After airing what she described as a "hard-hitting" ad by the Center for Reproductive Rights which ominously warned, "Don't let Congress ban abortion coverage millions of women already have," MSNBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman today lamented to Politico's Jeanne Cummings that with Sen. Ted Kennedy gone, Democrats lack a unifying figure who could defuse an abortion battle that could mar Democratic unity on health care reform.
Snyderman praised the late pro-choice politician as a "man of his church and of his faith" (MP3 audio here):
Well, now the Catholic Church is lobbying hard to get House language into the Senate bill and then hopefully get it passed. Politico's assistant managing editor Jeanne Cummings wrote about this. And she joins me now.
Jeanne, I've said and I will continue to say there is no more divisive issue where I think people on either side can't expect to get people to cross over to their views. But nonetheless, we are now looking at pro-choice or abortion language, however you want to couch it, as part of [the] health care issue.
And I can’t help but think about someone like Ted Kennedy who walked a very, very, very narrow line and still was so much a man of his Church and of his faith. So that raises the question, is there someone who is going to pick up sort of, his voice, and continue to walk that fine line?
Snyderman, you may recall, admitted last Monday that she found the pro-life Stupak-Pitts Amendment "infuriating" and practically lobbied on-air last Thursday for the IRS to launch an investigation into the Catholic Church.
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November 16, 2009 - 16:37 ET by SimJimYou can't make this stuff up! Kennedy "walked a fine line" on abortion? What planet do these people live on?
Worshipped at the First Church of the Aborted.
November 16, 2009 - 16:43 ET by upcountrywaterState controlled health care ! music video.
Fine Line
November 16, 2009 - 16:44 ET by Jeff in Miami BeachThat boy couldn't walk a line to the nearest bar much less a very fine line! He wasn't very good with bridges either.
When I go to heaven, I am anxious to see if he is there.
If you think medical care is expensive now wait until it is free!
Yep, and...
November 16, 2009 - 17:35 ET by PrairieSkywhat I'd like to know is exactly how long will Kennedy have to be gone before we stop hearing his name every five minutes from these idiots? Boy, these libnuts just love their vaunted, sainted, hypocritical Uncle Teddy, don't they?
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
Be sure to contribute to Snyderman's PAC...
November 16, 2009 - 16:41 ET by SickofLibsScrewTheHippocraticOathPac.org
"a man of his Church"
November 16, 2009 - 16:47 ET by JeffC...The fact that Teddy Kennedy could be considered "a man of his Church" says a lot about "his Church," by which I mean the Boston archdiocese. The archdiocese was ground zero for pedophile priests and the way Cardinal Law handled those priests was criminal. Then there's all that stuff the Kennedy family did where the archdiocese looked the other way, or worse.
Sounds like the Kennedy's
November 16, 2009 - 17:11 ET by mattmSounds like the Kennedy's run the Church in Mass. as well as politics and the liquor industry.....
MSNBC's Dr. Nancy
November 16, 2009 - 16:48 ET by BKeyserI agree Nancy, dig 'im up and see if it helps.
Snyderman, witch that she
November 16, 2009 - 16:53 ET by bigtimerSnyderman, witch that she is, is a disgrace, for her to even have the title Dr. before her name is horrendous as far as I'm concerned.
Who watches her pathetic propaganda anyway...bet the daily ratings are just sky-high.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Twits like this point to
November 16, 2009 - 17:00 ET by rwesleyTwits like this point to religion and faith when it serves their purpose but excoriate it any other time. Someone needs to remind them that picking and choosing tenets of faith does not make one a "man of his Church and of his faith". It makes them the equivalent of a loon at a buffet line.
Hey 'doktor' nancy? Can
November 16, 2009 - 17:36 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonHey 'doktor' nancy?
Can you explain why it is ok to murder an unborn child, but an absolute no-no to kill a murderer in self defense with a concealed weapon? Or any other weapon as far as that goes?
Can you explain why it is better to find a woman in an alley, raped and murdered than to find the woman alive and the would-be rapist-murderer dead?
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Snyderman is clearly a suporter of child genocide...
November 16, 2009 - 17:52 ET by R D Helm...particularly if those children reflect a little less light than most others.
As for Teddy's "church," is that where he learned to make waitress sandwiches?
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
Yes. Many of us volunteer at soup kitchens.
