Pope’s ‘Liberal’ Views On Capitalism Freaking Out Conservative Catholics In Congress

[Purveyor]

Catholic Republican lawmakers are rattled by Pope Francis, whose recent comments have shaken up assumptions about their church and its relationship to their political party.

While church leaders have for years challenged the Republican Party on some social issues, including the death penalty and immigration, conservatives have generally marginalized their concerns as insignificant or irrelevant.

But the new pontiff has attracted too much attention with his call to focus less on divisive social issues and more on helping the poor and vulnerable.

Pope Francis has drawn sharp criticism from the hugely influential Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives for his remarks on the unrestrained free market and “trickle-down” economics, which he dismissed naïve and unsupported by the facts

Limbaugh branded those statements as “pure Marxism,” but Sarah Palin was less harsh, admitting only that the pope’s statements sounded liberal to her, and her former 2008 running mate offered mixed reviews.

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[FreakinDJ]

1. Affraid of losing their Kick Backs

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2. Limbaugh and his millions of followers are uninformed idiots.

The Pope's criticism of how so many people in the world today pursue money and wealth with very little regard for Christ's instructions to help the poor and the weak is not "Marxism". That's a stupid and absurd claim. These idiots understand neither Marxism nor Christianity.

[Squinch]

3. Heh heh heh.

This "fallen Catholic" likes this pope! And I never like popes!

[Cha]

4. I love how they always say.. "conservatives like blah blah blah.. limbuagh/whomever.."

If by "conservatives" they mean lying hating brainwasher assholes.. then sure, but, it seems like a long ol ass word for fascist dipshits.

[RainDog]

5. Peter King...

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) attended Catholic school as a youngster and graduated from Notre Dame’s law school, said he found the pope’s reference to “trickle-down economic” demeaning and off-putting, but he said the pontiff’s message should be considered in context.

“I genuinely believe … supply-side economics does more to help people come out of poverty, move up in the world … but on the other hand, we shouldn’t be dwelling on wealth,” King said. “The guidance I’d take from this is, when I support conservative economics, I should do it in a way that helps the most people.”

King "genuinely believes" in spite of all evidence to the contrary and in spite of the leader of his own faith's agreement that Reaganomics is a failure, or a lie.

I guess that makes King a heretic. Or an idiot.

Or just another Republican lying his ass off.

[Enthusiast]

7. Supply-side economics is a complete failure.

King is delusional. Like a lot of Republicans.

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6. Still, it's the same old RCC as always. Just a slick, new PR offensive. Distracts from the kid

groping.