Friday wierd: "Roman Catholic Priestess" dragged from Air Force One

American Papist ^ | May 29, 2009 | Thomas Peters

[NYer]

I couldn't have written it better had I tried:

A reporter for a small newspaper was forcibly removed from a press area near Air Force One shortly before President Barack Obama arrived at Los Angeles International Airport to depart California early Thursday.

Airport security officers carried the woman away by the feet and arms as she protested her removal.

... She said she asked a Secret Service agent to give the president her letter, but he refused and referred her to a White House staffer. Lee said she refused to give the staffer the letter.

"I said, 'I'll take my chances if (the president) comes by here,'" said Lee, who identified herself as a Roman Catholic priestess who lives in Anaheim, Calif. "He became annoyed that I wouldn't give him the letter."

Lee, who was wearing what she described as a cassock, said she protested when she was asked to leave. (NBC Los Angeles)

Her reason for trying to reach Obama? She wanted him to take a stand for traditional marriage.

How about taking a stand for the traditional priesthood for a start

[NYer]

Ping!

[Red in Blue PA]

"I was promised...pieeeeee!"

[DownInFlames]

Why does that look like Michelle Obama?

[DownInFlames]

Also, looks like a hanging noose they are leading her to.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Didn’t realise Roman Catholics had priestesses.

Maybe the author meant “English Catholic” (i.e. Anglican)?

[DuncanWaring]

Didn’t realise Roman Catholics had priestesses.

They don't.

Some delusional womyn, though, claim to be "Roman Catholic priestesses".

It's automatic excommunication.

[Brookhaven]

Give the secret service credit. They don’t put up with crap from anybody when it comes to protecting the president (whoever that might be.)

Roman Catholic Preistess? Tradition? Did I miss something?

[kellynla]

“Roman Catholic priestess?”

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...and I'm the Pope! LOL

[tioga]

interesting.......here's another article...

[ConorMacNessa]

Oh, Brother! Here we go . . .

[PGalt]

Good blog. Thanks for posting.

[trad_anglican]

A reporter for a small newspaper was forcibly removed from a press area near Air Force One

So a confused "reporter" with no press credentials is forcibly removed from a press area near Air Force One. This is national news because ... ?

[exile]

Pitty they couldn’t drag off that stammering Kenyan Communist to. Or at least give Comrade O a wood shampoo.

[ReneeLynn]

She’s saying the right things, but the ‘priestess’ thing destroys all of that. I’m not sure whether to admire her pluck or think she’s a bit off.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

So was she removed because she is (a) black, (b) a woman, (c) a(n alleged) Catholic, or (d) a reporter.

I think the answer is (e) because she is a nutbag.

[tioga]

she is a “reporter” dressed as a priest, only in black, and hanging out near the secret service panting on about obama.........I’d say she is stupid AND crazy.

[GreenHornet]

The Secret Service did the right thing. I know I'm preaching to the choir, but if this happened during the Bush Presidency, the MSM would be screaming about how this poor woman was brutalized, and you'd better believe that the racial angle would be played to the max.

[Miss Marple]

On the one hand we have Obama. On the other, we have a Roman Catholic "priestess." It is impossible to take sides in this one.

Instead, I will be content with an embarrassing incident and photo op near Obama's plane, knowing that fully half of the country doesn't even read the captions.

[frogjerk]

AP : Michele Obama is forcibly removed from Air Force One and brought to a makeshift gibbet due to her lack of sleeveless attire showing her guns.