alt.politics.gw-bush

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:30:26 GMT, Wild Country wrote:

> Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may be persona non grata at the Vatican.
> When Rice swung through Italy in August, she gave notice ahead of time about
> her hopes to meet with Pope Benedict XVI, but the pontiff's camp politely
> rebuffed her request, explaining that he was on holiday.
>
> /eartotheground/item/20070919_pope_disses_rice/
>
> AFP via :
>
> Rice "made it known to the Vatican that she absolutely had to meet the pope"
> to boost her diplomatic "credit" ahead of a trip to the Middle East, the
> Corriere della Sera daily reported without citing its sources.
>
> She was hoping to meet the pontiff at his summer residence of Castel
> Gandolfo at the beginning of August, it said.
>
> "The pope is on holiday," was the official response, the paper said.
>
> It said the reply "illustrated the divergence of view" between the Vatican
> and the White House about the "initiatives of the Bush administration in the
> Middle East."
>
> Read more
>
> / ?id= &show_article=1
>
> hahahaha, the more the bitches in the White House get slapped the better.

I wonder why you left this part out of your comment.

" The newspaper said the pope had rejected all meetings with political
representatives during the month of August."

Oh I get it, it would not help with your snide remark that the Pope treats
every diplomat that way in the month of August.

Shame On You

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