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Michael Steele And David Corn Get In A Shouting Match Over Santorum’s Satan Comments

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On Wednesday’s Hardball Former RNC Chief Michael Steele and Mother Jones’s David Corn got into a heated “donnybrook” — in Chris Matthew’s words– over Republican hopeful Rick Santorum‘s remarks that “Satan has his sights on the United States of America.”

RELATED: Exclusive Interview: Former RNC Chair Michael Steele On Leaning Forward At MSNBC

Corn took umbrage over the former Pennsylvania senator injecting religion into politics.

“You can disagree with him all day long,” Steele opined. “I give anyone props who is willing to go out there in the context of running for office to put that — put their faith alongside of that effort…”

“But if you put your faith out there, you open yourself up to scrutiny,” Corn interjected.

“No! David, you can criticize me on my policies, you can’t criticize me on my faith because that is something that is core to what i believe!” Steele fumed.

“If you’re talking about running for office you can,” Corn countered.

“David, let me make my point. Iam not going to criticize you on your faith no matter what you say!”

“Im not running for president!” Corn exclaimed.

Later on in the segment, Steele specified what he had a problem with in Corn’s evaluation of Santorum.

“The problem I have with Corn is that Corn is sitting in judgment of his faith values and saying that well therefore I get to scrutinize and say whether it’s right or wrong.”

“No, no, no!” I’m not saying right or wrong,” Corn argued.

“You are!” boomed Steele. “You’re sitting in judgment of it!”

i am saying you can evaluate them.

“Let me referee,” host Chris Matthews chimed in. “Are you questioning Rick Santorum’s right to his religious beliefs?”

“Not at all,” Corn replied.

“What are you questioning?” Matthews pressed.

“The impact on his policy view of the world and his…” Corn began.

“Where? where?” Steele repeatedly asked.

“If he says Protestant Churches are controlled by Satan that seems to me to indicate he has a certain view of protestants…” Corn responded.

“What policy, david, are you specifically addressing that to?” Steele questioned.

“How can you — how can you be president of the entire nation if you believe part of them are part of Satan…?”

Corn went on to express that Santorum can say whatever he believes but he then can be judged for saying it.

“Let me ask you this,” fired back Steele. “How do you then resolve Barack Obama sitting in Reverend Wright’s church for 20 years and hearing Black Liberation Theology and how he has applied that to his policies? How does he justify that?”

“Has Barack Obama espoused these views?” Corn asked.

“You see it in the policies!” Steele argued.

Watch the heated segment below via MSNBC:

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  • Anonymous

    Michael Steele knows that Santorum really step off the deep end when he started to criticize protestants

  • Anonymous

    Using Wright as a debating prop is incredibly lazy. Steele should know better than this.

  • Anonymous

     

    “And that they may come to their senses and escape the
    snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.” 2
    Timothy 2:26 (LIBERALS/DEMOCRATS)

    “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the
    devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” 1
    Peter 5:8 (RINOS) chris christie.

    “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was, convincing man he doesn’t exist.”

  • Anonymous

    Rev Wright is like flypaper to Brick OBAMO; can’t rid himself of it. Serves him right for ‘clinging to Wright’s religion.’ Lefties want to co-mingle religion & policies, then Brick OBAMO deserves to be co-mingled as well. Every utterance out of OBAMO’s mouth is ‘G-D America’ said semi-politely.

    It is nice to see this OBAMO regime get hoisted by its own petard. Even the anguished-looking Carney can’t wish this mess away.

  • Anonymous

    All 3 people who were watching this show turned it off after listening to this.

  • Anonymous

    Please. We are only just now figuring out who Obama is.

    He just got vetted two days ago….FINALLY!

    http://obamasgarden.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/answers/

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sterling-Hallbrook/100001761276049 Sterling Hallbrook

    Hey, look what I found in my poop! CORN!

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Santorum is a religious extremist, not fit to become President!!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/P57HTZMTZYT4B6RU2ILARIKBOA Robert

    Liberals don’t like the focus on Satan because it exposes them as the ones doing his work here on earth. 

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3OA26727ETTMIYNGY6JAQBQW3Q JonS

    Yeah..baracko claiming that jesus supports him taxing the rich isnot injecting religion into politics…you libs are a joke. Are you really this dishonest..or you just this stupid?

  • BooBoo Bear

     Do you mean ●Caring for the Elderly ●Caring for the Sick ●Helping the Poor.
    Those are the works of Satan to you???  Read the New Testament why don’t you.

