There's been 265 Popes over the last 2000 years, all of them are not going to be perfect, sorry. The vast majority of them have not been "blithering idiots". The previous two were quite articulate, actually. If it upsets you so much, you can become Catholic, get promoted to Cardinal, and vote in the next conclave for a Pope more to your liking.
For people who claim to not care what the Pope's opinion is, you guys sure spend a ton of energy talking about him. I don't give a crap about the head of Southern Baptist Convention says, which is why you DON'T see me on threads arguing with his comments.
The head of the SBC doesn’t even head the SBC. All the congregations are autonomous. But if God was choosing someone to be his Vicar, I suspect He’s choose someone who knew the difference between good and evil.