Only CBS Skips Alan Colmes' 'Cruel' Attack on Rick Santorum and His Dead Child
"Nightline" co-host Terry Moran on Monday condemned the "cruel" and "inaccurate" attacks liberal Fox News anchor Alan Colmes made about Rick Santorum and the "crazy" way he handled the death of his newborn son. [See video below. MP3 audio here.] NBC also covered the shocking remarks. CBS skipped them entirely.
On Monday, Colmes taunted Santorum, wrongly claiming the Republican took "his two-hour-old baby, who died right after childbirth, home and played with it for a couple of hours so his other children would know that the child was real."
On Monday night, Moran chided, "And now come the attacks on Santorum. Now that's doing so well, including this shockingly cruel comment from liberal pundit Alan Colmes on Fox News, describing, inaccurately, how Santorum and his wife grieved their dead newborn child in 1996."
Yet, although ABC reporters rejected the comments on Monday, they ignored them on Tuesday's "Good Morning America." This was despite the fact that GMA co-host George Stephanopoulos had an exclusive interview with Santorum.
On NBC's "Today," Peter Alexander relayed the "highly emotional" moment of the former Pennsylvania senator talking about Colmes attack. Alexander added, "And that Fox News commentator, Alan Colmes late apologized for what he called a hurtful comment. Santorum accepted the apology."
CBS's "Early Show" ignored the remarks.
A transcript of the reporting on Monday's "Nightline" and Tuesday's "Today" can be found below:
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01/02/11
11:50pm EST
TERRY MORAN: And now come the attacks on Santorum. Now that's doing so well, including this shockingly cruel comment from liberal pundit Alan Colmes on Fox News, describing, inaccurately, how Santorum and his wife grieved their dead newborn child in 1996.
ALAN COLMES: Like taking his two-hour-old baby who died right after childbirth home and played with it for a couple of hours so his other children would know that the child was real.
MORAN: This afternoon at a town hall in Newton, Santorum was asked about that.
RICK SANTORUM: We got together and we brought Gabriel home with us to bury him.
MORAN: Nearby, his wife Karen wept. Those values have gone straight to the heart of what socially conservative Iowans care about. Lynn Roger got on the Santorum train early back in October. What was it like to be a Santorum supporter for all those months when he was at like, one, two percent in the polls?
LYNN ROGERS: It was tough to see him that low. I wanted- I wanted the media- I wanted to call the media and say you're missing it. You're missing it. You know, you're missing out. You got to speak with him. Go see him because when you see him, you change your mind. So, it was hard, but I felt good in my heart.
MORAN: But whether Iowa conservatives will go with their hearts tomorrow or with the man many think has the best chance to beat Barack Obama, that is the question here tonight.
Today
01/03/12
7:03
PETER ALEXANDER: The former Pennsylvania senator was greeted by a standing room only crowd inside this coffee house, Monday. Among those in attendance, reality TV stars the Duggar family, 12 of their 19 children in tow there to endorse the social conservative. Later in a highly emotional moment, Santorum spoke about the family's decision to take their baby son Gabriel home, after he died just hours after being born prematurely. His comments came after Fox News commentator Alan Colmes called that decision, quote, "crazy."
ALAN COLMES: What I'm saying us I think it shows a certain unusual attitude taking a two-hour baby home to die to play with his other children.
RICK SANTORUM: We brought him home so our children could see and to some who don't recognize the dignity of all human life, recognizing the humanity in your son is somehow weird, somehow odd, and should be subject to ridicule.
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ALEXANDER: And that Fox News commentator, Alan Colmes late apologized for what he called a hurtful comment. Santorum accepted the apology.
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Colmes
Submitted by Scott Trent on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:19pm.
Fox News would be better off dumping the low class, hate filled Alan Colmes. When I see him on Fox News, I turn the channel.
Same Here
Submitted by tcm14 on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:42pm.
