but they say satan is coming. as a catholic, i have never heard a homily where they talk about satan is coming for america. >> you have to go to my church. >> clearly. >> am i the only one in the somebody finally said it camp? the fact of the matter is i am a registered voter. i am not clear on that. i can a blackout drunk. i do not care about the economy. i don't care about iran. i don't care about all of these situations. what i care about is the invasion of the dark world is imminent. the only way we can stop them is by having unprotected sex with our wives and the sole goal being to pro create. the devil will not come down to georgia. and he is bringing a lot more to the fiddle. >> he couldn't smite anybody and he lost in a fiddle contest. >> i don't know what smiting means, but he will be the first one to be sodomized in the pits of hell for all you have done. >> i hope so. >> i want to make two points. one point is and reverend wright was talking talking about evil he was talking about america. santorum is t

>> if you were satan, there is no one else to go after other than the united states. >> yeah, satan. the name of lucifer. >> oh, my god. chicago kicks -- ♪ to be evil sometimes >> i'll defend everything i'll say. >> he sure will. let's get right to it this afternoon. joining us is msnbc political analyst professor michael dyson of georgetown university. with us from washington, professor dyson. rick santorum has suggested that 2012 is the equivalent of 1939 when hitler provoked is the second world war implying that the president even in a thinly veiled way is hitler. has mr. santorum lost complete control of his senses? >> he certainly has. he's deparred from every shred of decency, every bit of logic and every sin till la of human compassion to make a comparison and draw a parallel between barack obama and adolph hitler is not only reckless, it is itself dangerous and subversive of the very democratic principles upon which are predicated our abilities and freedoms to talk in public spaces. we have a right to say what we want to say, about you we also have a responsibility to make su

but if you do believe that your political foes are motivated by satan or part of a satanic plot or --did he say that? >> listen, he said -- >> he didn't say that. >> extrapolate -- >> david, i've given you -- >> let me make the point. he says politics in this country have fallen to satan so he is saying what he doesn't like about politics -- >> a lot of people believe that. i'm surprised you didn't include the press. >> what i'm saying is if you believe that, how can you compromise with the other side? >> we have fresh meat. we're not talking about four years ago though i think it is in context. today rick santorum, candidate for president, on the campaign trail for president, took on the sitting president barack obama on his moral values. let's watch today's news. >> the greatness of america is we have such diversity with this proviso -- e pluribus unum, right? out of many, one. essentially we are going to have to hold together on some set of moral codes and principles, and we're seeing evidently what the president's moral codes and principles are about. we see a president who is sys

in terms of santorum and satan, to be fair, it's not like he wanted to talk about satan. he was respondsing to questions about it, when you are running for president, anything is fair game, you will get asked about anything that you ever said. it was four years ago not 40, and so he will have to answer it. is it the only thing that people should focus on? no, but is it legitimate to ask about, of course? >> it's tell whg yen you open u your new york times and a paragraph begins pressure to respond as to whether satan would attack america, like this is now part of the national dialog. i want to play sound from rus y limb law who is making the same point. >> it's part of the predictable attempt to impune santorum as an absolutely religious nut and whacko. but he did say these things. and he is going have to have an answer for these things when asked. >> are you a person of faith? >> i believe in good and evil. i think -- if somehow or another you are a person of faith and you believe in good and evil -- >> that was santorum's response to rush limbaugh. it's as if he did not

no one's ever seen satan. i've never seen satan. he doesn't exist. miss braebrook has. she said that when she was just getting ready to bed, and she took her tablet and everything, satan appeared, and he was-- he was sitting on her wardrobe looking down at her, and... do you think that you could point miss braebrook out to me in the playground tomorrow? and nine... i've worked at this school for quite a while now... so i know where everything is. okay. okay, thank you for that. now, peter, let me tell you what i'm looking for-- commitment, your commitment to our raft of rolling initiatives going forward. are you with me? ye-- absolutely. good. good. well, in that case, uh, you see, i've been busy evolving the new school prospectus, and i had asked mr. bentley to process these statistics for me, but i'm not sure he's presented the figures in the most positive, uh, formulation, so i was wondering whether you would like to have a crack at it for me, as a way of demonstrating your commitment. uh, what exactly wasn't positive enough about mr. bentley's formulation? well, uh.

