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‘My Child Was Not Stillborn!’: Rick Santorum Gets Heated With Bob Schieffer During Prenatal Testing Discussion

My Child Was Not Stillborn!: Rick Santorum Gets Heated With Bob Schieffer During Prenatal Testing Discussion

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Rick Santorum clashed with CBS “Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer Sunday, which included a tense exchange about the death of the GOP presidential candidate’s infant son.

After asking Santorum about his comments regarding President Barack Obama’s “theology,” Schieffer seized on remarks Santorum had made about prenatal testing the day before.

“One of the mandates is they require free prenatal testing in every insurance policy in America,” Santorum said during a campaign stop in Ohio Saturday. “Why? Because it saves money in health care. Why? Because free prenatal testing ends up in more abortions and therefore less care that has to be done, because we cull the ranks of the disabled in our society.”

Schieffer asked:”You sound like you’re saying the purpose of prenatal care is to cause people to have abortions…I think any number of people would say that’s not the purpose at all.”

“The bottom line is that a lot of prenatal tests are done to identify deformities in utero and the customary procedure is to encourage abortion,” Santorum said. Clarifying that he had only referred to prenatal testing, not prenatal care, added: “We’re talking about specifically prenatal testing and specifically amniocentesis, which is a — which is a procedure that creates a risk of miscarriage when you have it and is done for the purposes of identifying maladies of a child in the womb, which in many cases, in fact, most cases, physicians recommend, particularly if there’s a problem, recommend abortion.”

He continued, getting increasingly passionate: “90 percent of Down Syndrome children in America are aborted. So to suggest where does that come from?  I have a child who has Trisomy 18. Almost 100 percent of Trisomy 18 child are encouraged to be aborted. So I know what I’m talking about here.”

“I know you know what you’re talking about, I know that well, I know you also had another child that was stillborn,” Schieffer said.

” — no he was not stillborn, hold on Bob, whoa whoa whoa,” Santorum said.

“Just a minute, just a minute,” Schieffer said, “Didn’t you want to know — ”

“Just hold on,” Santorum interjected. “My child was not stillborn — my child was born alive. He lived two hours and by the way, prenatal testing was done, we had a sonogram, they detected a problem and yes, the doctor said you should consider an abortion. This is typical Bob. This is what goes on in medical rooms around the country. Prenatal testing, amniocentesis, does in fact result more often than not result in abortion.”

Schieffer, first acknowledging that Santorum was “absolutely right” about his son, asked Santorum whether he was advocating to “turn our back on science?”

Santorum said no, but he disagreed with a government mandate.

“People have the right to do it but to have the government force people to provide it free just to me has — is a bit loaded,” he said.

The death of Santorum’s infant son has been raised before during the campaign: Fox News’ Alan Colmes apologized after saying the former Pennsylvania senator and his wife took the body of the two-hour-old baby home and “played with it.”

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  • KangarooJack
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:48pm

    My youngest is now 11yrs old. Thank God he is alive, well, and healthy. I was 35yrs old when pregnant with him. I too, was asked (it seemed like a “given”-a routine request) to undergo Amnio tests to determine any abnormalities. I didn’t even THINK about my response-it just came out of my mouth…“Why”? I got a thorough explaination regarding genetic abnormalities and the risks to an ‘older’ mom….”Naw, I’ll take this baby just as it is”.
    So many defend the “choice” to terminate a pregnancy…some of us call it killing the baby-regardless the results are just the same-the fetus/baby is dead in the end. I wonder how many will have twinges of conscience when it becomes so routine that fetuses/babies are aborted due to sex (oops-already in practice), hair color, or eye color, etc. ????

    My husband (at the time) was having an affair with his best friend’s wife-I did not know. What I DID know was that when I announced “We’re Pregnant“ he said ”I’ll pay for the abortion”. That’s a quote-THAT is a fact. Needless to say, Myself and my other 2 kids went through the pregnancy on our own. I wouldn’t trade a moment. My “baby” is far more precious due to a husband and doctors indications that I should “reconsider” things….

    Santorum spoke from his heart-you can see and more importantly-you can HEAR.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:33pm

      yeah, the government needs to GTFO of our lives, pure and simple.
      Rick is right on this, but Ron Paul has been saying and voting this way for longer…

      Rick can say he’s not for federally mandated tests like that, but then he is for federally mandated everything else… pick and choose, pick and choose… if they have a right to tell us what we can and can‘t do in the bedroom or who we can and can’t marry, then they can tell us EVERYTHING else about our lives. it’s either, we own ourselves or they own us. make your choice, slave or freeman?

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    • CommonSenseRN
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:43pm

      I am so glad that you have a healthy baby. I am a RN with a Masters in Health Care Systems Management so I can discuss this issue with knowledge. I know that these blood “tests” often have false positives, and amniocentesis can, and DOES causes miscarriages. Rick Santorium is right in that 90% of down children are aborted. I had a down syndrome sister who died at 11; however, I learned to be who I am today by experiencing her pure love, and the added responsibility of helping to look after her. These children reflect God’s face; they just love…
      My daughter became pregnant at 16 while taking Acutane for acne. The dermatologist not only suggest an abortion but hounded us with calls. Our Pro-life convictions were greatly tested during this 7 months. When I had an appointment, I told him that my God is an awesome God and that he could heal anything. The doctor said that God isn’t concerned about things like that. I told him that God does care about “things like this” because I care about “things like this” and even if God does not give us a child that is healthy, He will give us the grace to handle it. We refused the prenatal testing that the OB doctor offered. My daughter and I said, why test since I will not have an abortion? My grandson, now 17, was born perfectly healthy. He is a kind and compassionate young man. We took him to the dermatologist after he was born to show them who would have been aborted. The whole staff calls him their miracle baby

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:58pm

      i think that above all else we should be talking about what they will do with this nations ills and not their home life…..has anyone heard about a flat or fair tax since they ran cain out……….no they don’t want that they are just distracting everyone……..we need border control – debt control-flat tax and it sure wouldn‘t hurt to have term limits on these yahoo’s

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    • KangarooJack
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:00pm

      In response to being “given the Grace to handle” a special child. I fully believe that to be the case. I am NOT a Santorum representative. I’m going to vote for him in the Michigan Primary-but, I’ve also voted for Ron Paul in the past for the actual Presidential race. God grants a certain measure of Grace for those he chooses.
      I hear you regarding so called health care professionals and their opinions-WE are concerned about a life-THEY seem to be concerned about if IT is acceptable.
      Gee, I wish people would really review their History and just SEE what kind of people try to manage their offspring options. Are the Chinese not now offering incentives for more FEMALES to be born??? What’s the ratio 6 males to 1 female?

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    • Elena2010
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:06pm

      When treated as a god, science is just another Ba’al that people bow down to and worship.

      Science is not god, for it can never answer “Why am I here?“ and ”Who am I?”

      Sciences is well adapted to answer “What am I made of?“ and ”How did I get here?” Even then, the answers change as science grows in its body of knowledge. However, knowledge w/o wisdom can be useless and even detrimental, in the case of abort the imperfect child. Science cannot posses wisdom, for it is not alive.