Colmes is one of the few people where I actually have to change the channel when he comes on. He is so full of hate, even the expression on his face is one of filth. I just can't watch him. Life is too short to spend in the presence of someone like that.
You're a vile one, Alan.
Submitted by Mike Bratton on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:44pm.
And for the record, whenever he's on my television set, I change the channel as well. He says nothing worth hearing.
--Mike
Sailor Language
Submitted by tvhall on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:25pm.
When I see Colmes on my screen it is time for a light sailor language work out. When it is Obozo I do a full and intense sailor language work out - obsene, profane and quite likely to give me a heart attack (if I weren't doing an hour of cardio every day).
He should not have accepted
Submitted by WarEagle66 on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 2:58pm.
He should not have accepted the apology. He should announce that he was going to go on set and punch Colmes in the face...Flat Out, punch him in the face, on air.
alan colmes
Submitted by angelann1 on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:23pm.
His comment regarding Santorums' baby is so vile that I can't forgive him !! GOD will have to do that !!
Holmes is a little pale.
Submitted by Buzzy on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:27pm.
I have seen addicts with better skin color than Holmes.
This just keeps in line with
Submitted by Lakewood Ed on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:37pm.
This just keeps in line with Liberal-Think that says a unborn child is not a person and by extension a still-born child was not a person so anything other than flushing it or incinerating it is a religious-kook thing.
Colmes
Submitted by rusino on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:38pm.
Mr. Colmes is a mean corrupt little man. Hannity must have secured a spot on Fox for him when he fired him. Misplaced pity in my opinion.
Can someone explain this to me...
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 8:10pm.
I thought Colmes left on his own, yet I am now seeing repeated comments eluding to the fact that Colmes was fired by Hannity. From what I recall seeing at the time, this had never occured to me.
Was Colmes fired, or did he, as I believed, leave the show on his own accord?
Hannity to this day still maintains (on air at least) that he and Colmes are friends. It just doesn't fit that he was fired by Hannity, not to mention that he and Monica Crowley are related by marriage.
Can somebody set me straight, and please supply a verifyable source.
Frankly, whether or not he was fired is irrelevant, as I find Colmes a repungnant little trole with some of the things he said since then. Whether or not Hannity removed him from his show, he SHOULD be fired from FNC for this attrocity.
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
⇒ Canuck
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:32pm.
Colmes has not been on the show since leaving it, and his use at FOX since then has been little more than enough to keep him receiving his breakroom privileges.
My best guesstimate is that there was a real falling-out between Hannity and Colmes.
Jeez,
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:39pm.
Just how long should someone be forced to sit next to Colmes, for 1 hour, 5 times a week?
Thanks.
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 9:08am.
.
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
This is what I mean...
Submitted by BBallleaper on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:40pm.
when I say that liberalism in all of it's evil forms induces societal entropy, in which our civilization moves from a highly organized state of structure and morality towards a highly disorganized state of crudeness, vice, immorality, decadence and evil. The only forces able to mediate this decline are capitalism and faith in God. As society devolves from the Left, the conservative principles of the Right build, invent, deduce, discover, and organize the future as it instills the values of hard work, sacrifice, the effect of liberty upon the soul of man, and provides us with the freedom to hold back the gates of hell produced by socialism, communism, fascism, and anarchy. It is obvious which side this moronic verbal thug is on!
Sometimes.....
Submitted by Ashrak on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:42pm.
an apology is just an exercise of going through the motions of doing it. In actuality, it often times means nothing. This is one of those times. Alan Colmes is a lowlife for going there, for doing nothing more than targeting the dead child of a political opponent in an attempt to gain political points.
Ridiculous.
Vicious.
Malicious.
Intentional.
Unforgivable.
Period.
This man
Submitted by bobsmom on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:43pm.
who looks like the poster child for the "Walking Dead" is a truly abhorrent human. These meat sacks have gotten away with saying some of the most vile things, that I believe they have truly lost all sense of common decency. I think he tripped over his own repulsive tongue this time, and I, for one, am glad to see the backlash.
