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RUSH LIMBAUGH SCORCHES POPE FRANCIS
WorldNetDaily ^ | 11/27/2013 | KATHY SHAIDLE

Posted on 11/27/2013 7:05:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Radio giant Rush Limbaugh is scorching the leader of the Roman Catholic Church for criticizing unfettered capitalism, saying, “This is just pure Marxism coming out of the mouth of the pope.”

“You know the pope, Pope Francis has issued an official papal proclamation, and it’s sad,” Limbaugh said on his national broadcast Wednesday. “It’s actually unbelievable. It’s sad because this pope makes it very clear he doesn’t know what he’s talking about when it comes to capitalism and socialism and so forth.”

“I’m not Catholic,” Limbaugh added, “but up until this I admired the man.”

In the 84-page document titled “Evangelii Gaudium,” which was released Tuesday, Pope Francis called upon politicians to provide “dignified work, education and health care” to all citizens.

“The commandment ‘Thou shalt not kill’ sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life,” wrote the pope. “Today we also have to say ‘thou shalt not’ to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an economy kills.”

Noting that he had visited the Vatican “numerous times,” Limbaugh observed wryly: “Believe me, it wouldn’t exist without tons of money. Somebody has either written this for [the pope] or gotten to him. This is pure Marxism.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: capitalism; popefrancis; rushlimbaugh; socialists; talkradio
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To: vladimir998

“They’re Commonwealths. I was right.”

Yet you said: “They’re not states” and you were wrong.

It’s a misunderstanding on your part. “Commonwealth” states do not imply socialism, in the context of the statements that are the subject of the thread.

I corrected you, you lashed out inappropriately. You should cheer up, or your mother may send you to bed without any pumpkin pie.


301 posted on 11/28/2013 11:19:38 AM PST by RFEngineer
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To: vladimir998

Thankfully, the US is engaged in Free Enterprise, not capitalism.


302 posted on 11/28/2013 11:31:46 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: RFEngineer

“Yet you said: “They’re not states” and you were wrong.”

Nope. They’re commonwealths. That’s why they are officially called commonwealths.

“It’s a misunderstanding on your part.”

Nope. There is no misunderstanding on my part.

““Commonwealth” states do not imply socialism, in the context of the statements that are the subject of the thread.”

I never said - or even remotely implied - that ‘commonwealth’ implied socialism. Again, you have a very active imagination. Care to make up anything else out of thin air?

I corrected you, you lashed out inappropriately. You should cheer up, or your mother may send you to bed without any pumpkin pie.


303 posted on 11/28/2013 11:36:35 AM PST by vladimir998
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To: vladimir998

Well, I hope you get to sit at the big-boy table tonight. At the rate you’re throwing tantrums, that’s not looking good.

Here from the Commonwealth of Virginia, one of the 50 states in the United States of America - with both a stripe and a star on the flag, I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

I’m glad we had this Civics lesson, and while you are pretending not to have enjoyed it as much as I, I can rest easy that you learned something today.


304 posted on 11/28/2013 11:47:08 AM PST by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer

“Well, I hope you get to sit at the big-boy table tonight. At the rate you’re throwing tantrums, that’s not looking good.”

Wow. You really do have an active imagination. In post after post you just make stuff up out of thin air.

“Here from the Commonwealth of Virginia, one of the 50 states in the United States of America - with both a stripe and a star on the flag, I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.”

I hope your turkey is real and not just a figment of your imagination.

“I’m glad we had this Civics lesson,”

I didn’t mind teaching you. Hopefully it will make up for that public school education.

“...and while you are pretending not to have enjoyed it as much as I, I can rest easy that you learned something today.”

Oh, I did. I learned that some people just make things up out of thin air - as you so ably demonstrated.


305 posted on 11/28/2013 11:59:19 AM PST by vladimir998
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To: C. Edmund Wright
Pure Marxism? Pure turkey!

Learn to discuss ideas and not the character of people who express them.

