Obama Campaign Takes On Santorum: ‘Phony Theology’ Comment ‘Over The Line’

[babylonsister]

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/obama-campaign-santorums-phony-theology-comment-over-the-line.php

Obama Campaign Takes On Santorum: ‘Phony Theology’ Comment ‘Over The Line’

Pema Levy February 19, 2012, 1:45 PM 8899 199



Since the campaign began, President Obama’s reelection team has directed virtually all of its attention toward Mitt Romney. But over the weekend, Rick Santorum’s explosive comments about the President’s “theology” got the attention of his top campaign advisers. For the first time, Obama’s campaign is pushing back on Santorum’s statements, and the surging GOP candidate is struggling to explain them.

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But the neither explanation assuaged the Obama campaign. “This is just the latest low in a Republican primary campaign that has been fueled by distortions, ugliness, and searing pessimism and negativity - a stark contrast with the President who is focused everyday on creating jobs and restoring economic security for the middle class,” said a campaign spokesman Saturday.

Robert Gibbs, Obama’s top campaign adviser, also weighed in on Sunday. On ABC’s This Week, Gibbs said the remarks were “well over the line” and are indicative of a larger trend on the other side of the aisle: “I think this GOP primary is, in many cases, Jake, has been a race to the bottom. We have seen nastiness, divisiveness, ugliness, distortions of opponents’ records, of the president’s records.”

The Obama campaign is taking note of the rising candidate, but their rebukes are aimed not just at Santorum. Instead, they paint his comments into a larger picture of the GOP primary as negative and beyond the mainstream.

[Angry Dragon]

1. The new republican slogan

When you have nothing to offer except to tear things down -- Vote Republican

[msongs]

2. dear Mr Obama - repubs don't love you no matter how much you cater to them. got it now? nt

[WI_DEM]

13. Where does it say that he doesn't know that? or is it just another excuse to take a pot shot at the

president?

[dimbear]

3. Ricky:"Catholics good, Protestants bad." Obama: "Say what?????"

You have to boil these things down.

[SaintPete]

4. Team Obama, hit back!

and hit back hard, right in his rhetorical damned nose, make it hurt so he remembers you

[burning rain]

5. Gotta love Republicans.

Seems they have special Bibles where Jesus is Ayn Rand and loathes workers and the poor.

[DCBob]

6. "Phoney theology" is an absurd comment.

Republicans just cant resist the low blows to this President.

[chelsea0011]

7. But Santorum clarified the comment.....

he was talking about "radical environmentalists", not Obama's religion. Bwahahahah.

And he also said "blah" and not "black".

[olegramps]

8. I hope that Americans wakeup to the fact that the GOP is a cancer eating the soul of liberty.

[Zambero]

9. Santora Law

It's what fundies decry as Sharia Law, only with a "Christian" label, presented by a delusional demagogue wearing a sweater vest.

[K Gardner]

10. Have they addressed the "culling the disabled through abortion" comment?

That's the sick crap that needs to be addressed. But I'm glad they're pushing back early and quickly this time.

[HopeHoops]

11. He meant "BLAH" Theology.

[PRETZEL]

12. Not vouching for this web site

as I'm not as big a surfer as most here but found this article with a few dots,

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2012/2/21/124644/581/Front_Page/Santorum_not_Source_of_Phony_Theology_Idea_Origins_in_Biblical_Economics_Partnership

Santorum not Source of 'Phony Theology' Idea, Origins in 'Biblical Economics' Partnership

What did Rick Santorum mean when he described President Obama's environmental policy as being phony theology? Santorum is not the original source of this idea. The narrative is widespread in the Religious Right and has been accelerated through a partnership with big business and wealthy family foundations

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The Cornwall Alliance movie demonstrates that an unholy alliance of big business, wealthy family foundations, and the Religious Right is willing to go to any lengths to convince Americans to oppose environmental regulation, regardless of the long term consequences.

The movie features appearances by numerous Religious Right leaders including: David Barton, major promoter of revisionist Christian Nationalist history: Bryan Fischer, American Family Association; Tony Perkins, Family Research Council; and many more. The advisory board of the Cornwall Alliance includes members of think tanks that bring together right-wing Catholics, evangelicals, and Jews, with neoconservative business and political leaders to oppose the federal regulatory system

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Again, not knowing this site, I can only take it at face value. Hopefully others will be more familiar with it and will let me know.