Pelosi’s confirmation revoked?

Perhaps revoking Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s Catholic confirmation is in order after her severe misstatements about Catholic doctrine on life and sexuality on NBC’s Meet the Press last Sunday. Pelosi told host Tom Brokaw that “the doctors of the church” have not been able to define when life begins.

Talk about a hullabaloo! And her apologists made it worse, as Brendan Daly, her spokesman, said on Tuesday, that she had based her view of conception on the “views of Saint Augustine, who said: ‘… the law does not provide that the act (abortion) pertains to homicide, for there cannot yet be said to be a live soul in a body that lacks sensation …”’

However, several Catholic leaders have corrected Pope Pelosi, who is now likely to never qualify for NC health insurance, as Cardinal Edward Egan of New York, Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Bishop William Lori, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, issued statements correcting Pelosi.

Said Rigali and Lori:

“Uninformed and inadequate theories about embryology” in the Middle Ages led “some theologians to speculate that specifically human life capable of receiving an immortal soul may not exist until a few weeks into pregnancy. While in canon law these theories led to a distinction in penalties between very early and later abortions, the Church’s moral teaching never justified or permitted abortion at any stage of development.”

Puppet president promises no fear of new Cold War

Russian puppet President Dimitri Medvedev announced the formation of two new counties inside the independent province of Georgia and said, “We are not afraid of anything, including the prospect of a Cold War.” Puppet Master Vladimir Putin’s lips could barely be detected moving as Medvedev spoke.

All the picture frames in the world won’t hold a new map that includes South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which Russia has attempted to recognize by creating them out of thin air following their invasion of Georgia and a delayed retreat.

Russia is certainly using the timing of the political shift in the US to test the mettle of both the outgoing President Bush, as well as both newcomers aspiring to the White House, John McCain and Barry Obama. While we may not be overjoyed with McCain, or even like him much, we here at WonderfulPessimist.com have to admit we’d rather have McCain dealing with Medvedev than Barry, who couldn’t even vanquish the Clintons from his own nominating convention.

Bill snubs Barry

While it would have been nigh-well impossible for Sen. Hillary Rodham to no-show the acceptance speech of her former opponent, Barry Obama (check the records, that’s Barack’s original name), her “husband of convenience,” former Prez Bill Clinton, is under no such expectation.

CNN.com is reporting that Wild Bill is planning to skip the First Coming of the political messiah, Barry Obama, at Invesco Field on Thursday, likely watching (if he watches it at all) from the relative serenity of his Chappequa, NY home and the comfort of his hammock chair. WonderfulPessimist.com says, “You go, Bill!”

After making it publicly known that Barry had snubbed Hillary by not even vetting her for the VP slot, a Bill no-show is certainly in order. Keep up the in-fighting, Dems! We love it.

No Convention Bounce for Obama So Far

So far, there has been no “convention bounce” for the Political Messiah, Barack Obama, in the polls (which we at WonderfulPessimist.com never believe, anyway, whether polls favor the candidates we like or not). It appears Michelle Obama’s address on opening night did little to inspire anyone, and neither did the naming of party hack Joe Biden as Barack’s running mate.

No June Cleaver/Clair Huxtable makeover, complete with gold anklets, has been able to make most folks forget the “for the first time in my life, I am proud of my country,” slip-up, and her delivery of “I love my country” last night was simply not said with enough passion and conviction to convince anyone but the Obama Kool-Aid drinkers.

Anyway, the latest Gallup Poll claims John McCain is now up on Obama by four points. Ehh, whatever. Considering McCain is simply “the other Democrat” in the race, running under a GOP banner, it’s not like it matters anyway.