He asks us to believe that the U.S. bishops issued a statement called «Political
Responsibility» during a U.S. election year that merely rediscovers nineteenth - century German social thought, which
by chance offers a political platform that,
by sheer coincidence, parallels the U.S. Democratic platform program
by program, yet these very bishops are completely immune from influence
by the current political constellation in their headquarters» host city of Washington, D.C. Further, this very professor tells us that the problem with Republicans» the party of Ford, Bush, and Dole» is that they are excessively committed to the «
unfettered free market» and lack «faith in the government's ability to provide» social benefits, a position he claims is completely contrary to the Catholic faith.