I am watching the Pope’s arrival ceremony at the White House on C-SPAN. Many senators and congressional types, dignitaries and bishops are there. But apparently they also opened the gates to crowds of general papist riff-raff. The White House lawn is totally full. There was exuberant cheering, shouting and … best of all… during a pause in the ceremony, the crowd took advantage of their opportunity and broke out into a spontaneous, cacophonous round of “Happy birthday to you!”
God bless America!
April 16, 2008
Notes on the pope
Posted by citystreets under D.C. | Tags: D.C., happy birthday, holy father, pope, White House |[5] Comments
April 17, 2008 at 5:56 am
Yay for being a general Papist riff-raff!
I love that those Papists sang him our own birthday greetings (who need W to do that for us!). Continuing in my roll as Papist riff-raff I will be cheering for him on the lawn at Catholic University today!
As usual – your post makes me laugh, even when you call me (or my ilk) riff-raff in a tongue and cheek manner!
-S
April 17, 2008 at 9:20 am
you know I love and have utmost respect for the papist riff-raff.
April 17, 2008 at 4:39 pm
My favorite part was after the Pope’s speech and Bush said to him, “Thank you Holy Father. Awesome speech.”
April 17, 2008 at 4:58 pm
yes, I heard about that today! hilarious! I thought maybe it was a joke. Thank you, Holy Father. Awesome speech.
April 17, 2008 at 11:16 pm
nope, not a joke. the microphone picked it up. i heard it loud & clear on CNN. I almost fell out of my chair laughing…