First it was Alan Colmes; now it is Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, who went on MSNBC to mock Rick Santorum for how he and his wife Karen dealt with the death of their son Gabriel. (A severe prenatal development led to his very early delivery, and Gabriel died two hours after his birth.)
“He’s not a little weird, it’s that he’s really weird,” Robinson said of Santorum. “And some of his positions he’s taken are just so weird, um, that I think that some Republicans are gonna be off-put. Um, not everybody is going to, going to be down, for example, with the story of how he and his wife handled the, the, the stillborn ah, ah, child, ah, um, whose body they took home to, to kind of sleep with it, introduce to the rest of the family. It’s a very weird story.”
On these comments I have three observations to make, the first of which is that spending time with a stillborn child (or one who died shortly after birth, as in the Santorum case) is commonly recommended. The matter of taking the child home for a few hours is less common, but they did it so that their other children could also spend a little time with the deceased child, and that is definitely recommended. For example, here’s the official page of the American Pregnancy Association (an association of health-care providers that treat pregnant women) about stillbirth. It recommends that parents spend time with the child, as the Santorums did, and the APA writes:
With the loss of your baby, your family members will also grieve. Your baby is someone’s granddaughter, brother, cousin, nephew or sister. It is important for your family members to spend time with the baby. This will help them come to terms with their loss. If you have other children, it is very important to be honest with them about what has happened by using simple and honest explanations. It is your decision whether you would like the children to see the baby. Ask for a Child Life Specialist at the hospital; these are trained professionals who can help you prepare your children for the heartbreaking news, and prepare them to see the baby if you wish.
This is basically what the Santorum family did. They also had a funeral, which is often done in these kinds of situations. It seems to be enormously helpful to people in a moment of terrible pain. So Robinson, like Colmes, was speaking out of a seemingly bottomless well of ignorance.
The second point is the casual cruelty of Robinson and those like him. Robinson seems completely comfortable lampooning a man and his wife who had experienced the worst possible nightmare for parents: the death of their child. It is one thing to say you would act differently if you were in the situation faced by Rick and Karen Santorum; it’s quite another to deride them as “crazy” and “very weird,” which is what commentators on the left are increasingly doing, and with particular delight and glee.
We are seeing how ideology and partisan politics can so disfigure people’s minds and hearts that they become vicious in their assaults on those with whom they have political disagreements. I would hope no one I know would, in a thousand years, ridicule parents who were grappling with unfathomable human pain. Even if those parents were liberal. Even if they were running for president and first lady.
The third point is it tells you something about the culture in which we live that in some quarters those who routinely champion abortion, even partial-birth abortion, are viewed as enlightened and morally sophisticated while those grieving the loss of their son, whom they took home for a night before burying, are mercilessly mocked.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the times.
Correct me if I am wrong but I seem to remember a story about John Edwards lying next to his son's body at the morgue.
Rusty, that comes to us from John Kerry for whom this was a freak too far. I'm not sure it counts as a contrary example since we never heard of it until after the election. But wasn't it just a few decades ago when it was the norm for a body to be presented for viewing at home and overnight? This was the wake, just in case the departed sat up. Whatever, we know what this is really about. It is the same reason the so-called pro-choice people hate Trig Palin so viciously. These people should have had abortions, rather than babies. Any veneration of the new born, much less the unborn, is an affront. Humans don't achieve legal existence until pre-school and in the case of Republicans, not then.
That's the Left for you. There's no tactic too tawdry, no depth too low, if they think there might be political profit in it. The calls for "civility" are merely tactics of another sort. Remember that their motto, for many years now, is that "The personal is political." They mean it absolutely. n
Eugene Robinson is just another emotionally crippled progressive who wouldn't recognize a real, decent human emotion if he had one. He sold out to the dark side long ago.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the times.": n n nyou can keep them.
You can appeal to authority all you want, but if it grosses people out, it grosses them out. It's not a rational or reason-based reaction, it's the normal human DEAD BODIES, KEEP THEM AWAY reaction. n nThere is no winning argument for Santorum here, despite what the experts say. It will forever be a really, really weird thing to most people that they did that.
Ignorance! How is that different from visiting the dead body at a wake or funeral.. There are tens of thousands of funerals and wakes every year, where thousands of people will view a loved one's dead body to pay their last respects. This is no different and you are an ignorant fool!
They object to the notion that this lump of flesh might be considered a member of the family by these gap-toothed yokels. Such superstitions stand in the way of family engineering on the Chinese model.