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    • kaijue
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:08pm

      When my daughter, a single mother at the time, was pregnant with our oldest granddaughter the doctors told her that the child she was carrying was at a high risk of Down’s. She’s now 12. recently competed in the State Spelling Bee and was chosen as first base in a central Pennsylvania combined orchestra event. Our second oldest grandchild was diagnosed with sever deformities while still in the womb. She’s has no abnormalities. We know of many other young women, all of them single mothers, who were told the same thing, some who chose abortion. Of those who didn’t not a single one of those children was born with the predetermined diagnosis from these tests. This has far less to do with “health care” than it does to do with Margaret Sanger’s selective “eugenic utopia”!

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    • Eleutheria
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:13pm

      Something many pro-choice people either don‘t realize or won’t admit is that the pro-choice movement is driven by primarily by men who don’t want to take responsibility for their behavior. Lucky for your child, you have enough responsibility for both you and the father. You, madame, are a hero.

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:32pm

      Bob Schieffer is just another in a long line of state run news talking heads
      Bob Schieffer is not a journalist and he really should top pretending to be and consider retiring …

      I try to watch it but I always end up turning this show off.
      It‘s so pro Obama and so blatantly obvious that it come straight from Obama that they don’t even attempt to hide it anymore..

      I’m afraid this country is in much more trouble than we even know and we have the so called “news” people who only work for the government they no longer work to bring u the TRUTH IN news
      we have to blame them for this….
      The Politburo has become our news.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:14pm

      JB.KIBS that’s because Dr Ron was running for president when Rick was in High School . Isn’t Dr. Ron 88 or 89?

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    • Holaamerica
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:16pm

      Santorum is a liar who sweats and bleeds washington, he spoke out against the teaparty and vowed to fight against it publicly see video as proof.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxeg22lDFps

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:17pm

      @jb.kibs
      Sorry to give you the bad news but, you cannot do whatever you want to do in your bedroom or marry whoever you want to. I’ll give you some examples; you cannot beat you wife or rape someone in your bedroom and call it a PRIVACY RIGHT. You cannot marry you next door neighbor’s 8 year old son or daughter and proclaim it‘s LOVE so it’s OK.
      Common sense is supposed to be “common” but the progressive, socialist, commie Marxist who want to destroy this Country have to destroy common sense first because if you don’t have common sense you have no sense at all and you fall for all kinds of ridiculous and insidious behaviors.

      Whenever you proclaim someone has a right to do something ask yourself this; Am I willing to say they have that same right with my Children, Husband or Wife? What about your Mother?

      Get some common sense or just join the commie party…. if you’re not already a member.

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    • conservativewoman
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:19pm

      @Kangaroojack
      I also had a husband who told me to get an abortion when I got pregnant for my 4th child. Needless to say, he is an ex-husband! My 4th child is now 27 and in college majoring in economics.
      A few years after my divorce, my ex-husband told my 4th child that I WANTED TO ABORT HER!
      I told my daughter, “Think about it. If I wanted to do that, you wouldn’t be here, would you?”

      Statistics show that most abortions happen because a husband or boyfriend pressures a woman into it. It is men that need to really reform their thinking when it comes to the subject of abortion.

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    • crazyrightwingmom
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:29pm

      Old Guy: I agree! These are distractions. Where’s the Fair Tax? What programs would Romney cut??? I miss Cain!!!

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    • drphil69
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:39pm

      @Kangaroo…

      Well said! Rick Santorum speaks from his heart, the rest speak from the results of extensive polling of the proper demographics….

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:55pm

      @Holaamerica TRY WATCHING THE ENTIRE UNCUT VIDEO!!!

      That’s not what he said at all.

      HERE’S THE LNK TO THE ENTIRE “UNCUT” VIDEO that idiots that support Ron Paul are cutting and pasting back together to make a completely different story. And you wonder why some us out here hate RP supporters. Try doing some homework, like I just did after reading your post. It’s easy!

      http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?351271-Video-Someone-Cut-This-Video-Santorum-quot-I-will-publically-oppose-the-Tea-Party-quot

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 7:08pm

      Are you people nominating a President . . . or a new Pastor at your church? You’re all so misguided. If you want do something about abortion or other social issues, do something. Don‘t try to elect someone to do it for you because it doesn’t work. Just ask Nixon, Ford, Reagan and both Bushes. The office of President wasn’t created to solve your moral dilemmas.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 7:16pm

      @Holaamerica
      That video was also cut. Here’s a link to entire transcript. Read it and compare it to the video link you posted. Maybe you’ll learn something…. like what lying SOB’s do to deceive people like you.

      http://www.therightscoop.com/definitive-proof-santorum-does-not-have-concerns-about-the-tea-party/

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    • NeoFan
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 7:26pm

      What business does any American have making a decision about their life and their children. Thats why we elected the most intellegent human that has ever not been aborted. He is smarter than all other humans combined and has earned the right to micromanage every aspect of your life because of the way he has made our country billions of times better. Bob knows that and you don’t you idiots.

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    • stonebridge
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 7:38pm

      @elena2010: Well said. I heard a brain surgeon speak about his “near death experience”. He had been brain dead for over a week after a deadly infection, and they were ready and urging to pull the plug-almost had his wife agreeing to it. His brain activity monitoring showed an unexpected restart of activity. During the subsequent interview, this well-respected Mass. doctor revisited what happened to him during this time-the people he met, the places he saw, why he was told that it wasn’t his time to die. He considers himself to be a man of science, but emphatically asserts that science couldn’t even begin to explain the experience that he had, or the change in his dire medical condition. In matters of life, we need to be very careful to err on the side of life. We have no idea how little we really know. Absolutes are a fool’s arrogance.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 8:12pm

      Was Santorum a Senate Spendthrift?

      http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/was-santorum-senate-spendthrift_629850.html

      For each session of Congress, NTU (The National Taxpayers Union) scores each member on an A-to-F scale. NTU weights members’ votes based on those votes’ perceived effect on both the immediate and future size of the federal budget. Those who get A’s are among “the strongest supporters of responsible tax and spending policies”; they receive NTU’s “Taxpayers’ Friend Award.” B’s are “good” scores, C’s are “minimally acceptable” scores, D’s are “poor” scores, and F’s earn their recipients membership in the “Big Spender” category. There is no grade inflation whatsoever, as we shall see.
      NTU’s scoring paints a radically different picture of Santorum’s 12-year tenure in the Senate (1995 through 2006) than one would glean from the rhetoric of the Romney campaign. Fifty senators served throughout Santorum’s two terms: 25 Republicans, 24 Democrats, and 1 Republican/Independent. On a 4-point scale (awarding 4 for an A, 3.3 for a B+, 3 for a B, 2.7 for a B-, etc.), those 50 senators’ collective grade point average (GPA) across the 12 years was 1.69 — which amounts to a C-. Meanwhile, Santorum’s GPA was 3.66 — or an A-. Santorum’s GPA placed him in the top 10 percent of senators, as he ranked 5th out of 50.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 8:25pm

      This is my problem with rick. The entire debate over debt, taxes, and government takeover of the economy is highjacked be these social issues (which will never be fixed through the hands of the government). If you want the government to fix the morality – first we have to fix it in our house and in our churches. So long as we are not talking about economics and spending, these stories are great for obama’s re-election campaign.

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    • casseopea42
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 8:57pm

      @CommonSenseRN

      wonderful story. Thank you for making me smile.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 9:03pm

      @KangarooJack
      When I read your story I wanted to reply and got side tracked with some of the posts that followed your post. I’m sorry for the delay…

      I have a slightly different take on this that I just realized tonight after reading this article and your post.

