Posted on 03/24/2012 10:23:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, who was campaigning in Louisiana ahead of Saturday's primary, told reporters he believes President Barack Obama is a Christian but his behavior is causing many Americans to think he is a Muslim.
Former House Speaker Gingrich said Friday, the day before Louisiana will hold its primary, that perceptions over Obama's faith were not baseless. "It should bother the president. Why does the president behave the way that people would think that?" Gingrich said after a speech on Louisiana's Gulf Coast when reporters asked about polls indicating many Americans think Obama is a Muslim. "You have to ask why would they believe that? It's not because they're stupid. It's because they watch the kind of things I just described to you."
Public Policy Polling recently found that 52 percent of the GOP primary voters in Mississippi and 45 percent in Alabama thought Obama was a Muslim.
Gingrich referred to the Obama administration's contraceptive mandate which requires all employer-based health plans to provide free contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs for employees; and the president's apology last month over an accidental burning of the Quran in Afghanistan by U.S. troops which led to attacks on Americans stationed in that country.
Gingrich, who is a Catholic convert, clarified, "I have said publicly several times that I believe Obama is a Christian. He went to a Christian church for over 20 years. He was listening to the sermons." However, he added, "I think it is very bizarre that he is desperately concerned to apologize to Muslim religious fanatics while they are killing young Americans while at the same time going to war against the Catholic Church and against every right-to-live Protestant organization in the country. I just think it's a very strange value system."
Before he became president, Obama attended a United Church of Christ congregation in Chicago. After taking office, he has only occasionally attended churches in the Washington area.
Gingrich raised the issue several times earlier this week in Louisiana. "First, look you need to understand the elite media is in the tank for Obama. They're going to do anything that helps re-elect Obama. They're totally committed to Obama. It is just astonishing to me how pro-Obama they are," he told the Sandy Rios in the Morning radio show Thursday. "You think you're going to see two pages on Obama's Muslim friends? Or two pages on the degree to which Obama's persistently apologizing to Islam while attacking the Catholic Church? Do you see anybody in the elite media prepared to see say, 'Gee, you know this is kind of odd that we really worry a lot about the Quran and nothing about the Bible?'"
On Wednesday, Gingrich said at a stop in Pineville, "They're anti-religious unless it's Islam. This is the heart of the Obama problem, the dilemma he has." He also told Fox News, "Why is it he's more sensitive to radical Islamists who are killing young Americans than he is to the Catholic Church, to Baptists, to fundamentalists. I mean, the fact is, this is a very strange presidency."
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who is leading in polls in Louisiana, also spoke Friday about Obama's pro-Muslim "bias." "You know, it's not surprising this president will go down in history here as the president who has embraced radical Islamic groups," he told the Sean Hannity radio show.
Amid doubts about his faith, Obama has reaffirmed his Christian beliefs. During a 2010 backyard discussion in New Mexico, he revealed that the "precepts of Jesus Christ" drew him to Christianity and affirmed that "we achieve salvation through the grace of God." He has also spoken about his faith during prayer breakfasts and holidays including Christmas.
“Goose”? Now, it’s a gender identity.
Unlike Mr. Foot in his mouth, Santorum.
Thankfully most people don’t take what he says literally and knows what he means. He will win Louisiana today THANK GOD! Poor Newt might make 3rd place and beat Paul, but that is not for sure. He sure is racking up last place finishes across America. I feel sorry for Newt....absolutely zero voters, but still thinks he can get the nomination. He is a dreamer that is for sure.
and Spector who voted against Bork and voted for Obamacare and RS voted for a 9th circuit judge that is profoundly liberal and ROMNEY who introduced socialized medicine to the USA...NOT to mention Sonia ...even McCain voted NAY. Rush was warning against voting for Sonia and claimed it would open the door to her nomination for a position on the supreme court. Yes, Sanctimonious voted for quite a few pro choicers.
