Who should be Obama's Ambassador to the Vatican??

[Are_grits_groceries]

I say Rep. Barney Frank.
That would piss them off on many fronts.
(Yes I know there are certain requirements, but one can dream.)

[DonEBrook]

1. I don't think the Vatican should enjoy diplomatic status in the first place.

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[davidinalameda]

5. they're an independent country

[DonEBrook]

8. Yeah, sort of. They're not UN members. I still don't think they deserve diplomatic status.

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[davidinalameda]

11. sort of?

they are an independent country

and there are plenty of UN members I'd like to see us cut ties with

[DonEBrook]

12. They are "sort of" a country. Try to get a resident visa there without being

of a very specific religious persuasion and a VERY BIG contribution.
It's only a 'country' because of their centuries of conquest, theft and amassing power and wealth.

[Ian David]

24. That, and they have a giant tunnel leading to the Reptoids under Mt. Shasta. n/t

[DonEBrook]

33. No, the tunnel is a direct passage to Hell.

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[davidinalameda]

46. so you don't like the Catholic Church

couldn't tell

[trotsky]

9. I agree. n/t

[DJ13]

2. Sarah Palin

[hlthe2b]

6. Uggh... even in jest, ugggh

[kristopher]

3. Bill Maher nt

[Karenina]

4. Ru Paul

[camera obscura]

43. You better work... COVERPOPE!

[sandnsea]

7. That would be good, or John Kerry or

even Nancy Pelosi, a nice Catholic grandma who supports choice.

[Algorem]

10. Guido Sarducci

[whistler162]

37. Why not his sister-in-law was in the Clinton administration!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Novello

Well for a few months into his first administration.

[Burma Jones]

13. Jack Chick or Fred Phelps

[TygrBright]

14. Ooo! ooo! I know, I know!! Marilyn Manson!! n/t

[ThomWV]

15. John Kerry would be an excellent choice

[karynnj]

39. Way too valuable in the Senate

[POAS]

16. Babrara Blaine, National President of SNAP

Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

[Sal Minella]

35. This one. Blaine gets my vote.

[DainBramaged]

17. Betty Bowers

http://www.bettybowers.com/crackwhores.html

[csziggy]

18. Bill Maher n/t

[Ian David]

19. John Hagee, Fred Phelps, Richard Dawkins, or "Sister Ann R Key"...

... and that is probably the first time anyone, anywhere, has ever put those names together in the same place.

[Ian David]

20. Jonathon Sharkey! n/t

[Ian David]

21. Barry Lynn! n/t

[SoCalDem]

22. Al Sharpton

:rofl:

[tritsofme]

23. delete

nt

[sellitman]

25. Joe Lieberman

One can dream, can't one?

[jmowreader]

26. Well. let's see now...

A 110-acre city doesn't need much in the way of diplomatic acumen. Are there any presentable Catholic Repuke senators from states with Democratic governors?

[ColbertWatcher]

29. Kansas has two. n/t

[Sub Atomic]

27. I think that the Reverend Ted Haggard would be an outstanding choice.

:rofl:

[SidDithers]

28. Sam Harris...nt

Sid

[Joey Liberal]

30. Reverend Billy is my choice! nt

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

31. Matthew Fox

author of "Original Blessing"

[AnnieBW]

45. And kicked out of the priesthood by the Pope

well, the new Pope when he was just The Enforcer, not the Pope.

[Vinca]

32. Ozzie Osborne. nt

[Starry Messenger]

34. Joel Osteen. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

36. I see your Barney Frank, and I raise you a Bill Maher.

:rofl:


EDIT: Nice to know his name has an 'e' in it.

[mitchum]

38. Taylor Lautner

[wavesofeuphoria]

40. Howard Stern

[Kip Humphrey]

41. Stephen Colbert.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

42. Another reason to say "Damn! Too bad

Bill Hicks is dead!"

In all seriousness, if Obama was serious about pointing out the Vatican's unwavering hypocrisy, Father Roy Bourgeois would be THE perfect choice. That nasty old nazi in the Vatican just excommunicated Father Bourgeois for having the NERVE to observe a dirty, nasty, evil, apple-munching, snake-chatting daughter of EVE ordained as a catholic priest.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/us/14priest.html?em

Fact is, Obama needs someone with the starch to tell ol Benny the Rat to call off his snakes and quit screwing with our political processes here.

[RetiredTrotskyite]

44. How About the Rev. Troy Perry

or the Rev. Mel White? That ought to blow up some cassocks in the Vatican!

[rug]

47. Bill Richardson.