Rick Santorum Clarifies Remarks on Obama’s “Phony Theology”; Says He Wasn’t Questioning His “Faith” (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, February 19, 2012, 9:30 PM
Rick Santorum on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” today where he was asked what he meant about his remarks yesterday that described Barack Obama’s agenda as being driven by a “phony theology – not a theology based on the Bible.”
Rick said he wasn’t questioning his faith.
Really?
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Published May 23, 2012 at 11:51 pm - 52 Comments
Aaron Z. commented:
Even though it’s early days and there’s no need to panic (yet), I’m shocked at how every single Republican candidate has made unforced error after unforced error, making it that much more likely that Obama will be reelected.
The GOP needs to be hitting Obama on the economy, on his unconstitutional power grabs, on the fact that USDA inspectors are now confiscating the lunches of kindergarteners, on his crony capitalism, on his utterly corrupt Department Justice, etc.
This election was a gimmie, but the GOP is living up to its reputation as the Stupid Party. Santorum is now–because of his own statements–being forced to spend all his time clarifying his social views. When you’re clarifying, you’re losing.
aprilnovember811 commented:
I question his faith. Why is it, we’re supposed to believe everything this man says, and see nothing he does? He is not a Christian. Rick Santorum made himself appear weak with this. Does he really think the acts of Obama show Christianity? For heavens sake people, forget about what this lying demon says, look at what he does. He’s a Christian like Ted Bundy was a gentleman. I’m getting sick and tired of having these lies shoved down my throat. I’m supposed to see nothing, but believe what I’m being told? I have the God given ability to reason.
I’m also being told he’s saved and created millions of jobs, he’s lowered the debt, and it’s all Bush’s fault. I’m a thinking human being. I’m not going to watch my church be assaulted and than be asked to swallow that this liar is a Christian. I’m not going to take this anymore. It’s adding insult on top of injury. Will anyone call him what he is, a pathological LIAR!
Here’s the Christian.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28
“A lie told often enough becomes the truth.” ~Lenin
I’ll trust that God gave me the ability to think for myself. HE’S A MUSLIM! He would have got elected with that, so he is a convenient Christian. He says this to mock Christianity.
aprilnovember811 commented:
If he was smart, he would have told them to ask Obama. He should have also said, that Christians don’t go to churches where their so called Pastor, Priest, Minister, etc. is screaming “God damn America.” Now I’m to believe that’s Christian. Yes, believe everything the lying sociopath says, your eyes are lying to you.
Patty commented:
Santorum is doing what he does best, fighting the good fight and just the right moment in history.
http://www.foramerica.org/2012/02/37-conservative-leaders-open-united-fron-to-battle-obama-hhs-regulations/
45 conservative leaders open united battle Obama HHS regulations.
So, Santorum see an in and takes it, happily. Good for him and now the war is on, one of Obama’s choosing and what a BAD choice he has made.
Santorum has time to talk about his future for American and he has express quite a bit but this time with many thanks to Obama there is a fight and conservatives are standing together. No clarification here. And Santorum should not fail to pressure.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Rich Santorum needs to toughen up. I’ll stick with Newt.
Patty commented:
fall to the pressure.
Not fail
Correction
#4
Patty commented:
Do you remember Reagan having to explain himself. Wow, this nation is a land of opinions and more laws.
Start having Obama explain himself and have Hannity ask the Questions.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Here’s what Christians do, give rise to the Muslim Brotherhood. Yes, he’s a good Christian boy. I bet Obama was even an Altar boy at one time in his past, right?
THE IGNATIUS LIE ON OBAMA’S “BIG GAMBLE ON THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD” “COSMIC WAGER” INDEED
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/
The guy prays daily with this guy, Rashad Hussain. He’s tied to the Muslim Brotherhood and he’s in our White House. Good grief. Like Hitler said, “How nice for governments that people don’t think.” I do think.