      Back in 1990 I attended a 2 month long Spiritual retreat. There was a Woman there with a 2 year old boy. She was also pregnant. This little 2 year old was a complete terror. The “terrible 2′s on steroids”. He refused to sit in a babies chair and stood on the chair. He thought of himself as a full grown adult and pity the person, like another Woman there, who leaned over and said, “What a cute little baby”. POW! Right in the kisser. This little guy was a hitter and had great aim.

      I was having lunch with her and the Man who was running the retreat one day and she started talking about abortion. She was saying that she just couldn’t handle another Child. This Man said, “If you could not handle another Child, God would not have given you this 2nd child.”

      Today I‘m thinking about abortions because it’s in the news and your story and came up with this….

      If God gives you a Child and you abort it; are you aborting a mission from God? This might not mean much to some. To others it might mean a great deal. Thank you for your story.

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    • aaott
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:23pm

      Well said.

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    • Pouncing Porcupine
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:33pm

      I would have never in a million years allowed anyone (regardless of their so-called qualifications) to stick a foreign object into my wife’s womb, especially while she was pregnant with any of our children! I can’t believe how stupid and gullible people can be concerning the safety of their children. Don’t always do what a frigging doctor tells you! Many of them don’t care if you undergo numerous unneccesary procedures. They have large mortgages and boat payments they’re trying to come up with every month!

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    • mastice
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:15am

      @KangarooJack

      Good for you @ not having it done! When my wife and I found out we were pregnant with our son it was suggested to us as well. It was explained to us that the testing would give us a heads up on medical problems with our son. We asked what that meant and we were told that if serious problems were shown…….. abortion would be recommended. We simply thanked the physician and told her we would think about it.

      On the way home it turned out to be a no brainer – we were both thinking the same thing. Like many people, it was a long road even getting pregnant due to medical issues. Because of that fact we both consider our son a gift from God.

      And with that, we decided even before we made the 2 mile trip home from the doctors office, that we will take our son however he comes out. 10 fingers or 20 didn’t matter to us. (for the record, he turned out perfectly healthy) :)

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    • str8blues
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 3:25am

      @HOLAAMERICA You are precisely why I would NEVER vote for Ron Paul. If you and RP have to lie about candidates to try to further your candidates position…….then RP is not for you. Your dopey video link is so heavily edited that there are cuts between single words…… And dopes like you believe and further the straight up lies. RP supporters are the dregs of the conservative right. They are not true Tea Party folks. The Tea Party doesn’t embrace LIES……hence 3% support for Ron Paul nationally and most of those are Alex Jones conspiracy cult members that I can tell.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:01am

      That’s almost my exact story. I had my first child at 26, didn’t “qualify” for any prenatal tests. He was born with Down Syndrome and later determined to be autistic. I had my second child at 35 and they wanted to do all the tests, because of my “advanced maternal age.” I was older than my doctor. I had done the research and there’s a 3% miscarriage rate caused by the amnio, so I said no. She asked what if you have another Down’s child? I said, then I’ll be raising two of them. Luckily he’s only ADHD (that’s luck?!) but so is his father so he comes by it honest as my grandpa would say. That said, during that same time, a friend from my church had a co-worker tests say her child was going to be Down Syndrome, so she aborted it. Nothing else wrong with it, would have lived, no danger to the mother, she just didn‘t want a Down’s child. It tore my friend up because he knew David (my son) and what she was just throwing away.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:06am

      @Elena2010

      Good post, but I might add that “How did I get here?” is only asnwered by science in the physical sense, the birth experience. Science can explain how the sperm and egg meet, maybe even cell division and how it ultimately becomes a human being. It can’t explain how our experiences change us and make us who we are. Without my son, I wouldn’t be “Me.” Without the abuse in my life, I wouldn’t be “Me.”

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    • MYHEROISRON
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:11am

      I think yer startin’ to lose it, Rick …

      MY HERO IS RONALD REAGAN, not Ron Paul.

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    • Wilbur Longshank
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:52am

      No we should do the test just abort liberal babies, the world would be a better place.

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    • Kitkarr
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 10:47am

      I love you Kangaroo. Thank you, and all of the others who were “given a choice” to destroy life and “chose” not to. You are heroes on the level with soldiers, firemen, and policemen.

      24 years ago a woman was told that her unborn child would have a condition known as “spina bifida.“ The doctors ”strongly recommended” that she get an abortion. She promptly said, “No.” Her Christian background and love of God’s gifts left no room for discussion on the matter of killing another human being just because “it” was going to be an inconvenience.

      Last October, my wife and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary. We are currently remodeling our home and are in serious talks about a family of our own. Mother-in-laws probably aren’t the most popular people on the planet, but I sure am thankful that mine didn‘t take the coward’s way out and have an abortion.

      Incidentally, my wife was born perfectly fine. No evidence of any trace of spina bifida. Oh what a mistake that abortion would have been! On top of the slaughtering of a helpless/defensless person, it would have been for absolutely nothing.

      All abortions are the slaughter of a helpless/defensless person. Wonder how many thousands (or millions) were for absolutely nothing?

      And Elena is correct about science. It may be able to make a well informed guess about “how,” but it can’t even scratch the surface of “why.” Anyone can possess knowledge, however one must be wise in order to understand and apply it cor

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    • Kitkarr
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 10:58am

      …rectly.

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    • old white guy
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 11:00am

      it is interesting. the more i hear santorum the more i like him. unfortunately the msm have their agenda and they will not be put off it. the real problems the country faces are obscured with diversion and lies. the current administration and the msm are like magicians. they divert your attention while they perform their tricks.

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    • Kitkarr
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:13pm

      Old White Guy – Excellent observation. They are just like Pharaoh’s magicians, pulling sleight of hand maneuvers and leaning heavily on the old hand being quicker than the eye vantage point.

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    • marhee9
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:21pm

      The media has become no more than a political tool for the left. This is the same guy who said he hadn’t even heard about the Acorn story because he was on vacation at the time. Where at Bob? Do you vacation in a cave? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMbxtBIQX-I

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:23pm

      CommonSenseRN:
      I so wish that more people, especially those who read THEBLAZE, had YOUR FAITH, the faith that passes ALL UNDERSTANDING. It is one thing to understand something. It is one thing to be wise. But, it another to use neither and BELIEVE THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL. That is pure faith.

      Thank you for saying what I have believed for many, many years. Everyone seems to want a scientific explanation for everything, yet when something goes wrong, they blame God. THERE IS A REASON FOR EVERYTHING.

      YOU, my dear, are a child with God’s own heart.

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    • Hollywood
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:49pm

      Your previous husband will suffer the cosequences of his actions,as the Lord does NOT let any Sin pass. As far as Schieffer, it was unfourtunate he was born without a BRAIN, or a Heart! Bloody fool!

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    • wallyblu
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 3:15pm

      I’m not a violent man but if Bob Schieffer had asked me those questions in the tone that he did he might need a new set of dentures.

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    • usnpops
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 3:37pm

      Back in the 60′s when in the navy and having 4 kids already, my wife went to Planned Parenthood and they sold us a Birth Control device. It was cheap, but we trusted them. Well it worked for about a year, and then she got pregnant again.

      She went to Planned Parenthood at that time to get Prenatal help as they were closer to our house than the Navy facility. They immediately recommended that she get an Abortion, as being in the military raising that 5th kid would be an unbearable burden both financially and emotionally.

      We decided instead to have the baby, and got prenatal care at a local hospital. He was born prematurely but healthy.

