Santorum on Mormons, Harry Reid

[takoma]

Here are two versions of Santorum's response to the "Mormon issue" [which I personally think is a sily diversion]:

From a Fox News website( http://politics.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=23681&content=58192741&pageNum=-1):

"I'm not an expert on Mormonism, but every Mormon I know is a good and decent person ... by and large, except for Harry Reid," Santorum said on "Fox News Sunday," jabbing at the Senate Democratic leader.

And from a National Review website (http://www.nationalreview.com/corner):

Asked if Mormonism was a cult, Santorum said it wasn’t. “He says he’s a Christian,” Santorum said in response to a question about whether Romney was a Christian. “I’m not an expert on Mormonism. All I know is that every Mormon I know is a good and decent person, has great moral values, and is, by and large, with the exception of Harry Reid, pretty consistent in the values that I share and the things that I want to see happen in this country, and that’s what he should be judged on.”

Looks to me that the Fox News take-away is that Santorum said Reid is not a good and decent person and the National Review takeaway is that Santorum thinks Reid wants different things for the country than he does. Since the Review version appears to be the full quote, I give it more credibility, which I am happy to see because it gives (liberal) me a much less disturbing image of Santorum speaking of a former colleague. Is Fox just fanning the flames of divisiveness, or should I chalk it up to careless editing (as one version of an old saying goes "Never blame conspiracy when incompetence will do.")?

[Anonymous]

Santorum is nothing but a frothy mixture of..............

[takoma]

Anonymous wrote:Santorum is nothing but a frothy mixture of..............

That's Savage!

[Anonymous]

Takoma - I caught 10 minutes of the show yesterday, and the full National Review quote is what he said - The Reid part was almost a throw away - like he just thought of it and needed to get it in there. He went on to call out some Mormon politicians, including Hatch and the Gov. of Utah if I remember correctly.