Sneak peek at the pope jokes from Argus' Thursday column

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Here's a preview of Argus Hamilton's Thursday column:

The College of Cardinals elected a seventy-eight-year-old German cardinal to be the new pope Tuesday. The Vatican admitted the new pope was a member of the Hitler Youth when he was a boy. In any other profession, Hitler Youth on your resume would end the job interview.

The Vatican launched into damage control about the pope's past Tuesday. They insisted he was coerced into the Hitler Youth and forced to fight for the Third Reich. On the bright side, it was the first peaceful day Tom DeLay has had in months.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI Tuesday. Until this week he ran the doctrinal office that dated back to the Inquisition. Conservatives were so satified with the choice that the puff of white smoke may have been Mel Gibson having a cigarette afterwards.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger last year angered Protestants by calling all other Christian faiths deficient. It was so reckless. Statements like that could cost Notre Dame three touchdowns and a quarterback the next time they play Southern Methodist.

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