      He is now a successful businessman in Oklahoma, gave us 2 beautiful and successful Grandchildren, and a most loving and beloved son. WE hgave a wonderful family now of 10 Grandkids, and 19 Great Grandkids. The thought of even one of them not being here is a painful thought.

      I feel for those that take the abortion route to make for an easier life today, and they may not have a clue how that will impact their life in the future. Guess I am just old Fashioned.

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    • sealwifenyc
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 3:52pm

      kangaroojack- Glad that guy is an ex husband and not a husband! What a jerk.

      @jb-well put, and totally agree with you. So sick of the religious right screaming for their freedom, while taking freedom away from other people who happen to not share their beliefs. Gay marriage does not jeopardize my marriage. So sick of the line, it could not be a bigger lie.

      So sick of the Catholics screaming about respecting their views, while in the next breath, trying to outlaw two consenting adults from getting married. It is the height of hypocrisy, and the opposite of freedom.

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    • Victoriajensen
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 4:02pm

      I agree with him 100 % it is just another way for the Gov to get women to have more abortions. All babies are a gift and many so called disabled people have done some really amazing things with there lives.

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    • lcltcc
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:34pm

      I am the proud mother of 5 wonderful children, and like you, was asked near the beginning of each pregnancy if I wanted the amnio tests, I said no each time. What is interesting, is with my last daughter, who will be 16 on Feb. 29th, pretty special day. I nearly lost her, I had twisted to sit down in a chair at 10 weeks and started bleeding heavy, what was strange was the attitude of the people at the hospital, they made nothing of it, no sympathy what so ever. I was very upset and the nurse just asked me why was I so upset over possibly losing the baby, they told me that the placenta was torn and there was nothing they could do. They were very cold about the whole thing.
      I think it’s pretty sad when so many people are willing to abort the miracle they created because it might not be an asset to society. Guess Margaret Sanger would be very proud of this administration.

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    • fsugal
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:23pm

      100% on target. I was also 35 with my third & told since I had “old eggs,” I should have amnio. I responded that I was having this baby no matter what so there was no point in having that test. (I also switched doctors!) Bless you for choosing LIFE even though you knew it was going to be a difficult journey ahead.

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    • kemonks
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:31pm

      Good letter. Thanks for sharing. Too bad the liberal media doesn’t read these letters.

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    • houseofgaunt
      Posted on May 23, 2012 at 4:00am

      Without amnio to discover severe genetic abnormalities in my niece she would be dead right now. That’s right, dead. Because doctors were aware of her condition, they were able to take preemptive steps to ensure a safe delivery and that my niece was given immediate care right after birth. They had incubators and NICU nurses waiting in the room for her arrival. Today she is 5 years old, a joyous and wanted member of our family.

      Amnio and genetic testing does not kill lives, no more than guns kill people or pencils write novels or phones have long-distant conversations with friends. If a woman wants to abort, it‘s her legal right to do so and she doesn’t exactly have to give her reasons. But the purpose of prenatal testing is not to persuade women into getting abortions, but to find abnormalities that may or may not be treatable. That is the one purpose of those tests. Would you be able to live with yourself if you denied prenatal testing and a baby that could have been saved and had a normal, healthy life died?

      We are messing with modern medicine and the lives of ourselves and our children when we play this political game. Let that be on your conscious, not mine =).

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  • yesica
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:47pm

    Schieffer’s expiration date has past. What would Shaw say?

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:06pm

      I like his GUTS. WE need GUTS. WE need STRONG. WE need PATRIOTIC. WE mostly need GODLY. WE sure don’t have that now. We have a dictator-wannabe Muslim Trojan Horse with his Muslim Family who hate…HATE…AMERICA AND ALL THAT IT STANDS for….all of you who were fooled, I can’t say I blame you…look who he was running against…phony baloney McCain..the only thing good about McCain was SARAH PALIN and has she been running, she would have been the Best President we’ve had since REAGAN, but Obama sweet-talked AMERICA and it was too late to know that he wants to destroy AMERICA for his Billionaire buddies and to be able to take over the world as DICTATOR IN CHIEF…as if HE has ANYTHING to offer the world except Marxism, Communism and POVERTY.

      KNOW THIS: We may have POOR in AMERICA …but our POOR do NOT have to stay POOR. People who were poor 20 years ago- some are multi-millionaires, even billionaires… IF they were poor ANY WHERE else in the world they STILL be poor and so would their kids and grandkids etc.

      CAN’T PEOPLE get the DIFFERENCE??? That ditzy woman running against Scott Brown IN MA…says the rich got rich because they used OUR school systems…you stupid broad… then explain why everyone isn’t rich who all used our school system. DUH. Some people work harder. Tell Bob Beckel that the kid born in the slums to the crack head can be the next Steven JOBS…because he is in AMERICA.

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    • db321
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:59pm

      Good Lord! America has huge problems and they are nit picking Santorum like they know best – Shaffer – go after our imposter n Chief – Solylindra, Fast and Furious, Soros, Van Jones, Occupiers, Muslim Brotherhood, Zars, passing Mandates when Congress is in session and the list goes on and on.

      STOP – I repeat STOP turning to these channels – just landing on a channel for 5 seconds gives this station 15 minutes of viewership – advertisers pay based on ratings – you are the rating instrument – you can make a different. I you have a Cable box – you are helping the liberal media. Stop it.

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:27pm

      DB321…Agree! Hopefully they’ll get all this nonsense out of there system in a few days and we can get on. Rick has been polite and patient by trying to answer the idiot questions, but it‘s now time for him to lead by saying ’no more let‘s talk about other issues’.

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    • 1TANKERYANKER
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:58pm

      DB321 You said a mouthful,and you are right on. May I suggest taking the cable box suggestion 1 step further, use your wii or roku with a service like netflix or hulu and do away with the networks altogether, the only thing that is ever on is the few things that we think are worth watching in our home and you save $$

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:38pm

      BOB SCHIEFFER needs to retire NOW. Geeze why not talk about the ECONOMY or IRAN? Or the zillions on food stamps? BOB? WE NEED JOBS not YOU pushing contraception and abortion.
      Doesn’t it get tired of having your boss TELL YOU what you have to push as topics?

      Retire Bob. Go quietly with your health insurance and leave us alone.
      CBS>>>Another Obummer Propaganda news machine
      HOW do these people sleep at night?

      OMG 2012

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 8:15pm

      @yesica
      “Schieffer’s expiration date has past. What would Shaw say?”

      If you mean George Bernard Shaw…. Bob’s last 7 years were worthless. The the chambers with him!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 9:12pm

      @yesica
      Sorry… “To the chambers with him.”

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  • Tigress1
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:45pm

    I’m not a Santorum supporter (unless he gets the nomination), but the media sure has been awfully cruel to him. Why don‘t they just rip the poor guy’s heart out? They disgust me.

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    • Kathleen
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:50pm

      Santorum is a sorely needed contrast to the Marxist doctor of death Obama.

      He will show him up.

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    • 1776ARTOFWAR
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:07pm

      You know they play dirty…. Look its one thing to attack the man’s policies but attack his family…that’s just low…

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:22pm

      The left is totally obsessed with sex and fertility (or getting rid of babies) .. while the country BURNS .. why not ask about Iran or Gas Prices or Unemployment ???.. oh that’s right Obama has made all that WORSE. These hacks are just doing Obama’s bidding ..

      the media is dead .. if you want to find out anything better search for the truth on your own!