no one's ever seen satan. i've never seen satan. he doesn't exist. mis3 braebrook has.e said that when she was just getting ready to bed, and she took her tablet and everything, satan appeared, and he was-- he was sitting on her wardrobe looking down at her, and... do you think that you could point miss braebrook out

evil or evil to represent satan. he did say when he was pushed a little bit in phoenix yesterday by reporters he did sort of back off and he said, look, i want to talk about things that are relevant to what's going on right now. i want to talk about things that are important which surprised me because rick santorum's popularity, a lot of it is because of the fact that he is -- >> bill: i think he is smart to do that it's not a campaign issue. you rightly said it's in context. is he speaking to a catholic place. he was trying to explain some of the things going on in america. he believes are driven by the devil. but he also attacked protestantism that might be a problem for him. >> wildly risky for him to have said that a lot of people like rick santorum because he does speak his mind. might not be popular but he does speak up none the less. a lot of people like that. >> teenage drinking a big problem. washington, d.c. a reporter for the cbs affiliate actually did undercover deal got her in a lot of trouble. let's do

the only one satan is attacking is us. god's favorite country. all the bad stuff happening in the other parts of the world, starvation, genocide, slavery, that's not satan. so it must be god working in mysterious ways that we must not question. but raising the u.s. marginal tax rate on the top 1%, folks, that is why the certificate pent got into this game. satan loves big government. i mean what was the apple but the original food stamp. (laughter) >> stephen: rick knows, rick knows that the father of lies is coming for us in all his forms. lose ferr, beelzebubumephistophile, old rick, ol done b bama, that is why if rick is president he will do what no other president has had the courage to do, declare war on hell. it's simple. all we have to do is take our nuclear missile -- missiles out of their silos and put them back in upside down. rick is the only who sees this. i find it pretty suspicious that obama does not have the contingency plan to destroy the center of the earth. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) >> welcome back, everybody.

. >>> santorum on satan. rick santorum says he stands by comments made four years ago that the devil is attacking the united states. >> and the father of lies has his sights on what you would think the father of lies, satan, would have his sights on. >>> and presidential pipes. president obama shows once again that he's got them. president obama shows once again that he's got them. ♪ baby don't you want to go captioning funded by cbs >>> this the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, february 22, 2012. >>> good morning everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. we begin overseas. where the embassy is locked down amid growing anti-american protests. the violent demonstrations began yesterday triggered by the burning of muslim holy books at nato's main base. the protests have spread to several afghan cities. it's reported that police opened fire on demonstrators today. the white house apologized for the inappropriate treatment of the religious books. a top u.s. commander in afghanistan said the books were

rick santorum said satan is attacking america. is he right? go post a comment on my blog or go to the post on "the situation room's" facebook page. wolf? >>> all right. jack, thanks very much, as i blogged today, i think you have a problem if you're a presidential candidate and you have to defend your views on satan. but that's another issue. check out my blog. lisa sylvester is monitoring other top stories right now as well, including divers found even more victims today inside the partially sunken italian cruise ship. what's the latest? >> that's right. eight more bodies have been pulled from the wreckage of the costa concordia, including the body of a 5-year-old girl. officials say they were found in a submerged part of the ship known as bridge 4. the death toll now stands at 25 with seven people still missing. meanwhile, prosecutors are investigating seven employees including the head of the crisis unit, who was on the phone with the ship's captain the night it struck rocks. >>> a gunshot fired in -- el paso please believe the woman's leg

