So the Vatican is having a holy tantrum – unofficially, of course – about Caroline Kennedy being considered as a potential nominee as US ambassador to the Holy See: "Conservative Catholic groups called the potential nomination of John Kennedy's daughter, who is a prominent Obama supporter, 'inappropriate' and 'a calculated insult to the Holy See' because of her outspoken support for abortion rights."Read the whole thing here.
"A calculated insult"? Awww. It's positively adorable that the Vatican imagines President Obama carving out time in his busy schedule of managing two wars, trying to rescue a tanking economy, instituting a sweeping reform agenda, and playing with the Most Important Dog in the Universe, to scheme about how he can best offend the Holy See. And it's just precious that the Vatican imagines Caroline Kennedy to be the crazy insult he designed to send their way.
If Obama really wanted to offend the Pope, he could have done a lot better than Caroline Kennedy. Like me, for instance. Not only am I patently unqualified, but I'm a renowned Catholic-hater.
The Holy See Sees an Insult
I've got a new piece up at The Guardian's CifA about the Vatican's shitfit over Obama's potential nomination of Caroline Kennedy to the Holy See ambassadorship:
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