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    • Nick84
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:24pm

      Because he’s a hypocrite. His wife essentially had an abortion (elective miscarriage) to save her life, but he wants to take that right away from other women.

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:42pm

      I agree, but I’m not surprised. Santorum has been a long time supporter of fighting for the rights of unborn children, so he’s fodder for the liberal media to twist his words to make him appear extreme. He has no record of forcing others to believe as he believes, and has only fought for unborn rights through healthy debates in hopes of convincing others of the sanctity of life. This is how we do things in America – we debate and then make decisions to make changes.

      The Declaration of Independence promises Americans LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and quite frankly, I don’t see abortions fitting into that formula at all. This nonsense started in Roe vs Wade, when the Supreme Court illegally legislated from the bench by giving women the ability to choose between pro-life or pro-abortion. (I say illegally, because the Constitution states that legislation is decided by Congress not the Courts.) They somehow got away with this, but the Supreme Court did NOT pass a ruling that the government must fund or demand others to fund abortions.

      So why does Obama think it’s okay to ask Americans to fund this heinous activity? Obama couldn’t care less about how abortions or contraceptives are funded. All this talk is strictly a political maneuver (which I think is going to backfire.)

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:52pm

      2006 most corrupt politician…. he also wants to use War to make Peace, which sounds like muslim extremists…. Rick would have us in another Crusades… do we really want to revert back to the dark ages? war solves problems? violence is the answer now? come on…

      … to serve God is to defy tyranny.
      … Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

      4God, 4Liberty and a Constitutional Republic, vote Ron Paul.

      The great question is how DO you get someone to change their behavior without making a law?
      that is what makes a great teacher… that is why people say lead by example, not by force…
      people always want their best interest to be first and foremost, you just have to think of a way to convince them that it IS in fact in their best interest to change… if you can’t, then you move on.

      The initiation of force, upon another adult who has not damaged anyone elses person or property, is Never morally justified no matter how “well-meaning” you ‘believe’ you are.

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    • jakartaman
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:27pm

      You can create any obtuse argument you want – Abortion in most cases is murder for convenience.
      By the way – those who think mans knowledge science is wonderful – Remember – they can’t tell you what is keeping your arse in the chair! Every generation of man since the cave man discovered fire thought they were really intelligent (arrogant is more like it) 100 years form now society will be saying remember when we cut people open with knifes to fix them and we killed millions of babies because they just wanted to and only the female made that decision – What the h-LL were they thinking.

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    • Ohio Guy
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:19pm

      NICK84 “Because he’s a hypocrite. His wife essentially had an abortion (elective miscarriage) to save her life, but he wants to take that right away from other women.”

      Dude! seriously? get the facts before regurgitating political spin.

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  • TJexcite
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:43pm

    There will come a time in America when it is illegal to know the sex of a baby before they are born because just like India and China girls cost more and are aborted more. Once they get get 100% of Downs syndrome and Edwards syndrome aborted by routine. They have to start at that.

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    • SurfinRallylizard
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:56pm

      Huh? Where do you get that? Santorum isn’t against these procedures for people to know issues with their baby, he is against the government mandating them as part of a free aspect to government controlled universal healthcare… and he clarified he is against ALL forced procedures in this manner, not against the procedures themselves… stop getting your talking points from Chris Matthews and LISTEN to what Santorum actually says.

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    • Al J Zira
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:48pm

      @surfunrallylizard: stop making sense you”ll only confuse the left. I especially like the idiots on this post who accus Santorum of having an abortion. No facts are sited because if they actually looked into the case they would come across case records of doctors on the record stating there was no abortion. But like you said Chris Matthews talking points are easier it parrot.

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  • JustPeachy
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:43pm

    Years ago (before they had testing) a doctor suggested to my mother that she abort me because she had contracted German measles at a critical time in her pregnancy. She had really wanted another child, having one and had miscarried another – and didn’t believe abortion was right anyway. So she got another doctor who encouraged her to continue with the pregnancy. I was born perfectly healthy!

    Later, medical professionals also tried to pressure my sister into getting an amnio with her fifth child because they determined she was now “at risk.” She said she didn‘t want one because it would put her baby at risk and she didn’t care if there was anything wrong because she planned to have the baby anyway–that she didn’t believe abortion was right. She said several actually got mad at her for refusing the amnio!

    She delivered a perfectly healthy baby girl.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:48pm

      Wonderful. James Roberson who interviewed Josh Hamilton for Glenn on GBTV was a product of rape and his mother would not abort him.

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    • Kathleen
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:51pm

      That’s just madness and plain evil. It makes me wonder why people become health professionals when they don’t want to deal with the sick. This is a serious problem.

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    • jamforpresident
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 7:46pm

      This is a wonderful story. I think it’s great that she had the choice to do what she believed was right, and I‘m glad it didn’t turn out for the worse.

      It’s important that everyone has the choice to do what they believe is best for them. It’s pro-choice, not anti-life. The same can’t be said for Pro-Life, which does in fact boil down to Anti-Choice.

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    • BernieKittyCat
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 8:02am

      I’m pregnant with my first and I just turned 39. My doctors were very understanding about my concerns for a higher risk pregnancy. I chose not to do invasive testing as my worries about the health of the baby would be replaced by worries of miscarriage. My husband and I had already determined that regardless of medical issues, termination was off the table. So far everything looks good but please pray for the health of my baby girl. Thank you!

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    • copatriots
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:28pm

      CONGRATS BERNIE!!!! Just lifted up a prayer for you and your baby girl! May that sweet child be a blessing beyond measure to you and your husband!

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    • Livia
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 8:16pm

      Berniekittycat, just said a prayer for you also. I have faith that you will have a beautiful baby girl that will be a great joy and love you immensely. I also believe that you are/will be a wonderful, loving and caring mother……something every child needs and deserves.

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  • MadMadder
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:37pm

    I love how Santorum tries to make it sound like some staggering amount of fetuses are aborted because of medical problems, so much that it decreases medical costs… lol, what a load. At that, this mandate would have somehow boosted the amount of Religious folks, that all the sudden went against the values they have…. this guy wants to be moral judge or something.

    What’s truly sad, is this man clearly believes women are not able to make this moral choice for themselves. That‘s before ignoring women that don’t align with his beliefs, with them he simply wishes to force his values on them.

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    • VicksVaporub
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:43pm

      You don’t like the all new and improved The Blaze sponsored by Rick Santorum, Glenn Beck and the Vatican?

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:46pm

      So saying abortion is MURDER is forcing a moral value on a woman?

      Listen dumba@@…If a life is taken it is murder. PERIOD. Makes no difference if that life was created by rape or incest. It is still murder. Roe V Wade made MURDER legal because it reduced a life to something they call a fetus. I am pretty sure God sees it differntly.

      And we wonder why our Nation is sliding into the crapper…We murder His Children.

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    • thekuligs
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:51pm

      Whats sad is, so many of these tests are WRONG and women abort the healthy babies they are carrying. I had false postives with 2 of my pregnancies and NOTHING is wrong with my children. Doctors practically force these tests down your throat, then aren’t upfront with how often the tests are incorrect–because they don’t really know. Many women chose not test their aborted babies because they don’t want to feel like killers. Heck, my doctor didn‘t even bother to tell me that lots of people don’t think many of the tests are accurate for twins–but they did counsel me on my “options” when I got a postive in my quad screen during my twin pregnancy.

