Tyrannical sentimentality is the most obstreperous emotion I know -- the asserted regret, the enforced sorrow, the refused communication, the rejection of ideas because they sit not well with the broken heartedness of sentiment made large for melodrama's spitworthy sake.

But in human tradition we have a tradition to speak no evil of the dead and maintain a modicum of respect during their period of mourning. Perhaps airing the worst side of someone should occur in a different moment and thread than their fresh obituary.

That said, I have to love Jon Stewart who calls bullshit when bullshit is -- in this case the ghoulish bullshit of Republicans who try to create a PR image of the President aligned with the Pope when they were in fact on opposite sides of so many critical issues. For the laugh of the day, watch Jon Stewart tear a strip off them at http://movies.ziaspace.com/Pope_TV_Stewart.wmv.

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