Pope Francis and President Obama
The pope’s visit to America may be historical in and of itself, but President Obama put his own signature mark on the occasion, albeit not so grand: He arrived late to the greeting ceremony and forced the faith leader of millions to fly circles in the plane while security scurried.
Hot Air reported Obama and vice president Joe Biden were unable to make the scheduled time to meet Pope Francis at the airport, delaying the pontiff’s landing by several minutes.
This is how the news blog put it: “As the pope stalkers of the world watched his flight path on the Alitalia website, suddenly … the plane started making donuts. Several loops over North Carolina later, the pope is back on his way to D.C. … A source on the ground at Joint Base Andrews said several government officials told him the reason the plane started circling was that Obama and Biden are running late to the greeting ceremony.”
Hot Air’s take of the situation?
“Ooops. Seems like even the bishop of Rome has to adjust his schedule around Beltway traffic,” the blog wrote.
But snarkier, was this: “[Obama] has a lot on his plate right now, like doing nothing while Putin takes over Syria.”
And on the circling of the pope’s plane: “On the one hand, so many extra emissions. On the other hand, let’s keep this in perspective. It’s not like Obama isn’t going to deliver much grander insults to the pope later this week.”
from PropagandaGuard https://propagandaguard.wordpress.com/2015/09/23/obama-running-late-makes-pope-wait/
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