Muslim Brotherhood In Our White House – Vetting Obama
http://www.trevorloudon.com/2011/08/muslim-brotherhood-in-our-white-house-–-vetting-obama/
Adi commented:
Insert :facepalm: smiley.
This campaign is a joke!
It is not about real issues (such as numbers and statistics) but rather anal-yzing each others grammar!
The US economy is bleeding out percentages of it every year, but those guys are busy anal-yzing each others sentences because they are not PC-acceptable enough.
Robert commented:
These are not the issues that will determine the outcome of the election. Those issues are unemployment skyrocketing energy costs, and Obama policies regarding those issues.
Santorum is playing a fool, talking about issues that are important to us, but fringe for the vast majority of the electorate. As long as Santorun is defending accusation and innuendoes regarding social issues from the liberal press, Obama is NOT having to defend his horrendous economic record.
If anything, Santorum should have defended his original remarks instead of walking them back. Instead, now he has adopted the wishy-washy stance of the previous loser, McCain, who would not even mention Barack Hussein Obama by his full name.
Robert commented:
Correction:
… unemployment AND skyrocketing energy costs …
The Elector of Saxony commented:
Look, gasoline is likely to be 5$ a gallon by November, and we may really have a chance to win this thing. If Obama is talking about more freebies to the 99% and soaking the rich, corporate bankster 1%-ers and our guy is talking about condoms, we will lose the Presidency, the House, and we’ll be an insignificant minority in the Senate, unable to sustain a filibuster. Can you imagine? Obama could then just increase the number of the Supreme Court justices to 20 and appoint the Harvard Law faculty to the Court. We couldn’t stop him. Hey, but Santorum will have fought the good fight to stop married women from using birth control. (That’s the charge that will stick to him when the media gets through) Oh how the security Moms will flock back to Obama so that Scary Santorum doesn’t take away their IUD. It’ll be an exact flip of the Reagan landslides.
Adi commented:
“It is the numbers, stupid!”
Patty commented:
In recent days Obama and HHS think that they can mandate contraception to the Catholic church. Unconstitutional.
Obama has taken his beliefs and mandate a law to the Catholic Church. I realize economy and gas prices and housing market and XL pipeline and health care, borders.
But Obama has broken our Constitution. I have been surprise no reaction from more leaders. I posted above 45 including Rush and Breitbart above.
We live in dangerous times but this is A PRESIDENT GOING AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION.
Now, moral values matter to me and without morality and character we will have another Obama. Our choices are clear, one of candidates on the right or Obama.
Santorum is well aware of our problems but the Media has made this an issue for pundits on the left and right to talk about.
Gees Louis, people.
Patty commented:
Seems we aren’t allowed to Question someone’s FAITH. Many did with Romney, Crickets with Obama.
There are a few factors that we seem to be forgetting, 20 Years in a Racially radical Church. Promoting hatred for the White Government and GD America.
Wright had some thing hateful towards all nationalities accept for the Blacks.
We are now questioning a man with morals because he is speaking about Obama? Not many morals there while listening to the hate of Rev. Wright.
Christian commented:
What a bunch of pathetic nonsense from people who don’t realize that, unless you’re Catholic like Santorum, he considers you to be under the control of Satan. As for rev. Wright, unless you understand liberation theology and the black church history and experience, please shut up, you’re making fools out of yourselves. Its loonies like y’all that drive any sane nominee from the race so that you’re left with loonies, liars, and complete morons. Obama thanks you for handing him the 2012 election.
donh commented:
I thought Santorum answered well. Shifty Sheaffer was asking questions in a tone designed to set Rick up as a religious extremist , and Rick managed to put Sheaffer on the defensive with the stillborn baby remark.
Joanne commented:
Obama says he is a Christian – liar, liar. Obama is a muslim; everyone should question Obama’s lies.
dnb commented:
Christian, so it’s your opinion that all Catholics (or just Rick Santorum) believe that anyone who isn’t Catholic is under the control of Satan? Just where are you getting your information about Catholics?
