Chirac gave * the Peace blessing during the Pope's funeral Mass

[patrice]

Don't you just love that!

I wonder if Bush's aids told him that the Catholic Mass includes the Peace Blessing. I wonder what Bush said in response to Chirac's Peace Blessing. Darn it! We'll never know.

[LibDemAlways]

1. Yep, during the "sign of peace" you are

supposed to turn to those around you and shake hands. Depending on local custom, many people will add "Peace be with you" to the greeting. Chimp probably didn't know what the hell was going on, and why everybody was suddenly shaking hands, so he just went with the flow. I doubt he said anything. If he had, it would probably have been something like, "I personally prefer war. I'm the war president, you know."