Ok, So the "world's saddest orange" (thank you, J. Stewart) has already done so. Pretty hilarious that Boehner would shoot himself in the foot like that; must have been a good bottle of bourbon that morning.
As an atheist, this visit would actually bother me very little; it's far less offensive than Bibi's war mongering visit. Pope Frank is clearly the best Pope and messenger of liberalism and basic human decency that I have seen in my lifetime.
Let us now imagine how this first ever Congressional Papal address may actually unfold.... beyond the decorative robe embroidery below.
Clearly, Republicans are not the great thinkers of our time. The possibility of this backfiring on them approaches 100%.
Obama should straight-up jack this invite from Boehner. That should get their wheels spinning a bit. We want them nervous. We want them to publicly start questioning that this may not be a good idea [for them]. We want the screech-weaseling to reach epic levels.
Imagine the actual speech: Climate Change, Poverty, Human Rights, the underlying Socialist theme! Probably some santity-of-life, forced-birther rhetoric, but they can't all be winners!
Although, one may not actually get to hear the pope very well as the speech progresses and the cognitive dissonance becomes undeniable as the "Jeebus loves socialism" message ignites the "generous" amygdalae of the RWNJs.
Revel in the conflicted RWNJ who wants to not show up, but it's the POPE! and they gotta pander to the Catholic base.
Marvel at the forced standing ovations the RWNJ must grimace through as he recognizes that the Catholic-Fundamentalist Christian alliance must be maintained! We can't have unlimited wars and and bring about the glorious end times without Catholic votes!
Pitty the poor RWNJ fool who is brave enough to stay seated in defiance of the Pope challenging his screw-the-poor ideology.
Witness the dropping favor-ability ratings from their own districts!
I can see the headline now:
"Pope lectures Republicans on Ethics, Basic Human Decency and the Perils of Wealth Aggregation through Corruption."
"Nancy Pelosi screams as she has to pull a piece of James Inhofe's brain from her hair."
Please Obama, make this happen.