Limbaugh’s rush to lambast Pope Francis’ statement as “pure Marxism”

Motor-mouth Rush Limbaugh, America’s most popular radio fascist, calls the pontiff’s 50,000-word statement, “pure Marxism,” calling for church reforms, and says he thinks it’s “sad how wrong Pope Francis is,” reports CNN. Well, I think of how wrong and wrecked the prescription-drugged and addled-brain of Limbaugh’s is. I don’t value his intellect or his spiritual leanings.

I always thought his patron saint was William Buckley, whom he called “indescribable” and “irreplaceable.” Not so. W.B. was the arch conservative of post-War II American Politics. As to “irreplaceable,” he has bequeathed us a whole Tea Party of rich white men with funny accents and his right-wing ideology. Perhaps prejudices for non-elites would be a better name for them.

Yet, Limbaugh rushed to sully the airwaves last week, only a day after Francis released the “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”), to take aim at the Pope’s economic views and to chastise him as being “dramatically, embarrassingly, puzzlingly wrong.”

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We’ll skip Limbaugh’s segment as pure screed. “It’s Sad How Wrong Pope Francis is (unless it’s a deliberate mistranslation by leftists),” the talk-show host told his estimated 15 million listeners the Pope’s views are “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.”

Francis, who had worked on behalf of the poor (not the rich) in his native Argentina, has refused some of the traditional luxuries that normally accompany the papal office, including choosing to stay in a Vatican guest house as opposed to the papal palace. In addition, this summer, Francis refused the use of the new Mercedes “Popemobile” in favor of touring the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa in an open-air, 20-year-old Fiat. You gotta love this guy.

I repeat, “He refused the new Mercedes ‘Popemobile’ in favor of touring the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa in an open-air, 20-year old Fiat. Oh my god, the man must be one of Satan’s Evangelicals for wanting a humble little Fiat. Limbaugh doesn’t understand the concept of the great architect, Miss van de Roe, who said “less is more.” Less money, less greed, fewer possessions, less pride, less anger and hatred for the poor and dispossessed.

In “Evangelii,” Francis warns that the “idolatry of money” will lead to a “new tyranny.” And Francis has predicted what already has occurred. Look at the economy, the banks that lost billions of dollars, idolizing money, while struggling taxpayers have to pay off their horrendous debts. Who should we worship? Lloyd Blankfein, Jamie Dimon, Jon Corzine, Mitt Romney, who are the anti-Christs of the dollar, who have taken down the economy, and are sitting on the billions given them to bail them out?

Limbaugh also said trickle-down economics “expresses a crude and naive trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power.” Trickle-down economics represents the above, those wielding financial power, not substantially sharing their wealth but letting it trickle down like the Walton family to their Walmart employees. Also, we have the Koch brothers, and all the billionaires who want to reduce this country to a third world nation, trickling down contributions to causes against the public good.

Liberal Catholics hailed the Pope’s critique, saying church leaders should spend more time protecting the poor and disenfranchised. Purportedly, they are demanding an apology from Limbaugh. As a lapsed Catholic, this is the first time in a long time since someone’s words from the Church’s hierarchy have touched me deeply and resonate with my own view of the world, which is “let people live.” And I too would like to hear an apology from the anti-abortionists, the anti gay-marriage politicians, et al, who would own people’s very souls.

“To call the Holy Father a proponent of ‘pure Marxism’ is both mean-spirited and naive,” said Christopher Hale of the Washington-based Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. “Francis’ critique of unrestrained capitalism is in line with the Church’s social teaching.” Unrestrained capitalism is heartless, using endless war and social upheaval to keep the poor and oppressed that way forever. Money is power, not just the thirty pieces of silver Judas used to sell out the soul of his self-pronounced savior. In this sense, it is fair to call Rush Limbaugh a Judas.

Limbaugh pointed out that he is not a Catholic, but said he “profoundly” admires the faith, and he admired Pope Francis, “up until this.” Who cares if he is or is not a Catholic? He is a documented prescription drug addict, who also admitted in Playboy to smoking marijuana “twice,” inhaling but didn’t like it, like former President Clinton, who didn’t really “have sex with Monica Lewinsky.” Then what were those stains on her dress?

