Rick Santorum, It’s not my job to co rrect woman who says Obama is a Muslim

Rick Santorum, GOP presidential candidate: It’s not  my  job to correct 
woman who says Obama is a Muslim  


 

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. Sen. Rick  Santorum, is 
polling third in Florida, according to multiple surveys. 





A similar issue came up in 2008 , when Sen. John McCain was running for  
President after a woman told the Arizona politician that she heard Obama was 
an  'Arab' 


Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. Sen. Rick  Santorum, is 
polling third in Florida, according to multiple surveys. 
    

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Rick Santorum has a  message for critics ripping him for not correcting a 
woman who called President  Obama a Muslim: That's not my job.
 
The Republican presidential candidate lashed out at reporters earlier this  
week in Lady Lake, Fla, after a woman identified Obama as a Muslim.
 
"It's not my responsibility as a candidate to correct everybody who makes a 
 statement that I disagree with," the former Pennsylvania Senator said 
after the  campaign event, as first reported by ABC News.
 
The dispute began after an unidentified Florida woman told Santorum, "He is 
 an avowed Muslim and my question is, why isn't something being done to get 
him  out of our government?" she asked.
 
Santorum responded he was doing "everything I can" to see that Obama does  
not win a second term.
 
"There are lots of people who get up and say stuff in a town hall meeting  
and say things that I don't agree with, but I don't think it's my 
obligation,  nor should it be your feeling that it's my obligation, to correct 
somebody who  says something that I don't agree with," Santorum added.
 
A similar issue came up in 2008 in Minnesota, when Sen. John McCain was  
running for President after a woman told the Arizona politician that she heard 
 Obama was an "Arab."
 
McCain dismissed the claim.
 
"No, ma'am. He's a decent family man [and\] citizen that I just happen to  
have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that's what this 
campaign's  all about. He's not [an Arab\]."
 
A new Public Policy Survey shows Santorum in third place, just a week  
before the crucial Florida primary.
 
Newt Gingrich leads the pack with 38% among likely GOP voters, followed by  
Mitt Romney at 33%, Santorum at 13% and Ron Paul at 10%.