trying to bring in some mormonism and some anti-mormonism feeling in this? absolutely. this is devoutly anti-mormon. it seems to me. it s really trying to call into question the character and integrity of mitt romney s faith. mitt romney has indicated that, look, we re the church of the latter day saints. we believe in jesus christ. we believe the bible and accept jesus. we have our own book in the like. others say they don t consider them part of christianity. they ve seen squabbles within relidgeios tribes and traditions. no doubt he s trying to hit at the president and mitt romney in one fell swoop. now erin, one thing also because he goes all over the place. in 2002, let me give you an example. he said something really questionable about the catholic church in the sex scandal that is no surprise it was worse in a liberal academic city like boston. let me show you the quote. while it s no excuse for this
acknowledac decency and being humbled. my bible tells me, don t look at somebody else. look at yourself. it s me, oh, me, oh, me o lord standing at your knee in prayer. erin, let me ask you. this is what santorum said today about the president making this country more dangerous place by refusing to stand up to evil. listen to this. he s making this place a much more dangerous making the world a much more dangerous place. our president refuses to call evil evil. refuses to even name it. refuses to confront it. tries to appease and cajole it. how does that play to the public who may not even be religious. what do you think when you have a presidential candidate saying
speech at the end of 2010 that was in many ways the opposite of the speech that jfk gave on his catholicism when running for president a long time ago. and essentially saying he thought that religion should govern candidates and a president going forward, which is, you know, not what mitt romney was saying when he campaigned the last time in 2007 and he was saying, his religion wouldn t overtake his duties as a president. so they do have a difference of opinion on this. and i think we ll probably see a lot of that come up in the debate tonight about exactly how religion would govern them in a presidential role. all right. well, we have to go. but, erin, you always leave me confused. they don t like massachusetts? i thought the original tea party was boston? michael eric dyson, erin mcpike, thanks for coming on the show tonight. still ahead mitt romney s last stand. he s fighting to hold his own in the final debate before a primary that could make or break
interview in 2003 about bestiality and gays and lesbians. i think that s disgusting. to me, it s startling, and borders on disgust. mr. santorum saying a lot of disgusting things. i just wish his own party could talk some sense into him. joining me now is michael eric dison, msnbc political analyst. georgetown university professor and an ordained baptist minister who received a ph.d. in religion from princeton university. and aaron mcpike, reporter from real clear politics. thank you both for being here. professor and, erin, i didn t get all your credentials. i just want people to understand that professor dison has the stature to talk about religion. we all know how brilliant you are. but let me start with you, professor, reverend, theologian dison. rick santorum thinks his 2008
things like this? in terms of a general election audience if he were to get that far, comments like that just don t really gel with reality in part because the thing that president obama has been most successful in doing is trying to root out evil. you know, as far as terrorists are concerned. president obama was the one who authorized the attack on osama bin laden that took him out. and so if you want to go that direction with it, it doesn t really work. now, erin, when you say that it doesn t really work, that he plays to a certain side, i ll give you an example of why i think you might be right. he did get one defender, sarah palin. let me show you what she said today. for these main stream media characters to get all wee-weeed up over that. have they ever attended a sunday