Santorum aide points to Obama's 'radical Islamic policies'

[denem]

February 20
Politico
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/02/santorum-aide-points-to-obamas-radical-islamic-policies-115004.html

Rick Santorum’s spokeswoman Alice Stewart said in a TV interview on Monday that Santorum was referring to President Barack Obama’s “radical Islamic policies” when he said the president’s agenda was driven by “phony theology” — but then quickly called up MSNBC after the segment aired to say she misspoke.

“There is a type of theological secularism when it comes to the global warmness in this country. That’s what he was referring to. He was referring to the president’s policies in terms of the radical Islamic policies the president has,” Stewart said on “Andrea Mitchell Reports.”

Mitchell later said on the air that Stewart phoned the show after interview to say she had slipped up and said “radical Islamic policies” instead of Obama’s “radical environmental policies.”

Stewart quickly corrected herself. (Phony Theology = Islamist, I mean, Environmentalist)

[MaineDem]

1. Yikes! But at least she apologized. All better.

[denem]

2. I mean Islam, the Environment - Just a slip of the tongue,

I mean people make that mistake all time.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. The global warmness must have gotten to her.

[Glimmer of Hope]

6. I think she got her message across.

[lunasun]

11. exactly

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. Yeah, I do that all the time too.

Someone must have gotten a rather pointed phone call after that aired.

[pangaia]

5. None of this is funny.

Although I do appreciate some of the humorous comments. :&gt )

We should from now on refer to this guy as The Ayatollah Santorum, GREAT LEADER of the American Taliban. Spread it everywhere.. YouTube, anyone?

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. Wndycty put the video up.

Even funnier to hear it live.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002331717

[Odin2005]

8. Woops, Freudian slip exposes the bigotry!

[yellowcanine]

9. Well shit guys. Can't you at least all get on the same demagoguery page?

What good is demagoguery if you can't agree on what you are demagoguing about? Sheez!

[jberryhill]

13. Good job

By quoting the offensive portion of an alerted and hidden post, you have defeated the purpose of the alert system.

Brilliant!

[0rganism]

14. radical Islamic policies == theological secularism ???

WTF? I'm guessing the people she's trying to influence know or care to know the meaning of any of those dog whistle words they throw around like confetti at a ticker-tape parade.

[guitar man]

15. Um....yeah,like...

....sending a SEAL team to kill Osama bin Laden... now there's some real radical Islamic policy right there

[LibertyLover]

16. The one question that I want Santorum to answer

is why the heck he used the word "theology"? Aside from the dog whistle of course. He is a politician running for a political office in a country whose main governing document, the Constitution (hey Ricky! - remember the Constitution?) is completely secular in nature. Why drag theology into it? I'm not voting for High Priest of the United States, or Pope of the US, or Main Minister - if I were, then I would want to consider theology. Santorum and his ilk are dangerously out of control and over the top when it comes to shoving their personal religious beliefs down the unwililng throats of others. Bah, humbug.