  • Katechon Phosphene

    Goodbye Republicans. ‘Conservatism’ doesn’t exist as a relevant term anymore. It is sad, because there is probably an argument to be made against Obama. Die GOP, die.

  • Anonymous

    Sarah Palin says “Satan” like the Church Lady.
    and that is pretty “wee wee’d” up.

  • P Diddie

    Citing scripture to attack opponents, way to drag His words through the gutter of politics, how very pious of you.  Peter 5:8 next to a political tagline (RINOS) is about all the disrespect any bible passage needs, especially gospel.

    But a Hollywood quote to end that gibberish is just the cherry atop the icing.  Thank you for your educational loonery. Call me when the mothership arrives.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/P57HTZMTZYT4B6RU2ILARIKBOA Robert

    Abortion is the one of Satan’s greatest accomplishments. Not only the vile act but the fact that he got a large portion of mankind to accept it. Search the internet and find a video or pictures of an abortion. Do you think that the Lord is happy with the fact that our society condones such an abhorrent act? Do you
    think abortion might make Satan proud?

  • Anonymous

     However, you may purchase male or female slaves from
    among the foreigners who live among you.  You may also purchase the children of
    such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land.  You
    may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent
    inheritance.  You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel,
    your relatives, must never be treated this way.  (Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT)

    When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will
    not be freed at the end of six years as the men are.  If she does not please the
    man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again.  But he is not
    allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract
    with her.  And if the slave girl’s owner arranges for her to marry his son, he
    may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. 
    If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her
    food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife.  If he fails in any of
    these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment. 
    (Exodus 21:7-11 NLT)

    As you approach a town to attack it, first offer
    its people terms for peace.  If they accept your terms and open the gates to
    you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor.  But if they
    refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town.  When the
    LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town.  But you may
    keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder.  You
    may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you. (Deuteronomy
    20:10-14)

    Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the
    judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must be put to death.
     Such evil must be purged from Israel.  (Deuteronomy 17:12 NLT)

     

  • Anonymous

    Steele can’t defend the comments, all he can do is talk over David Corn so nothing gets discussed

  • Anonymous

    Calling libs stupid while posting on a thread that involves Michael Steele has its own humor. Don’t you think?

  • Anonymous

    Oh that’s strange a liberal brought up the Old Testament again. Or also known as the Tanakh and Torah, you know the Jewish bible. And hear is an explanation for your low comprehension levels of the bible in regards to the new and old testament. Allow me to clarify:

    1. Jesus Christ is the son of God

    2. He died for our sins and became the one and only way to heaven. ” I’m the way the truth and the light, No man comes to the father except through me”. But I’m sure you knew that because your a bible expert right?

    3. Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled the old  testament prophesies and with and through his sacrifice gave us a new covenant. I’m sure you already know what the first covenant was though right. I will give u a hint Abraham maybe.  

    4. So all u atheist can now stop ignorantly quoting the old testament. While at the same time totally disregarding the new testament. And the new covenant.  And

    finally please don’t let your blind hatred of me, keep you from
    developing a relationship with Christ it would be your loss not mine.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3OA26727ETTMIYNGY6JAQBQW3Q JonS

    Stupid it is then

  • Anonymous

    Look at all the great programming I’m missing by not watching MSNBC.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/GMHME2OTK2YD66SRPDPE6YUR6M Laurence

    on the conversation above,you have to understand the big picture. how can anyone one know what lucifer is doing or what he is up to ,unless lucifer and the person are talking togather. where did he get his information? how do one become to know the where about of lucifer  and his doing? is he one of his deciples,so as to know what his master is up too.if a statement is made like what santorum said, shouldnt you ask yourself, how does he know where and what lucifer is up too? i continue,now how can a politician be a religious man? a religious man is love for others,caring,awareness,non-ambition,ect., while a politician is mostly ugly ambition,lies,is deceitful,and agressive. politicts is cunningness,religion is like a baby,innocence with purity in his heart.yet people that pretend to be religious because they can try to hide behind the mask of deceit and they always have mindless people to follow them(jim jones) dont be deceived by them. satoruum talk about religion of others ,but a religious person do not stand on a box beating on his chest sayin how religious he is and at the same time saying how non-religious someone else is.is santorum the samson of our time that he must destroy others not like him in the name of GOD. is his hair long too and never been cut? 

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