Wow. The Arcbishop of Rio de Janeiro is a major league asshole.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

He took the time to say the following things about Lula in an interview:

"He and the Holy Spirit don't get along very well."

"He has attitudes that are not logical in our faith. What's that with the gays? (Lula favors antidiscrimination bills)"

"He's not a catholic, he's a chaotic."

Lula answers: "I don't need to prove every day that I believe in God or that I'm a Catholic."

[KlatooBNikto]

1. Like Chavez and Kirchner,Lula believes in doing the right thing by

"the least among us" a statement this Archbishop may have heard about.
So long as Lula's opposition comes from the likes of this guy and people like Rumsfeld, Bush and Cheney, I am optimistic his people will continue to elect him over and over again.

On Edit: Did he say Lula was chaotic? He may want to ask his buddy Rumsfeld why things are chaotic.Rumsfeld says "Democracy is messy" as in Iraq.The difference, my dear Arch,is that Lula practices real democracy as opposed to Rumsfeld.

[mutus_frutex]

2. Well, they are probably scared shitless of the communist hordes..

:-)

That was the line for most of the RCC in latin america during the 60s and 70s.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. You should see what some Brazilian RW loons are writing.

We're talking Coulter level here. :scared:

[mutus_frutex]

4. I'm from Uruguay..

I know the drill... :-)

I haven't read the papers from back home lately, but I bet we are having a lot of the same...

This goons still live in the Cold War and think they can push people with the red scare. But they don't realize that they are dealing with a younger generation. Otherwise all this left wing victories across south america would be impossible (the older people back home STILL think they reds are gonna come and rape their daughters..)

Saude..

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. By the result of the recent presidential election there...

...they must be working overtime.

[mutus_frutex]

8. Yeah.. If you want to get an idea, read the editorials from this newspaper

http://www.elpais.com.uy/05/04/08/predit_146825.asp

It's a right of center (how much to the right fluctuates a bit) very catholic paper. (Which is rather stupid since the country is mostly secular and leans to the left.. :-)

Cheers..

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. Increasing education budget??? How DARE they???

And hiring public employees? That's STALINISM!!!! :crazy: </sarcasm>

[Swamp Rat]

5. Fela da puta o arcebispo!

Eu apoio Lula!

[BurtWorm]

7. Priests should stop pretending to know what god thinks.

What frickin' arrogance to claim to speak for God's politics.