During his 'Ask Ed Live' segment on Tuesday's The Ed Show, Ed Schultz had a question via Twitter asking, "What do Christian values mean to Republicans?" He responded saying he believes Christian values exist, but that politicians use them to justify what they want to win.

"...when you put it to politicians and political operatives, it now becomes a crutch to justify anything they want in the political arena connected to scripture, and oftentimes they turn out to be totally hypocritical."

He concluded saying that 'Christian values' to Republicans are just a stepping stone to get what they want in politics.

"they hide behind their plastic Jesus..."

The term 'plastic Jesus' is usually used as a derogatory statement about fake Christians or Christians who only look to faith when they want something for themselves. It was also the title of an American folk song in the 1960s.