November 16, 2009 - 17:55 ET by SickofLibsTK plied his trade at diners.
Don't let Congress ban
November 16, 2009 - 17:56 ET by SnappyDon't let Congress ban abortion coverage millions of women already have,
I was under the impression that if you liked your current heath insurance you could keep it? I also was under the impression that Federal funds did not go to abortions currently. I guess the good Dr. Nancy has schooled me again.
The "abortion coverage that millions of women already have"
November 16, 2009 - 19:19 ET by CO2MakerThat makes it sound like dental coverage, you know, a chronic medical insurance need. How many people need "medical coverage" for what is one the most common surgical procedures in the country?
What's the average number of abortions per customer? According to the CDC report from 2004, there were 576,184 abortions that year. Of them, 314,763 were the first abortions that the mother had, and the other 261,421 abortions were the 2d, 3d, for 4th abortions of the woman. I calculate that the average number of abortions in the US by individual women who got abortions was 1.71, but that is a bit misleading. If you count the multiple abortions of only the women who had one or more previous abortions, then among them, the average number of abortions was 3.83.
Abortion Surveillance --- United States, 2001 (see table 13)
Oh, I agree...that statement
November 16, 2009 - 20:57 ET by SnappyOh, I agree...that statement does make it sound like a standard rider on an insurance policy that women can opt for.
Yes, Ted Kennedy was a "man
November 16, 2009 - 17:57 ET by Kat Outta the BagYes, Ted Kennedy was a "man of his church"...his church. One he made up in his mind to excuse his views on unborn lives.
Kennedy was a murdering,
November 16, 2009 - 18:00 ET by jdhawkKennedy was a murdering, drunken slob, and womanizer. To say that Kennedy was a man of the church is some kind of sick joke. In any other universe, the Catholic church would have excommunicated him.
Meanwhile, 4,000 babies - human beings - didn't make it today. They were aborted by their mothers. These babies' own flesh and blood allowed a doctor to tear them from the womb and suck their remains into a garbage bag. Over 1,000,000 babies will be aborted this year in this country alone.
The founder of Planned Parenthood, now a billion dollar plus business, was a racist that founded it to rid the United States of minorities. Her plan is working out splendidly. Over 70% of women that abort their children are minorities.
Abortion is a stain on human kind. It is a stain on the United States of America. It should be outlawed except where bringing the baby to term would put the mother's life in danger. We are a kind, generous, and wealthy people. We can do better than this.
tears in my eyes
November 16, 2009 - 22:17 ET by lotrPriceless -- ROFL....
"Steady." -- Keith Olbermann to Chris Matthews
Is Ted Kennedy's church the
November 16, 2009 - 18:38 ET by Radical1979Is Ted Kennedy's church the same one that refused to accept his neice Carolyn Kennedy as ambassador to Rome due to the family's political leanings?
Yep, and the same church whose
November 16, 2009 - 19:48 ET by CO2Makerregional corporate executive in Rhode Island said Patrick Kennedy statement about the Catholic church was "irresponsible and ignorant." Oooh. Whap!
Jill Stanek - Patrick Kennedy blasts Catholic Church for blocking pro-abortion healthcare: "I thought they were pro-life"
Jill Stanek - Smackdown: Patrick Kennedy's bishop calls him "ignorant... a disappointment"
Snyderman Has No Brains
November 16, 2009 - 18:51 ET by DaMamaThis woman has the IQ of a raisin. The Kennedy's are Catholic in name only. They don't practice the faith. And for Nancy Snyderman to say that Ted Kennedy was "a man of his church and a man of his faith" makes me want to puke. She has no clue what she is talking about, and has no idea of what the Catholic church teaches or practices.
I hope looney liberals like Snyderman just keep on talking........all the better for us conservatives come 2010 and 2012. America is finally waking up to the destruction that the liberal left is bringing to this country, and we aren't going to stand for it.
Teddy the Baptist
November 16, 2009 - 20:02 ET by HogTideRebelCatsTeddy the Baptist
Remember when he baptized Mary Jo in a river.
Badda-bing!
November 16, 2009 - 21:15 ET by GalvanicLOL! Spot on, HogTide. Snyderman is an idiot.
Justice for Mary Jo!
HOLY DIVER...
