"The Pope: He's --------REALLY--------- a -------NICE----- Man"

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/27/DDG27BCCUL1.DTL

Here we have the testimony of John L. Allen, a writer for the National Catholic Reporter, who first met the then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger at a cocktail party in San Francisco. "He was just sort of off in a corner," said Allen. "And I remember going up to him and introducing myself. I was bowled over, first, by how shy he was. And secondly, he had a dry sense of humor and just how nice he seemed." ....

I think it's only Americans who believe that being a nice guy can be taken as a sign of virtue. The world is littered with nice guys, and some of them are wonderful human beings and some of them are ornery, thieving varmints. The pope could enjoy a game of bocce and, in the afternoon, threaten to excommunicate seven women who were ordained as priests.

He could eat a pancake and tell an anecdote and then remark, "I am personally convinced that the constant presence in the press of the sins of Catholic priests, especially in the United States, is a planned campaign, as the percentage of these offenses among priests is not higher than in other categories and perhaps it is even lower. Less than 1 percent of (American) priests are guilty of acts of this type. ... Therefore, one comes to the conclusion that it is intentional, manipulated, that there is a desire to discredit the church."

He could swap stories with steamfitters and eat a large salami sandwich and then call gay civil unions "the legalization of evil." Being nice and humble and good-natured is fine, but if the guy is in charge of an elderly religious organization devoted to the needs and interests of straight white guys, he's still a threat to social progress. ....

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Same shit, different medium.

How he LOVES Christmas, the music, the season.

"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. "
William Shakespeare