Recess is over… time to get off the playground and let the adults talk.
A lot of human emotions are "weird" if you want to expose them to the mockery of 300 million people. That's why respectful people don't talk about a candidate's most private moments. Shall we talk about how Obama grieved "weirdly" over the death of his mother? I'm sure if we had video it would be funny for you to watch.
The correct answer is that it is no one's place to judge how parents react to the loss of a child, especially when no harm is done to anyone by it. Only the far left wants to pretend that dead fetuses are not dead humans. So, naturally they think it is "wierd" to show any emotion over any early termination of any pregnancy, even and perhaps especially when that is not the desired result. Does this mean that Obama's daughters are now fair game in politics, now that the Left mocks a Republican candidate over the stillborn death of a child?
Um, who besides Eugene Robinson has professed to be "grossed out"? What strikes me as weird is that someone who no doubt considers himself to be enlightened, compassionate and—dare I say it?—progressive can be so cruel. I invite you to go back and review Robinson's vicious, sneering comments. He speaks for no one but his odious self and the denizens of the leftie fever swamps—who, as is well known, would say anything, be it ever so vile, to damage a polotical opponent. Just ask Clarence Thomas.
See Alan Colmes' comments about the situation.
Not to me!
And you actually consider yourself "people," Clarence?
this is for clarence,,, are you INHUMAN like Robinson and Colmes???? apparently you never had a child or shall I say if your married,,,, your wife never had a child, you have no clue THE HEARTBREAK, PAIN, AND SUFFERING YOU HAVE, ITS OVERWHELMING, A PAIN WHICH CANNOT BE CONTROLLED ,I hope you never have to experience that pain, those 2 morons have no repect for human life, they would like an abortion to be performed, however they would save thier animals. what has this world become…..GOD HELP US IF ALL OF US HAVE TO RESORT TH THIS DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR AND THINKING,
Speak for yourself- I don't have that reaction. Must be something neurotypical that is eliminated by my autism. Guess maybe my next career should be in the mortuary.
I don't see these comments coming from a position of cruelty as much as indifference. You have to take into consideration that Colmes and Robinson like the majority of the "enlightened" progressive left simply do not hold the same reverence or concept of life that many mainstream Americans do. n nFor many of them, man is just another animal, a cosmic accident of chance, whose individual existence is inconsequential. A child, at the very least until birth, exists at the convenience of the mother, their continued presence having no more import than a tumor. n nIt is important to point out how what we see as outrageous comments that they throw off without a second thought reveal not their willful cruelty, but the true defining difference in thought an dmindset between their like and ours.
What is different between the mocking and jeering of Colmes and Robinson and the mocking and jeering of those Westboro Baptist nuts at military funerals?
It is not any different. Both flow from a wellspring of hate. No Republican or Democrat anywhere supports the Westboro nut jobs. That makes your point quite irrelevant, since you're suggesting that somehow their filth is endorsed by conservatives.
Both are equally reprehensible, so the effort to find moral equivalence only finds immoral or at best amoral equivalance. Thank you for labeling Colmes and Robinson as the nuts they are by association with the Westboro Baptist nuts. Neither extreme is acceptable.
"So Robinson, like Colmes, was speaking out of a seemingly bottomless well of ignorance." n nThat bottomless well would be called his @$$.
Now thats funny and true.
I don't agree with Santorum on a lot of stuff, but the way they do this to soc-cons is so sad. n nThey know they are coarsening the debate. That look on Colmes's face… he was a ghoul in two ways. n nJudging folks for how they act when their child just died… hyping up what they did as though they are aliens… just sad. n nAnd now Santorum's candidacy is much more defined by what the left is doing than what Santorum is proposing. We should fight against that, and talk about Santorum's proposals for energy, for tax cuts, and of course, his compassionate conservative stances that I think Santorum has been remarkably upfront about (as a Goldwater type, I disagree with this part quite a bit).
I think Rudyard Kipling would have been pleased to include the Times and Eugene Robinson in the people he addressed with this verse from "Cleared": n n
The real dilemma is tha Rick Santorum tells this intensely personal, and tragic story, in televised public forums.r nr nLike the Iowa Faith, Family, and Energy Forum broadcast live, and repeated, by C-Span.r nr nThen Mr. Santorum used the livestreamed and podcasted Iowa Thanksgiving Forum to tell the story about his youngest daughter.r nr nWhile pundit-mockery is reprehensible, it does not change the fact that Mr. Santorum is using his candidacy to tellr nus too much about his personal life. The dignity of the Presidency really has turned into Reality-tv, for some.
