Discussion: Scott Walker Says He Doesn't Know If Obama Is Christian

dustbunny44 · February 22, 2015, 1:20am

Scott Walker jumps the shark. Howard Dean moment. Gratifying.

martinjb · February 22, 2015, 1:22am

OK, so Scott Walker doesn’t know if Obama is Christian. Fair enough; neither do I. I also don’t know if Scott Walker harbors a secret desire to be a member of the KKK. I don’t know if he likes kicking small children when no-one’s watching. While I would have liked for him to have followed his “I dunno” with a “but I have no reason to doubt his statements that he is Christian,” I’m not sure his claim of ignorance quite rises up to “questioning President Obama’s religion” as the DNC spokesperson said.

And, in case anyone is wondering – while I don’t know if Mr. Walker harbor’s white supremacist or anti-child sentiments, I have no reason to believe he does. But that doesn’t mean I’d want him running my state, let alone my country!

ncsteve · February 22, 2015, 1:24am

Global warming, evolution, Obama’s patriotism, whether Obama’s a Christian.

Funny how the college drop out just keeps adding to the list of things he says he doesn’t know . . .

JohnB · February 22, 2015, 1:24am

Yes. But. Walker could just as easily have said, “Yes–I believe Obama is a Christian. Now, will you people stop asking me asinine questions? The upcoming election isn’t about Obama, much less his religion or lack thereof.” Instead, his spokesperson has to go mop up this mess . . . but what’s going to get played on the news isn’t the mopping up but the mess.

ncsteve · February 22, 2015, 1:25am

I missed the abortion punt. How can anyone who punted on abortion still be considered a contender for the Republican nomination?

cdrnla · February 22, 2015, 1:26am

Funny thing, I don’t know if Scott Walker is a child molester…

richardinjax · February 22, 2015, 1:28am

One more time…from Bullshit 101:

You make a comment that perpetuates the meme:
“I don’t know if Obama is a Christian”

The remark is obviously constructed to avoid you saying no. allow you to escape the heat you’d get for saying he isn’t but maintain the doubt Obama is a Christian.

But you go home and get told that’s an old hackneyed method…everyone can see though it …it’
s not going to work for you…so you spin:

“Of course the governor thinks the president is a Christian,”…well why in the hell did he say he didn’t know? Then you do the Blame the Media thing.

Someday I hope the MSM will throw off their concerns with being labeled “liberal” that fishing for Conservatives isn’t going to work…they’re only interested in FOX bait…and realize the abuse these GOP assholes subject them to licenses them to get down on them. Just get in their face: "Governor, you may choose to claim I have a Liberal bias but you said you did not know whether Obama was a Christian, an approach many Republicans have used, but as soon as that began to show signs of backfiring you said of course he’s Christian and blamed YOUR words on the media. It sounds like you’re trying to have your cake and eat it too Governor. It also sounds like you have one thing to say for one audience and something else to say when facing another. Can you comment on that "

I’m not going to hold my breath.

heirball · February 22, 2015, 1:31am

Me neither. The problem with this creep is that he very much morphs into different people in front of different audiences. Scott Walker is very very dangerous.

richardinjax · February 22, 2015, 1:32am

I don’t think he punted on Abortion. He punted on Evolution and Obama’s patriotism.

generalsternwood · February 22, 2015, 1:32am

This is a rerun of the same rightwing aspersions cast during Obama’s first presidential campaign. That worked really well for them.

teenlaqueefa · February 22, 2015, 1:34am

He’s a serious punt.

docd · February 22, 2015, 1:47am

Perhaps the salient question is this: Governor, do you think it is appropriate for public officials to pass judgment on a person’s religious faith? If you become President, will you be deciding who is or who is not a “Christian?”

silas1898 · February 22, 2015, 1:48am

Look!! It’s The Kardashianos!!!

silas1898 · February 22, 2015, 1:49am

That is not a salient question here on Planet Stupid.

bardi · February 22, 2015, 1:52am

It is like asking Sarah Palin what newspapers she reads.

Hey, Scott, are you a christian?

hobbitdave · February 22, 2015, 1:56am

Every time this SOB opens his yap, he show’s he don’t know fuck all about anything except how to destroy Wisconsin. Let’s hope he doesn’t last long enough to actually get a seat on the clown car that’s coming back around.

hobbitdave · February 22, 2015, 1:59am

Sure wouldn’t be surprised.

benjoya · February 22, 2015, 1:59am

‘I don’t know if Mr. Walker harbor’s white supremacist or anti-child sentiments,’
it would be irresponsible not to speculate.

bluestatedon · February 22, 2015, 2:01am

“You’ve asked me to make statements about people that I haven’t had a conversation with about. How [could] I say if I know either of you are a Christian?”

Y’know, he’s right. Since I’ve never had a conversation with Scott Walker, how could I say if I know whether he likes having sex with little boys?

jprfrog · February 22, 2015, 2:07am

I had a friend who was a teenager in Iran (her father was a US career diplomat). She told me about a member of the Shah’s family who had her own palace, that was mostly inhabited by the dozens (at least) dogs she was crazy about. The staff in this place spent most of their time running around with whisk brooms and such cleaning up the little piles of you-know-what all over the place — who wants to take out a dog from a fifty-room palace anyway?

That is what Scott Walker’s staff must feel like, since there boss these days seems to be living little deposits of steaming brown stuff wherever he goes.all over the place.