IF not for Spector casting the 60th vote..we would not have Obamacare..thanks Vesty
“Obama has reaffirmed his Christian beliefs. During a 2010 backyard discussion in New Mexico, he revealed that the “precepts of Jesus Christ” drew him to Christianity and affirmed that “we achieve salvation through the grace of God.”
“achieve salvation”? Huh? I think you RECEIVE salvation.
Ephesians 2:”8........it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast
“precepts of Jesus Christ” What an odd thing to say. Not exactly “Christian Speak”. Something a liberal academic would say. but wait....
Santorum always comprimises his religious convictions to vote pro choice. He can’t blame this one on the “team”
. In 1997, she was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Her nomination was slowed by the Republican majority in the Senate, but she was eventually confirmed in 1998. On the Second Circuit, Sotomayor heard appeals in more than 3,000 cases and wrote about 380 opinions. Sotomayor has taught at the New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School.
The “team” voted against her
It's the perfect religion for him. A Phony religion for a Phony man.
It is phony because it was completely MADE UP by Muhammad. A very despicable person. An illiterate rapist, pedophile, murderer, thief, genocidal maniac. Not calling names, this is fact. The perfect religion for Obama.
Paez, 9th circuit liberal that Santorum voted for "Following March 9, 1994, nomination by President Bill Clinton, confirmation by the United States Senate on June 15, 1994, and reception of commission on June 16, 1994, Paez became the second Mexican American to sit on the bench of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, a district that covers Los Angeles.[2]
Paez was confirmed by Senate on March 9, 2000, by a 59-39 vote, more than four years after President Clinton first nominated him to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Paez waited 1,506 days to be confirmed, which at that time was the longest wait for a vote by any judicial nominee in U.S. history.In a 2009 decision, he held that a San Francisco resolution urging the Vatican to withdraw a directive against same-sex adoptions does not violate the Establishment Clause. [3] In a 2011 decision, he issued the majority opinion upholding a lower court's blocking of the most controversial parts of the Arizona SB 1070 anti-illegal immigration law from taking effect Santorum is a pious little fraud! There isn't much difference between Romney and Santorum
Does anyone seriously think that Obama really understands what a follower of Christ is or should be? First, it means humbling oneself and acknowledging Jesus as the Son of God, and the Redeemer of mankind. Secondly, it also means that we are all sinners and must daily strive to be more Christ-like, i.e. behave with all the Christian attributes that are proclaimed in the New Testament.
Obama does not appear to have a single iota of humility in him. He lies like a rug, and he is in a battle against God-fearing people in the USA and in the world. He says nothing in response to the anti-Semitic events happening daily in the world, and he seems to be oblivious to the plight of Christians in the Middle East. Of course, since he himself is guilty of persecuting Christians in the USA, perhaps he cannot recognize anti-Christian bigotry elsewhere. It is a truism that people cannot see the planks in their own eyes.
‘He said exactly what he should have said’
Gingrich is way above the crowd. He is NOT politically correct, but he can point you in the right direction if you catch his underlying messages. It is no use arguing with the messiah who insists he is a ‘Christian’, or arguing with his obots who believe everything he says. So Gingrich simply points out the ‘weird’ anti-christian things the ‘messiah’ christian does despite his supposedly ‘christian faith’ and the pro-muslim things the supposedly not-muslim obozo does. You will be the judge - is obozo ‘Christian’ as he says he is or is obozo a ‘muslim’ as he acts like one?
We all know the answer!
Don’t be offended that Gingrich says obozo is a christian. He is just pulling everyone’s legs.
‘He said exactly what he should have said’
Gingrich is way above the crowd. He is NOT politically correct, but he can point you in the right direction if you catch his underlying messages. It is no use arguing with the messiah who insists he is a ‘Christian’, or arguing with his obots who believe everything he says. So Gingrich simply points out the ‘weird’ anti-christian things the ‘messiah’ christian does despite his supposedly ‘christian faith’ and the pro-muslim things the supposedly not-muslim obozo does. You will be the judge - is obozo ‘Christian’ as he says he is or is obozo a ‘muslim’ as he acts like one?
We all know the answer!