of our culture, or how satan recently jacked the price of gas up, or how satan decided this would be the last season of "chuck." i assuma that was satan because who else would cancel "chuck." this election of 2012 is all that stands between america andicaa taft fee, just as we were warned, the consequences in 2008 could be dire. >> if mr. obama should become presidentish really believe it will be hard to stop the economy from being socialized. >socialized. >> jon: socialized economy! if obama was elected in 2008. we were warned. and, indeed, barack obama did take billions of taxpayer dollars and redistribute them... to the banks. ( laughter ) so it's kind of socialism, in a dyslexic... ( laughter ) and what of our enemies abroad? >> i will tell you if he is elected president, then the radical islamists, the al qaeda and the radical islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets. >> jon: talk about-- talk about hitting the nail on the head. if you were to replace the word "dancing" with the phrase, "donnelling unmanned drone missiles raining hell fire from the sky." so

. >> wolfkill devotes much of his time to his religion, satanism. >> i'm in a satanic group here.four of us here. it's a small community. >> the thing about satanism, we don't encourage or condone the breaking of laws. one of the biggest misconceptions about satanists is that we worship the devil. we pay homage to lucifer. the truth is, we don't believe in satan, we don't believe in lucifer. he's merely a symbol. who is satan? the original rebel. this actually has all of the teachings in it. this has what's called the 11 satanic rules of the earth. if you look at number nine, it says do not harm little children. number ten says do not kill nonhuman animals unless you are attacked or for your food. that right there destroys all the bad stereotypes you have about this religion. there's no human sacrifice. this is probably one of my favorite ritual tools is the gong. which is just used for emphasis a lot of times. and this here, this bad boy, this is the destruction candle. [ speaking latin ] in the name of satan, the ruler of the earth, the king of the world, i command the forces of

that's satan! that's satan. >> greg: now we have that. >> bob: give santorum a break on this.s guy. and christian and so am i. i consider satan to be real and evil. it's okay for him to say that at the church school. >> andrea: at least he didn't back away from it saying it wasn't me. that's why people like him. >> dana: but he said i'll defend everything i say, but at same time he said the drudge headline was a joke and absurd. and in some ways a lot of conservatives -- i have done it, myself -- you try to have it both ways. you want to criticize the main stream media and if the main stream media writes something that is positive about you, you send it around to all of your friends and supports so they can look at. >> andrea: don't you think the main stream media is trying to make him look as a freak like this? i think a lot of the media was trying to make him look -- >> greg: media finds religion laughable. any example they can find that is laughable, they will run with. >> eric: drudge has been pro-romney, has he not? there is no question about that. is there any question t

satan was never mentioned. why not? know why because no good comes from talking about satan, at all. >> rick santorum tells the us that satan is focused on the demise of this country. >> i know where he gets that from. i don't know. when you listen to everything that he says whether it's contraception or iran or any of his other policy positions, it's always rooted in this good versus evil. he's always on the side of good and anyone who opposes him, anyone, whether it's any of those guys on the stage or democrats or whomever, they are all evil if they don't agree with him. while satan wasn't there in form, he was there in terms of substance. testifies there in terms of form. >> julian, less than a week to michigan and arizona, are we starting to see some of the veneer rubbed off of mr. santorum. >> i think he's realizing being a front-runner has about as much job security as being a coach for the new york knicks. i think the more people get to look at him, the more this guy is bag full of contradictions. it's the party

a lot about satan from santorum tonight. i think he's going to come knowing he's under fire as the new front-runner. i think he's going to turn every question about social issues into a discussion about his manufacturing plan. and i think he's going to attack mitt romney, which is what he needs to do to try to become the nominee himself and he's going to do it on romney care. you're going to see him say he doesn't flip-flop and doesn't change his mind or shy away from his positions. what he's doing is asking the government to help the middle class and then step away and let americans have as much of their income as possible and as much of their freedom as possible. that he's a true conservative who doesn't change his mind and doesn't flip-flop. painting a contrast with mitt romney on health care. i don't think he's going to talk about birth control tonight. i know he will be asked. >> i don't know, michael, if he can stay away from the debate there. i don't think he's the kind of guy that will walk away. >> no. >> with his c