The real dilemma is tha Rick Santorum tells this intensely personal, and tragic story, in televised public forums. n nLike the Iowa Faith, Family, and Energy Forum broadcast live, and repeated, by C-Span. n nThen Mr. Santorum used the livestreamed and podcasted Iowa Thanksgiving Forum to tell the story about his youngest daughter. n nWhile pundit-mockery is reprehensible, it does not change the fact that Mr. Santorum is using his candidacy to tell nus too much about his personal life. The dignity of the Presidency really has turned into Reality-tv, for some.
That's ridiculous. He uses the story to explain how profound the prolife cause is to him. You have to be pretty heartless to compare this to the idiocy of the Jersey Shore or any of the crap they throw on TV. Remember, reality tv is NOT really reality… the kind of pain from the loss of a child and the personal lessons you can learn from such a horrible experience ARE reality. Again, another sign of how jaded and ignorant society has gotten when you can't tell the difference.
The dignity of the presidency was destroyed on a cold day in January, 2009.
What you've written needs to be said. There comes a time when people need to hear that common decency is important. I am more than shocked that this is how far American politics has lowered itself to. I am Canadian. I can't believe how far this has crossed the line. n nAs a Canadian I have always looked at our relationship as brotherly, with America being the 'big'. I don't anymore. n nIt saddens me because we are both the lesser for that. n nUntil times change… Sincerely Jeff
I seriously question how evil Alan Colmes and Eugene Robinson are. There are two options: n1. This was a partisan hit on a candidate's family in an attempt to sideline him. n2. This was an expression of a corollary to the bioethics idea popularized by Peter Singer that newborn children aren't particularly human and may be killed after birth. In an ethical world view where it is reasonable to kill newborns, mourning the death of a 2 hour old baby and having a funeral for the child is something that must be delegitimized any way possible in order to make way for the brave new world of infanticide. n nBoth options are evil but it is option number two that makes me worry more because the actions are the opening shots in a wide assault on society. These two public figures, Colmes and Robinson, need to be asked whether they think that these medical guidelines should remain in force or should be changed and how.
Those who publish "conservative" opinion pieces, or even comments, are routinely derided as "moron"(s), yet the accuser rarely, if ever, offers a single fact in retort. Rather, the mere designation absolves the accuser of uncivil behavior. Robinson and Colmes's public comments came out of that echo chamber in which they flatter themselves with the brilliance of their wit and deride the stupidity of the "morons" who think differently.
I’m one of the bad guys in this debate, and still I understand Santorum. I am an atheist. My wife and I terminated a pregnancy at 20 weeks when we were informed that there was no possibility the child would survive more than a few hours after birth, and would more likely result in a complicated miscarriage in the last weeks of my wife’s pregnancy. The hospital that performed the termination gave us pictures of our baby, and allowed us to hold the baby’s body for a few hours after the delivery. When we went into the hospital, we both agreed we didn’t want to see any of this. Yes, when they brought us the child, we held the child and wept over the tragedy for several hours. We treasure the pictures still. We felt not guilt, but the proper sense of loss, the sense of loss appropriate to such a privation. If we had had other living children, we would have wanted them to see this child, and we would have wanted to explain how the child was part of the family, even though we had decided not to deliver. I am at the opposite end of the Republican party than Santorum. I am a social liberal and fiscal conservative. But having lost a baby, although some of you may see it as murder, I understand his desire to integrate his loss and his wife’s openly in his family. His other kids knew his wife was pregnant. Was he to tell them that their brother or sister had been disposed of as medical waste?
Well said and thank you for sharing the story with us. nBeing a parent, grandparent, and great grandparent, has been the pinnacle of my life. Children are the greatest blessing God can allow us, and although you don't believe in God, you still were allowed to understand just how wonderful a child's life can be. nOn a personal note, I hope God somehow allows you to see Him as He really is, a loving father, not some angry old man who waits for us to screw up enough so that He can knock us in the head and throw us into hell.
to mock another's tragedy is despicable. however, mr. santorum is rather free with his sharing of this sad tale to anyone who will listen… which IS rather creepy. as the kids say, TMI.
