Washington media elite cheer Obama's 'clinging to religion' sneer

[SecularMotion]

As the Catholic Church turns this week to electing a new pope, an outsider might be knocking on the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel: Vice President Joe Biden.

President Obama, armed with jokes for Saturday night's Gridiron Club dinner, kidded that Biden has a higher calling. But, the president said at the old-school event featuring skits and humor, the 70-year-old veep might have a handicap--he's too young.

"Even though I'm just beginning my second term, I know that some folks are looking ahead to bigger things. Look, it's no secret that my vice president is still ambitious. But let's face it, his age is an issue. Just the other day, I had to take Joe aside and say, 'Joe, you are way too young to be the pope. You can't do it. You got to mature a little bit.''

At the dinner, the president dinged several of his favorite targets like journalist Bob Woodward and conservative criticism of his remark that they cling to their guns or religion.

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[JoePhilly]

1. The comments section for this article suggest that your source is a right wing

whack job gathering place.

[lunasun]

2. "media elite" in the headline stopped me from reading further

I am sure the comments are whack

[JoePhilly]

3. Every time Obama says anything, the right wing nuts twitch with apoplectic rage.

So when he makes a joke about religion, they really flip out.

I think its great fun to watch them flail about in agony.

[Brainstormy]

4. The guy's funny

No president is my lifetime has had this kind of sense of humor. Even if he doesn't write all these lines, he approves them, and I love it.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

5. Obviously, the writer of the headline does not know what "sneer" means

Or else, like many ideologues, has had his or her sense of humor surgically removed.