Obama will pick up Pope Francis at the airport

[babylonsister]

This made me laugh!

http://theweek.com/speedreads/578448/obama-pick-pope-francis-airport

Obama will pick up Pope Francis at the airport
10:42 a.m. ET


It's not President Obama's M.O. to pick people up at the airport, but for the pope he'll make an exception.

When Pope Francis touches down at a military base outside of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday afternoon, the president will greet him personally. It's a welcome he "has extended to virtually no other foreign visitor," The New York Times reports.

But while Obama and the pope already have a rapport, there's a bipartisan squeamishness about what Francis might say while he's in town.

"I'm sure the pope will make everyone very uncomfortable," one Catholic Democratic representative, Joseph Crowley, told the Times. "There will be some things that Democrats may not like to hear, and there will certainly be some things, I think, the Republicans will not like to hear." Jeva Lange

[PatrickforO]

1. I hope the Pope makes everyone in DC uncomfortable.

There are quite a few who need to be reminded of some things.

[enid602]

2. bibi

Eat your heart out, Bibi.

[nichomachus]

3. It's so nice to see Muslims and Christians getting along

[babylonsister]

6. lol!!!! nt

[johnp3907]

7. Almost spit out my oatmeal!

[treestar]

13. lol!

[Fred Sanders]

4. Oh no, says the mass media, a foreigner may say things we have insisted that Americans never hear!

And now they will hear these painful things and be ever so disturbed about actual things and issues and not personalities and childish things?!

What will happen?

I am scared! And "squeamish", also.

The Pope will be discussing to huge audiences of billions that will trump Trump:

The poor.

Climate change.

Capitism's evil.

Income inequality.

Charity.

Compassion.

Loving brown people also.

Etc.

Who would not be "squeamish", if you were the mass media?

[sheshe2]

5. On his way to the airport~

Damn this traffic. I will be late picking up the Pope.



Thanks bsis~

[xynthee]

8. LOL!!

I love it!!

[xynthee]

10. They gotta do a 14-minute SNL skit about this!! nt

[sheshe2]

11. Ha!

[SheilaT]

9. Do you suppose Obama will wait

in the place where drivers can wait for their arriving friend to phone or text them? Will the pontiff carry his own luggage, or will he have made sure to have some American currency with him to tip the skycap? So many things to worry about here?

[No Vested Interest]

12. I understand the Chinese President is coming on the same day.

Am I correct? And the President is giving a state dinner for the Chinese President , though not on Tuesday.

Isn't that sort of like a guy (or gal) trying to have two different dates on the same night?
That gets a little screwy/crazy.