i m reading in the book of romans doesn t square with what i ve learned as a catholic priest, and therefore, he started the protestant reformation. the fact is if catholics and evangelicals believe the same thing, there wouldn t be a protestant reformation. i want to be very clear, i believe many, many catholics are christians because they have trusted in christ as their savior. i just want to ask you something you ve been asked before, if mitt romney is the nominee, can you vote for him? lawrence, i m going to hold my nose and do it, but that s hardly a ringing campaign endorsement. i don t think that will make a slogan, hold your nose and vote. but i ve said in my books twilight s last gleaming that given the choice between a nonchristian like mitt romney who at least embraces some biblical things like the sanctity of life and sanctity of marriage, as opposed to barack obama who takes unbiblical positions, there s a merit in choosing the non-christian over
positions, there s a merit in choosing the non-christian over the christian. thank you very much for your time tonight. thank you, lawrence. joining me eugene robinson and associate professor of religious studies. and thea butler. thank you for joining me tonight. professor butler, i have to start with you. a lot of religion has been thrown around this morning on morning joe and tonight in the last few minutes. let s go to this thing that reverend graham brought up this morning that islam is something that you are born into. if your father and your grandfather were muslims then you don t have to check with anybody, you re a muslim. well, you know, what s so funny to me about this is franklin graham is in the business of being a missionary. part of what s going on with him is that he s trying to be an evangelist to do this. that s just not true. one of the things he said this morning that needs to be corrected is that president
especially on jobs. governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. keeping them honest, governor huntsman stretched that one a little out of context. here s governor romney s original remark. i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. if i don t like the service, i m going to get someone else to bring service to me. that came after a long argument of the health care reform law. it wasn t about the virtues of eliminating jobs. i was talking about insurance companies. we like to be able to get rid of insurance companies that don t give us the service that we need. opponents are also pouncing on this i know what it s like to worried about whether you re going to get fired. there were a couple of times i wondered if i was going to get a pink slip. and i care very deeply about the american people. that drew from rick perry on the fratrail in south carolina. i have no doubt that mitt romney was worried about pink slips. whether he
and hey makers at mitt romney. the latest poll still shows him as the favorite but his lead over ron paul is slipping and the others have been going after him. they ve been using his own words and record against him, especially on jobs. governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. keeping it honest, governor huntsman stretched that one a little out of context. here s that original mark. i like being able to fire people that provide services to me. if someone doesn t give me the good services i need, i want to say, i will get somebody else to provide that service to me. that sentence, whether you think it s spot-on or tone deaf, came at the end of a long argument against a current health care reform law and people firing insurance companies not about long range jobs. i was talking about insurance companies. we like to get rid of insurance companies that don t give us the service we need. opponents, as you can understand, are pouncing on this. i kn
they ve got, fairly or not. they ve been using his own words and his own records against him, especially on jobs. governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. keeping them honest, governor huntsman stretched that one a little out of context. here s governor romney s original remark. i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. if i don t like the service, i m going to get someone else to bring service to me. that came after a long argument of the health care reform law. it wasn t about the virtues of eliminating jobs. i was talking about insurance companies. we like to be able to get rid of insurance companies that don t give us the service that we need. opponents are also pouncing on this i know what it s like to worried about whether you re going to get fired. there were a couple of times i wondered if i was going to get a pink slip. and i care very deeply about the american people. that drew from rick perry on the trail in