personally i follow satan but only on twitter.this. >> if you want to use speeches that i gave to christian groups, go ahead. >> why do you insist on dredging up ancient speeches that a politician gave all the way back in 2008. back in 2008 people were doing things like watching high definition television and using iphones and listening to coldplay. why do we insist on holding politicians to things they said in their formative years? because politicians are like dogs. you know how to get dog years? you take their age and multiply it by seven. there are politician years where you take their age and you divide it by 15. that explains a lot about their behavior. guinn was brought up on ethics charges when he was 55, well, really he was only three years eight months. and romney vowed to protect abortion in 1994, and really he was only three. and in 2008, rick santorum was only three and a third. which is only politician we can trust to act like a mature human being is ron paul. he had just turned five. i'm done. >> thanks. you guys ha

. >> if you were satan, who would you attack in this day and age? >> there is no one else to go after other than the united states, and that's been the case, for now, almost 200 years. >> jim acosta asked santorum about his satan warning. >> as a person of faith, i believe in good and evil. i think, if somehow or another as a person of faith you believe that good and evil is a disqualifier for president, we're going to have a very small pool of candidates who can run for president. >> cnn political editor paul steinhauser is live in mesa, arizona. it's really tough to be the front-runner, isn't it? >> reporter: it really is. this is the first debate in nearly a month, since our debate in jacksonville, florida, and so much has changed, especially for rick santorum. last time there was a debate, he was standing on the sidelines. this time he's going to be center stage with mitt romney. when you become a co-front-runner, you get a lot more scrutiny. we knew candidates would go after santorum because of his record in congress as a senator. romney and pa

imagine mentioning satan in a job interview. i believe that would go something like this. >> so, rick, tell me a little about yourself. >> well, sir, i'm a braj watt of penn state university. two years experience working in retail. very hard worker. and i believe that satan has his sights set on us. >> okay. well, it was very nice meeting you. >> also, i'm a people person. >> the door's right over there. >> jimmy: you wouldn't get your parking validated after an interview like that, right? some parents are angry at the nonprofit group california family health council right now. they have what they call a condom access program on their website. it's a program that allows teenagers to order a free pack of condoms every month. this is from the website. apparently, you're supposed to put the condoms on your head? i don't know. i think i've been doing it wrong. but many parents are upset because they think this encourages teens to have sex. if parents are concerned about their teens having sex, they should make their kids do what i d

he said satan is at war with america because america is so good. >> if you were satan who would you attack in this day and age? there's no one else to go after other than the united states. >> that's right, folks. the only ones satan is taking is us. god's favorite country. all the bad stuff happening in the other parts of the world, starvation, genocide slavery, that's not satan, so it must be god working in mysterious ways. >> enough fire and brimstone for you. apparently mitt romney felt the say way giving michiganers his fave it tune. ♪ for purple mountains majesty across the plains ♪ >> i love america. >> there was no melody that time of around, his go to anthem. let's bring in our panel from washington. david corn, washington bureau chief for "mother jones" magazine and jonathan capehart. we give you a lot of red meat to comment on this afternoon. jonathan, let's start with you, our new bearded friend. >> hello. >> santorum tossed out reverend wright. we were thinking all right. >> right, no pun intended. we're talking about reverend wright when i'm sure and i lot of people expected

satan exists. -- >> on some level there's exorcisms supported by the church. >> if you are a religious christian, that is not really outside the bounds of what you would believe. to the secular media it sounds crazy. i'm not saying he should be targeted as being crazy but he will have to answer questions about it. >> well, about you don't believe in evil in this day and age, he should flip it? >> absolutely but i don't think it's reasonable for him to walk back and pretend he didn't say what he was saying. a lot of people relate to what he said. >> and i'm not going to let the media define my agenda. >> i mean, the point is also republicans can't talk about religion. the president gets up there and tries to explain to us that you can raise taxes as a consequence of what jesus might have said or what's in the bible. and yet a republican talking about frankly any religion concept is going to get attacked and that's what we are saying. >> what a double standard. unto who much is given, more taxes for