Yes, I still remember Al Gore spouting off on his son's car accident, and his sister cancer – and then we find out that he was a tobacco farmer; It's politicians – personal lives are used – Clinton talks about family values and at the same time has a mistress, and has "professional" women sent to his room on foreign trips. Who wants to hear it?
If you read the majority of the posts above you and can still call it creepy, there's no hope for you. Go back to watching Sponge Bob.
I am way to the left — certainly of Alan Colmes — but I find it completely tasteless and morally offensive to publicly mock anyone’s profound grief. I haven’t any political position that does not have its insensitive hacks. My biggest problem is with folks like Gingrich and Boehner, who shed tears in front of the press about their own hardships and misfortunes, but whose empathy does not extend beyond their own personal grief.
I think of myself as being a pretty tough guy. But after losing a premature baby girl, and basically camping out at the neonatal ICU for 18 days, I have to say it was the most harrowing experience Iu2019ve ever had in my life. My wife was completely shattered by it. At the time I personally interpreted the loss and grief as a feeling of overwhelming defeat. So yes, I can sympathize entirely with what Rick Santorum and his wife went through. That shared experience wouldnu2019t influence my vote for president; however it does fill me with disgust that certain political pundits would choose that episode of all things to criticize him about. Truly inhuman.
Did the Dems mock Al Gore for his very prime time recounting of the tragic death of his son in a car accident: ""I ran to his side and held him and called his name, but he was motionless, limp and still, without breath or pulse [...] His eyes were open with the nothingness stare of death, and we prayed, the two of us, there in the gutter, with only my voice." n n? Don't recall that. But their gutter viciousness can't seem to lay off the children of Republican politicoes.
that never happened, gore never said those words, his son didnt die. stop lying
How about you getting ALL the facts. Gore did speak those words, but his son didn't die. Here are the facts: On April 3, 1989 as the Gores and their six-year-old son Albert were leaving a baseball game, Albert ran across the street to see his friend and was hit by a car. He was thrown 30 feet (9 m), and then traveled along the pavement for another 20 feet (6 m).[15] Gore later recalled: "I ran to his side and held him and called his name, but he was motionless, limp and still, without breath or pulse [...] His eyes were open with the nothingness stare of death, and we prayed, the two of us, there in the gutter, with only my voice."[15] Albert was tended to by two nurses who happened to be present during the accident. The Gores spent the next month in the hospital with Albert
This is what the left has to do when they cannot talk about or debate their failed policies. n nChanging the subject to even something this reprehensible is better than talking about Obamacare.
“[Eugen] Robinson, like [Alan] Colmes, was speaking out of a seemingly bottomless well of ignorance.”r nr nIt is more than that. r nr nIt is a bottomless, heartless pit of blind disrespect and ill-will toward others put forward by those (liberals, progressives, Democrats, socialists) who are always preaching about the purportedly uncaring and insensitive nature of conservatives.r nr nRobinson and other Democrats deign to believe that they possess some moral high ground from which to judge others.r nr nThey have been revealed not only as unthinking, disrespectful, and insensitive jerks, but as cynical hypocrites prescribing to others tolerance and acceptance that own dark hearts cannot muster.
Eugene Robinson is ignorant and a bit of a buffoon. That he says and writes the things he does should surprise no one. As a guest panelist on Meet the Press, he makes a lousy show utterly unwatchable. We should not be giving him the attention he so desperately craves.
Couldn't agree more. That Colmes and Robinson are ignorant of the common protocols surrounding stillbirths speaks volumes about their privilege as men operating in a culture still dominated by men. It also speaks to the decadent culture of the left that they have so dehumanized babies in this way in their zeal for abortion-on-demand. Even wanted babies are fair game for them. (See Trig's case.) And I say that as someone who is fairly pro-choice.
Al Gore's son didn't die in that accident. In fact he's gone on to become a "driver under the influence" in his own right. n nThat said, Colmes and Robinson don't think of that baby as a human. Therefore they can only think it's bizarre that a family would spend any time with it shortly after its death. To them it would be like swaddling a kidney stone. Tangentially on topic: Terri Schiavo was starved to death over the course of almost two weeks and they called it "mercy". Yep, these are the times.
"I give you the times." n nNo, you give us the Left, in all their shameless G-dlessness and cruelty. n n
Odd that bottom feeders like Robinson get more worked up over the execution of cop killers than they do over the death of an innocent child. What does that say about them?
