It's Good Ruth Is Here To Explain It

In the Washington Post this morning, liberal columnist Ruth Marcus has an article explaining what the pope meant in his various speeches during his trip here.  According to Ruth, the pope was implicitly criticizing Republicans.  Sure, the pope never mentioned either Democrats or Republicans, but Ruth understood that he was actually criticizing the GOP.  The pope mentioned the sanctity of life which could be seen as criticism of the pro-abortion Democrats, but Ruth could tell that he actually meant to be criticizing Republicans.  When the pope talked about helping the needy, something that both parties want but something that they achieve by different means, Ruth "knew" that Pope Francis was actually criticizing the Republicans.  In other words, Ruth heard what she wanted to hear rather than what the pope actually said. 

Wouldn't it be nice if the liberals would listen to others for once rather than to tell them what they actually mean?  Maybe Ruth could learn something?  Okay, that may be too much to hope for.