we are the 99%. i want to underscore, governor mcdonnell had the senate holding back the flood gates of some of the crazy legislation, now he is the public face of these very extreme measures and it puts him in a very tough spot especially with his national ambitions. and remember, he had a problem with women in the past. he wrote as part of his master s thesis, anti-contraception, railing against radical feminists, fornicators, that is his introduction to a national audience it will be devastating. thanks for your time tonight on the issue we will follow it. i think newt is a christian. and at least he told me he is. up next, jonathan alter and
it s fine with me, i think religious people have a right to bring their own faith to the public square if they want to, but to start questioning someone s religion and saying, questioning someone s religion as if that is a barrier is a real problem. it seemed to me in that interview this morning that reverend graham said based on his analysis, he does not think people should support president obama. that is how i read it. there was a real political message there, he could not give conviction in saying he believes that the president is a christian, which is code talk to the religious conservatives in the country but also throws in the muslim talk. i mean, what should the president do? should he give us another speech on race and faith in the country are we at that point or should he ignore it? i think mostly he should ignore it i think he should i like it when he talks about his
graham today. islamic law, islam sees him as a son of islam. because his father was a muslim, his grandfather was a muslim, so under islamic law, muslim world sees barack obama as muslim, as a son of islam. that is the way it works. you don t believe he s a muslim in. no. categorically not a muslim. i can t say categorically because islam has gotten a free pass under obama. wow. i find that absolutely amazing. what does barack obama have to say or do to prove to the christian right wing in this country that he is a man of faith and he has had journey to christ and now he s throwing out that dog whistle called, maybe he is a muslim, what do you think of that? and he says we can t cat he goricly be sure he s a christian, he could be a muslim because muslims like him, this is the worst kind of logic. franklin graham has been on the
religious people have a right to bring their own faith to the public square if they want to, but to start questioning someone s religion and saying, questioning someone s religion as if that is a barrier is a real problem. it seemed to me in that interview this morning that reverend graham said based on his analysis, he does not think people should support president obama. that is how i read it. there was a real political message there, he could not give conviction in saying he believes that the president is a christian, which is code talk to the religious conservatives in the country but also throws in the muslim talk. i mean, what should the president do? should he give us another speech on race and faith in the country
i want to underscore, governor mcdonnell had the senate holding back the flood gates of some of the crazy legislation, now he is the public face of these very extreme measures and it puts him in a very tough spot especially with his national ambitions. and remember, he had a problem with women in the past. he wrote as part of his master s thesis, anti-contraception, railing against radical feminists, fornicators, that is his introduction to a national audience it will be devastating. thanks for your time tonight on the issue we will follow it. i think newt is a christian. and at least he told me he is. up next, jonathan alter and richard wolffe react to the franklin graham comments and venom from the campaign trial. the president wants to weaken