeting with the Pope. I am sure that she will assure him that we are all on the same page. I will never forget * and Pickles at Pope John Paul's funeral with Pickles in her sun glasses and * kissing her full on the mouth during the ceremony. I knew then that the new Pope-mister would be on the side of the dark! So sad. Hope Nance gets what she is looking for.
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:50 AM
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6. she's Italian
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:52 AM
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7. To get to the other side.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:52 AM
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8. Maybe she went to Venice
To study the effects of the rising sea levels.
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:54 AM
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9. i dunno but theres one reason I would go
hubba hubba
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:55 AM
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11. Why did my folks go?
Because they wanted to see some old family. Perhaps the same for her?

She is Italian American, you know.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:55 AM
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12. To enjoy herself and eat some gnocci. The Pope, however, was his usual a-h self nt
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 01:38 PM
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18. Shoes.
eom
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:18 PM
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21. because its actually a good thing for a country's leadership to visit other countries
and meet with their leadership?

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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:20 PM
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22. Maybe she's thinking about adding more grapes to her California vineyards?
:think:
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:22 PM
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23. Couldn't find a good pizza in DC?
All that crappy, NY Style stuff.
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suston96 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:39 PM
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24. The Pope wanted to set her straight on who the boss of Catholic Dogma is.....
Pelosi had said something about her knowledge of church law and how it relates to a woman's right to choose you know what.....

http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15970

On the August 24 “Meet the Press” show on NBC-TV, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) was asked to comment on when life begins. Democrat Pelosi said “I would say that as an ardent, practicing Catholic, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time. And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the Church have not been able to make that definition.” Responding, moderator Tom Brokaw told her that the Catholic Church “feels very strongly” that life begins at conception. Pelosi said, “I understand. And this is like maybe 50 years or something like that. So again, over the history of the Church, this is an issue of controversy.”

William Donahue of Catholics United for the Faith reponded in a statement “Here is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says: ‘Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception.’ It also says, ‘Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable.’ Looks like Pelosi didn’t study the subject long enough. But not to worry: We are sending her a copy of Catholicism for Dummies today (the Catechism is like maybe a bit advanced).

more......
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:45 PM
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25. Obviously most Catholics in the U.S. do not follow church teachings exactly
Edited on Wed Feb-18-09 03:46 PM by SemiCharmedQuark
Because birth rates among Catholics are not higher than birth rates among non-Catholics. So the pope can either keep on blustering and stomping and pretending that his opinion matters to every single Catholic or he can excommunicate most of the Catholics in the U.S. It isn't in his interest to do the latter. So he must do his blustering.
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suston96 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:46 PM
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27. Yes. What you said.
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southernyankeebelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:45 PM
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26. Why Do You Care?
Well she is catholic. Most catholics would love to have an audience with the pope. Am catholic but I can't stand this pope. I wouldn't kiss his ring or his ass. I just don't trust him. When he tells us we all are to materialistic yet he wears prada shoes himself. What a joke.
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