Romney got in a couple of good lines about the President’s fraught relationship with the Catholic Church at last night’s Al Smith Dinner:
The President has put his own stamp on relations with the Church. There have been some awkward moments. Like when the President pulled Pope Benedict aside to share some advice on how to deal with his critics. He said, “Look, Holy Father, whatever the problem is just blame it on Pople John Paul II” [Laughter]
Of course the President has found a way to take the sting out of the Obamacare mandates for the Church: From now on they’re going to be in Latin.”
The implication, of course, being that the previous accommodation was just as hollow as the one of his punchline.
October 19th, 2012 | 2:59 pm
Thank you for posting this. I’ve only heard bits and pieces on the radio. The video shows Gov. Romney’s timing and polish. (The sons of governors joke was new to me.) I am one of those humorless people who was and is troubled by the President’s appearance at a Catholic funtion, but I can’t help thinking that Gov. Romney may well have won a few votes from viewers. The stakes are high. And if the Governor is truly serious in his last two minutes, they could not be higher.