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Kerry send lawyers to monitor Papal election
2005-04-09
ScrappleFace
(2005-04-08) -- U.S. Senator John F. Kerry, D-MA, America's leading Roman Catholic politician, today reassured fellow Catholics that he would dispatch a "legion of lawyers" to Vatican City to monitor the election of the new pope.

"While I never let my faith interfere with my politics," said Mr. Kerry, "I have a duty to make sure that my church doesn't impose a litmus test -- religious or otherwise -- on the papal candidates. If the Cardinals were to elect another extreme, dogmatic conservative, we would know that all of the votes have not been counted."

Mr. Kerry said his coalition of attorneys have already prepared a variety of challenges that they plan to file in the International Court of Justice at the Hague.

"Catholics deserve a transparent process, open to all candidates regardless of ethnicity, creed or sexual orientation," Mr. Kerry added. "I'm not alone in this effort. A number of international Catholic politicians have privately said they're behind me."
Posted by:Korora

#6  Actually if yoy think about it:

Anymore, the worst "Extreme Dogmatic" people have been on the left. c.f. Ward Churchill, DU, "war protesters", St Pancake's crowd, et al.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-04-09 7:14:45 PM  

#5  Actually if yoy think about it:

Anymore, the worst "Extreme Dogmatic" people have been on the left. c.f. Ward Churchill, DU, "war protesters", St Pancake's crowd, et al.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-04-09 7:14:45 PM  

#4  At Mass last weekend I PRAYED that the Cardinals would elect "another extreme, dogmatic conservative" as the next Pope. It would be a bonus if they guy wasn't from the EU, pehaps South America or Africa. That would send the Leberals spinning off! God bless all.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-04-09 8:52:12 PM  

#3  I hear that Ron 'tax-to-the-max' Sims, King County Executive, Washington is going to personally fly over and run the election.

(Ron Sims, Democrat, practically runs the King County Elections office where there were more ballots then voters (and they are still finding ballots...).
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-04-09 7:18:57 PM  

#2  Actually if yoy think about it:

Anymore, the worst "Extreme Dogmatic" people have been on the left. c.f. Ward Churchill, DU, "war protesters", St Pancake's crowd, et al.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-04-09 7:14:45 PM  

#1  " If the Cardinals were to elect another extreme, dogmatic conservative, we would know that all of the votes have not been counted."

Is there such thing as an extreme, dogmatic liberal papal candidate ??
I doubt it Mr. #$%@ Kerry
Posted by: tex   2005-04-09 5:26:26 PM  

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