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    • jonnyfontain
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:53pm

      Oh do I sense another Liberal? WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE HERE? Your not a real American! And thats coming from a front line Veteran, we don’t want you here, and we don’t want to die for your stupid beliefs either. We are CHRISTIAN. We believe in JESUS CHRIST and his teachings. If you don’t, then LEAVE!!!!

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    • loveliberty83
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:57pm

      unless you have a family menber that has gone through shut up, they do tell women to go to Kentucky when other states do not abortions because it is a baby, I do believe in freedom of coice BUT do you know how many women live with the guilt for the rest of their lives because that bay is part of them

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    • bikerr
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:58pm

      @madmadder–you find something true is funny?. If you use the facts:an aborted baby will cost the mother nothing in medical costs,(because it won’t be there to“burden her” therefore it reduced the medical cost. Get it?If the tax payers pay for abortion then her medical cost is zip noda nothing. If you can’t understand that then ….well, good luck with your trying to figure out how lowering taxes is good for the Nation.

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    • sawbuck
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:00pm

      madmadder
      Whats even more sad is the condition of your heart..!

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:04pm

      Santorum is saying the government has no right to force insurance companies or taxpayers to pay for something many believe to be immoral. Killing is immoral, wouldn’t you agree?

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    • MadMadder
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:21pm

      @BADDOGGY God murdered people, God instructed people to be murdered, he actually instructs YOU to murder people that don’t live by his word, and much much much worse.

      I agree murder is wrong, which is why I don’t follow everything God says, I‘m guessing you don’t either.

      Yeppers, the country is going to crap, as long as peoples personal beliefs are allowed to be forced onto others, things will continue this way.

      @THEKULIGS Agreed… but aren’t you glad you had that choice? Being forced into choice, works more than one way, so think hard.

      @JONNYFONTAIN Sorry chump, this subject isn’t only for liberals. Liberal women all day long say no just as much as religious women. At that, Christians aren’t all equal, and don’t all take the word of God equally. Maybe one day you’ll grow to respect that.

      @BIKERR Yes, your response is funny, more because it’s pathetic. First, lets take your tax bit… if you’re wanting to lower taxes, then based on your logic on burden costs, it would mean taxes would be lower…. not that I care about that. Next, abortions aren’t free, insurance isn’t free… Next, again you make it sound like some millions of fetuses are being aborted lowering the cost so staggering much that we would notice…. lol – pure rubbish.

      @SAWBUCK Yeah, because supporting a woman’s right to make that choice is so evil.

      @LOOK4DBIGPICTURE Like my tax dollars paying for War? Is killing all life immoral, or only life you app

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    • RebelYell1862
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:28pm

      Run home little liberal atheist, the huff puff is calling.

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    • MadMadder
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:34pm

      @REBELYELL1862 Truly, grow up…..So 60% of Catholic women that also support the choice and can’t really be claimed as a atheists, must be liberals then?

      Anyway, the adults are talking… head back up to your room.

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    • Lowcal
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:51pm

      Christianity is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. Exactly where and when did he say to murder anyone? You’re not talking about old testament Jewish law are you?

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    • MadMadder
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:26pm

      @LOWCAL Yeah, some Christians think Christianity is only about Jesus, when it’s “based” on his teaching, not “only” about him… kinda sad really.

      If Christians actually lived by the teachings of Jesus, they would all be liberals. Rather, many try to force the parts they follow onto others… that’s the truly sad part.

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    • jonnyfontain
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:31pm

      face it your a freak that supports the wrong stance! enough said lol

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    • chasbronson
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:58pm

      You just want to force your values on everyone else?

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    • MadMadder
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:02pm

      @JONNYFONTAIN The wrong stance? I support the idea of nobody forcing another persons values, ideas or beliefs onto others. In both directions, I wouldn’t want someone to force values onto you, that you do not agree with either…. or is it okay to do as long as it matches your beliefs?

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    • MadMadder
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:05pm

      @CHASBRONSON Yes, it appears they want to force the moral choice on everyone but don’t want anything forced on them….. it’s a tad confusing.

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    • RebelYell1862
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:40pm

      So what if 60% of catholic women vote for abortion That still doesn’t make it right. Do you go along with what everyone else is doing just to get along? Shows what kind of upbringing you had. The majority isn’t always right, look at the last presidential election. YOU run along back upstairs little progressive, real Americans are talking here.

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    • bikerr
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 7:44pm

      @MadMadder– Try to keep up I’m using your words here:
      “I wouldn’t want someone to force values onto you, that you do not agree with either…. or is it okay to do as long as it matches your beliefs?”. Abortion is not a value,Gheeez get a clue!. You need to think before you post,re-read the reply’s to your vomit and try real hard with what God(capitol) G gave you. Wow! I’ve never seen a real train wreck!

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    • MadMadder
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:35am

      @REBELYELL1862 I didn’t say 60% voted for abortion, I said 60% support the choice. Huge difference. And yes, I support that choice over your opinions.

      My upbringing taught me to not judge others, that‘s God’s job… You would be screaming a different tune if someone was trying to force you to follow something they believe in, and you didn’t.

      Lol, progressive… that’s just funny because nothing I said even sounds progressive politically. And even if I was, that doesn‘t make a person less American because they don’t believe the same thing you do… that’s kinda the issue here, your way of thinking, isn’t the only way, nor the only right way.

      @BIKERR Yes, you believing in it and someone else not, is your moral values vs someone else’s values. A value belongs to a person, not a thing.

      Clue? Here’s one for ya chump…. if someone else was to force a value onto you, you would go crazy over it. Like, I think all bikes should be banned from the roads, to save lives, as they do kill. Are you ready for my values to be forced on you? Are you ready to take this forced change equally as a women should be ready to accept yours?

      Yeah….

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    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:55am

      Mad,

      Interesting choice of names “mad”as opposed to “angry” but I digress…

      Life is not a value or a moral it is a state of existence.

      It is not something “forced” upon anyone that it does not belong to.

      If you would like to argue that the infant’s life belongs to the mother and is therefore hers to decide to end, then I guess the discussion should be had at what point do we cease being property of another and begin owning our own lives?

      The mother’s choice was made when she decided to have sex and invited another person into her body. The child’s life belongs to it, and it alone.

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    • MadMadder
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:04am

      @AXELPHANTOM

      This name draws so much attention…. it’s kinda cool.

      The choices in life are based on the morals and values the person has. That’s why “your” values should not be “forced” on anyway…. they are yours, not anyone else’s.

      Why would I argue about an infant? We aren’t talking about infants.

      I would argue that life starts and ends at first & last breath. And that is why you should keep your ideals, values, morals, thoughts, etc… to yourself. Because I don’t agree with your version, I don’t accept it, and I don’t want it forced on me or anyone…. unless you think it’s fair that I can force mine on you? No? Then why is fair for you to force yours on others?

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    • mycomet123
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 10:43am

      If your argument is that life & death begins & ends, at the first & last breath–may I suggest to you that you wear some sign to let others know that if you should happen to be choking at a resturant (or any other public place) that you do not want the Heimlich maneuver performed since you are no longer able to breath.

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    • MadMadder
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:54pm

      @MYCOMET123 Wow…. you really pulled that logic out the ol’sun-don’t-shine home. But hey, I expect your kind to not respect other peoples opinions, you’re too busy trying to force your own opinions onto others to care what opinions they may have.