November 17, 2009 - 00:17 ET by danybhoyTeddy the Baptist? Wow, what a slap, & a good one. WELL DONE to HogTideRebelCats. I still like what Sirius/XM consevative radio guy Andrew Wilkow said about a Ted Kennedy memorial. Build a large pool, maybe out of marble, & have a 69 Olds sticking out of it. Tasteless? Maybe, but it would be fair.
I would like to make an update & congratulate Ted Kennedy on 12 weeks of sobriety. Amazing, but it is true, & I might update this factoid in every Teddy story.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
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Listen up Dems.,
November 16, 2009 - 21:19 ET by LloydoNow that your highly respected Ted Kennedy, "a man of his church and of his faith," is gone, the church will have to speak for itself. If you truly respect Kennedy, you should listen, follow and respect the words of his church.
Ted Kennedy was a man of
November 16, 2009 - 21:32 ET by MikeBTed Kennedy was a man of his Church and of his faith? Pray, what Church was that? It certainly wasn't the Catholic Church. Swimmer, at the very least, was an apostate of the Catholic Church. He might have gone to church, sat and listened to the Mass, and went through the motions of his faith, but he certainly did not live his life as a member of his Church. As I said, at the very least, he was an apostate. In my opinion, he was not only apostate, but a heretic. He should not have been allowed a Catholic funeral. He should have been excommunicated long ago for his adulteries, his murder of his pregnant mistress, and his stand on abortion that was 180 degrees from the stated doctrine of his Church.
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the church of the false god Molech
November 16, 2009 - 22:14 ET by lotr"Steady." -- Keith Olbermann to Chris Matthews
hey nancy
November 16, 2009 - 21:37 ET by larry on LIdon't get your undies in a bunch over a replacement for the swimmer ,the senate is full of doucebags.
"A man of his church"?!
November 16, 2009 - 21:40 ET by Jack ColemanYeah, and a lady killer to boot. Literally.
Why start with a lie?
November 16, 2009 - 22:05 ET by caiobabeKennedy is dead. He's gone to his Maker. Shouldn't we or anyone else have respect for the dead and honor his life with the truth?
Now, let's see what he had accomplished...AS A RELIGIOUS MAN that is based on this article... Nothing! He has been an embarrassment as a representatiive of a Religion that was once called the ONE TRUE CHURCH.
Kennedy was a staunch and outspoken abortion rights supporter. This has nothing to do with having a "pro-choice" stance, NO... He did what he could do to authorize and vote on the government funding of abortion.
But this notwithstanding, he was well known as a philanderer, and an illegal drug abuser (cocaine) and also an alcholic, (coming to the Senate blitzed off his gourd.) These things have been written about.
Sadly, I've heard that Kennedy had written a special letter that was to be delivered to the Pope himself. The contents were personal but I had read that he was begging for forgiveness for his own Soul because of the life he led. I could only summize that God Himself called this man to justice.
Ironic
November 16, 2009 - 23:45 ET by nadadhimmiDoes anyone else find it ironic that the majority of babies aborted in the USA are black, but Blacks look upon Kennedy as some sort of champion. Ted Kennedy is responsible for millions more black deaths than the KKK ever thought wildly possible.
I spent a lot of time and
November 17, 2009 - 10:39 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonI spent a lot of time and energy trying to figure out why democrats are so deeply in favor of abortion, and so against the death penalty.
Killing babies is ok because they don't vote.
Killing criminals cuts into their voter base.
Besides, abortion clinics donate millions to democrats, the doctor that does the lethal injection 'may' donate to the other candidate.
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klj,
November 17, 2009 - 10:48 ET by AgnosticDoesn't work. If I'm not mistaken most aborted babies would grow up in environs that produce a high percentage of Democrat voters.
A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections
The clip of the woman
November 17, 2009 - 08:04 ET by TexndocThe clip of the woman who was lamenting an anencephalic pregnancy and "Doctor, is abortion covered?" is totally erroneous. If a woman is pregnant and covered by insurance and has an anencephalic pregnancy and the doctor manages that pregnancy, it is covered as pregnancy care. A woman being told she has an anencephalic pregnancy and claiming her doctor would say "Oh, abortion isn't covered" is a lie. It is a medical indication for a termination of a non-viable pregnancy and is a heck of a lot different than terminating a normal pregnancy because you have a new boyfriend this month. A situation which this TV-doctor knows happens with much more regularity than a fetus with no brain or skull.