Sweet XVI in the Sistine
"Habemus Papam!" Sounds like a pitcher in the old Negro Leagues, doesn't it? But actually it's the Latin cry, "We have a Pope," which resounded today in Vatican Square as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany was named the new pontiff.
And you know what's so nice about it? He's Pope. That's it. It's over. No Janeane Garafolo shrieking, "This election was so obviously fixed!" No six rounds of lawsuits. No absentee ballots coming in from the Jesuit soldiers that are yet to be counted. No confirmation hearings with Tom DeLay and Joe Biden. No having The New York Times running around to see if he's got a girlfriend on the side.
O.k., maybe they are running around looking for the girlfriend. But even if they find her, he's Benedict XVI anyway. Let's go have some eggs in his honor!
It looks like another fun-filled 10 years or so ahead, with little or no change in Catholic teaching on any of the hot-button issues that John Paul II held so tough on. Keep your Voice of the Faithful membership current, folks, the wild ride's going to continue.
Comments (12)
Well, the Left has already started to refer to him as "Pope Rat-fucker."
It seems that the Left's response to Pope Benedict XVI: Maybe we'll get lucky he will "die in his sleep"
Hey, let us take a quick look at the enlightened tolerant responses from some Democrats.
What follows is a selection of choice tidbits in two threads from the group voted "most likely to flatline an EEG."
And the "Nurse, we need to up his meds" award goes to goclark for:
Sad perhaps, but not for the reason you think...
Posted by Confederate Yankee | April 19, 2005 3:42 PM
I'm pretty sure being in the Hitler youth at that time was not optional.
Posted by Dave Lister | April 19, 2005 4:15 PM
Yes, we all know that one-side-leaning forums are the best source of reasoned discourse. *cough, cough*
Posted by GreyDuck | April 19, 2005 4:55 PM
the enlightened tolerant responses from some Democrats.
How do we know who these posters are, much less their party affiliation?
Thank heaven Republicans never say anything intemperate about public figures with whom they disagree.
Posted by Jack Bog | April 19, 2005 8:22 PM
Well, Jack, the fact that these comments were apparently found on the Democrat Underground website is a good indication of the political affiliation of those making the comments.
Posted by al | April 19, 2005 8:47 PM
I've learned that bulletin boards contain trolls of many kinds, who often are not who they purport to be. Moreover, they often leave multiple posts under different names.
Posted by Jack Bog | April 19, 2005 8:56 PM
I've learned that bulletin boards contain trolls of many kinds, who often are not who they purport to be. Moreover, they often leave multiple posts under different names.
Posted by Jack Bog at April 19, 2005 08:56 PM
Post a comment
Not on your blog or Blue Oregon would that EVER happen...BS
Posted by JACK PEEK | April 19, 2005 10:11 PM
Damn y'all are funny! You can't wait to jump at each other's throats, can you? Jack, you haev my sympathy.
I am not truly affiliated with any one party. I tend to lean towards Democrats but that's mostly because of who's in the Oval Office right now.
Posted by TTM | April 19, 2005 11:02 PM
You can never tell where a blog comment thread is going to go. That's the beauty of it.
Posted by Jack Bog | April 20, 2005 12:05 AM
I really have to pay more attention to my typos before posting... just when you think you have all the buggars, there's another one lurking...
;0)
Posted by TTM | April 20, 2005 6:34 AM
They could not have elected a liberal pope (as if that would ever happen). It would have caused a schism like what is happening in the Anglican church. Given that, and that Ratzinger was a close lieutenant of John Paul, it seems like he was the safe choice. You can bet that some of the African and Latin American cardinals would have been much more conservative.
Posted by Nate | April 20, 2005 8:49 AM
I do wonder, however, if we won't see a schism in our lifetime due to a string of conservatives like Benedict XVI. I can imagine an American Catholic Church forming in my lifetime, with lots of difficulties, excommunications, emotional intensity on both sides...the whole show.
Posted by TeacherRefPoet | April 20, 2005 3:17 PM