tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post5963946951286022825..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: Should Alan Colmes be fired?Rick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-53886809386426463152012-01-09T18:54:10.003-06:002012-01-09T18:54:10.003-06:00Tom/Dad29--If Santorum vetoed legislation outlawin...Tom/Dad29--If Santorum vetoed legislation outlawing contraception, he would be in direct violation of the official stance taken by the church. So if you want to delude yourself into thinking he would go against his personal and religious beliefs, knock yourself out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-88631106596988804712012-01-09T07:34:21.422-06:002012-01-09T07:34:21.422-06:00Umnnnhh....wow.
IF Congress passes such a bill, T...Umnnnhh....wow.<br /><br />IF Congress passes such a bill, THEN Santorum MIGHT sign it.<br /><br />That's perfectly congruent with the Commander-in-Chief NOT 'closing Gitmo.' <br /><br />Uh-huh.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-66826983373020190042012-01-09T07:04:05.527-06:002012-01-09T07:04:05.527-06:00"Yes, they have the right to do it. They shou..."Yes, they have the right to do it. They shouldn't do it, I wouldn't vote for it if they did"<br /><br />How more clear can you possibly get?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287196327536226744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-91917826018990151542012-01-08T20:28:54.422-06:002012-01-08T20:28:54.422-06:00Dad29--Let me speak real slowly for you to underst...Dad29--Let me speak real slowly for you to understand. Santorum had the opportunity to clearly state that, if he was president, he would oppose any Congressional effort to outlaw contraception. He had his moment to clarify his position...and blew it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-47470304120961022852012-01-08T08:19:29.956-06:002012-01-08T08:19:29.956-06:00he also never said he would oppose signing legisla...<i>he also never said he would oppose signing legislation to ban it as president.</i><br /><br />This is what you call "intelligent commentary"?Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-74753834143888986992012-01-07T16:07:27.015-06:002012-01-07T16:07:27.015-06:00Here is what Santorum stated EXACTLY on the clip t...Here is what Santorum stated EXACTLY on the clip that Dad29 linked to...<br /><br />"The states have the right to do a lot of things. That doesn't mean they should do it. Some asked me if the states have the right to do it [referring to banning contraception]. Yes, they have the right to do it. They shouldn't do it, I wouldn't vote for it if they did, but that doesn't mean they have don't have the right to do it. You know, Bill, because you're a Catholic, the Catholic Church teaches that contraception is something you shouldn't do."<br /><br /><br />The clip only proves that Santorum would not interfere with efforts to ban contraception. Please note he said he wouldn't "vote for it", but he also never said he would oppose signing legislation to ban it as president. Spoken like a true politician!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-57250835863241523852012-01-07T15:10:44.429-06:002012-01-07T15:10:44.429-06:00Your wish is my command, Anony!
Follow the link o...Your wish is my command, Anony!<br /><br />Follow the link on this blog-post and listen to Santorum's Wierd, Strange, Dictatorial, Imam-like categorical assertion on the matter.<br /><br />http://dad29.blogspot.com/2012/01/santorum-on-birth-control.htmlDad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-12694333517222974082012-01-07T13:11:28.052-06:002012-01-07T13:11:28.052-06:00Dad29, it took you great courage to admit that you...Dad29, it took you great courage to admit that you are wrong. I commend you! Indeed, Santorum would support efforts to ban contraception. He has purposely avoided saying it directly--that is what politicians do!--but his principles and statements without a doubt clearly indicate his position.<br /><br />Now, having himself openly lead the charge is an entirely different manner. And, as our dear Professor just pointed out in a different thread, IF Santorum would make a definitive statement regarding the prohibition of birth control, that he would favor it, he would be "done" politically.<br /><br />But the adults know better. Santorum is saying it without saying it! He must have taken advice from P-Mac!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-70562718470917091002012-01-07T10:57:06.913-06:002012-01-07T10:57:06.913-06:00“One of the things I will talk about, that no pres...<i>“One of the things I will <b>talk</b> about, that no president has <b>talked</b> about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country...Many of the Christian faith have said, well, that’s okay, contraception is okay. It’s not okay. It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.”</i><br /><br />One cannot ask for more clear evidence that Santorum will, single-handedly, make contraceptives illegal throughout the land.<br /><br />It's just so OBVIOUS. It's right there, in <i>pixels</i> and stuff like that. It screams forth from the page to the mind!Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-46082438653133568492012-01-06T16:23:30.050-06:002012-01-06T16:23:30.050-06:00Here is an actual Rick Santorum quote: “One of the...Here is an actual Rick Santorum quote: “One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country...Many of the Christian faith have said, well, that’s okay, contraception is okay. It’s not okay. It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.”<br /><br />Tom, it's called taking evidence and drawing a conclusion. Based on his own words, one can PROPERLY deduce that Santorum would favor Congressional action outlawing birth control if he had his druthers. So, Tom, please stop being obtuse and ignorant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-49723187229348404162012-01-06T11:09:51.015-06:002012-01-06T11:09:51.015-06:00What does this clip tell you, Tom?What does <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gwwmm-cQxU" rel="nofollow">this clip</a> tell you, Tom?Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-20647255392217716612012-01-06T09:45:44.456-06:002012-01-06T09:45:44.456-06:00John, I think nearly all people would consider adu...John, I think nearly all people would consider adultery a bad thing. I also think a majority of people would not want government to criminalize adultery.<br /><br />I'm not saying Santorum is or isn't in favor of government banning birth control - I don't know enough to make that conclusion. My point is, neither do you.