The Pope vs The Donald

[Ultralight]

No. Anyway, he's not "up there."

So you never think: "Hey, Mr. Omnipotent, how's about you cure all the cancer kids?"

I ask this seriously.

[catherine]

Well, I do pray to be cured of my own blindness.

[LDAHL]

Do you ever just wish the Big Guy would come down and sort it out?

You mean Warren Buffet?

[Ultralight]

Well, I do pray to be cured of my own blindness.

I can't blame you for doing that.

[Ultralight]

You mean Warren Buffet?

LOL

[LDAHL]

So you never think: "Hey, Mr. Omnipotent, how's about you cure all the cancer kids?"

The response would probably be something like:

"Hey Mr. Fallible, I gave you intellect, I gave you free will. Put down the xbox and figure it out for yourself. You think automatons are happy? You want it all handed to you on a velvet cushion with no effort on your part? What am I, Bernie Sanders?

[iris lilies]

My take on what the Pope said was that Trump's attitude towards illegal immigrants was not Christian.

As for the Vatican not allowing immigrants--they don't allow any immigrants, whereas Trump wants to discriminate against a particular group of immigrants. There's a difference.

Well i did learn that the Varican took in two Syrian families. So theyve done their token share. Bless their hearts.

[Ultralight]

The response would probably be something like:

"Hey Mr. Fallible, I gave you intellect, I gave you free will. Put down the xbox and figure it out for yourself. You think automatons are happy? You want it all handed to you on a velvet cushion with no effort on your part? What am I, Bernie Sanders?

And that, good sir, is why I am voting for Bernie!

[rodeosweetheart]

IL, to respond to one of your original points about sound bites, here is the film clip of the sound bite, at the New York Times website:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/us...=68050367&_r=0

I don't know if you had seen him responding directly to the pope. Do you think he scores points here? What do you think his strategy is?

[Williamsmith]

I think he scored double points. His first rebuke of the pope scored big win his followers and may have kept some from leaving the fold for Cruz. Then he takes advantage of the Christian penchant to forgive when since that time he walks back his statement and appears to embrace the pope. Score twice. He managed to act aggressively and still come out on top with one of the worlds top religious figures. His voters really could care less about what the pope does or says. And most Christians in the south think Catholics dont need a pope to have a relationship with God. The angry white working class isn't worried about stepping on the popes toes and ruffling his robes a little.

If Trump wins South Carolina by any significant margin over Cruz or Rubio......and I think those two are closer than the polls show.......Trump will be hard to stop. He can say anything he wants.