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Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=128&u=/ucwb/20050209/cm_ucwb/deathforthepope&printer=1

He pretty much suggests that he's not praying for the Pope because he thinks it's best for the church if JPII dies. Thoughts?

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

Tacky.

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

Wow.

Yeah. What Dana said.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Yeah, it does seem tacky.

Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :

Okay, I thought this was Buckley as in in the Thank You for Smoking Buckley, and as that Buckley once wrote a short story about the PR firm who was hired by a repentant mob boss to position an American bishop as the next pope, I wondered why there was surprise.

Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :

Nope... the very William F, himself...

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

[Eek!]

Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :

Who is William F. Buckley? I mean, it's a tacky thing to say, but why does it matter that he's the one who said it?

[ February 11, 2005, 04:09 PM: Message edited by: Lady Jane ]

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

For one thing, kat, he's Christopher Buckley's father. [Smile]

I loved Thank You For Smoking...

Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :

No way!

[Smile]

I loved that book, too. I just bought "No Way to Treat a First Lady" from the Web because I was reminded of him as a writer. So, so funny and insightful, and tight, clean writing. Very nice.

[ February 11, 2005, 04:48 PM: Message edited by: Lady Jane ]

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

I picked Thank You up randomly off a bargin table years ago. Haven't read anything else by him, you'll have to tell me if that one is as good.

Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :

I bought it because I read a couple of his short stories, and they were wonderful - jaded and clever with a shamed faith in humanity. I'll make a thread on the First Lady book when I'm done, to see if it lives up to the standards.

Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :

Actually, I got the impression that he thinks it's best for the Pope if the Pope dies....a very different sentiment.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

But one that's not within his purview.

Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :

No, it isn't.

I echo Dana - tacky. Very tacky.

Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

To echo everyone else: tacky, extremely tacky.