He
Submitted by grammajane on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:45pm.
is an example of human filth. What show is he on, on Fox? See him once in a while on O"Reilly making a total ass out of himself.
Fired
Submitted by Gat New York on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:51pm.
A conservative who would make a comment not even close to as vile as that would be fired.
An apology is not enough.
Liberals get away too often with malicious and vile comments and need to be held to account for them even before the Lord does.
exactly
Submitted by dmacleo on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 7:32pm.
I am sure not to many will join me but I am not watching fox news until this smarmy bastard is fired. I cannot imagine how Santorum and his wife felt having to relive that all over again just because of colmes.
watching santorum speak of it yesterday brought tears to my eyes :(
tears are gone, now I'm pissed.
Can't Blame Al
Submitted by donabernathy on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:59pm.
Him And his ilk get confused when the baby ain't ripped from the mom's body and tossed in the trash can.
Bwahahahahahaha
Visions of Al, standing on the train platform, all Menege-like, pencil in hand, deciding which box car YOU get loaded on.
roflmao
This is the height of cruelty.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 7:14pm.
Personally, I would love to beat the living shit out of the bastard.
colmes is a despicable bleep
Submitted by dostrow on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 7:50pm.
listen to his talking points with that arrorgant grin
you know he doesnt even beleive half the bs he spews
please dump this CREEP fox
Alan Colmes is unhinged!
Submitted by MightyMouth on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 8:39pm.
Always has been, always will be. He is Bob Beckel without the good looks.
Colmes is the same idiot
Submitted by TheHistorian on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 9:02pm.
that claimed in 2008 that Obama had blocked the Born Alive law in the IL Senate when he was a State Senator because there already were laws on the books that allowed such children to be saved. Even though the state AG said that there wasn't,. Colmes is a liberal hack and will tell any lie, make any hurtful comment and besmirch any conservative, and defend any liberal, in order to make his march to Gomorrah look more palatable.
The second problem is that the only restitution that this poor excuse of a human is offering is an apology. What is he going to do for the damage that it may have done to Santorum in the caucus? At a minimum, he ought to take himself off the air like Ed Schultz did. May I suggest 20 years?
Dennis Prager
Colmes
Submitted by palmaceiahome on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 9:06pm.
That's what liberals call " Free speech " What a jerk no wonder he doesn't have his own show. Fox should let him go to MSNBC with the rest of the haters.
Colmes padding his resume?
Submitted by Bhaal on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 9:10pm.
Looks like Colmes may be wanting to move to MSNBC with a move like this one. He will fit right in with the other freaks on that channel.
⇒ Don't axe Colmes!
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 9:33pm.
We need as many voices like his in the public arena.
He's every bit as revealing as Sharpton, Schultz, and Matthews.
Colmes is a cheap, knock-off version of Bill Press.
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 9:59pm.
Two pieces of fecal matter from the same liberal colon. Press "flush" and use plenty of bleach to clean afterwards.
We need to petition/send emails/make phone calls
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:12pm.
to FOX and get this PR&CK fired.
Wow
Submitted by shawn. on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 12:24am.
When it comes.to libs on tv Colmes.has always been one of the more reasonable ones. His comment is disgusting. If this was Hannity that said it, libs would be out for blood.
⇒ Colmes? reasonable?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 12:24am.
I'm trying to think of a fr'instance.
Nope! Can't think of one.
But good to see you again, Shawn.
Hi cool
Submitted by shawn. on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 12:28am.
I meant reasonable in terms of not nasty. This comment is even beneath Chris Matthew's. Its more on level with Maher or Mike Malloy.
⇒ That it is, Shawn
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 12:37am.
And it's exactly the reason FOX needs to keep him on the payroll. I love it when Liberals get stuck in their own muck.
Only the most hateful of Liberals (see BHO) would make light of the death of a child that had actually lived for any period of time out of the womb. They're actually stuck with their own definition that the baby really was a baby.
