Posted on 02/18/2012 7:42:30 PM PST by tobyhill
Rick Santorum drew applause from Ohio tea party voters - but perhaps raised some eyebrows, too - when he suggested Saturday that President Barack Obama leads based on a theology different from that in the Bible.
It left some wondering whether he was implying that Obama subscribes to a religion other than Christianity.
The comments came at an event in Columbus shortly after the former senator from Pennsylvania said efficacy and safety improvements in oil drilling technology are considered by the president to be "a dangerous technology."
"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," he said.
Obama, he continued, is not motivated by "your quality of life.”
“It's not about your job. It's about some phony ideal, some phony theology,” Santorum said. "Oh, not a theology based on the Bible, a different theology. But no less a theology.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
Listen to them some time ~ to them it's all about their sexual behavior or using narcotics on a regular basis
but when they’re on the same stage with b. hussein and he gives them The Look, they’ll both stutter and fold like a cheap suit.
I can’t believe you said that. Sanotrum mentioned Romnycare and Romney folded like a cheap suit. Romney mentioned that Newt had Fanny/Freddie stock in his investment portfolio and Newt folded like a cheap suit. It seems to me the only one who has NOT folded like a cheap suit is Sanotrum.
Santorum’s not been targeted onstage in a big way yet, but now that he’s leading, it’ll heat up.
BTW, Newt clarified freddie mac but whenever he’s explained anything, he gets talked over, interrupted or cut off by moderators.
I’ll support our nominee, though, because BHO is so dangerous, diabolical and evil.
I think things are occurring on three levels here:
First and foremost, Santorum is calling it like he sees it.
On another level, this is a calculated risk by the Santorum team. They have to know Rick's bold past statements on social issues will come into play sooner or later. By getting it all out there in the primary there's a degree of innoculation. Should Rick win the nomination, by the time the campaign for the general picks up, and Obama tries to make an issue of Rick's religion, the Santorum campaign will be able to state that this is already old news that has been discussed at length, and people want to focus on the real issues facing this country.
Finally, by inviting deep inspection of his own personal beliefs and associations, Rick opens up Obama for the same. We saw some of this in his interview with Charlie Rose, where Rick scolded the press and challenged them to discuss Jeremiah Wright.
Obama is going to try to make religion an issue in the general election campaign (anything to change the issue). He will try to paint a Santorum as intolerant and questioning Obama's faith. With Santorum that question is asked and answered, If Obama professes he is Christian then Santorum as a Christian is bound to believe him.
Mitt has yet to inoculate himself on the issue of his faith.
Thank you! I’m tried of the Rick haters attacking Rick for being strong in his Christian faith. I expect that from the left, but seeing it here is is despicable.
Alright, fair enough.
Actually the liberal Obama-ass kissing US media can make it into a theological battle right now, but things have “media cycles” and there is a certain “viewer fatigue” which sets in—and the marketing people in these outlets who poll viewers know it, they will back off when it gets old had and people start to change the channel, which they will. Since mostly the extremely committed Republicans turn out to vote for the primary and moderates or others tend to sit home’ it may be to Santorum7s advantage at this stage to have social issues also having a good go around, with the support of social conservatives who can organize through churches, organizations and what not. We are not in Mormon territory anymore, either, for that matter, but shifting to big states with Catholic and Evangelical Christian Republican voters. But the Obamaites and media will NOT be able to stretch this “social issue argument” out until November IMHO, a full nine months away, and we also know in large part the economy will not improve by that time and the grassroots will FEEL it despite what the goverment wonks say with the cooked up figures, so Senator Santorum, based on hard work from all of us if he is the nominee which every day it increasingly seems to be the case, should be a shoe in to get over the 270 Electoral Votes needed and make Obongo a one hit wonder. I do believe in the final analysis the general election will be all about The Economy. We will make it that way.
How hard is it here to see that Santorum is saying that Obama is a "true believer" in the "religion" of "green"? It shouldn't be hard at all for the fair observer.
It is a metaphor. It doesn't take a genius to see what he was saying.
I was glad to see Rick on Face the Nation remind voters of Obama’s votes, as state senator, to allow babies born alive, because of an unsuccessful abortion, to be allowed to die.
“..between 2001 and 2003 then-Illinois state Sen. Obama effectively voted
against the state legislature’s (BORN-ALIVE
INFANTS PROTECTION ACT) BAIPA on at least three occasions—once voting “present”
and twice voting “no.”’
http://richardlandlive.com/documents/20080823-obama-on-baipa.pdf
Glad to see someone fighting HARD for the babies.
Let’s help Rick out!
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