Comments on: Bush to Pope: “Awesome speech”

By: shick

shick — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:52:40 +0000

LIBERAL ACTION AAAALLLLERRRT! PRESIDENT WAS NOT TACTFUL TO THE NAZI POPE AND HIS WIFE WORE WHITE WHICH ISN’T ALLOWED!!!!

Defector01 on April 17, 2008 at 5:24 PM

I wonder why that story didn’t make it to Hotair.

By: B I R D

B I R D — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:10:57 +0000

POPE BENEDICT: “GOD BLESS AMERICA!” – PRESIDENT BUSH: “AWESOME SPEECH!”…

This was both of them at their very best and most endearing… Wing-flap to HOT AIR…….

By: bevslape

bevslape — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:17:15 +0000

Thank you for the link homesickamerican.

By: Angry Dumbo

Angry Dumbo — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:25:01 +0000

Republicans bashing GW now to fawning press (take note McCain) will pay dearly in November. We love GW. We don’t care for amnesty or global warming or bailing out Bear Sterns, etc., but we do love our W.

By: bridgetown

bridgetown — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:55:31 +0000

What the heck is ‘cringeworthy’?
You snob. Get over yourself.
I thought he gave a great compliment. I bet the Pope thought so, too.
So, any snob’s take on this totally, awesomely, irrelevant.

By: socalconservative

socalconservative — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:22:38 +0000

I thought it was endearing.

By: ToddonCapeCod

ToddonCapeCod — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:50:38 +0000

This is bad how?
Ever hear of “Our God is an Awesome God”?

By: brewser

brewser — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:13:21 +0000

I think Bush is ‘awesome’. I’m Catholic and think it was an appropriate use of the word at an appropriate time.

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:58:00 +0000

Thank you, your Holiness; awesome speech.

Snark away and have your fun, but people will be repeating that classic line long after you all are dead.

By: homesickamerican

homesickamerican — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:28:48 +0000

this one works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXwqQFS8t6o

By: Rosmerta

Rosmerta — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:06:13 +0000

And I must say, I love this Pope as well — he has really surprised me in the short time he has been the Bishop of Rome. Such strength yet such wisdom and tacit tones he takes in what he says.

I also think his meeting individually and collectively with victims of abuse earlier today was wonderful.

I’m sorry I missed the video, too.

D2Boston on April 17, 2008 at 10:35 PM

Right on. The meeting with the abuse victims was such a good, good thing to do. The one woman who said she just came up to him and cried – it brought tears to my eyes.

For someone who has been seen as such a thinker, an introverted academic, this Pope is amazingly all about the love and healing. I love it that his very first encyclical was on the most sublime subject of all – the love of God: Deus Caritas Est.

By: homesickamerican

homesickamerican — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:47:40 +0000

he ain’t perfect, but he is real.

btw, the vid is no longer available… :-(

By: labrat

labrat — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:14:28 +0000

I have come to disagree with the President on many things, but, I believe he is a truly decent man. What you see is what you get.

By: daveintexas

daveintexas — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:57:26 +0000

It was a good speech.

Text here if you want to read it. Youtube link in this post not available anymore. I won’t read anything into that.

In the interests of disclosure, I’m a Protestant.

I’m ok. I’d get along with your mom and them.

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:51:03 +0000

“We have a boar for dinner, Ben, you’re not Kosher are ya?”

Indy Conservative on April 17, 2008 at 6:52 PM

Not if he’s a true Kraut.

By: coleporter

coleporter — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:50:24 +0000

Yes, I heard awesome as it happened that morning in real time.

Didn’t catch what the Pope said in reply.

Might have said; Awesome.

By: D2Boston

D2Boston — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:35:48 +0000

I missed it, too.

Despite some disagreements I have with him, I do love President Bush.

And I must say, I love this Pope as well — he has really surprised me in the short time he has been the Bishop of Rome. Such strength yet such wisdom and tacit tones he takes in what he says.

I also think his meeting individually and collectively with victims of abuse earlier today was wonderful.

I’m sorry I missed the video, too.

By: Aslans Girl

Aslans Girl — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:35:24 +0000

It’s a shame that when anyone uses the word “awesome” it’s immediately thought of in the sense that surfer dudes mean it. “Awesome” means awe-inspiring or full or awe, which would describe a religious speech quite well. I’m not sure if this particular speech was, as I missed it, but since it came from the Pope, maybe that was the way Bush meant it.

-Aslan’s Girl

By: Dubn8tr

Dubn8tr — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:34:05 +0000

Can’t see the vid :-(

By: bevslape

bevslape — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:20:47 +0000

The video is no longer available on the youtube link. Is there somewhere else I can see it?

By: canopfor

canopfor — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:09:06 +0000

Me too.
Rosmerta on April 17,2008 at 9:29PM.

Rosmerta: I forgot the Hillary/Mother Terasa’s speech gaffe!
good call,I agree with you!

By: Rosmerta

Rosmerta — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:29:52 +0000

Except for the nukular thing.. that still bugs the crap out of me.

spmat on April 17, 2008 at 8:23 PM

OMG I am so with you on that! Couldn’t Laura or Dick or Condi have ever taken him aside and said something??

I am so glad President Bush,Republican Conservatives
are running this operation with the Pope!

canopfor on April 17, 2008 at 8:38 PM

Me too. I so well remember Hillary’s cold reception of Mother Teresa’s speech when she visited … and then how awkward and out of place she looked, placing flowers on Mother Teresa’s coffin some years later. Too bad Laura and George weren’t there to do Mother justice.

By: canopfor

canopfor — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:38:44 +0000

I am so glad President Bush,Republican Conservatives
are running this operation with the Pope!

In the 50th Anniversity of WW2,Clinton represented America.
I always felt that President Bush Sr.,who fought in that war had more of a right!

I’m sure if a Liberal President was running this,it would be
photo-opsville,very political,and out of control protests
by the lefty’s!

By: rivlax

rivlax — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:27:02 +0000

Didn’t make me cringe. That’s W.

By: spmat

spmat — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:23:52 +0000

Bush will be remembered well by history. A very long time from now, but still. I will remember him fondly. Except for the nukular thing.. that still bugs the crap out of me.