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  • geonj
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:34pm

    scheifer shouldn’t be fired from cbs, he should be yanked from the studio with a coat hanger after having a test to see if he is in fact alive.

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    • bikerr
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:01pm

      Why should he be fired? He fits the mold of CBS. He is what they like. He should be ignored just like most of the Main stream media.

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    • cloudsofwar
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:12pm

      bob and the rest of the progressive MSM only seek to destroy the republicans. they don’t care and any means necessary to achieve their ends. and the progressives don’t care how many babies are murdered.

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  • heretic
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:33pm

    Destroying those they see as having no value has been a progressive goal since the days of George Bernard Shaw

    Nothing has changed

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  • Deda1
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:26pm

    To bad it wasn’t in person, Rick could have knocked out Bill’s teeth.

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    • Exile
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:30pm

      He could’ve at least knocked over the glass that senile communist keeps his teeth in. Then kick gramps square in the grapes.

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    • Baikonur
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:35pm

      @Deda1
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:26pm
      ‘To bad it wasn’t in person, Rick could have knocked out Bill’s teeth.’
      ***********
      Yes, because thta is what we look for in a Presidential candidate! :)

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    • Kankokage
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:18pm

      To be perfectly honest, Baiko, that IS something I wouldn’t mind seeing in my president.

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  • sabrinacle
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:24pm

    I love Rick Santorums views on life and his abhorence to abortion.I would vote for him or Ron Paul because they have back bone and principles.The same can not be said for either Gingrich or Romney

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  • shandog
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:21pm

    I had cancer during pregnancy with my son. The first doctor told me to get an abortion because my life was at stake. To say this doesn’t happen is not only foolish but blind. I kept my son and I lived.

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    • sabrinacle
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:27pm

      spiritual hug to you and yours

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    • KangarooJack
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:33pm

      Thank you for choosing life for both of you.

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    • reconmarine
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:35pm

      God Bless you. Under Obamacare….neither of you would be here today.

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    • MadMadder
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:45pm

      Nice… I love to hear stories of women that had the freedom to make that choice, rather than it being forced, in either direction on you.

      —-

      @RECONMARINE – LOL – No mandate or law or corp in this country forces that choice on a person, however they do allow for women to have the freedom to make that choice, without anyone else forcing personal values on them.

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  • Baikonur
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:20pm

    Rick Santorum is a very strange man, whom I would not want in a position of any power.

    His child that lived for 2 hours was aborted in a late term abortion to save the life of his wife. It was not ‘born’ and ‘lived for 2 hours.’ Labor was artificially induced at 20 weeks, knowing that it would result in the death of the fetus. No fetus can survive birth at 20 weeks gestation.

    As for people’s rights to bear babies who they know (or could know, if they had a simple test) are genetically deformed and ill for life, will require constant, very expensive care–I understand the choice parents make to have such babies. But I certainly do not want my tax dollars or myinsurance premiums going to support this bizarre choice. You want to be a martyr to your faith? Do it on your own dime.

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    • BetterInformed
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:27pm

      I wondered where they found the people to pull the plug in the ICU.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:28pm

      For someone who advocates for the DEMOCRAT PARTY, the party of “Living on another person’s dime “, you are a hypocrite.

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    • jonnyfontain
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:30pm

      You are not only factually wrong, you disgust me. Once again attacking a poor man who lost a child and trying to say somehow that disqualifies him for political office? Pull your head out of your a$$ and think next time before you type, please do us all this favor.

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    • Baikonur
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:46pm

      @Jonnyfontain

      How am I wrong? This is what happened:

      ‘Karen Santorum’s difficult pregnancy and resultant life-saving, induced early delivery is no secret; in a 2004 interview with NPR’s Terry Gross, her husband characterized the 1996 procedure as a harrowing but necessary. Karen, in her 19th week of pregnancy, received a risky surgery to save a pregnancy that doctors thought had little chance of survival. After the surgery, she came down with an infection, and doctors told Rick that unless the source of the infection — the fetus — was removed, his wife would die and his already-born children would be motherless. The doctor also told Santorum that his wife’s fetus would not survive outside of the womb. According to Santorum, Karen went into labor as a result of the antibiotics, and then doctors gave her a drug that further induced labor. She delivered, and unfortunately the doctors were right.’

      http://jezebel.com/5873158/rick-santorums-anti+abortion-stance-would-have-killed-his-own-wife

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    • fsmtecky285
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:49pm

      Check your facts. His wife went in to labor early, and was given pitocen to speed up the process, but did not induce labor or induce an abortion. She was given the medicine AFTER she was already in labor. They simply gave her medicine to help speed up the what her body was already in the process of doing.

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    • cagnew
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:50pm

      You are wrong. Her labor WAS NOT induced. The child was eligible for corrective heart surgery, which they went through with. The surgery was a success, but she developed an infection in the amniotic sac. The infection resulted in a high fever and pre-term labor. The doctors refused to stop her labor because they said it was a malpractice risk- they couldn’t treat her infection without killing the baby anyway. So her labor was allowed to continue, which resulted in the birth of their son.

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    • cagnew
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:53pm

      Here is a link to the story, written by Santorum’s wife. http://www.angelfire.com/ca/numberslady/santorum.html

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    • Gamaliel
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:26pm

      Baikonur: Maybe I don’t want MY healthcare dollars going to the like of YOU either!

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    • bikerr
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 7:49pm

      @Baikonur— You should inform Rick of what you know. Better yet start your own Onion newspaper so others can Laugh at you. Oh wait……. they do now.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 9:20pm

      @BAIKNOUR

      If anyone had any doubts about Rick up until now, the fact that YOU don’t think he should hold a position of power, should be all that’s needed to erase any such doubts.

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    • M Green
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:00pm

      Wow. You take a situation and then tweak it just enough to twist it. First, you clearly don’t understand the pro-life stance at all. We generally don‘t believe that it’s right to trade one life for another. If the mother is truly at risk, we do NOT ask her to continue to carry. Secondly, the pitocin did NOT start her labor, complications from her infection did. They could not safely stop the labor, the only thing they could do was speed it up.

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  • wildwood
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:17pm

    What gull these liberals have,??????
    What does these personal question tell us about how the candidate will bring America back to life!!!!
    all these low like want to do is try to smear the candidates, try to make Obama look good, because Obama don’t have one good thing to get him reelected!!!!
    It will be this kind of B S the liberals will be pushing!!!they don’t care about the issues, just the trashing!!!!
    America is feed up with this CRAP!!!

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    • sabrinacle
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:26pm

      you’re right…and speaking of “Wright”….remember how the media basically brushed over Obamas racist pastor of 20 years? MSM are hypocrits

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  • krod2516
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:16pm

    Great Job Rick Santorum! I am proud to say you have my vote!

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:16pm

    I get that candidates are asked about their stands on issues, but it’s high time to tell the press to stay out of their personal choices, and respect their feelings and decisions. Raking up pain to make a point is cruel.

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    • Baikonur
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:31pm

      @Jenny Lind
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:16pm
      ‘I get that candidates are asked about their stands on issues, but it’s high time to tell the press to stay out of their personal choices.’
      *************************
      Rick Santorum made his wife’s late term abortion a public issue by writing a ook about it that anyone can buy and read. He is the one who brought it out of the personal and into the public arena.

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    • chips1
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:52pm

      BAIK:
      Then read the book and then close your trap.