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287196327536226744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-53957025339402336612012-01-04T21:54:37.536-06:002012-01-04T21:54:37.536-06:00Don Imus was fired for less, and being a jerk was ...Don Imus was fired for less, and being a jerk was more consistent with his job description.<br /><br />George Will once asserted that, according to modern liberalism, everything should be prohibited or mandatory. If you substituted "subsidized" for "mandatory", Anonymous would seem to be on board.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090531523789747157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-87877261216421599732012-01-04T18:30:49.351-06:002012-01-04T18:30:49.351-06:00The parsing continues! Santorum doesn't have ...The parsing continues! Santorum doesn't have an opinion about whether states can prohibit contraception? Santorum wants to end that funding for financial reasons and pro-freedom reasons and government-size reasons, and not because he wants to convert his beliefs into law?<br /><br />You see, the Santorum family's <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/lousycanuck/2011/06/19/santorums-wifes-abortion-was-different-you-see/" rel="nofollow">abortion decisions</a> are special.Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-69820323305889554862012-01-04T18:23:11.038-06:002012-01-04T18:23:11.038-06:00Anony 6:20 p.m. here. Just to make it clear, wha...Anony 6:20 p.m. here. Just to make it clear, what Colmes said is offensive to some people. I find it part of his m.o., like his conservative counterparts (Sykes in particular), to make wild statements to generate a buzz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-21553566325788587772012-01-04T18:20:15.066-06:002012-01-04T18:20:15.066-06:00"His personal views are not the same as calli..."His personal views are not the same as calling for a banning of birth control and eliminating federal funding for an activity is not the same as prohibiting it."<br /><br />Spoken like a true lawyer! Santorum would NOT object to the states banning birth control. If given the opportunity to sign federal legislation banning birth control, he would do it. So, spin it all you want, Professor, Santorum's personal views regarding birth control are crystal clear.<br /><br /><br />"eliminating federal funding for an activity is not the same as prohibiting it."<br /><br />No, but this course of action leads to the desired effect--the hampering of an activity that one finds objectionally. Nothing wrong with that, happens all the time at the federal and state level, but at least, Professor "keep it real". Again, Santorum's views are crystal clear regarding this activity.<br /><br />Just admit it, and move on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-84327690085086172552012-01-04T15:29:48.908-06:002012-01-04T15:29:48.908-06:00Santorum proposes to reduce the size and scope of ...Santorum proposes to reduce the size and scope of the Feds, and some object!Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-50052625132489070162012-01-04T14:13:48.863-06:002012-01-04T14:13:48.863-06:00You still haven't gotten there. His personal v...You still haven't gotten there. His personal views are not the same as calling for a banning of birth control and eliminating federal funding for an activity is not the same as prohibiting it.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-20926271606371041712012-01-04T10:53:55.648-06:002012-01-04T10:53:55.648-06:00Colmes didn't just say "play with" t...Colmes didn't just say "play with" the baby. Colmes said "play with IT". It. Apparently children don't have genders once they're dead, or at least until they're old enough to be viewed as anything more than an extracted fetus in Colmes's mind.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287196327536226744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-11429549812853703602012-01-04T10:52:32.746-06:002012-01-04T10:52:32.746-06:00Here's where he discussed eliminating Federal ...Here's where he discussed <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN7WfIZh690&t=17m40s" rel="nofollow">eliminating Federal funding for abortion and contraception coverage</a>, among many other items to help convert his beliefs into law.Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-44681647626344281762012-01-04T10:34:03.520-06:002012-01-04T10:34:03.520-06:00“One of the things I will talk about, that no pres...<i>“One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country…. It’s not okay. It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.”</i> <a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_10/every_sperm_is_sacred032917.php" rel="nofollow">Link.</a> <br /><br />Is this about what Santorum believes, or what he's now willing to admit he'd support as a new law? (You know, like the way Walker told us what he believed, but didn't tell us how he'd do it.) I dunno, when Republicans <a href="http://www.teacherken.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/04/1051358/-Santorum-on-birth-control?via=sidebar" rel="nofollow">tell us they know what's good for us,</a> should anyone worry they'd want to put it into law?Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-85216880361988255252012-01-04T09:00:24.590-06:002012-01-04T09:00:24.590-06:00Doesn't cut it, Foust. Saying that states have...Doesn't cut it, Foust. Saying that states have the power to do it is not the same as calling for it to be done.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-27720875698078870902012-01-04T08:52:07.666-06:002012-01-04T08:52:07.666-06:00Gee. A guy who actually believes in the 10th Amen...Gee. A guy who actually believes in the 10th Amendment!<br /><br />Unlike California, Wisconsin bans "medical marijuana." I guess that makes Jim Doyle (and his predecessors and successors) a troglodyte.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-41783640168022504872012-01-04T08:28:18.425-06:002012-01-04T08:28:18.425-06:00Tell me you googled "Santorum birth control&q...Tell me you googled "Santorum birth control" before <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/03/rick-santorum-birth-control-sodomy_n_1181291.html?ref=politics" rel="nofollow">you asked that.</a>Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-46273537595295754192012-01-04T07:39:25.007-06:002012-01-04T07:39:25.007-06:00This post wasn't about Santorum but, no, I do...This post wasn't about Santorum but, no, I don't think states can ban birth control. Please show me where Santorum has called for banning birth control.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.com