Further, Limbaugh said he has visited the Vatican, “which wouldn’t exist without tons of money” several times. Rush should talk about the tons of money that passes through the Federal Reserve banks, supposedly to reregulate the quantity of U.S. dollars and the interest on them. The Fed, which is not part of the U.S. government, whose job it is to regulate money supply for the Treasury, is an independent banking cartel, also regulating interest, and taking interest on each dollar it issues, using its fractional lending system. They are today’s money usurers, whom Christ in his day chased from the Temple.

Limbaugh further claimed that as far as “Evangelii” is concerned, “somebody has either written this for him or gotten to him. This is just pure ‘Marxism’ coming out of the mouth of the Pope.” It is inconceivable to this idiot that someone could have the heart, the soul, the brain to compose a piece like “Evangelii” (and not in a Popemobile, either). Rush is the classic “Ugly American,” materialistic, exceptionalist, warring all the time, having lost the spirit of freedom, justice, fraternity and equality after the Constitution was written and thrown out.

Limbaugh was also offended by the Pope’s criticism of “the culture of prosperity,” which he called a “mere spectacle” for the poor of the world. What a great phrase for describing the rich, “the culture of prosperity, a “mere spectacle for the poor.” It’s so on the money, so well-observed in our culture of the chic, the landed, the 1 percenters, by a man who lived, worked, and strove with the poor for most of his life. And it’s so unlike this fear-mongering radio windbag who makes millions a year, and lays claim to owning a Maybach 575, an extremely rare sports car.

And no less than Supreme Court Justice Thomas (the worst of the worst) officiated at Rush’s third wedding, though Limbaugh’s currently on his fourth wife, Kathryn Rogers. What are they, collectables like his car?

Rush railed, “This is almost a statement about who should control financial markets.” The Pope is a saint, noting the heartless sons of bitches running the markets now that engineer crashes and bubbles, who steal taxpayers’ money with impunity, and who continue to manipulate world currencies with no conscience as to the dire outcomes.

Limbaugh says of Pope Francis, “He says that the global economy needs government control. I’m not Catholic, but I know enough to know that this would have been unthinkable for a Pope to believe or say just a few years ago.” No, it was possible to have Popes who colluded with the Vatican Bank to launder drug money for the various Mafias. It was possible to have Popes who protected pedophiles and by doing that encouraged pedophilia. It was possible to have Popes who were misogynists, women haters, who were sexual predators to innocent children. It was possible to have Popes who were ex-Nazis, and usurers who made Christ blink on the cross. Yet, Limbaugh was not the only conservative commentator to rail about the Pope’s views on capitalism. He still hasn’t realized the man is a reformer, duh, trying to improve the lot of the suffering.

“I go to church to save my soul,” said Fox News’ Stuart Varney, who is an Episcopalian. “It’s got nothing to do with my vote. Pope Francis has linked the two. He has offered direct criticism of a specific political system. He has characterized negatively that system. I think he wants to influence my politics.”

Since when in recent times haven’t Conservative Christians stuck their noses in every aspect of politics, Mr. Stuart Varney? Henry VIII separated from the Roman Catholic Church and established the Church of England (Anglican; Episcopalian in the US) in order to divorce his wives rather having their heads chopped off, when Rome refused to annul the marriages.

After Henry, Anglicans/Episcopalians adopted the framework of Catholicism but with a more flexible sense of responsibility for human life. You are a fool, Mr. Varney, like your hapless friend and lackey, Rush. Tell him not to rush out and run his mouth any more about the Pope. He is loved by millions around the world for the very simplicity and love he expresses for the common man. He is not the patsy of your deaf idiot.

Jerry Mazza is a freelance writer and life-long resident of New York City. An EBook version of his book of poems “State Of Shock,” on 9/11 and its after effects is now available at Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com. He has also written hundreds of articles on politics and government as Associate Editor of Intrepid Report (formerly Online Journal). Reach him at gvmaz@verizon.net.