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Pope Francis urges divided Congress to share the wealth
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)I believe he is just weeping because he is going to lose his speaker job
underpants
(182,585 posts)MatthewStLouis
(904 posts)sounds like a venereal disease.
SusanaMontana41
(3,233 posts)Javaman
(62,497 posts)"Poor devil. He has a bad case of the weeping Boehner"
hibbing
(10,094 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)4oz Carrot Juice
1 Oyster (may substitute 1/4 of a 25mg Viagra)
1/2 Tsp Wasabi
4 oz Vodka
hibbing
(10,094 posts)Carrot juice, I'll be laughing about this for another five minutes.
Peace
wordpix
(18,652 posts)SusanaMontana41
(3,233 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)cilla4progress
(24,713 posts)as well! Maybe I should just be moved ...
bunnies
(15,859 posts)libodem
(19,288 posts)I got kind of misty myself. Poor fuck.
bunnies
(15,859 posts)Tears or no tears. Ugh.
w0nderer
(1,937 posts)Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)just a few feet from the Pope, wouldn't you cry too?
bunnies
(15,859 posts)tclambert
(11,084 posts)Ilsa
(61,688 posts)Good grief. He should be crying for those who've been served injustice, the hungry, the homeless, victims of war. But instead he's all misty-eyed over his personal story of getting to meet Pope Francis.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Everyone is trying to engage the Pope, talk with him, hold his hand, kiss him, at least catch his eye. Boner sat there and didn't even TALK to the Pope. It was so awkward. Anyone else notice?
MADem
(135,425 posts)bunnies
(15,859 posts)I dont know whether to laugh or cry.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)The guy needs to get some help before he drives off Memorial Bridge
MADem
(135,425 posts)Of course, things in Congress will get WORSE, not better, when he leaves. Not that we need to cower in fear--it's sucked sufficiently to this point, so it will be more of the same. We'll be hearing a lot more "culture war" shit as a consequence, though.
Bring on the gridlock, I guess. The sad thing is that appropriations begin in the house--that's where the money comes from, so it could get dicey in the next year or two.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)My boozy, chain-smoking stepdad, who actually had a wonderful heart (although he needed a quadruple bypass), used to cry all the time. He'd look at my mother and start to cry and then explain that he loved her. Same thing if he talked about his grown kids and grandkids. I used to think he was just emotional but now realize it was the booze/cigarettes.
lostnfound
(16,161 posts)Like so many of his colleagues.
"Move toward the light John..move toward the light"
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Even if you're plastered?
Roy Rolling
(6,906 posts)Boehner was mumbling "he could have at least said something nice about golf and cigarettes."
wordpix
(18,652 posts)MatthewStLouis
(904 posts)Is it a drunk cry? Is Boner that sensitive?! Allergies?!
barbtries
(28,756 posts)the man is drunk. that's what i think.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)Maybe the personnel/human resources/whatever people do, but I haven't. There is something wrong with this guy. Not sure exactly what it is, but something is seriously wrong.
tavernier
(12,365 posts)I think the tea bags have him close to a nervous breakdown. I actually found myself feeling sorry for him.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)He doesn't know how to lead. He has alcohol and chain-smoking problems and no doubt is in poor health. He should resign and work on his mental, emotional and physical health.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)to speak to Congress. I think they all showed up, stayed awake and almost all seemed to pay attention, without cell phones in hand.
If Congress was that attentive daily they could get some real work done.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Plus, that Pope is adorable!
barbtries
(28,756 posts)a fat dose of shame? that's all i wanna know.
Uncle Joe
(58,270 posts)Thanks for the thread, EarlG.
Salviati
(6,008 posts)I'd say it's a miracle, but it isn't... it really isn't.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Initech
(100,028 posts)That could be turned into homeless shelters.
appalachiablue
(41,102 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)You know, winters in the Caribbean, summers in the Hamptons, off to France, etc. So the houses are "occupied."
Initech
(100,028 posts)Some Chinese billionaire bought a house in my city for like $2.2 million and it just sits empty as their vacation home. Who vacation where I live? Sht.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,167 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)"Rejoice in helping your less fortunate brethren. God smiles on you if you do."
kpete
(71,957 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)because he couldn't share the pope's sacrificial wine.
He has his own whine.
CTyankee
(63,883 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,120 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)CTyankee
(63,883 posts)is supposed to represent the blood of Christ at Mass so it works pretty well in that context...
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)rizlaplus
(159 posts)this thread should receive a thousand replies.
It's a classic.
Initech
(100,028 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)..... or he realized his flask was empty.
INdemo
(6,994 posts)niyad
(113,021 posts)supposed to cry, but the reichwing freaks when a woman cries. makes no sense to me.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)We are talking about republicans, right?
MADem
(135,425 posts)waterworks coming outta a woman is "weakness."
Now, let me whip this out just in case someone driving by thinks I'm "lecturing" or "splaining" or some such construct.
It's like Ann Richards said, "After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels."
There are lots of groups in America, still, who have to work twice as hard for half the credit. Women are one such group. You'd think we'd be doing a little better on that score; we're not as bad as some, but we are nowhere near "resting on our laurels" territory.
niyad
(113,021 posts)thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)Hate to be that guy, but yeah.........
marble falls
(56,987 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)dickthegrouch
(3,169 posts)Absolution? Excommunication is more like it.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)woofless
(2,670 posts)I would just sit there and let them roll down my cheeks. To bow your head and cover your eyes makes it a photo op. It's all he has and I pity his sorry ass.
CTyankee
(63,883 posts)Claire McCaskill was also crying. Funny that just by appearing, this Pope made people be moved to tears.
Oldtimeralso
(1,935 posts)The Duke of Orange just realized that the next time he sits in that chair he might be listening to similar words from Bernie. Let's hope that his tenure in that chair does not go into 2017!
Kennah
(14,234 posts)stonecutter357
(12,693 posts)NonMetro
(631 posts)I've seen many similar comments on the web. Republicans are said to be "quaking in their boots!" because the Pope is going to put them in their place! Ha! Ha! We have the last laugh!
But that's naive. John Boehner invited the Pope to speak, and while the Pope said some things they can safely ignore, and which will soon be forgotten, he dignified and provided moral authority for their plans to defund Planned Parenthood and blessed their stance against gay marriage. That what they we're after, and that's what the Pope delivered for them.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)game over.
rladdi
(581 posts)The House has been less effective since he has been speaker. The House has been in recess or on vacation during Boehner terms than anytime in the History of the House. Boehner, along with his radical conservatives, tried their best to bring down this government. Working to undermine the Constitution. Boehner finally realized, with the help of the Pope, he had failed. He is resigning his seat and will finally have a full time vacation on Marco Island. This is where he belongs.
If only the Republicans and the Conservatives would work for the people and the nation. What a difference it would make. Destroying gains nothing and Boehner finally realized that. The House of Representative lost many years of constructive work since Boehner took over in 2010.
It is anyone guess what happens next. Only the total defeat of the Republican party will bring this nation back to the top.