On Tuesday's Bill Press radio show, former MSNBC anchor David Shuster continued the Press mockery of Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow: "I think what happens is when a politician or a figure like Tim Tebow and I know that Bill Press has mentioned it on the show, but when a national figure, sports celebrity, politician wraps themselves in religion I believe that they diminish the significance of that religion. That instead of it being something sort of somber and serious and deep they almost pervert it and they cheapen that religion." Mention it, and you cheapen it. In other words, liberals think religious people should shut up and hide. Press told Tebow to "S.T.F.U."
Shuster added, "You can call them clowns you can call them a joke, but when presidential candidates in such a bizarre way claim that they are running because they prayed and God told them to or because they need to save the lives of the unborn, but they won’t do very much once that child is born."
This is the fuller transcript:
SHUSTER: This gets to one of my theory about why religious is diminishing and I think a lot of it has to do with you know you can call them clowns you can call them a joke, but when Presidential candidates (Republicans) in such a bizarre way claim that they are running because they prayed and God told them to or because they need to save the lives of the unborn, but they won’t do very much once that child is born. In other words you’re on your own once you come out of the womb, then forget about it we have no obligation to you, but you know once you’ve been conceived oh than you have all sorts of rights. I think that the hypocrisy and the way that politicians and even some sports figures rap themselves in religion is a major turn off.
And I think what happens is when a politician or a figure like Tim Tebow and I know that Bill Press has mentioned it on the show, but when a national figure, sports celebrity politician wraps themselves in religion I believe that they diminish the significance of that religion. That instead of it being something sort of somber and serious and deep they almost pervert it and they cheapen that religion. And I think generally generally most people don’t like to be associated with things that are cheap, or things that seen as blatant hypocrisy. The idea that God wants Tim Tebow to win a football game, that’s insane.
On his December 16 show, Press even called Tebow a phony Christian:
PRESS: I dare assert the title of my column God Doesn’t Care About Politics Or Football. He doesn’t care who wins the Republican nomination and He doesn’t care whether the Broncos or the Patriots walk off the field victorious this weekend, although we know it’s going to be the Patriots because they’ve got a real quarterback and not a phony quarterback and a phony Christian. Whoop, did I just say that about Tim Tebow? Oh my God!
