Pope Francis sounds too much like Obama to be honored by Congress, Republican says

[doxydad]

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UPDATED 7-30-10:00


A bipartisan congressional resolution that would honor Pope Francis before his potential appearance in Philadelphia next year may not be acted upon because of Republican worries that the pontiff is perceived as being “too liberal,” The Hill reports.

House Resolution 440 aims to “congratulate Pope Francis on his election and recognize his inspirational statements and actions,” but according to one Republican backer of the legislation, the resolution is dead because Pope Francis is “sounding like Obama. [The pope] talks about equality — he actually used the term ‘trickle-down economics,’ which is politically charged.”

Republicans are upset because of comments the Pope made concerning the free market. Last November, for example, Francis published his Evangelii Gandium, in which he noted that “[a]s long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation and by attacking the structural causes of inequality, no solution will be found for the world’s problems or, for that matter, to any problems.”

He also specifically attacked President Ronald Reagan’s signature economic policy, “trickle-down theory,” writing that “[s]ome people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naive trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system.”


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/30/pope-francis-sounds-too-much-like-obama-to-be-honored-by-congress-republican-says/

[bigtree]

1. ha!

. . . what a creep.

Equality . . . bah!

[Bluenorthwest]

7. And yet the Pope is opposed to my equality and he's being supported in that right here today

He says fighting LGBT equality is 'God's war, which we must fight'. That is he says 'equality...bah!'
He says gay families are an attack on God's plan which comes from 'the Father of Lies'. What a great guy!

[bigtree]

12. good point

. . . I'm certain, though, that this republican has even less recognition of those rights than the Pope.

[Xyzse]

2. Holier than Thou f-wads... Directed at those Republicans.

Urgh.
They really are disgusting.

[Marrah_G]

3. ~facepalm~

Do they think he is going to cry? My take on this Pope is that he will wear any snub from the GOP as a badge of honor.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. Of course, the Pope agrees with almost all of the Republican platform, they both oppose choice,

access to reproductive care, equality for LGBT people in any form, they both think religious groups should be both funded by the government and allowed to discriminate against others at will.

[NCTraveler]

9. This is why I have reserved many of my comments with respect to this Pope.

Some of the very positive threads about this Pope and his message are simply about a speech here and a speech there. I tend to agree with and appreciate some of the more recent populist rhetoric coming out of his mouth and believe it is a move in the right direction. But they are just speeches. A single point in time. It does not tell the whole story and I can't jump up and down over some populist rhetoric from a leader so full of hate. A leader who promotes hate against women, men, and children in every corner of the world.

[Marrah_G]

16. I am a big critic of the pope and church

I just think with his personality and the repukes stance on big business....he won't care what they say.

[Kber]

4. The GOP is obviously running a contest to see who can alienate the greatest number of Latino

Voters the most quickly.

Demonizing child refugees loosing its punch? Let's try pissing on the Pope.

[RadicalGeek]

5. Obviously The GOP Had Forgotten

That whole "No man can serve two masters. . " think.

[KamaAina]

8. I guess an Argentine accent sounds a lot like a Kenyan one. Who knew?

[lpbk2713]

10. This is what always makes me LMFAO

They never seem to mind how absurd they make themselves look.
They just go right ahead and embarrass themselves anyway.

[raouldukelives]

11. "That guy is too much like Jesus!"

On the plus side, glad to hear so many of them are renouncing Catholicism. If not in name, at least in spirit.

[PeaceNikki]

13. "Too liberal?!!!?" Pffffffffffffffffffffffttt

He shouldn't be 'honored' by Congress at all due to the RCC's continued participation in thwarting reproductive freedom and marriage equality.

[WillyT]

14. LOL !!! - K & R !!!

[Rex]

15. Fuck all Republicans. They are a pox on humanity.

They have no morals or ethical code.