Consider the source. Can't wait for Bill Maher to weigh in with his comments. Or perhaps David Letterman would like to update his comments on raping 12 year old girls. When you have no moral compass then remarks like Colmes' and Robinson's are those of the mainstream gutter mongers.
This reminds me of when Joan Walsh (of Salon) ridiculed Michelle Bachman for something about her foster children. Liberals have no class at all. n
Robinson is a racist, so nothing surprising here. What is surprising is that someone actually pays this racist to write.
Among those whose minds,such as they are, have been disfigured by ideology, as you say, Robinson is one of the worst. A shameless shill for Obama who has been reduced to regularly blubbering absurdities as his icon is exposed as a shallow and lazy dilettante and the job of promoting him because increasingly more onerous. That he and Rachel Maddow should discuss weirdness in others adds extreme irony to the lack of taste
I was not a particular fan of Santorum, but having heard about this I now respect him more. He would be a vast improvement over the cipher now occupying the White House, as he seems to actually have a conscience.
If you induce labor for a 20-week old fetus, isn't that called a "medically-induced abortion"? That's certainly how it turned out. The stuff about what was done with the dead isn't as weird and macabre as is the fact that such medical care would be denied to all other women if Rick Santorum had his way. n nAnd yeah, saying it was to save the mother's life? Either that's okay or it isn't. Make up your minds, Republicans. And then live with the consequences or don't. But don't pretend anymore that abortions are just decided on a whim. That nonsense isn't working anymore than is the nonsensical framing of this story as a "miscarriage" when it was an abortion.
Eugene Robinson is a talent-less O'bama hack who has no business being published, even on the internet.
Common Civility seems to be following its parents, Common Decency and Common Sense, to an early grave.
I do think this might be too much info too, but I don’t think Rick is trying to politicize his loss. I think he’s trying to get some things across to people, and I think if he handles himself properly, i.e., answers questions honestly and soberly he’ll avoid raising the ire and antipathy of pallet independents. n nThis election will be won by a narrow margin. Conservatives can withstand the left independents staying in a place they have absolutely no intention of leaving. What they can’t withstand is encouraging right leaning independents to conclude President Obama, at the very least, represents stability and not further decline or confusion. n nWhat RS needs to do is tie the impossibility of limited government to the acceptance of pathology or the embrace of standard-lowering lifestyles. Social cohesion is a good building block. And while on social issues the Country is divided, it’s not divided on limiting government and growing the economy. n nIt can be done, but it has to be done without self-righteousness. And I’m afraid that can’t be rehearsed. The lack of self-righteousness is indicative of a security that admits the consent of the governed is requisite. n nMaybe he’s up to the task. We’ll soon find out.
Those who delight in the pain of others have no soul. Called on their behavior they issue apology with no sincerity attached. Robinson continues to mourn the loss of Dr. King yet ignors the messages of Dr. King regarding how to deal with those you disagree. Dr.King would be the first to admonish Robinson for his less than Christian behavior.
Wonderful article. I have passed it on to my face book friends. The Santorums did what they felt was right for them, and for Colmes and Robinson to make fun of the family is beyond compassionate!! Very cruel!
Eugene is a liberal political hack who's occassionally good for a laugh. This is just an example showing that he's also warped and classless.
(posted by "Petronius") Gene Robinson has other problems, as do all African Americans who support the Democratic Party. The Democratic party, the party of slavery, Jim Crow, lynchings and the KKK, has essentially obliterated the African American community in the last 50 years. n nOr to put it another way, after 50 years of 100% support for Democrats, shouldn't African Americans be supporting tax breaks for the wealthy? n nInstead, as a direct result of support for Democrats, African Americans have had their families destroyed, their communities criminalized (you see who is in the flash mob videos?), with woeful educational achievements, and no end in sight. Black leaders and black organizations have been co-opted by the Democratic party, who put people like Sharp James and Marion Barry and other criminals in charge of the community. Democrats with one goal – the ruin of the community – had no compunction about importing millions of immigrants who took jobs traditionally done by African Americans (and which could have been a stepping stone to better jobs now that opportunities had opened up) and benefits meant for blacks – you would think that Democrats would protect a group that gave them full support! n n
Excellent article, to the point(s), on the mark. One may say they were not thinking, maybe, but they're supposed to be so smart, one a Pulitzer winner, the other apologized. Oh, they're thinking allright, just trying to pigeon hole anyone with an R front of their names.
