Pat Robertson Endorses Giuliani, Pope Backs Hillary by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace
(2007-11-08) Charismatic conservative evangelical television star Pat Robertson yesterday endorsed thrice-married, Roman Catholic, pro-choice, gay rights advocate Rudy Giuliani www.nytimes.com/2007/11/0...tics/07cnd-robertson.html for president www.breitbart.com/article...T000&show_article=1&lst=1. In addition to financial and moral support, Mr. Robertson pledged to pray for the miraculous second coming of Rudys hair.
Not to be outdone, Pope Benedict XVI early today announced his backing of New York Sen. Hillary Clintons White House bid.
The Pope said his endorsement of Sen. Clinton is part of his overall outside-the-box strategy to reach out to Muslims, Jews and pro-choice, gay rights advocates who ride the political coattails of their adulterous husbands.
When I heard that Pat had endorsed Rudy, the Pontiff said, I thought I might employ the same strange-bedfellows tactic to shake up the Democrat race.
The Pope said that he would have come out for Sen. Clinton earlier, but in the political realm the Vatican traditionally observes a dont ask, dont tell policy.
Meanwhile, actress Shirley MacLaine today affirmed her longstanding support of Democrat presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.
I first endorsed Dennis several million years ago, Ms. MacLaine said, when he was a dwarf jungle frog and I was an emerald tree python in the Amazon rain forest.