CNN Hits Santorum for His Religious Beliefs
Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum merely stated his affirmation of the Catholic Church's condemnation of contraception, but CNN's Mary Snow ran a critical segment on Thursday asking if such statements would hurt him with voters.
In the video clips which aired in the report, Santorum strongly stated that he would not mix his opposition to contraception with his policies as president, meaning that he would not ban contraceptives. Nonetheless, Snow quoted the pro-abortion and pro-Democrat group Emily's List, as well as phoney-conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin, as slamming him as out-of-touch. [Video below the break.]
Just weeks before, Snow narrated a very one-sided report on the Komen versus Planned Parenthood controversy, clearly leaning toward Planned Parenthood’s side. Now she seemed to take issue with the pro-life Santorum, touting how he is “coming under criticism” for his anti-contraception beliefs.
“The fact that contraception is even being raised is drawing fury among groups like Emily's List,” Snow reported before noting that the group supports Democratic candidates. “It asks if this is the 2012 presidential election, or 1956, saying ‘It's hard for one extremist to stand out in today's GOP,’” she added of the group.
Snow also quoted the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin slamming Santorum’s beliefs as “mind-numbing.”
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As Rush Limbaugh, Dick Morris and others have confirmed, Obama
Submitted by Rush Fan on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 2:04am.
and his partners in the media are planning on making the primary issue in this election not the economy, but a woman's right to free contraception which, of course, the Republicans and the Republican nominee want to take away.
Rush Limbaugh summed it up by saying this today:
Lets' see, a Muslim
Submitted by gfrrman on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 4:08am.
that masquerades as a "Christian" that sat in "Rev. J Wright's" congregation for 20+yrs seems like a RELIGIOUS story
I'd REALLY like to delve into much further!!
I'm just an inquiring mind.
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And remember . . .
Submitted by WingletDriver on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 10:39am.
that Obama said he could no more disown his pastor (cough, cough) than his typical, white racist grandmother.
Don't mess with Mother Nature
Submitted by kiwikit on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 6:53am.
How many women women were rendered infertile by using contraception? Does no one remember the Dalkon Shield? Natural childbirth planning must work to some extent; otherwise, all women before Roe vs Wade would have had a baby / year and certainly that is NOT the case. And how many women's reproductive health was destroyed by using that? NONE. The church is right and looking at our social system today vs that before Roe vs Wade, I'd say we were much better: fewer abortions, fewer children out of wedlock, fewer uneducated kids, less crime, less govenment intervention, fewer teachers having sex with their students, fewer parents killing / torturing their children. You name it, we were better in all areas, and happier!
Wow. That's earthshaking!
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 8:26am.
"coming under criticism" from people who disagree with him.
What is earth-shaking about that??
In other news, President Obama comes "under criticism" from Catholic Bishops who disagree with HIS policy regarding insurance coverage for contraception.
Of course, they didn't do a story on THAT criticism story for over 2 weeks!
The bias is simply staggering.
Turnabout it!
Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:17am.
So when will CNN do a piece to hit Obeyme on his Muslim faith......I mean....^H^H^H^H^H^H^H.......his Christian faith?
(for those of you in Rio Linda, ^H(also known as Control H) is an old style control function for backspace on earlier computer operating systems, read here for info. As noted in link, it's done as sarcasm and is quite hilarious among those who did programming. I'm sure there are some of us on here that might be familiar with it)
-Jon
Hey!! I'm not from Rio
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 10:29am.
Hey!! I'm not from Rio Linda, but neither am I familiar with out of stone-age OS functions!
(Sauce for the goose ;-) )
That's ok, MB
Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 10:51am.
If nothing else, it's just another example of me finding humor in things like I said in my profile, and that's one of my favorites to use when I'm emailing the co-workers at work who are programmers.
In this case, it falls in the category of "geek humor."
-Jon
Jon...is that like "Back up the Truck"?
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 11:09am.
Because that's one of mb's favorites. :)
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Obama opposed a bill to
Submitted by MrSnuggles on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:49am.
Obama opposed a bill to guarantee life to babies born after failed abortions, but it is santorums basic Catholic faith that is a problem? That is what is truly mind numbing here.
Just imagine how many more
Submitted by Soldat44 on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 10:36am.
Just imagine how many more babies could be murdered by Planned Parenthood if people did not use birth control. Millions of dollars more in abortion fees.
It would be a windfall for them. Surprised they haven't come out against the Pill.
(tongue in cheek here)
I Guess
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 1:27am.
CNN has no problem with Obama's Jeremiah Wright Church of Black Liberation Theology. Truth be known, if Obama is at all religious, he is a Muslim. You can't convince me otherwise.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html