Santorum: Obama's worldview upside-down

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said he takes the president at his word that he's a Christian, but said Barack Obama's "world view" is different than that of most Americans.

Santorum commented in Ohio Saturday that the president believes in "some phony ideal, some phony theology. Oh, not a theology based on the Bible, a different theology."

Asked to clarify his statements on CBS News' "Face the Nation" Sunday, Santorum said that he was referring not to the president's faith but to environmentalism.

"Well, I was talking about the radical environmentalists," he told Schieffer. "That's what I was talking about: Energy, this idea that man is here to serve the Earth, as opposed to husband its resources and be good stewards of the Earth. And I think that is a phony ideal. I don't believe that that's what we're here to do - that man is here to use the resources and use them wisely, to care for the Earth, to be a steward of the Earth, but we're not here to serve the Earth.

"The Earth is not the objective," Santorum said. "Man is the objective. I think a lot of radical environmentalists have it upside-down."

But Schieffer pressed Santorum, saying that by using the term theology it sounded like he was questioning the president's religion.

"I wasn't suggesting the president's not a Christian. I accept the fact that the president is a Christian," Santorum said, looking agitated. "I just said that when you have a worldview that elevates the Earth above man and says that we can't take those resources because we're going to harm the Earth; by things that frankly are just not scientifically proven, for example, the politicization of the whole global warming debate - this is all an attempt to, you know, to centralize power and to give more power to the government.

"It's not questioning the president's beliefs in Christianity. I'm talking about the belief that man should be in charge of the Earth and have dominion over it and should be good stewards of it.

"I've repeatedly said that I believe the president is a Christian. He says he is a Christian. But I am talking about his worldview or the way he approaches problems in this country and I think they're different than how most people do in America."

[larryniven]

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[RobAla]

"I wasn't suggesting the president's not a Christian. I accept the fact that the president is a Christian," Santorum said, looking agitated. "I just said that when you have a worldview that elevates the Earth above man and says that we can't take those resources because we're going to harm the Earth; by things that frankly are just not scientifically proven, for example, the politicization of the whole global warming debate - this is all an attempt to, you know, to centralize power and to give more power to the government.

"It's not questioning the president's beliefs in Christianity. I'm talking about the belief that man should be in charge of the Earth and have dominion over it and should be good stewards of it.

"I've repeatedly said that I believe the president is a Christian. He says he is a Christian. But I am talking about his worldview or the way he approaches problems in this country and I think they're different than how most people do in America."

Absolutely right. The approach that President Obama takes about anything is an attempt to empower the centralized federal government over the people. That is what the stupid health care law was all about. We end up with heavy government control, and a rise in health care premiums and a rise in the cost of heath care itself (taxes and fees on medical devices, like pacemakers). This was all about giving the centralized government more control over the lives of Americans, not about actually helping the majority of American citizens. Most Americans see through this bull crap, and that is why polls show that less than 38% of Americans favor that disastrous health care law. President Obamae DOES NOT approach things the way most Americans see to be the right way. Santorum is absolutely right.

[dj_chi]

If the health care system wasn't severely broken, and hadn't been ignored for many many years, we wouldn't have needed the government to get involved. People asked for a solution that would keep the system from spiraling out of reach of average families, and we got nothing. And the GOP didn't even see that there was a problem. Then, we got talk of a voucher system. Not a solution, just a temporary pablum that allows the industry to jack up rates faster, til it again hits people's pain threshold.

Whenever I read people complaining about Obamacare, they never have a viable alternative. And certainly don't have a reason why Bush never lifted a finger, other than to tie American's hands behind their backs over drug costs and give us another debt hog.

[A_Canadian_Opinion]

Santorum is sounding more and more like Ahmadinejad. Radical and extreme.

[PManzyuk]

Santorum is on right track. If so many angry liberals are against him, they are just against a real conservative, Christian view or just common sense. I am proud for conservatives they are way more intelligent in their comments.

[andacar]

Trust me PManzyuk, we'll all rejoice with you if Santorum is nominated. His kind of intelligence and common sense is exactly what the GOP needs. Now excuse me, I need to drive my Prius to the secret commie elitist Illuminati conspiracy meeting.

[janenotsoplain]

The GOP is a one-trick-pony with sex as their only campaign issue. Why are the conservatives obsessed with sex related stuff--abortion, abstinence education, pre-natal testing, birth control, gay anything? How have the conservatives been able to hijack the election and divert us from a national discussion on the economy, jobs, foreign policy--the stuff that matters?

[sandy 1027]

The word "theology" refers to the study of God, and man's relationship to Him in faith,practice,experience, and world view; so there is no way that Rick Santorum can say that his attack on President Obama, in saying that he espouses a "phony theology" ,doesn't question his Christian belief system. He also, in most rational people's minds ,drew a clear inference to the president when he spoke of Hitler.Rick Santorum's views are well outside of the mainstream.His views are extremist on many issues.The earth's resources are to be used by man, but we need to be concerned , in a healthy, balanced way, about our environment.His ideas about contraception, prenatal testing, the general role of women; and the desire to dismantle our education system, even on the state level, demonstrate a radical worldview.

[dj_chi]

+1

[kansas1946]

Santorum commented in Ohio Saturday that the president believes in "some phony ideal, some phony theology. Oh, not a theology based on the Bible, a different theology."
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Incredible. Really incredible. The Bible?????? Does this idiot think the whole world worries about the Bible?? Just keep talking Santorum.

[dj_chi]

So, if your religion doesn't use the Bible, then it's fake. Good to know.

[noloyalisti]

This is a typical Republicon idiot who thinks that might makes right and that the firm father figure should control everything. They are never wrong, remember the nightmare of Bush Cheney?

Since American can be a bully, we should. We are better than everyone else and deserve to take it and waste it if we want. If we are ever wrong, see Rule 1. If we feel like invading unarmed third world countries to steal their oil, then we can.

[johndevinejr]

Wow,

Santorum is a complete a$$hole!

[CBD1958]

Santorum is an inept fanatic. His blatent use of the "Straw Man" tactic in regard to the president's faith is a sad commentary on the state of our political discourse.

He will never be elected, so his supporters should just get over that. Too bad the republican party has lurched so much to the right. Huntsman would have made a much better candidate.

[dewaldz]

Couldn't agree more, on either point. It's really quite frightening that someone with his ideas and ideology could be a serious candidate for president. Makes it easier to understand what happened in Germany and Russia prior to WWll.