Rick Santorum Tells Two Whoppers
Rick Santorum tried yet again to pretend on Meet the Press today that he doesn't talk about social issues, and in response he got a swift dressing down from moderator David Gregory. But that didn't stop Santorum from telling an even bigger whopper, claiming no proof exists that he wants to impose his own values on other Americans.
"These are my personal held religious beliefs," Santorum said. "There is no evidence at all that I want to impose those values on anyone else."
Lately, Santorum has regularly claimed he doesn't actually talk about social issues. Instead, it's a myth perpetuated as part of a "game" the media plays, he's said. After the CNN debate in Arizona this week, Santorum predictably attacked moderator John King for asking him about contraception, for example. And before that, he sniped at a television reporter in Michigan for asking about whether same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt.
So today it was Gregory's turn, and he asked about Santorum's past criticism of President John F. Kennedy for saying a president's religious views should be separate from policy. He noted that Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel has called Santorum "Moralizer in Chief" for his belief that contraception and homosexuality, among other things, are against God's will.
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