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Early Look at NY Daily News:Pope Calls out Hateful Trump (Original Post)
cal04
Feb 2016
OP
Politics aside, how big of an asshole do you have to be to get called out publicly by the POPE?!
Fozzledick
Feb 2016
#5
Yes, but no. Not really. People are allowed to enter and are told when to leave. And, finally,
underahedgerow
Feb 2016
#9
valerief
(53,235 posts)1. Bwahahaha! They're hilarious!
spanone
(135,880 posts)2. i'll have bad dreams after seeing that pic
2naSalit
(86,794 posts)3. 'splains that thing on his head.....nt
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)4. Well, that's certainly the pot calling the kettle black.
Fozzledick
(3,860 posts)5. Politics aside, how big of an asshole do you have to be to get called out publicly by the POPE?!
flamingdem
(39,328 posts)6. Who is behind these wacky covers?
They used to be pretty conservative.
underahedgerow
(1,232 posts)7. As the Pope retreats to Vatican City... You know, the walled city..
just sayin'.
No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)8. The walled city - except where it's wide open - Vatican Square,
where tens of thousands of people gather peacefully and regularly.
underahedgerow
(1,232 posts)9. Yes, but no. Not really. People are allowed to enter and are told when to leave. And, finally,
how many people have immigrated to the Vatican City, its own nation, and how many refugees has it taken in and cared for?
Not a fan of the Church although the Pope seems to be a nice guy with a good heart and some genuine sincerity and relatively 'modern' ideals, for being the representative of a dying religion steeped in perversion, deprivation, sexism and archaic, deadly policies. (well that being said, he sounds like a republican...)
Trump.... is really good at self promotion and propaganda. I sincerely hope he chooses Palin as his running mate.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)10. Almost all medieval cities were walled.
Standard practice when most of the Vatican was built.