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Santorum: I’m Not Saying Obama Isn’t Christian, I’m Saying He’s A Dangerous Christian

Posted by Ellen -7842.60pc on February 21, 2012 · Flag

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum has come under fire lately for his comments attacking President Obama’s religion. So where else does anyone go in need of some Republican Rehab but the Hannity show? It was the perfect place for Santorum last night. As Sean “I’m not a birther, I just think Obama should produce his birth certificate and get it over with” Hannity insisted Santorum never questioned Obama’s faith (and blamed liberals for even suggesting such a thing), Santorum assured viewers he never questioned whether or not Obama’s a Christian, just what kind of Christian he is.

In his introduction to the lengthy interview, Hannity said, “Some on the left accused presidential candidate Rick Santorum of questioning Barack Obama’s Christian values… Now (Santorum) very openly admits that he accepts the fact that the president is a Christian.”

Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Obama’s faith, but OK. Hannity went on to play a clip of Santorum saying Saturday (2/18/20),

“It doesn’t fit his pattern of trying to drive down consumption, trying to drive up your cost of transportation to accomplish his political-science goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions… It’s not about you… It’s not about your quality of life. It’s not about your jobs. It’s about some phony ideal, some phony theology. Oh, not a theology based on the Bible, a different theology. But no less a theology.”

Merriam Webster defines “theology” as “the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially : the study of God and of God’s relation to the world.”

But to Special Victim Hannity, any accusation that Santorum was questioning Obama’s faith was just so unfair! He sneered that liberals have “ignored the fact” that Santorum was talking about “radical environmentalism” and not religion. “Instead, they’re turning this into a political football,” he whined.

But Hannity was doing some ignoring of his own. Later that same day, Santorum took direct aim at Obama’s faith while asserting at the same time that he wasn’t. As CNN reported,

Santorum told reporters that the message he was trying to convey was that the president merely holds “different moral values.”

“You may want to call it a theology, you may want to call it secular values,” he said. “Whatever you want to call it. . . it is a different set of moral values that they are imposing on people who have a constitutional right to have their own values within the church.”

…Responding to a separate question on whether he disagrees with Obama when the president calls himself a Christian, Santorum said “If the president says he’s a Christian, he’s a Christian.”

It was the same strategy Santorum employed last night:

Santorum railed to Hannity about Obama’s “radical environmental agenda” and complained that he “holds to this higher power” (meaning environmentalism) that nonetheless “obviously has nothing to do with the president’s faith.”

Hannity, doing his part for the cause, said, “Didn’t you on numerous other occasions… say that you believe he’s a Christian? …How many times do you think you’ve said that on the campaign trail and elsewhere?”

Santorum replied, “Just about every time… Look, he went to Rev. Wright’s church for 20 years. You can question what kind of theology Rev. Wright has but it’s a Christian church… He says he’s a Christian… Look, I’m not going to question what the President believes in when it comes to his faith but I am going to question what he’s doing in this country… at the behest of a bunch of radical environmentalists.”

Hannity didn’t utter a peep in objection to such a faith-based attack.


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Anne-claire Souza commented 2012-02-21 19:28:59 -0500 · Flag
Sanitorium keeps getting crazier day after day,out of the 4 wackjobs he is definately the most dangerous.Hopefully it will soon be over for him when the men in the white coats catch up with him.Then it will be time to listen to the newest flavor of the month “Ron Paul”,who is long overdue, something to look forward to.
John Martin commented 2012-02-21 15:46:14 -0500 · Flag
Thanks pRick for letting everyone know why you didn’t get a second term as Senator
Lakeview Greg commented 2012-02-21 14:13:16 -0500 · Flag
Damien from “The Omen” is back and his name seems to be Rick Santorum. sheesh what a maroon.
R L commented 2012-02-21 13:51:02 -0500 · Flag
this is Santorum speaking in code (tongues?), that his “base” wants to hear and eats up.
doors17 commented 2012-02-21 13:15:16 -0500 · Flag
I seriously can’t believe this is part of the debate that the right has conjured up. There’s nothing wrong with disagreeing on issues and solutions you believe would benefit the majority, but to question the strength of someone’s faith is shall we say, nuts. First off let’s not forget our last President was a self-described born again Christian which he gave praise for helping him recover from his drunken stupor days, and we all know how well that turned out. Also there’s this…

U.S. Constitution, Article VI, Paragraph 3:

“no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualificat¬ion to any Office or public Trust under the United States”
Joan Tinsley commented 2012-02-21 10:33:09 -0500 · Flag
I don’t remember progressives ever questioning a political candidate’s religion. Is it something the right does?
truman commented 2012-02-21 09:17:11 -0500 · Flag
Man-on-dog Insanotorum’s hateful “Christianity” would make Jesus weep.
Antoinette commented 2012-02-21 04:30:16 -0500 · Flag
Instead of wearing a sweater vest, Pretty Ricky should be wearing Quaker clothing. This fraud is so out of touch with the world.

He’s weak and timid. He will be laughed out of the Middle East. America can’t afford to have him in the White House.

The GOP is panicking because all of their presidential candidates are weaklings.
Aria Prescott commented 2012-02-21 02:14:33 -0500 · Flag
Like Santorum has room to talk about people who are dangerous with their religion- this is the same man who declared war on Protestants in 2008, because he thinks they’re “not real Christians.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qT9bbadUapo

“We all know that this country was founded on a Judeo-Christian ethic but the Judeo-Christian ethic was a Protestant Judeo-Christian ethic, sure the Catholics had some influence, but this was a Protestant country and the Protestant ethic, mainstream, mainline Protestantism, and of course we look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it.

Whether its sensuality of vanity of the famous in America, they are peacocks on display and they have taken their poor behavior and made it fashionable. The corruption of culture, the corruption of manners, the corruption of decency is now on display whether it’s the NBA or whether it’s a rock concert or whether it’s on a movie set.”

-MEMO TO RICK-

You’re now officially an even bigger embarrassment than Bush was. Please fade away before you somehow find a way to make yourself look even worse.
NewsHounds posted about Santorum: I’m Not Saying Obama Isn’t Christian, I’m Saying He’s A Dangerous Christian on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2012-02-21 01:45:19 -0500
And what better place to make such a play than on Hannity?








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