Lord Sandwich commented:
*16- Yep Christian . Only loonies in the 2012 -that includes Obama & Biden.
Own it -you said it.
Mireya Browning commented:
I agree with what he had to say about education. I home school my kid because our local schools are a mess and I don’t want her to grow up to be a moron.
henrick commented:
Why walk it back, Ricky? I’d have more respect for Santorum if he lit into the racist, hate-mongering Black Liberation Theology mumbojumbo Barry subjected his children to at Trinity United, and the fact that Wright was his self-described “mentor” and “sounding board”. Yeah, Barry’s a real “Christian”.
Redwine commented:
Santorum answered smartly. He said he didn’t question Comrade Barry Hussein’s faith. In deed – he didn’t question the SCOAMF’s faith in his phony theology.
decentAmerican commented:
once again, another Hussein apologist….say something negative about him, and then apologize for it later. Just like when Joe Wilson made the historic and wonderful “you lie” comment, and then apologized.
WHY APOLOGIZE? Can we ever have someone who says what everyone thinks about Hussein, and stick to it?
you all know as well as I do that the ONLY one capable of that is Palin. She is the ONLY one with courage. the rest of these morons, Santorum, Romney, Boehner, even Newt…all are just alittle afraid. Who has the courage to lead this country? It’s the woman who has the testicles.
jorgen commented:
Obama’s faith is “God damn America.” I don’t question that.
Right Wing Conservative commented:
Good job Ricky ol’ boy, wishy washy again, grow a pair would ya or are you saving that for the little people. You know if this was an average every day Joe that you would have held firm to your statement and turned the questions back on the “Face the Nation” reporter, whoever that is, I don’t watch CBS, questioning issues pertaining to the christian faith. As a matter of fact you would have come straight out and told that a$$ himself that he was not a Christian if he wasn’t in such power. No you’re a clone politician first and foremost, and you’ll keep caving just to stay in with your ilk for fear of making them mad.
We don’t need another clone politician, we need someone who will stand with the U.S.A. and her citizens. We need someone who will push forward with our constitution as his or her right hand man and point out every amendment that has been broken and how it has hurt this once great country.
Oh and btw, there should be a new form of terrorism added to the D.H.S. called economic terrorism which would list anyone causing harm to our economy and on the top of that list should be Mr. and Mrs. Obama.
Opus#6@AmericanPerspective commented:
Obama has said, “my Muslim faith” in the past. It is not for us to question his faith.
1RedBeard commented:
Obama’s faith, as is the case with most extreme narcissists, is in himself as his own deity. And therein lies the hugely insidious problem with the man’s morality (lack thereof).
squeaky commented:
it may depend on just what the black liberation philosophy is. what is the core belief being preached and what is hype. sometimes it isn’t totally what some preachers preach but what some members of the flock read into it. some can’t differentiate between the literal and the figurative. if your faith has you revisiting the past to incite rather than learn………
http://www.keywiki.org/index.php/James_Cone
Travis commented:
God save us from Rick Santorum and his whiny, ignorant, preachy statements. Mr 18% (the percentage he lost by in his last race) will be a disaster.
More Liberty commented:
Santorum is an idiot and a big government statist. I don’t care about his rhetoric – look at this morons voting record.
Patty commented:
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/santorum-leads-republican-field-texas/
Santorum is crushing GOP hopefuls in Texas
Marco commented:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/election/1003
Obama: America Not a Christian Nation
President Barack Obama stated at a press conference in Turkey last week that we Americans “do not consider ourselves a Christian nation, or a Muslim nation, but rather, a nation of citizens who are, uh, bound by a set of values.”