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  • wboehmer
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:15pm

    Schieffer is a dufus who also is losing it because he’s aging. He apparently does not understand that the argument is not about pre-natal testing or even about abortion.

    IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE BEING FORCED TO PAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE DOING THINGS WHICH THEY OPPOSE ON LEGITIMATE MORAL GROUNDS!

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  • The_Almighty_Creestof
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:15pm

    I voted for Rick. I don’t know if he has the slightest chance to win, but between Mitt, Newt, Ron & Rick…Rick is the only one I believe will do right by our country. The other three are nuts, liars…and nutty liars.

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  • TheObamanation
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:15pm

    The libbytards want talk about ANYTHING except JOBS

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  • jonnyfontain
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:00pm

    The divide in this country is either you TRULY believe in God and follow His teachings, or you believe in science and man and think that we are just as smart as God. 60% of this nation identifies themselves as Christian, yet the Liberal Democrat goes to other countries claiming that we are not a Christian Nation. Let me explain what obama the moron was saying, HE IS NOT A CHRISTIAN! He isn’t, never has been, never will be. Obama believes that man can wreck the earth that God created with SUV’s and big Trucks. You people don’t think that God, the creator of ALL THINGS, was smart enough to fore-see the vehicles that man was going to create? You idiots actually believe that man can destroy God’s creation? How stupid and pride-full are you idiot liberals? The MAJORITY are not retarded and they don‘t believe that MAN can destroy God’s creations. The MAJORITY (90+%) say that the BIBLE is TRUE!! Yet we allow morons like obama, debbie WS, and other Liberal idiots tell us that they are smarter than GOD??? WAKE UP YOU IDIOTS! GET ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST FOR FORGIVENESS before its TOO LATE!

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:06pm

      That‘s because God doesn’t punish people for destroying the planet, but that God punishes people for destroying the earth. If you’re confused? That‘s because Jesus Christ doesn’t know you.

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    • jonnyfontain
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:16pm

      um it says in the Bible to not be of the world. It says His true believers are not of the world, they are of the Spirit. I think your the one who is confused.

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    • jamforpresident
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 7:37pm

      Separation of church and state. Just because the majority are Christian, does not mean that we are a “Christian Nation.”

      That is the beauty of The United States of America. We’re a melting pot; there’s freedom to choose the religion to which you want to devote yourself. That is one of the many reasons why this country is so great.

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:59pm

    It would be nice if when they spoke of the subject of aborted pregnancy that 99% of the time nature aborts deficient pregnancies. But then it doesn’t support either side.

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  • Kiba
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:57pm

    Thats right Rick keep taking their bait, gobble it up. If your gonna say anything say what you feel and tell Shafer (or whoever) that since they dont treat Democrats like the Repubs. are treated on their shows you dont like walking blindly into a Democrat trap set-up by paid operatives like Shafer is. If people would stop cowering to these people they might stop acting like that, but noooo the repubs. must be so ‘gentelman like’ as they are getting their asses handed to them.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:24pm

      I believe Shaeffer admitted he was wrong that the child was born stillborn, which is a victory of sorts.

      Bottom line is that too many mind-numbed robots will not hear about it or will continue to believe the child was born stillborn anyway.

      Rick has a good point on Down’s syndrome kids. They are human life. They feel pain. They have expectations. If they are the threshold to abort or euthanize today what will tomorrow look like.
      “We’re so sorry you loved one was in an accident & the head wound look so bad that we didn’t bother to triage.”

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:19pm

      We all know the liberal media wants Romney to be the Republican nominee, and this is how they plan to take Santorum down.

      Santorum has far more important life threatening issues to deal with than social issues. Ignore the liberal media and vote for the person who can lead this country out of darkness. We have some really good candidates to lead the way, but my vote’s for Santorum.

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    • bikerr
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 8:07pm

      @Walkabout—Bob said he had “misspoke”. That is a lot different than saying he was wrong. He is a liberal They are never wrong they just misspeak a lot.

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  • 120pages
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:56pm

    Santorum sure is showing more backbone than Romney does in interviews and I like that!! Anytime Mitt gets a tough question about one of his policy stances, he always laughs at the question before answering it which is very unsettling to me. Tough question? Just answer…skip the nervous laughter.

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    • The_Almighty_Creestof
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:22pm

      Mitt splits hairs –like when the reporter called him out for having a well known lobbyist in his campaign strategy meetings– and Mitt when on about he wasn’t a “key” player in his campaign as had been suggested. Like Clinton and his “It depends on your definition of the word ”the”.”

      Usually he shouts down those that won’t swallow his obvious hairsplitting lies “Now Just a minute, just a minute…you had your say and now its…just a minute, just a minute…now its my turn to talk.”

      I’m 99% sure the country is done for if Obama gets re-elected…and about 75% certain of it if Mitt or Newt get elected. I did not mention Ron Paul because he is a nutcase and won’t stand a chance of being nominated.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:33pm

      Romney …….somehow backbone (or any other bone) ever comes to mind when thinking about Mitt Witt

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  • MYHEROISRON
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:55pm

    Ya gotta understand, Rick, That Bob Schieffer is a tad brain dead. That is what makes him effective with his obnoxious questions.

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    • HumbleMan
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:13pm

      Brain-dead? He looks like he is dead. And yes, our president looks down on the disabled, just like he looks down on all of us.

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  • Moozmom
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:54pm

    Yep; Santorum is correct here-I know numerous women who are advised to abort because their child will be born “less than”. Scheiffer has seen nothing yet; he is old (as am I) and I know the government will kill me; Scheiffer hasn’t yet figured that out yet.

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    • Tired of Code Names
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:14pm

      @moozmom…what was schiefer seeking in his question to Santorum? The question was, “so are you turning you back on science?”. The simple answer is NO. However, Santorum chose to have his child born and not aborted. And then ignoring science, if I knew what the outcome for that child would be and that he would die within hours of birth, I would have certainly made sure the child was baptized. Then it’s in the Holy Spirits hands. Simple. Abortion, no opportunity for Baptism.

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  • smorningstar
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:53pm

    It was unbelievable the pressure I faced during the first 13 weeks of my pregnancy to get the ultrasound and blood test they use to determine whether or not your baby has Downs or any other disorder. I had to say “no” to 5 different doctors and nurses and explain myself as to why I didn’t want the test. I simply said it “wouldn’t matter”. If there was something wrong with my child. He is mine and I will take care of him no matter what. And for some reason no one was able to understand that and one person said it was a requirement for Tricare, which is not true. Anyway, I did not have the tests and now at 22 weeks, we are having our 3rd boy and by the grace of Heavenly Father he is fine. But even if he wasn’t, it still wouldn’t matter, he is my reasonability.

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    • JBaer
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:02pm

      I hear ya there…. I had four babies and never had an amniocentisis, even though they wanted me too.
      I just wouldn’t do it. I would love each child no matter what the outcome. BTW, they are all healthy!

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    • tothestars2
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:06pm

      thank you

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:12pm

      Seems to me choice only applies to abortion-saying no thank you, I’m having my baby no matter what, faces opposition from the medical community. They don‘t have tests for so many problems that don’t show up until a child is older, that to me these tests are often meaningless. Your choice was don’t bother, and I think it is a great one. Every Mom and Dad have to take it as it comes, whatever test we are handed from God, He gives us the grace to deal with it and love our kids no matter what. Congratulations, hope everything goes well, and thanks for standing, it’s time and late time for all of us to take our stands.

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