Santorum should be thanking him
Submitted by kevcad on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 1:28am.
For Colmes may have unwittingly helped him in Iowa!
(or maybe that was the libs plan all along.....)
⇒ Tru Dat, kevcad
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 1:43am.
Rupert Murdoch told Alan Colmes he could keep his job a while longer if he would make the outlandish statement.
No, I don't really believe that, but if I did present it as fact, I would expect a fellow NBr to call me on it, in much the same manner as I did with a poster who made a stupid statement concerning adoption in another thread.
But kevcad, your observation that Colmes' remark, regardless of his intent, helped Santorum, makes sense.
Colmes is a fool.
Submitted by rono on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 2:45am.
Alan Colmes is a soulless liberal zombie that spews hate filled rhetoric without any regard for the truth. He said that Santorum "played with his dead baby". This is disgusting and a lie. FOX News should fire this scum immediately. He has no credibiity. Hire a liberal that has a sense of decency. Colmes needs to go.
I used to catch Hannity &
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 3:09am.
I used to catch Hannity & Colmes from time to time during the days of the Bush administration because that was when the Left abandoned all pretense of tolerance and sought out ways to be as vile as possible. During that time Colmes impressed me because he always seemed to maintain a level of professionalism and respect that was just totally gone on the Left.
Then after he left Hannity & Colmes I heard him say a few things of those outrageous things that seemed like they came out of your typical know-it-all socialist, but I basically brushed it off. Everyone says something dumb now and then and since I rarely see him anymore I didn't really care. This comment, on the other hand, is so ghoulish, cruel, inaccurate, and stupid that he really deserves no respect from anyone (of importance). The only good thing I can say about the comment is that it's at least unique and I don't recall many socialist heading down this particular path in their tirades against those they disagree with. Maybe he should get a show on MSNBC where he can carve out his own niche with his unique brand of hate speech.
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
I used to catch him on H & C, too...
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 3:20am.
He was a pathetic spokesman for liberalism. He was an idiot then, and he just proved that he still is.
Jer
Modern Liberalism isn't an
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 3:40pm.
Modern Liberalism isn't an intellectual philosophy so it's not surprising that Colmes could come across as an idiot. If you're a person who believes you should think about important issues then a leftwing pundant will always come across as an idiot since their beliefs are based on knee-jerk emotion instead of logic.
Colmes just seemed different to me because the typical way for a Leftwinger to present their point of view was to emote and then savagely bash anyone with a different point of view. I wasn't under the impression that Colmes operated that way (and maybe that's why he seemed so weak since he neither had vile assaults or logic to strengthen his position), but now I see that he's no different from any modern lefty. Granted I didn't watch him often, but when I did that's how he came across to me.
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
I see..so that explains it.
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 11:07pm.
As a modern liberal, my assessment of Colmes was purely a knee-jerk "feeling" that he's an idiot. Oh well, I still think he's one, too.
Jer
I don't want to see anybody lose their job,
Submitted by Redrowan2000 on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 12:17pm.
But, wouldn't Colmes be happier at MSNBC, perhaps he could sit under Chris Matthews desk and give him that tingle he craves when he can't get enough of Obama.
"Don't let the bastards grind you down."
~Yet another reason
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 12:32pm.
for decent people to stay out of politics. Nothing is sacred to liberal activists.
Colme's inaccuracy
Submitted by hughg on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 1:39pm.
He may very well have destroyed his career as a commentary and radio announcer. i watch Fox, but my hand automatically hits mute so fast that I wonder what actually happened after the fact. I've noticed push and pull on Fox that shows me a sense of anxiety and phobia since the England attack on Murdock's empire. There has been a "softening" of their message that somewhat
disturbs most of Fox fans. The fire in their belly seems to have been extinguished.
Just thought I would note
Submitted by StarAZ on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 4:15pm.
Yes, Colmes is stupid, predictable, looks like a preying mantis, etc--but Judy Miller is worse! Apropos of nothing.