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46. That's What I Say, Too!

Mon Sep 28, 2015, 11:34 AM

Sep 2015

These folks who think Repuplicans got more than they bargained for when they invited the Pope to speak to their Republican congress, are acting as if the Republicans didn't know what he was going to say about various issues when they invited him. I'll ask this again: does anyone seriously believe that the Republicans invited the Pope to speak to their Republican congress to damage the Republican Party? Does anyone realize this was done, as you have pointed out, for the exact opposite reason: to damage the Democratic Party?

You know, I've already been called a "Pope hater" for saying this, and that's fine. It says more about those calling me names than it does about me, because I don't hate the Pope, and I don't hate Catholics, either. I am simply concerned about this cynical use of religion by the GOP to advance their agenda in three critical ways: abortion, gay marriage, and tearing down the wall of separation of church and state.

To think otherwise is to believe this political event happened in a vacuum. It didn't.

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Right Wing Media Lash Out At Pope Francis During U.S. Visit | Media Matters [View all] Fred Sanders Sep 2015 OP

Notice rightwing hack Bill Donohue and his one-man Catholic "League" are noticeably silent Adenoid_Hynkel Sep 2015 #1

I may be wrong left-of-center2012 Sep 2015 #2

No you are not wrong FreakinDJ Sep 2015 #3

Wrong. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #33

Plenty of far-right-wing Catholics (a la Mel Gibson and his father) out there. nomorenomore08 Sep 2015 #35

Mel Gibson and his father are not Roman Catholics. pnwmom Sep 2015 #42

Still a WASP vs Catholic Nation bucolic_frolic Sep 2015 #4

I Knew It! NonMetro Sep 2015 #5

Reality check: the Dalai Lama not only gave a long speech to Congress, pnwmom Sep 2015 #15

Perhaps That Shouldn't Have Been Done, Either? NonMetro Sep 2015 #25

If you had listened to what he has said on this visit, you would know that Catholic progressives pnwmom Sep 2015 #29

great rebuttal! nt uhnope Sep 2015 #26

What "trouble" has "this led to"? Although the trouble this will bring the GOP and their fascist Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #18

And You Know This Will Bring Trouble To the GOP? NonMetro Sep 2015 #27

He doesn't support the GOP. If that's why they invited him they got a lot more than they bargained for. pnwmom Sep 2015 #28

I Listened To His Entire Speech NonMetro Sep 2015 #45

Agree 100%. n/t ChazII Sep 2015 #47

The entire RW media and the GOP have vocalized their hatred of the Pope as a hoax? Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #31

"How do you know that?" TommyCelt Sep 2015 #41

Yeah, and I really need George Will to tell me . . FairWinds Sep 2015 #6

You mean the "false prophet ...trailing clouds of sanctity?" Hortensis Sep 2015 #9

Preemptive, emptive or post-emptive, the Pope just blew a gaping hole through their entire plan to Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #10

This is a wound that thousands of spiritual leaders across the nation, Hortensis Sep 2015 #11

Not only that bucolic_frolic Sep 2015 #16

If the pre-response is any indicator, the post response will be even more vicious and eye-opening Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #17

..."millennia of distilled human wisdom to morally guide decisions..." Hortensis Sep 2015 #44

And we the American people can never trust a religious right individual. They survive in lies. rladdi Sep 2015 #7

Well said. And also pointed out by the Pope that Christians do not behave like the GOP does. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #8

Huckabee is almost literally a snake oil salesman. He may well Hortensis Sep 2015 #12

And centrist Democrats overlook his insults to LGBT families in a way that demonstrates their own Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #13

That's What I Say, Too! NonMetro Sep 2015 #46

Did we expect anything different from the animal farm ? Cockroaches and Swine can never be any geretogo Sep 2015 #14

This, I believe, is creating a huge dilemma for the right rpannier Sep 2015 #19

I have to confess I have little understanding of the Protestant and Catholic schism, or how it Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #22

Here's the bottom line: pnwmom Sep 2015 #30

"the rule of God is the enemy of the rule of law" JDPriestly Sep 2015 #34

I think I can give a best answer by rephrasing. "The rule of law is the enemy of the rule of God". Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #37

Thanks. Good explanation. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #39

I Tuned in KBRITE... WiffenPoof Sep 2015 #20

You know all of those kids who used to get poor marks in Skidmore Sep 2015 #21

A good analogy are the Religion controlled public school systems of Saudi Arabia, and we know how Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #23

When the mighty right chapdrum Sep 2015 #24

Just proves that all rightwingers go to Hell nikto Sep 2015 #32

Conservative media attacking the Pope? It's like a dream come true! nomorenomore08 Sep 2015 #36

Media Matters Cited 7 People, Most Not Widely Known? NonMetro Sep 2015 #38

They are widely known among teabaggers. Not surprisingly, they don't have high profiles here. n/t pnwmom Sep 2015 #40

THe Pope took a huge steaming DUMP on Ferd Berfel Sep 2015 #43