Santorum’s answer is much better. He is absolutely spot-on correct. As usual, Newt obfuscates because he thinks he’s the smartest person in the room. He’s not. I guess Newt has reason to feel uncomfortable with Santorum’s emphasis on values, eh?
"Santorums answer is much better. He is absolutely spot-on correct"
Are you nuts? Let's review:
COOPER: Should voters pay attention to a candidate's religion?
SANTORUM: I think they should pay attention to the candidate's values, what the candidate stands for.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SANTORUM: That's what is at play. And the person's faith --
and you look at that faith and what the faith teaches with respect to morals and values that are reflected in that person's belief structure.
So that's -- those are important things.
I -- I'm a Catholic. Catholic has social teachings. Catholic has teachings as to what's right and what's wrong. And those are legitimate things for voters to look at, to say if you're a faithful Catholic, which I try to be --
fall short all the time, but I try to be
-- and -- and it's a legitimate thing to look at as to what the tenets and teachings of that faith are with respect to how you live your life and -- and how you would govern this country.
With respect to what is the road to salvation, that's a whole different story. That's not applicable to what -- what the role is of being the president or a senator or any other job.
Let summarize:
COOPER: Should voters pay attention to a candidate's religion?
SANTORUM:That's not applicable to what -- what the role is of being the president or a senator or any other job.
32 posted on 10/19/2011 1:22:47 PM PDT by Yosemitest
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