Posted on 03/20/2013 10:14:45 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Vice President Joseph R. Biden said Wednesday the U.S. “almost had a chance at power” of the papacy, asserting that Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley nearly got elected pope.
“We almost made it big,” Mr. Biden said. “We almost had a chance at power. We came that close, that close.”
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The vice president also read the first line of a poem by his grandfather called “My Mother’s Land A-Ruin,” the first line of which went: “Oh how I hate the name of England …” Mr. Biden asked members of the media to consider his recitation humorous.
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My comment is #1.
Once Obama threw his support behind the Cardinal, his chances went the way of the Chicago Olympics bid... (sort of like a Sports Illustrated cover jinx)
Yeah, I’m SURE Biden The Slow was privy to the inside decision-making of the conclave. I highly doubt the cardinals were ever close to electing a Pope that comes from this sick, secular society.
Somebody owes Dan Quayle a huge, huge apology.
OMG!!! POWER???? Is that ALL Democrats think about??? Plus there would be NO AMERICAN POWER even IF it were an AMerican Pope!! The Pope is over the CATHOLIC Church, not a country! What a DUMBASS.
Not even close, Joe.
Bergoglio apparently went through the first round of voting, which took place on Tuesday evening, into the conclave as a leading vote-getter, but a number of other eminences garnered some votes, which were handwritten on Latin ballots with Pilot gel pens. Carlo Marroni, who covers the Vatican for Il Solo 24 Ore, reported that Cardinals Bergoglio, Scola and Marc Ouellet of Canada were the leaders.
-- from the thread Ouellet was an early favourite in conclave vote: report
The worst thing about growing up an American is that when you are a kid you think that those in Washington are our best and brightest but then finding out they are not.
Biden is a small minded person. Yesterday, Harry Reid linked the deaths of Marines in an accident to the sequester. These are not only sickening people they are sick people. Sick in their brains. They are as devoid of humanity as the worst criminals we have in prison.
“Yeah, I’m SURE Biden The Slow was privy to the inside decision-making of the conclave.”
They were going to let him burn the ballots, but he couldn’t figure out how to use matches.
My first reaction on reading the opening was to look again at the headline and news source, suspecting satire. Surely not even Joe Biden would say this?
Hah!
Every day, and in every way, he is getting stupider and stupider.
Dear God!!!...He’s as dumb as a post!
Nothing is sacred to a democrat.
In their minds everything is there to be used by them, to be twisted, manipulated, perverted for their benefit.
Power? What power is Biden referring to? A very telling remark.
Whatta dork.
Joe’s mind belongs to the devil.
Hey Joe, it’s not about power or your ability to control it, it’s about Jesus and spreading the Gospel of our Lord!!!!
Meaning that if O'Malley would've won, the devil 0bama would've been calling the shots?
Hey, Joe ... close only counts in horseshoes, H-bombs and hand grenades.
Vice President Joseph R. Biden said Wednesday the U.S. “almost had a chance at power” of the papacy, asserting that Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley nearly got elected pope.
“We almost made it big,” Mr. Biden said. “We almost had a chance at power. We came that close, that close.”
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