Never said that. I said several freepers called him "leader of the free world" and argued that his comments are above our government's. You previously said nobody thought of him that way when he addressed Congress.
>> I don't see a comparison at all between the two addresses to Congress. <<
What differences do you see? The Pope wanted to talk about human dignity and environmental stewartship. Netanyahu wanted to talk about Iran. They chose those topics at the expense of other issues. Neither topic is my cup of tea but I respect their right to bring attention to those issues.
People here are criticizing the Pope for not talking about abortion loudly enough. Abortion is wrong, whether America is doing it or Israel is doing it. Either way its taking an innocent human life. The Pope briefly touched on that, Netanyahu did not. You say the Pope is a "leftist". Netanyahu claims to be a conservative. If anything, freepers should be MORE upset that a "conservative" government official is silent while his people abort themselves out of existance. But nope, after his government passed one of the most liberal abortion policies in the world, he got the rock start treatment here. Not one person lifted a finger to criticize him for his liberal domestic policies. Plenty of people bashed the Pope for his liberal economic and immigration policies.
>> The papacy does have the moral authority......therefore he is telling Americans to move left politically. <<
On some issues he's telling them to move left, on others, he's telling them to move right. If the U.S. government actually integrated Pope Francis' call to protect human life at all stages, they wouldn't be moving left politically.
>> Naturally, on FR we believe leftwing policies are bad for America. <<
Agreed. They're not just bad for America, they're bad the entire world. That includes when Israel adapts far left wing domestic policies under a "conservative" government. Fortunately for him, Netanyahu will never be criticized for his liberal policies the way the Pope is.
But on the Pope you must concede that the leftwing media, and Conservatives are not just hallucinating this, he is in fact on the left on every single position he's liturgically permitted to be on the left on.
The problem with that is that while he does occasionally say things that appeal to traditionalists, he rarely says them, as if he's obligated to say such things as the cost of getting to talk about what he really wants to talk about, which is income inequality and (non-existent) global warming.
He spoke in long stretches on Nancy Pelosi's agenda. So naturally I was not moved by his speech.