Don’t be offended that Gingrich says obozo is a christian. He is just pulling everyone’s legs.
Awesome post.
Please, if you are going to post stuff here at least be accurate. Sen. Santorum was not in the Senate at the time of Jude Bork’s confirmation. The senators then from Pa were Sen Heinz and Sen. Specter from PA. This is what happens when stuff is lifted out of anti-Santorum websites.
Judge Paez was subject to numerous filibusters. Senator Santorum voted AGAINST cloture and wanted to uphold the filibuster. This is quite the contrary to what you keep posting. Defending Gingrich (despite his legendary baggage and un-electability) is one thing, to assail Santorum on facts that are not true is quite another. So here’s the record on the Paez vote:
XML U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 106th Congress - 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation of Richard Paez to be U.S. Circuit Judge, Ninth Circuit )
Vote Number: 40 Vote Date: March 9, 2000, 03:09 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number: PN44
Nomination Description: Richard A. Paez, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit
Vote Counts: YEAs 59
NAYs 39
Not Voting 2
Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State
Alphabetical by Senator Name
Abraham (R-MI), Nay
Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Allard (R-CO), Nay
Ashcroft (R-MO), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Biden (D-DE), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Breaux (D-LA), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bryan (D-NV), Yea
Bunning (R-KY), Nay
Burns (R-MT), Nay
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Campbell (R-CO), Not Voting
Chafee, L. (R-RI), Yea
Cleland (D-GA), Yea
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Coverdell (R-GA), Nay
Craig (R-ID), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
Daschle (D-SD), Yea
DeWine (R-OH), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Domenici (R-NM), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Edwards (D-NC), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Fitzgerald (R-IL), Nay
Frist (R-TN), Nay
Gorton (R-WA), Yea
Graham (D-FL), Yea
Gramm (R-TX), Nay
Grams (R-MN), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Nay
Hagel (R-NE), Nay
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Helms (R-NC), Nay
Hollings (D-SC), Yea
Hutchinson (R-AR), Nay
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Jeffords (R-VT), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
Kerrey (D-NE), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (D-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lott (R-MS), Nay
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Mack (R-FL), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Moynihan (D-NY), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nickles (R-OK), Nay
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Robb (D-VA), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Roth (R-DE), Yea
Santorum (R-PA), Nay
Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Smith (R-NH), Nay
Smith (R-OR), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Stevens (R-AK), Yea
Thomas (R-WY), Nay
Thompson (R-TN), Nay
Thurmond (R-SC), Nay
Torricelli (D-NJ), Yea
Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
Warner (R-VA), Nay
Wellstone (D-MN), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea
Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State
Grouped By Vote Position
YEAs -—59
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Breaux (D-LA)
Bryan (D-NV)
Byrd (D-WV)
Chafee, L. (R-RI)
Cleland (D-GA)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Daschle (D-SD)
Dodd (D-CT)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Edwards (D-NC)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gorton (R-WA)
Graham (D-FL)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hollings (D-SC)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (R-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerrey (D-NE)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lugar (R-IN)
Mack (R-FL)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Moynihan (D-NY)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Robb (D-VA)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Roth (R-DE)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Torricelli (D-NJ)
Wellstone (D-MN)
Wyden (D-OR)
NAYs -—39
Abraham (R-MI)
Allard (R-CO)
Ashcroft (R-MO)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coverdell (R-GA)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeWine (R-OH)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Frist (R-TN)
Gramm (R-TX)
Grams (R-MN)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Helms (R-NC)
Hutchinson (R-AR)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nickles (R-OK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-NH)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thompson (R-TN)
Thurmond (R-SC)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Not Voting - 2
Campbell (R-CO)
McCain (R-AZ)
No Newt he’s a Muslim acting like a Muslim. Just accept it.
You might liked being goosed I don’t. Lol
BTTT
Please Steelfish, don’t include me with all your “hate Santorum” comments.
Are you kidding? I’m as pro-Santorum as you could get responding to a barrage of anti-Santorum comments.
So sorry, read it wrong. :-)
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