Considering all Huffpo can talk about is Rubio actually drinking water, I'd say it was a success.

Some may criticize the move to do this in Spanish as well, but on Spanish language radio today it's ALL they were talking about. He had some supporters and some haters, but he was the ENTIRE conversation. He's on the average Spanish speaker's radar in a new way now.

You bring up a good point because it seems simple to an outsider but it is not. The fact that you think the issue boils down to "discovery of voluntary abdication due to old age" is telling.
Trying to understand Catholic Church from the outside is problematic. It is a mystical construct as much if not more than a physical / social one.  It's like trying to understand Buddhism without a being a serious student of it.

Probably not. I believe he is a genius for many reasons. In the post, I articulated the reasons why I think his latest move is genius. Then I clarified by saying that is was possibly not genius, but divine. There's no flippancy. This is my opinion, that's what we do here. We express opinions.

Divinely inspired is probably what it actually was. In fact "brilliant" is probably an insult to what it really was, which is something we probably can't define with our peanut sized brains.

Those are called angels.

But dementia is when the shadowy figures start to hover and claim to speak for the Pope "who can't exactly express himself in his current state."

"When the Holy Father meant to say was........"

That's what scares me, and probably B-XVI

Because of his timing on the issue, the quality of the speech, and the leanings of the state controlled media, the impression people will walk away with is that the borders are under control.

good one. Pee Wee was a fan before any of us.

And the new Pandora almost went out of business once!

Shameless, but here goes:

I'm glad these figures are getting some exposure. O'Reilly lead with it last night and did a great job exposing this scandal. If you missed it:  http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html#/v/2081918892001/aborting-babies-at-taxpayers-expense/?playlist_id=86923

The new Archbishop of S.F., Salvatore Cordileone,  may do just that. Add him to the hat-trick.

It was Hugh Hewitt that addressed our group, not Prager, as I wrote. Regarding your confusion over Catholics. You have every right to be confused.

They use polls to see if the N.F.L. Jumbotron is accurate?  That's no way to predict the next P.O.T.U.S.

As a radio host myself, filling in often on KFI and KABC in L.A.,  I'm also offended by this epithet. Regarding Hispanics, many of my Mexican relatives are on auto pilot for Obama. I was able to persuade my immigrant father in law to vote against Obama in 2008, but that kind of one-to-one marketing isn't very efficient.
The Catholic Church is doing the best work in this area. The good parishes (also the crowded ones) explain to the flock the importance of voting for pro-life candidates ONLY. They don't just do it once either. They've been hammering it home here in So. California to a primarily ethnic audience for months on end, every week, (every day even) over and over and over. They are not resting, I assure you.

This message in my parish is actually preached in Spanish at the daily mass, literally every day. It is said that only 20% of U.S. Catholics practice their faith faithfully but I have to believe the figure is much higher among ethnic minorities who (to a larger extent) recognize the sanctity of personal sacrifice.