While I find it creepy that someone would take a dead baby home to traumatize their children while inculcating them in some perverted "pro-life" worldview, this article is just begging for a question. n nIs this the same Peter Weher that posited that GWB's greatest moment in his presidency was 911? n nThe same Peter Weher that said this: "For one thing, the idea that the United States should have exited Iraq after three weeks is, I think, deeply flawed. In liberating Iraq, we inherited a divided, traumatized, and collapsing nation." n nI thought so. n nReally, Pete? n nAs they say in Blogostan: "go eat a bag of salted dicks"
Is the use of Robinson and Colms and the phrase "seemingly bottomless well of ignorance" a redundancy? I am sure they will issue some weak apology or defense (freedom of the press?) and move on to speak their inanity again. Oh well, why does anyone listen to either of these two.
If Santorum didn't tell his story, then you can bet the bottom-dwelling press would have told it in a way that would bedirty laundry. Whatever his political 'motive' may be, they suffered a tremendous loss, and it has weight on for what he stands. nShame on MSNBC for EVEN allowing this to be presented, but that's why I don't tune in. I hope others tune out as well after leaving a polite m If essage on MSNBC's site.
While I find it creepy that someone would take a dead baby home to traumatize their children while inculcating them in some perverted "pro-life" worldview, this article is just begging for a question. n nIs this the same Peter Wehner that posited that 911 was George W. Bush's greatest moment as president? And is this the same Peter Wehner that said this: "For one thing, the idea that the United States should have exited Iraq after three weeks is, I think, deeply flawed. In liberating Iraq, we inherited a divided, traumatized, and collapsing nation." This of course being an outright lie because we were the ones that did the dividing, traumatizing, and collapsing. n nReally Pete? n nYou're a hack. You've always been a hack. n nHow's that wingnut welfare taste, Pete?
Completely brokenhearted, I elected to not hold my deceased baby right after he was stillborn. I have regretted it ever since.
I'm certainly no fan of Rick Santorum, but Eugene Robinson is a blithering idiot. He has always been a blithering idiot. n nAbout the best that can be said of Eugene Robinson is that he isn't quite as unhinged as Paul Krugman. n nHigh praide indeed.
Eugene Robinson is a part of the unhinged socialist left that now controls the Democrat Party leadership. Should you wish; review his columns and see if you don't come to the conclusion that the rational for his continued employment is simply "afermative action"?
n nUnhinged? Santorum® terrorizes his children with a corpse and you call someone else unhinged? Project much? n nAlso, too, I had no idea that Eugene Robinson was a member of congress. Good to know. n nTalk about unhinged?!
Btw, afermative is spelled a-f-f-i-r-m-a-t-i-v-e.
Robinson and Krugman typically vie for the title of world's biggest idiot.
That cretin couldn't even call the baby a baby. n n<<Um, not everybody is going to, going to be down, for example, with the story of how he and his wife handled the, the, the stillborn ah, ah, child, ah, um, whose body they took home to, to kind of sleep with it, introduce to the rest of the family.>> n nCretin.
Let's not kid anyone here… .Eugene Robinson is a partisan hack buffoon. I absolutely can not believe that realclearpolitics.com print any of his so-called articles. He takes the story of the day, and adds the left's talking points to it. Nothing else. And he gets paid for it. n nI personally do not know how I would deal with the death of a child, and pray that I never have to. To have a wake at home for a child doesn't sound odd to me at all. It sounds like a form of closure. What is wrong with these people?
Let's not kid anyone here… .Eugene Robinson is a partisan hack buffoon. I absolutely can not believe that realclearpolitics.com print any of his so-called articles. He takes the story of the day, and adds the left's talking points to it. Nothing else. And he gets paid for it.
This is what the left has to do when they cannot talk about or debate their failed policies. n nChanging the subject to even something this reprehensible is better than talking about Obamacare.
Attacking and mocking the Santorums for how they handled the death of their child is a new low for the Left (which normally preaches that they are tolerant of all cultures and backgrounds).
Nice attempt at evading the issue. Perhaps you could explain how alleged "precluding preventative care and aggravating early stages of disease" and "militaristic blindly demurring to our police and military" etc. excuses or even relates to Robinson's exemplary cruelty. Ah, never mind. For really, when you boil away all the ideological goo and dribble, the truth is that the celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist behaved in a manner that no decent person can excuse. And to be rudely frank, those who do make excuses for him or attempt to deflect attention from the vileness of what he said are no better than he is.