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Fox debates whether Obama and Pope Benedict are "teaming up against capitalism"

July 11, 2009 1:13 pm ET

From the July 11 edition of Fox News' Forbes on Fox:

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    • Author by big_O_Other7415 (July 11, 2009 1:40 pm ET)
         
      hmm. Time to ask precisely what their definition of capitalism is. I suspect it's close to the Coe doctrine: power to the powerful, invert Christian emphasis on care for the poor, etc. (See "C" Street, D.C.) The capitalism of the last thirty years is booty capitalism -it lacks the requisite need for restraint the great capitalists like John D Rockefeller practiced. So it's capitalism as every man for himself.
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    • Author by epkklk851 (July 11, 2009 1:41 pm ET)
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      What a collection of hysterical chicken littles! What a ridiculous "debate"! I'm embarassed to say that I listened to this, how embarassed should they be to have held it?
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      • Author by BISHAMON (July 12, 2009 12:52 pm ET)
           
        His onscreen I.D. went by so fast, maybe he was embarrssed, too. I had to pause and replay more than once to catch the name of, it turns out to be ... Forbes publisher himself, Rich Karlsgaard. He is the one who makes the claim that the president and the pope are doing "everything" Hayek warned us against in The Road to Serfdom.

        Everything? Really? Now that is one hell of a claim. And it is completely verifiable, or not.

        (Or maybe we should just trust him based on his amazingly life-like hair?)
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    • Author by pags2 (July 11, 2009 1:56 pm ET)
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      Fox News has struck again in their never ending quest of poor taste.
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    • Author by progressiveright (July 11, 2009 2:29 pm ET)
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      Well Jesus was more of a ristricted capitalist or partial socialist if the right does not believe this they should read the bible very carefully and it says part of the responsability of the comunity (government) is to take care of the underpriveliged.
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      • Author by progressiveright (July 11, 2009 2:31 pm ET)
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        What this means is that the right does not understand the Bible. The right only takes what fits their world view from the Bible. One of the things that the Bible is most against is greed. Greed is what is needed for pure Capitalism. Therefore pur Capitalism is sinful, wrong, and evil.
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        • Author by progressiveright (July 11, 2009 2:33 pm ET)
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          A regulated form of capitalism is needed as well as certain areas being socialized. These include public safety, health care, comerace, postal system, ect.
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    • Author by sdlnkicker4551 (July 11, 2009 3:56 pm ET)
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      It's the "Hate Obama Network", unfair and unbalanced. There is nothing this president can do other than fail, that would make them agree with him on anything.
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (July 11, 2009 7:08 pm ET)
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      Did FOX post those pictures of the Pope with Bill Ayers...that I'm sure must exist? And the Pope is what...European, right? There goes Obama trying to appease those Europeans again. Maybe Obama was negotiating with the Pope for a Vatican takeover of Fiat.
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      • Author by jwcoop715110 (July 11, 2009 9:54 pm ET)
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        Gee, these poor fox schmucks just can't catch a break. Even a nazi pope is lettin' 'em down.

        Bummer.
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        • Author by mescal (July 12, 2009 1:42 am ET)
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          What an awful thing to say, jw.

          Worse yet, I think I may have pulled a rib from laughing.
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        • Author by princeofwheels (July 12, 2009 3:24 am ET)
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          I can hear Hannity now....

          "The Pope is nothing but a community organizer who pals around with terrorists. He meets with Ayres, this Socialist President and world leaders of other countries who are not Great Americans. And, next time you are in Rome, ask this Pope why he hates our troops? Did you ever see him at my sham concerts? Wasn't he in charge of the official Religion in nazi Germany? Was he good friends of the Hilters'? He probably doesn't like anything Conservative? Ask him these questions when you see him."
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    • Author by wolf kotenberg (July 12, 2009 1:02 am ET)
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      The capitalism these people are talking about is the Bush 43 version, deregulated and CEO's spending zillions of dollars on themselves and company jets from france. All under the unbrella " it is your money "
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