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Francis had such a talent for demagoguery. Leo in contrast is calm and measured while being articulate, much like Benedict.

I originally thought it was Francis in Argentina somewhere.

It's rather garish and fibreglass. If I had to guess, I'd say Leo would be rather aghast. We do have plenty of statues of living people in Australia, mostly athletes and politicians. Sports types are usually depicted doing whatever they did in the arena - kicking a football etc

Good heavens, I'd rather give a couple of ferrets than self serving bios.

I'm sure the psych tests will whittle them down.

Those who are arrested, charged and subject to a fair trial.

I love it when a plan comes together.

I can understand a certain sang froid among GOP based on polling failures in 16 and 24. But did senior politicos really think they would hold the House? GOP already had razor thin majority and in recent times only 2002 midterms favoured party in the WH (post 911 but pre Iraq).

I was thinking more of Wolsey, Ss Thomas More and John Fisher, Askew, Cromwell, Pole and the Earl of Surrey. Not all employees or beheaded, but certainly intimates or trusted aides who fell out of favour.

You can easily be convicted on the evidence of witnesses in the box. It's the jury's job to judge the facts. It's not an episode of CSI.

It's not that they have all been found guilty of something by a properly constituted Court of law.

Working for Trump is like working for Henry VIII: sooner or later it's your turn to be beheaded.

Lewis would be the last man to use the absurdity of BCE. Gee I wonder what is common to the common era?

A pharmacist sold abortion pills every day to a 10 year old? Ridiculous

Ossoff's problem is he will be only 40 at the 28 election. Not necessarily a prohibitive factor, but it would make him the youngest ever. Maybe after Biden and Trump a younger man will appeal. Gov Shapiro will be 54 and De Santis 50 which I think are more in the right range.

... the Presidency as the man who saved MAGA and the nation by reluctantly doing what needed to be done because there is so much at stake. But I suspect that like Kamala, Vance will bottle it.

The only way Trump would make way is if Vance invoked the 25th amendment: the VP and half the Cabinet declare the President unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. A convoluted process follows but ultimately Congress decides. Vance would then assume ...1/2

Regardless of their politics, I would think Churchill, Maggie, Blair and Boris would be the only ones who could have a real conversation.

I didn't know you were such a warmonger! Vance is Catholic, not Evangelical. But ultimately he's a shapeshifter. He would go wherever the wind blows. And Ron de Santis, not Rod.

Chris Langham.