Rick Santorum Goes After Obama On Faith: His Agenda Is Based On ‘Phony Theology’
Rick Santorum has used the past week of media focus on social issues to his advantage, by branding himself as the strong, family-values social conservative who stands up for what he believes. This has resulted in Santorum becoming the frontrunner in the GOP race once again, while Newt Gingrich struggles to be heard in the race. While speaking at a Christian conference yesterday, Santorum criticized the president’s moral compass, suggesting his entire agenda was based on a “phony theology.”
Santorum was careful not to attack President Obama‘s religious convictions per se, acknowledging that “there are a lot of different stripes of Christianity” and if Obama “says he’s a Christian, he’s a Christian.” But his political opponents were quick to jump on these comments and criticize Santorum for being so personal.
The Obama campaign said the comments represent “the latest low in a Republican primary campaign that has been fueled by distortions, ugliness, and searing pessimism and negativity.”
During his speech, Santorum also went after Romney for “bail[ing] out the Salt Lake City Olympic Games” in 2002 when he was the president and CEO of the Olympic Organizing Committee. He criticized Romney for asking for an earmark worth millions of dollars from Congress, but the Romney campaign was quick to fire back that Santorum had not exactly been averse to earmarks when he served in the Senate.
h/t Fox News
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