01-05-2012, 05:03 AM | #1 | ||
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Difference in accounts of Santorum's child: National Review vs. NYT
http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...ity-rich-lowry
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One gets the feeling that Lowry is trying to score political points by presenting a "pure" account of the delivery and slamming the "liberal" media, which is better than the Colmes low-blow, but by how much? I don't have any problem with what the Santorums did. I have no idea what I would personally do, and it seems that the goal of bringing closure to their family was a good thing. They report it had an excellent effect on their children, and that sounds like a wonderful thing. And now it becomes a political football that is tossed around. I guess that's what happens when you inject religion into the public sphere as much as Santorum does. If Santorum were elected, he would quite possibly be the most religious person elected president in memory. Maybe ever. At some level, it makes Romney, who has actually been a lay clergyman, appear non-religious. That might actually help Romney in some respects. The one thing you have to admire about Santorum is that he seems to be pretty sincere. And that's exactly the contrast he is going to bring against Romney. "I'm real, he's plastic. He's polished, I'm raw, but I'm the real-deal and I care about you. You can trust me. I'm the scrappy underdog who is going to do right by you." Who knows, this could be a winning formula. |
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01-05-2012, 02:01 PM | #2 |
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From a political perspective, the journalistic focus on this poor lost child is macabre and inappropriate, not to mention completely irrelevant. I won't waste another character typing about it.
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01-05-2012, 06:05 PM | #3 |
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Let's be very clear about something--the death of their child was not a private family matter. It was a family matter, but not private. Why? Because the Santorums chose to make it public. They are unapologetic about doing so. They say that many people have reported to them that their account has affected their lives and caused them to "choose life". They don't have any reason to apologize about it. Has Rick Santorum ever once promulgated the idea that abortion and "life" issues should not be vigorously considered and debated?
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01-05-2012, 09:17 PM | #4 | |
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this is linked on Drudge:
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