Sarah Palin: Rick Santorum's 'Satan' Remark Has Media 'Wee-Weed Up' (VIDEO)

During an appearance on Fox News, Sarah Palin weighed in on a suggestion made by Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum in 2008 that "Satan has his sights on the United States of America."

"They will attack any conservatives who boldly proclaims their faith and talks about there is good in the world and there's evil in the world and that's what Rick Santorum was talking about," explained Palin. "And this was a speech that he gave back in 2008, where he named evil as Satan. And for these lame-stream media characters to get all wee-weed up about that, first you have to ask yourself, 'Have they ever attended a Sunday school class even? Have they never heard of this terminology before?" And that's why they got so, you know, just whacked out about the speech."

The former Alaska governor continued, "I gave a speech back in 2008 where I asked college and high school students if they would pray for our troops and pray for our efforts overseas in war zones and they ran that tape over and over again in the vice presidential race trying to make me sound like a whacko talking about good and evil in our world."

The Drudge Report resurfaced what Santorum had to say four years ago on Tuesday. ABC News relays the remarks in question:

"While we all see all this as a great political conflict in warfare between the Obama camp and the McCain camp and culture wars, what Bishop Aquila put his finger on and what I think, I suspect those of you who are here understand, this is not a political war at all. This is not a cultural war. This is a spiritual war," Santorum said in August of 2008.

"And the Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country, the United States of America. 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 has been the case now for almost 200 years, once America’s preeminence was sown by our great Founding Fathers."

Asked about the comments coming back into the spotlight on Tuesday, Santorum said, "Its a joke, its absurd. You know, if a person I‘m a person of faith." He added, "I believe in good and evil. I think if somehow or another because you’re a person of faith you believe in good and evil is a disqualifier for president we’re going to have a very small pool of candidates who can run for president."

The presidential hopeful asserted, "I’ll defend everything I say."

Comments

[Andrewcranky]

03:49 PM on 03/27/2012

Is anyone other then FOX talking about this?

[Mary Robb]

03:42 PM on 03/27/2012

Santorum has no right bring faith into the this election. I know she for Rick Santorum and all the praying isnt going to give you a job or put food on the table

[gyp46]

12:21 PM on 03/27/2012

Oh come on folks: " have they ever attended a sunday school class EVEN" what great language skills, how can you not love this "lady"??

[Lesley Kinney]

07:28 AM on 03/01/2012

Rick Santorum wants to ban contraceptives because it lets women "do things" before marriage that he thinks are wrong. Sarah Palin's daughter gets knocked up outside of marriage and is now getting a Lifetime series based on being an unmarried Mother. I'm sure this all makes sense somewhere in the GOP universe. LOL!

[S1m0n]

03:43 PM on 02/26/2012

Babytalk? My, the GOP is sure having a dignified primary. Are you embarrassed yet, America?

[Unclebuggies]

03:48 PM on 02/25/2012

Shut up, Sarah.

[Rocco13]

10:44 AM on 02/24/2012

Let's not forget the real master of recognizing satan in our midst: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/church-chat/2732

[Rocco13]

10:38 AM on 02/24/2012

Sunday School? Now adults have to apply what they learned in Sunday School? Maybe we should just perform an exorcism on all the bad folks.

[PubicOption]

08:31 AM on 02/24/2012

Fox pays her $1M/yr, and she's "wee-wee'd" and "whacked". Money well spent, Mr. Ailes...

[mpilkanis]

07:46 AM on 02/24/2012

Her choice of terms is cringe-worthy as are her middlebrow sentiments. Only the patently irresponisble GOP would think of this person, of all people in this county, as qualified to be serving in the White House. It just boggles the mind.

[ayisha]

05:43 AM on 02/24/2012

it's like getting a political opinion from a cranky 3 year old right before nap time.

[kathy smelser]

07:34 AM on 02/24/2012

i did not know that a grown up could use wee-weed as a wreal word wreally

[KickstandCat]

01:46 AM on 02/24/2012

I have no idea what she said, as I would have had to listen to her.

However, I liked her better with the bangs.

[shades3]

10:19 PM on 02/23/2012

Ms. Palin should stop using "lamestream media" and "wee-weed up" immediately. They make her look stupider than she already is. What may have seemed cute and original at first is now getting old and frankly, irritating. Of course, her shrill voice and general lack of intellectual curiosity have always signalled that we are not hearing or seeing a serious person, but a limelight hog, desperate for attention...............any attention. "Look at me!! Look at me."
WHEW.

[crescent20]

06:28 PM on 02/23/2012

Acknowledging the existence of good and evil is one thing, and it is fine. Personifying them as mythical characters is even acceptable, as it can be considered a metaphor. What is not ok is when you use those characters as your reason for supporting or opposing legislation, instead of considering whether the legislation itself is actually good or bad for the people it affects. ALL of the people it affects, not just those who happen to share your myth-centric view. Your mythical good being told you to, "love thy neighbor," but he did not say to "love thy neighbor only as long as he also follows your own narrow worldview."

[almchrl13]

12:24 AM on 02/24/2012

The devil made you post that.

[kathy smelser]

07:38 AM on 02/24/2012

and the LORD brought crescent20 comment out of the burning ashes of hell and delivered it to the people AMEN

[BPMM]

04:46 PM on 02/23/2012

Wee-weed up? Did she learn that type of journalistic dialogue from the classes she attended at the University of Potato?

[kathy smelser]

07:39 AM on 02/24/2012

GIGGLE GIGGLE ...thank you for this