It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => Media Bias/Media War => Topic started by: trapeze on January 02, 2012, 09:39:22 PM
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LINK (http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/02/alan-colmes-the-way-santorum-dealt-with-the-death-of-his-child-sure-was-crazy/)
So I'm at work all day, I come home, check out HotAir and it turns out that Alan Colmes has decided that he wasn't despised enough and does everything in his power to prove he is the biggest asshole at FNC.
The thing that gets me is the way that he is smiling (or leering) in the lead up to his little "bombshell." He's virtually rubbing his hands together in anticipation of his revelation.
Lots of couples have had miscarriages (myself and Mrs. trapeze included) and dealing with the grief is a private, personal and deeply emotionally devastating experience. Although I would not have taken the path that the Santorums did, I would not criticize them and certainly would not use the opportunity to score some kind of political point.
"Beyond the pale" does not even begin to describe what Colmes did in this exchange. And Colmes did not apologize for it...he was, in fact, quite proud of his statement...until Mrs. Santorum was brought to tears over it. Then and only then did Colmes offer an apology. I don't have the text of the apology but if I had to guess it was the usual, "I'm sorry if you were offended..." bullsh*t that libs will toss out when public opinion turns against them. Rick Santorum is more gracious than I am because he accepted the apology.
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What he did with the family was a personal and private thing, going public with it
seems bizarre. It appears as another form of our cultural exhibitionism.
That scene with Lowry & Colmes is disgusting, Alan at his pinnacle, also
causes one to wonder if it is not another act in our kabuki exhibitionism.
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This coming from a guy whose party turns funerals into campaign rally's.
If Im ever fortunate to run into colmes, I'm gonna bitch slap that wondering eye of his back into place. Parden me, but what an asshole. Complete idiot. May he rot in hell one day.
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What a cruel decision Colmes made. I always knew Colmes was a douchebag. But I never pegged him for being cruel.
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What he did with the family was a personal and private thing, going public with it
seems bizarre. It appears as another form of our cultural exhibitionism.
That scene with Lowry & Colmes is disgusting, Alan at his pinnacle, also
causes one to wonder if it is not another act in our kabuki exhibitionism.
Santorum explained why they "went public"; his wife had experience working in the neo-natal unit with similar situations and they were passing on what they saw as a helpful way of dealing with the grief and imprinting the baby's memory on the family.
Plus, if you think for one minute the Media Party wouldn't have uncovered the event, even if Mrs. Santorum hadn't published a book on it, think again.
Gunsmith and I went through a miscarriage as well, and, as with all deaths, one copes in one's own way.
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Like I said at HotAir, Colmes is a demon...anybody who has seen him operate over the years knows the cheap shot is his bread & butter, none of this should be a surprise.
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Truth told, Colmes' revelation was the first I'd heard of the Santorum's decision. I must admit, the way Colmes portrayed it, it seemed bizarre and somewhat morbid.
But I heard Santorum talk about it on Hannity as I was flipping channels last night, and it sounded like a beautiful, dignified way to honor the brief life of their child. Perhaps most importantly, it speaks to the Santorums deep belief in the personhood of every child regardless of developmental stage, and the Santorums desire to instill the knowledge of that personhood firmly into their other childrens lives.
Santorum's real tears and wavering voice told the truth of the matter as he portrayed the truth that Colmes tarnished with his evil lies. The mental image of a loving couple spending the night in the hospital, cradling the body of their newborn child in grief and love is not a morbid image, it is beautiful. The mental image of presenting their other small children with the opportunity to grieve over a person - a deceased sibling - rather than just an intangible idea - is also a beautiful and sad thing to imagine. But it's not morbid or bizarre.
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My prayers go out to those of you that have had to endure the pain of miscarriage. I was blessed with 2 sons and 1 stepson. I can't imagine losing one of them. I agree that what the Santorums did was a beautiful and dignified.
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It's a good thing Colmes rose above the typical leftist, George C Scott like fascination with Santorum's bodily fluids...
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Sterling Hayden
There is no doubt his grief is sincere and what they did was an act of love.
However, going public with this personal story is exhibitionistic.
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Sterling Hayden
There is no doubt his grief is sincere and what they did was an act of love.
However, going public with this personal story is exhibitionistic.
It may have been Charles, but I'm not prepared to draw that conclusion. Santorum staked his flag in the pro-life hill long ago. It's what his political career and public life has been largely based upon. It's also possible that the Santorums viewed the death of their baby and their treatment of it as an opportunity to set a pro-life example, revealing their actions in a book as a way to demonstrate their belief in the personhood of the unborn. I think that could well be ones motivation without exhibitionism. Couldn't it? Or am I missing something?
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It could be. As a point of faith and example he could be doing it.
He's been telling this story over and over for at least two months.
And "Santorum staked his flag in the pro-life hill long ago. It's what his political career and public life has been largely based upon." reinforces his so public use of
this personal tragedy as a political device.
In a book it is a story, a lesson, for the concerned or the seeker
but told over and over and over on television it now appears as a
device. Especially after this (http://itsaboutliberty.com/index.php/topic,4381.msg48316.html#msg48316) bit of information exposing more of his
hypocrisy.
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Colmes should be the Poster Boy for legalizing abortions .
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He's been telling this story over and over for at least two months.
That changes my opinion (slightly) cuz I wasn't aware of that. Bad chit happens to all of us and we all have our own ways of dealing with it (or not). Making it a centerpiece of his campaign is kinda creepy - even if I understand why his family did what they did.
However, Alan Colmes-over is still a major-league douche