Blogs Dec 24, 2009 at 6:19 pm

The Pope Gets Knocked Down

Dan Savage
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If he had to get a replacement hip, I'll bet it would be made out of solid gold.
on December 24, 2009 at 6:45 PM Report this
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The real question is did he scuff his Prada's? The video is inconclusive.

Better luck next time Mary Beth.
on December 24, 2009 at 6:45 PM Report this
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Dan, you're no longer a Catholic.
Let it go.....
on December 24, 2009 at 6:54 PM Report this
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AS I watched the vid, a Google ad popped up on the screen: "Catholic Cemeteries: A Legacy of Your Faith. A Gift of Love to Your Family."

That was a nice takedown. Thanks for posting this - I have mixed feelings, but unmistakeably delight among them.
gloomy gus on December 24, 2009 at 6:56 PM Report this
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It could have been worse...darn the luck.
baconpussy on December 24, 2009 at 7:08 PM Report this
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She wasn't after the pope. She was after his Prada.
kinaidos on December 24, 2009 at 7:13 PM Report this
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I get knocked down, but I get up again.
You're never going to keep me down.
Banna on December 24, 2009 at 7:26 PM Report this
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KIRO news' on-screen headline for their TV coverage of this was "POPE ATTACK."





POPE ATTAAAAACK
Zebes on December 24, 2009 at 7:27 PM Report this
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#3, I'll agree that there is certainly someone with an obsession here, but that someone isn't Dan Savage.
Furcifer on December 24, 2009 at 7:27 PM Report this
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@Banna Best of both worlds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNaBZVZRt…
on December 24, 2009 at 7:44 PM Report this
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I told Leia that knocking Emperor Palpatine down was not going to really help the rebellion all that much, but you know she never listens.
Womyn2me on December 24, 2009 at 8:25 PM Report this
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Guess the Swiss Guards can't move fast enough in their goofy getups.
rob! on December 24, 2009 at 8:28 PM Report this
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Glad to see Pope Rat wasn't hurt - so he can continue his hateful pronouncements against gays & women.
blackhook on December 24, 2009 at 8:38 PM Report this
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Oh well. She gets points for trying.
this guy I know in Spokane on December 24, 2009 at 9:16 PM Report this
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9 is it a really creepy obsession?
on December 24, 2009 at 10:08 PM Report this
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Renegade Nun!
jimmy on December 24, 2009 at 11:04 PM Report this
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And then he said,

"I get knocked down,
But I get up again
They're never gonna keep me down!"
on December 24, 2009 at 11:40 PM Report this
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Too bad he didn't stay down... Would have been a lovely Christmas gift.
on December 25, 2009 at 12:03 AM Report this
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@4: It's like getting the prize in my Cracker Jack. Mine was "How Men Become Pope: NEW Board Game is fun and educational too!" Uh. As my recovering Catholic friend put it, "Catholicism is like herpes: it's the gift that keeps on giving and stays with you forever."

And a Texan who missed the money shot? QED.
Telsa Grills on December 25, 2009 at 12:23 AM Report this
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#7 - Thank you for the Tubthumping reference. I expect to see South Park having the Pope get knocked down in one of their episodes in the new season.
apres_moi on December 25, 2009 at 2:38 AM Report this
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Staged.
jeffg166 on December 25, 2009 at 3:18 AM Report this
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from the bbc


The woman, said to be mentally unstable, managed to grab him by his vestments near the neck as a security guard tried to overwhelm her.

The Vatican said she had also tried to jump at the Pope last year.

French Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, 87, was standing a few metres away and fell and broke his hip during the incident.


she succeeded on her second attempt
apres_moi on December 25, 2009 at 3:46 AM Report this
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I have no love for the pope, or the catholic heirarchy/mythology/corporation, but this sort of thing just sucks. Does -everything- have to happen from secure TV studios?
Karlheinz Arschbomber on December 25, 2009 at 4:50 AM Report this
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@23 - Correction.

She was the one who was mentally stable, it's all the other crazies who were there who are the mentally unstable ones.
Necktieknot on December 25, 2009 at 9:11 AM Report this
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My only thought after seeing the video was "OMG he's down. Let me take a gazillion pictures of him down!" it's like all of the visitors are angling for jobs at TMZ.
mackro on December 25, 2009 at 9:58 AM Report this
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#3, Dan was born and raised Catholic, and "once a Catholic, always a Catholic."

Or so they say. I predict that someday, if the Catholic Church survives, it will look back in shame at its treatment of gays and lesbians. Any church that regards masturbation as a "grave moral disorder" is itself gravely disordered. I believe Jesus would be deeply ashamed of them. Or maybe just laugh His ass off.
on December 25, 2009 at 10:07 AM Report this
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27
way to fight
for your right

wankopotomus
on December 25, 2009 at 11:00 AM Report this
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Still like Sinead's F**k You the best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYw8JR1N9…

"Fight the real enemy".
redbelt on December 25, 2009 at 11:23 AM Report this
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They are going to say she's the anti-christ now because she was wearing red.

And what is Susan Boyle doing in Italy?
eriklugo on December 25, 2009 at 1:05 PM Report this
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The show must go on.
polkaparty on December 25, 2009 at 1:12 PM Report this
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MaryBeth is my favorite kind of Jesus freak. She travels all the way to Rome to see the closest thing to God, but what really chafes her hide is she didn't get the shot she wanted. Forget about the holy experience, forget about the Pope's safety and well-being, it's all about getting the perfect shot. What a dork.
mitten on December 25, 2009 at 1:41 PM Report this
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Non-Catholics in this comment thread don't get that this is all a very ordinary ecclesiastical ritual in the Church. I recognize what Papa Ratfucker is doing, and it is totally clerical: from Lent: the Stations of the Cross(dresser): Third Station, The Pope Falls for the First Time.
drewvsea on December 25, 2009 at 3:09 PM Report this
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takes a real nazi to get up after his dress gets soiled.
vicvicvictorious on December 26, 2009 at 7:21 AM Report this
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hahahah 34 FTF!
YTAH on December 26, 2009 at 8:12 AM Report this
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Would have never happened if Joey Ratz had been goose-stepping properly, like he was raised to do!
Sir Vic on December 26, 2009 at 9:49 AM Report this
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Do they have to burn the hat if it falls on the ground?
Chris in Vancouver WA on December 26, 2009 at 11:44 AM Report this
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Bowling for nazis
cardigan weather on December 27, 2009 at 11:15 AM Report this
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Here's what I'm confused about - did she jump over with the intent of pushing him over; or did she jump over intending to do something else and inadvertently knocked him over? I couldn't tell from the video.
cheerio on December 27, 2009 at 1:26 PM Report this

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