Santorum: Be brave and God will love you
lizzy84 commented:
Santorum is exactly right in the point he’s making about oBama’s utterly “phony theology” and he shouldn’t back down. I loathe the way oBama cynically extracts bits and pieces of God’s Word from a faith he otherwise discards. Unlike other politicians, he conveniently places himself in the place of the Lord, misquoting and misusing language from the Bible to justify the gargantuan growth of an all controlling State that if not stopped, will overwhelm religion allowing him with God forbid,4 more years, to complete the promise he made to fundamentally transform America.
How else to explain this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2pZSvq9bto
DavidC commented:
Santorum’s proposition that mandatory coverage of pre-natal care is part of a plan to promote abortions of disabled children takes him into the realm of paranoiac conspiracy theory.
Joanne commented:
No Christian would promote and fund abortions world-wide. Obama is no Christian.
Sparky commented:
Santorum is so in over his head. It is the economy and jobs, stupid.
Nobody cares what Obama’s faith is and how he governs.
As I keep saying, Santorum chases every rabbit in the room and cannot keep his head on topic.
Sanotum is a blessing for the Left!
Ausonius commented:
Vote for a failed Newt candidacy=strengthening Mitt.
Newt is finnished as a viable candidate. Ask yourself if you would rather have Mitt or Rick.
It seems clear that Newt’s Vegas connection is throwing several million more at his super pac in order to keep the conservative vote split, which benefits Mitt. One has to wonder if Newt’s revenge isn’t ensuring a Mitt win. The longer Newt stays in while gaining no traction, the more one can wonder about his motives.
As to the Paul supporters, do you wonder why Ron seems to primarily go after the not-Romney?
Skinner commented:
Once our nominee is set we shall see Obama’s record laid out in full and he shall be hammered by the Republican campaign non-stop to defend it.
This flailing around by pundits and bloggers and commentators is just a symptom of not having a nominee in place.
This flip flop of Santorum’s just moves Romney further into the lead.
Why anyone thinks Rick has a chance in hell to raise money to fight Obama just reminds me of how Obama got elected in the first place.
Steve-Oldlineconservative.com commented:
Obama belongs to a church but not to Christ. His policies prove that assertion.
My years in Christian service have shown me that some people sink so low that they are not above trying to use the name of Christ for personal gain.
Obama’s religious affiliation with a church in Chicago was politically motivated. Black politicians know that they must belong to some church.
Questionman commented:
@Joanne, shut the hell up, you bigoted b#tch!
Put a sock in it, you bigoted tool! Who gives any of you the right to decide who is a Christian and who is not. Just because you know nothing about the Book of Mormon or what is is about. It wasn’t meant to replace the Bible but to stand beside it. The hardest thing I find about trying to be a good Christian, is knowing I want to tell you all what low life ignorant fools you are to think that what is in the Bible are the only scriptures that were written. The Vatican knows how many more there were and they are not the Bible or Book of Mormon either. Do you really think that while Jesus was here that the few little actual words that are in the Bible, is all that he ever said? I think not. So , I will keep my anger and swear words in control and try to remember to pray for your ignorance to be forgiven by Heavenly Father, because you obviously don’t know a Christian when you see one. May you be forgiven for your hateful words also.
You don’t speak for everyone, especially writing BS like that! dumb as a bag of hammers, can only give BS little one-liners, and is the darling of the extreme right because you are “a Christian”, when in fact, you is hateful, bigoted, and self-gratifying. attacking me for supporting the founding fathers dream of freedom of religion.
How very unChristian of Santorum to question the values of anyone else’s belief system. Just another example of religious bigotry and extreme fanaticism at work.
Obama is not a Muslim but what he said is right, cos Obama grow among muslims since teenage, but the American never know what Islam is, what they knew only from media propaganda and it’s so intens for decades.
Keep defending your fellow bigot!
LaInfidel commented:
Obama a Christian? Anyone that believes this has a serious mental defect. Look at his actions since childhood. It is all in front of your face. Obama is a muslim and has done everything he can to support islam. If Santorum is going to make this an issue in the 2012 election he better be ready to stand his ground and not back down to when confronted by the muslim apologist media.