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."

306 posted on 11/28/2013 12:10:09 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: cuban leaf
I said to myself, “man, oh man, he just lost a LOT of supporters. He is no idiot. The stakes must be very high.”


307 posted on 11/28/2013 12:22:38 PM PST by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: Amendment10
Rush unthinkingly used the term "unfettered" concerning capitalism and I disagree with that extreme.

You unthinkingly accuse Rush of something he never said. Rush quoted the Pope's use of Unfettered Capitalism, then declared that unfettered capitalism does not exist anywhere.

Pick on the one that said it, that would be the Pope, unless of course truth does not advance your agenda.

Nothing is absolutely pure but 99&44/100ths pure is close.

308 posted on 11/28/2013 2:35:26 PM PST by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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309 posted on 11/28/2013 2:36:51 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Gene Eric
I’m not happy with what’s been reported, but initial reports aren’t always reliable.

Period. Just to be honest second and third reports are usually blatant lies.

310 posted on 11/28/2013 3:03:53 PM PST by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: vladimir998
Not all. Impressionism didn’t make Van Gogh

For those that do not understand the Topic, the Isim's I was referring to were of the political nature.

But feel free to divert from the real topic, The Pope is a Commie.

311 posted on 11/28/2013 3:25:20 PM PST by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: Revolting cat!

I always discuss ideas…you are the one who is obsessed with Rush hatred for some reason, and for some reason, has your teeny brain stuck in books and not in reality.


312 posted on 11/28/2013 3:28:15 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: RFEngineer
with both a stripe and a star on the flag,

Have you noticed that those States represented by a stripe are largely in love with Democratic Socialism?

313 posted on 11/28/2013 3:35:30 PM PST by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: Revolting cat!
small minds discuss people."

I guess that explains the dump on Rush you are promulgating.

314 posted on 11/28/2013 3:37:22 PM PST by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: itsahoot; All
You unthinkingly accuse Rush of something he never said.

From post #63 of this thread.

I don't know what Rush said for sure.

Please don't take this personally itsahoot, but I'm out of this thread.

Happy Thanksgiving to everybody who recognizes this holiday.

315 posted on 11/28/2013 3:39:00 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: itsahoot

Wow, so when you’re proven wrong you accuse others of diverting the topic. You made a claim. It was wrong. End of story.


316 posted on 11/28/2013 3:41:09 PM PST by vladimir998
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To: itsahoot

Clever! No, that explains personal attacks on anyone who questions this godlike radio agitator’s bombastic claims, because that’s my concern not the person spouting them. The rabid fans of celebrities cannot discern the difference, oh well.


317 posted on 11/28/2013 3:50:50 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Revolting cat!

Kind of like rabid fans of the Pope.


318 posted on 11/28/2013 3:54:14 PM PST by beandog (All Aboard the Choo Choo Train to Crazy Town)
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To: beandog

Kind of like rabid fans of Eddy von Helen, Jimmy Hendricks, Pat Benatar, and I suppose Chubby Checker.


319 posted on 11/28/2013 3:59:03 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
you are... your teeny brain

Apply for one of those for your vehicle, even if it is a tricycle. It comes in handy. Inability to discuss ideas and resorting to personal insults and attacks is a real handicap.

If I were to say (write) "the sky looks purplish today" the handicapped would be incapable of arguing with the observation or even remarking that the word 'purplish' doesn't appear in the dictionary. No, they would immediately say YOU ARE this or that, YOU DO (or DON'T) such and such, YOUR TINY BRAIN, etc, etc. Anything to define the person saying something about the sky or whatever, and define him as inferior to the definer. Then, they would allege on the basis of nothing, no evidence that my brain is stuck in books, they would amateurishly psychologize and issue ridiculous diagnoses, and they would accuse me of hating their beloved radio personality who spouts bombastic nonsense the godlike Harold Camping.

320 posted on 11/28/2013 4:10:33 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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