The Final US Election Thread

[Martok]

Minnesotans have a fairly long tradition of electing "unusual" politicos. In my opinion, they have a rather rich collective sense of humor and they do it for the entertainment value.

[/innocent]

My dear Seamus, whatever are you talking about? Surely I know know not of which you speak....

[/innocent]

[Lemur]

Another highly questionable move from another Catholic priest:

Elizabeth Caster said the Rev. Sebastian Meyer humiliated her in front of the congregation at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Fairfield, saying from the pulpit, "We cannot have a car with Obama signs written on it on these premises. And I don't care who Obama is."

He continued: "I want this car off the premises in 10 minutes or it will be towed. Whoever's vehicle this is, I want it removed. I don't want to see that car anywhere around here," she said. [...]

Caster said the priest followed her and her 10-year-old son out of the church and refused to let her move her Toyota Sequoia, which was parked between two other cars in a loading zone outside the church, anywhere else in the parking lot.

Caster, who was contacted by many concerned church members the next day, believes it was the Obama slogans that riled the priest. Among those who watched Sunday's incident was Joanne Smith, who said she has seen vehicles parked in the yellow zone with signs supporting John McCain. She also was curious about why Caster's vehicle was singled out.

If you read the article, you'll see the priest also gets physical with a reporter who asks him about this incident.

It's not surprising that the Catholic Church contains some priests who are a few wafers short of communion; what's interesting is how they are dealt with by the Church hierarchy. Or not.

[Louis VI the Fat]

"It took a lot out of me to sit there and not walk out," Sherrod said.

How about they do walk out then?

I mean, it's fine with me that people spend their weekends listening to grown up men prancing about in purple Roman toga-party outfits and telling them that wine is blood and Obama the antichrist. Why would anyone cry over it?

I once went to a hippie gathering. Lots of old guys in druid dresses who gave out magic potions that made me invincible and who told me to vote green or the sky would come falling down. Didn't mean I went crying to the press over it either.

What's next? People complaining that their Santa Claus at the shopping mall was collecting for the wrong charity?