Rep. Tom DeLay is going to the Pope's funeral. Will he return???

[Bluebear]

Rep. DeLay was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the gala Confronting the Judicial War on Faith conference scheduled for April 7-8. The sponsor, the "Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration" restoration????? must be disappointed that DeLay so hastily pulled out of his gig to travel abroad.

I hope House Speaker Hastert who is also going to the funeral and approved DeLay's trip will take the responsibility for returning him to US soil to face the charges brewing against him. I mean, pulling your passport won't be necessary, will it Tom?

[Redstone]

1. God, I hope not.

If there's any justice, there will be a small, kind of inconsequential, but colorful and noisy pillar of fire that consumes him while he's in Rome.

Redstone

[BlackVelvetElvis]

6. I was hoping that the ground would split open and suck him in. nt

[Skidmore]

39. He probably feels like that is happening anyway.

People with too much power and who use intimidation to maintain it get too certain of themselves. He has been feeling invincible for a long time now.

[FreedomAngel82]

14. They probably wouldn't want him either

Don't blame them.

[Straight Shooter]

29. I always thought the pillar of salt thing was kind of cool.

For DeLay, though, God should make it garlic salt, just in case.

[roguevalley]

2. Is he Catholic? I thought he was a wingnut whatever. He looks like

crap.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

5. these guys kill me

they embrace bigots like bob jones and pat robertson who refer to the catholic church as satanic, but they can't wait to have their picture taken with the pope's body

[alcuno]

11. Delay is a Baptist. He had better stay out of the path of the Holy Water.

BTW - Who's paying for this trip?

[FreedomAngel82]

15. Why is he going then?

If he's Baptist. I don't get it. It's understandable about the president's and Catholic senators and congressmen. :shrug:

[alcuno]

21. They are STEALING the Holy Father!

These Republican, right-wing nuts are stealing my pope; hoping to align themselves as the moral equals to John Paul II. They see millions of people standing in the streets of Rome and the billions expected to watch the funeral on TV and they want a piece of it.

[FreedomAngel82]

28. Yep

All for the religious base of course for 2006. They screwed up with SS and Schavio so now they're trying to rank up some points for people to vote for them in 2006.

[ashmanonar]

18. that would be the american taxpayers, alex.

i'll take potent potables for 500.

how does bush ALWAYS travel? on the taxpayer's coin.

[AndyTiedye]

25. They Like The Catholic Church Just Fine Now...

...that they have taken it over. The late Pope was the last holdout,
but he has been to ill to resist them for the past year or so.
We have all noticed the disappearance of any criticism of the war
or anything else the regime is doing. Throughout the election
campaign they were stumping for Boosh** openly and shamelessly.
Suddenly the death and destruction in Iraq were no longer an issue,
and all that matters is banning abortion and gay marriage -- just
in time for the Republicans to begin their big push on those issues.

Delay and the Pope-to-be will have a lot to talk about. They need
to coordinate the next phase of the Crusades, and ensure that they
will have the unqualified support of the Vatican this time. They
will have to admit that it is a holy war, and they will need the help
of the Catholic church to convince the parents of America that it is
their sacred duty to sacrifice their kids to the cause.

They will discuss next year's elections, and the role they expect the
Catholic church to play in them.

There will, of course, be doctrinal changes to bring Catholicism
into line with Dominionist theology.

[JohnKleeb]

7. Hes not, hes baptist

remember he was "born again"

[seabeyond]

3. these people calling catholics heathens, man if i were a catholic

gosh i would be so mad

[Maraya1969]

32. Yup, many "born again Christians" believe Catholics are going to

hell. The utter nerve of these people!

[quaoar]

4. Don't we have laws about denying admission into the U.S.

for undesirables?

I wonder who is paying for this junket?

[lonestarnot]

9. Well we are...we pay for all the damn trips in one way or another!

[caligirl]

8. Who in hell will talk to him at the Vatican? Tom who? He knows it, cover.

What better way to escape the American media than to hide among the throng of leaders at the Vatican, no one will care about him. He can't take the heat so he is leaving the kitchen.:scared: :scared: :scared:

[FreedomAngel82]

16. Exactly

Everybody is dumping him so he has to do something.

[skylarmae]

10. the man should not be representing the United States

in any manner. He doesn't speak for me and I am pissed to think that he will be going to this International affair. Perhaps its not very Christian of me, but IMHO he taints anything and everything he touches....

Don't use John Paul II for political gain, Mr. Delay...

[Erika]

12. Is he going to follow the path of John Paul ll?

No. He should not be there and certainly not have expenses paid. Is his wife and daughter going to be paid another $10,000 a piece for their expertise in the matter?

[alcuno]

13. They're all trying to horn in on the Pope. It's disgusting.

In fact, the Republicans are attempting to make the Holy Father theirs.

What about the Catholic Democrats? Is Durbin going?

[Bluebear]

19. Oh yeah half of Congress seems to be going on this junket

Spring is lovely in Italy, you know.

[FreedomAngel82]

34. I guess they're making this

a field trip.

[AzDar]

17. Gawd! ..looking at that photo of Bugboy..he's an evil politician straight

out of central casting...ugh. This country can't be rid of this nutjob soon enough!

[Vanje]

20. Jimmy Carter wont be included

The US delegation to Pope's funeral will be "limited". Too small to include Jimmy Carter.

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/11317692.htm

"Former President Jimmy Carter will not attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II on behalf of the United States, despite telling the Bush administration he'd like to do so."

[goodboy]

22. you have got to be kidding me...blue, say it ain't so?

[Bluebear]

27. Oh it's so!

[goodboy]

35. Jimmy Carter should be there, not this scum..I'll bet he spontaneously

combusts upon entrance into the bascilica...in which case I don't care if he goes,

[Brian Morans]

23. Is the bear catholic?

[Bluebear]

26. Me? No

[alarimer]

24. How much is this Roman junket costing the taxpayers?

Why the hell do all these people have to go? Kerry and Kenedy I sort of understand since they are catholic. But Delay? Hastert?? Why does the US have to have such a large delegation?

[chookie]

30. When I think about the devout pilgrims waiting for many hours....

...this is an intensely meaningful pilgrimage for Catholics.

Even y'all who claim you don't like our Giovanni Paolo -- mark my words, you're going to miss him....

People from every continent have made every effort to have "darshan" with the Holy Father, in spite of distance, infirmity, etc.

And Tom DELAY is going to get to be a VIP and rushed to the head of the line, to grandstand to advance his altogether unrelated political agenda?

Hear me God -- I don't ask for much, or anything, but if You think it's too vulgar and obvious to smite this creep, I pray that You will open the eyes of the currently blinded to his hypocrisy and evil.

[Maraya1969]

31. Another thread said the US could only take 5 people and Jimmy Carter

stepped down. I think that is horrible. He is the one with the Nobel Peace Prize for crying out loud!

He's not going but all the war mongers are? It's sacrilegious.

[Swamp Rat]

33. Mouth full of cockroaches... what an ugly fucker! n/t

[ruggerson]

36. Delay's not embalmed either, is he n/t

[Sgent]

37. Catholic Congresspeople

In order of their ceremonial rank

1) Nancy Pelosi
2) Rick Santorum
3) Kennedy

Any or all of these three (possibly with a repug congressman) would be a reasonable addition. People like Frist and Delay have no business going.

[lcooksey]

38. Wow.

What Italian lobbying group is paying for the trip? Because he doesn't seem to go anywhere without some group illegally footing the bill.

[universalcitizen]

40. All the little gods are having a wake. Not awake!

They are getting together to find out who is really god, but their dreams will overtake them. Talk about the collusion of church and state, here it is.