Rick Santorum is a living, breathing, head-scratching, eyebrow-raising quote machine. In just a week, he can raise the specter of Hitler and Nazis, question President Obama’s theology, and (thanks to Right Wing Watch, which surfaced a 2008 Santorum speech) say that America is suffering from the prolonged attack of Satan.
Interestingly, it’s the Satan comments, more than the attack on Obama or unfortunate World War II references, that have caused the hottest controversy. Santorum is being widely critiqued for having religious views that are outside the mainstream, and the furor of the reaction is of about the same tone and incredulity as if he had declared the world flat while walking around the Creation Museum wearing a John 3:16 sign and a rainbow wig.
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