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    Christie: Santorum 2008 Satan comments are ‘relevant’

    New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called Rick Santorum’s 2008 comments that, “Satan has his sights set on the United States of America” “relevant” to the presidential race, if not what the party should be focusing on.

    Santorum made the comments in 2008 during a speech at Ave Maria University, and they have caused quite a stir after being posted as the headline on the Drudge Report Tuesday afternoon. The Daily Caller had previously posted the story on Saturday.

    The candidate himself stood by his comments, but dismissed them as “not relevant to what’s being discussed in America today,” CBS reported.

    In a Wednesday morning appearance on “Good Morning America,” Christie disagreed.

    “I think anything you say as a presidential candidate is relevant. I mean it’s by definition relevant, you’re asking to be president of the United States. So I don’t think he’s right about that … I think people want to make an evaluation, a complete evaluation of anybody who asks to sit in the Oval Office,” Christie said.

    “Now do I think it’s the things that we should be, as a party, talking about and emphasizing at the moment? No,” Christie added.

    The discussion of issues of religious freedom, he said, was an “interesting” one to have in the larger context of Obamacare, but at the moment, “what people want to hear about is what are you going to do for the economy, how are you going to create jobs.”

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    • Sunil  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      Like the guy who once said... I think that 95% of the people in this country are good, hard working and honest people may or may not believe in God. The rest 5% run for office.
      • Marc 3 mths ago
        Sunil....I'm not a Santorum fan at all, but you'll be suprised at the number of people either in jail or who prefer to sit on their lazy #$%$ and work the system. Certainly not most, but very many!
      • BUB 3 mths ago
        Sunil yes.......long long ago in a land far far away
      • ThomasM 3 mths ago
        and christie,s a pysco
    • Kevin  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      I guess christie wants a cabinet spot.
      • Corey 3 mths ago
        specifically, a kitchen cabinet spot...the one where they keep the peanut butter and chocolate chips.
      • Sergeant Hartman 3 mths ago
        There isn't a cabinet BIG enough to fit his body or ego.
      • kdb7594102 3 mths ago
        Cristie is hoping to be VP for Romney.
    • BIG T  •  Miami, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      with all the talk about religion you might think we were electing a pope and not a president.
      • lilly 3 mths ago
        Good point.
      • Landon 3 mths ago
        It does seem that way doesnt it.
      • Uncle Deadly 3 mths ago
        Sadly, many in this country (especially in hill jack regions) have trouble distinguishing the difference(s) between the two.
    • wxman  •  2 mths ago
      Children who may have taken breast cancer treatment medication mistakenly distributed by a New Jersey pharmacy instead of prescribed fluoride pills likely won’t suffer any health problems, a pharmaceutical expert said Saturday.

      fat boy has the balls to speak out against santorum when fat boy can't even keep his own pharmacists in check? Is that the way you govern a state? Thank god he's not a vice president, heaven help us
    • Steven  •  3 mths ago
      Satan LOVES it when people spread lies and hate while claiming to be Christians.
      • janeB 3 mths ago
        and santorum and the tea party are doing just that....................
      • Nadine 3 mths ago
        Hey, I see it as noone is perfect and noone ever will be until if blessed enough you make it to Heaven. Santorum is a human being trying to make it through while helping as he is able.
      • Raider 3 mths ago
        You ARE referring to President Obama, right? In that case, I'm in TOTAL agreement!
    • Xichuyu  •  3 mths ago
      ...And I consider myself CONSERVATIVE, by the way. But I'm fiscally conservative; I don't think we need government to legislate my morality, or anyone else's.
      • Michael 3 mths ago
        What do you think the passing of gay marriage is? That's legislating morality.
      • Richard 3 mths ago
        Real conservatives do not want the religio-fascists in control. But today the word "conservative" means whatever a speaker wants to pretend it does.
      • Anybody 3 mths ago
        Agree, and noone in my bedroom.
    • John  •  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  •  3 mths ago
      I want to be President, but please don't pay attention to anything I have said or done previously
    • John  •  3 mths ago
      And someone is supposed to care what Christie says? I don't know why?
    • USAF Vet  •  Victoria, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      And Gov. Christie will be the Sec. of Religion.
    • Melissa J.  •  3 mths ago
      get back on message,,,we the people were raised in america we fully understand the bible and we also have the choice to believe or not.
      get, back to ideals of fixing our country.
    • MaDD Man  •  Paxinos, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      Chris Christie, The same guy that was having the NJ state police fly him to his sons ball games in the NJ state police helicopter....... Just a bit more of responsible government spending I guess .....
    • Jack Random  •  Long Beach, California  •  3 mths ago
      "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's". seperation of church and state is a mandatory part of real religon. using GOD as a supposed political backer, or backer of war, has very negative ramifications. to put it in perspective, they are playing with fire.
    • Cheez  •  3 mths ago
      Hell has a special place for HATERS who bring Jesus into politics. Feed the hungry, clothe the naked.... help the poor. or
      HATE your enemy............ hmmm Who would Jesus vote for?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      Forget about the economy and jobs....we need a president who has a plan to get SATAN
      out of the US !!
    • poloplayer  •  Sankt Moritz, Switzerland  •  3 mths ago
      ************************OBAMA WINS 2012********************************
    • Brandon  •  Dallas, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      ""Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. " Thomas Jefferson
    • they see me trollin...  •  3 mths ago
      it's like listening to the taliban
    • craig  •  Pleasanton, California  •  3 mths ago
      I love Jesus, but the last thing we want is some religious nut-job running the country. If we abandon the separation of church and state, we will pay the price.
    • Mark  •  3 mths ago
      Initially, I liked Santorum. But when a presidential candidate pulls out the fear-monger stuff, he will use that philosophy to shape his actions & twist things around to suit him. America is a great country, but we don't have a manifest destiny to rule Earth as we see fit.
    • Cory W  •  Corvallis, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      Can we discuss Christie wasting tax payer money to use a rescue helicopter to drop him off as his sons baseball game, on for him to have them send a car to drive the 150meters from the helecopter to the stands, so he could watch 2 innings, have the car drive him 150 meters back to the helicopter, to have it take him back to the capital?

      If we want to have a discussion on fixing the econamy, and stopping wasteful goverment spending, this seems like a good jumping off point.
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