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PeaceNikki

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28. It's being called "unprecedented" because it is.

Reply to Ghost in the Machine (Reply #24)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 08:11 AM

Sep 2015

Trying to play it off as some normal thing in his position as a head of state is bullshit. It's not the norm. It *is* the first time, so you're wrong about that.

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Pope will address Congress - Sack cartoon [View all] question everything Sep 2015 OP

I really wonder how many RWNJs will hifiguy Sep 2015 #1

who will be the first moronic wingnut to disrupt the Pope? spanone Sep 2015 #2

Louie Gohmert? hifiguy Sep 2015 #4

it wouldn't surprise me one bit. louie appears unhinged. spanone Sep 2015 #5

Oh boy... IthinkThereforeIAM Sep 2015 #14

Yeah but that sneaky Marsha Blackburn navarth Sep 2015 #38

I read that at least one won't - LiberalElite Sep 2015 #7

so this dumbass can't even disagree with someone? can't abide another opinion? spanone Sep 2015 #8

Flawed climate change policies? BeanMusical Sep 2015 #12

I knew what RWNJs meant right away! lunatica Sep 2015 #45

Great cartoon Gothmog Sep 2015 #3

Funny I was thinking exactly this earlier today. DCBob Sep 2015 #6

Netanyahu is Pope now? nt valerief Sep 2015 #9

He Should Not Have Been Invited To Address Congress. NonMetro Sep 2015 #10

Agreed. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #11

don't understand all the Pope haters around here hueymahl Sep 2015 #13

Any pope in a long time? LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #16

12 bad things the last 2 popes agreed on. Now tell us the things they disagree on. n/t mhatrw Sep 2015 #23

Nothing and that is the point LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #30

He's more "Progressive"? NonMetro Sep 2015 #29

You kind of are making my point for me hueymahl Sep 2015 #31

Understood. NonMetro Sep 2015 #32

the Papists and Irish are sullying our national purity! MisterP Sep 2015 #15

Note the American flag is being flown upside down. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #19

?? It's just sideways. n/t Beartracks Sep 2015 #34

Look closer at the ruined U.S. Public school.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #35

Well, this is embarrasing. Beartracks Sep 2015 #43

It's fine--when you display it horizontally or vertically, it's blue field to the left (closest to MADem Sep 2015 #56

I was speaking of the old vintage cartoon of the gator-like threat. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #57

Ah yes!! I see--quite right! International symbol of distress, is what that is!! MADem Sep 2015 #61

If anybody needs to bee preached to, it's our Congress. lastlib Sep 2015 #21

From what I understood, he is addressing Congress as Head of State from Vatican City, which is Ghost in the Machine Sep 2015 #24

That's What The News Media Is Going With, Too! NonMetro Sep 2015 #25

Vatican City is internationally recognised as a sovereign state nxylas Sep 2015 #36

It's just A Courtesy NonMetro Sep 2015 #41

It's being called "unprecedented" because it is. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #28

Why are you being so doggone combative? The guy said he could be wrong and it wouldn't MADem Sep 2015 #65

Do object to the Pope being involved in politucal discourse between nations? olegramps Sep 2015 #33

Pope John Paul II Had Little, If Anything, To Do With That NonMetro Sep 2015 #46

He "entered our Congress and lectured our representatives" at the EXPRESS INVITATION of the MADem Sep 2015 #49

I Don't Disagree With You. NonMetro Sep 2015 #50

This visit wasn't supposed to be about climate change, or Pope Francis, at all. MADem Sep 2015 #51

You Have Pointed Out The Most Important Thing For Democrats To Remember: NonMetro Sep 2015 #52

Well, the Pope, I suspect, has his own agenda and it is in line with his church's doctrine BUT MADem Sep 2015 #55

"Who am I to judge?" was not a comment about gay people, it was about gay priests. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #58

I am not "throwing that around." I think the BBC reported the exchange accurately. MADem Sep 2015 #64

How many other churches have one indisputed leader? MADem Sep 2015 #44

I Didn't Say He Was Deceiving Anyone With Regard to His Being Called A NonMetro Sep 2015 #47

Some people might say that a crowd of people smaller than the population of Boston MA living up MADem Sep 2015 #48

You're Right.. NonMetro Sep 2015 #53

Is "Palestine" a state? Can't find it on any map, so labeled, these days, and many MADem Sep 2015 #54

Are You Suggesting The Catholic Religion Is A State? NonMetro Sep 2015 #59

The Holy Roman Empire was once a "state" too. MADem Sep 2015 #60

Sure! NonMetro Sep 2015 #62

I speak Spanish, English and Italian (and a few other languages, badly) and he does sound MADem Sep 2015 #63

Thanks, great cartoon. n/t dae Sep 2015 #17

Ha! SoapBox Sep 2015 #18

Art imitates life Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #20

His mama still needs to slap libodem Sep 2015 #22

Today's cartoon, tomorrow's news story. Vinca Sep 2015 #26

Great cartoon Gothmog Sep 2015 #27

I like this guy better than the previous ones d_legendary1 Sep 2015 #37

I love it! K&R B Calm Sep 2015 #39

Same group of assholes on the GOP side of the chamber. usaf-vet Sep 2015 #40

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) again? DemoTex Sep 2015 #42