(CNN) - Fox News contributor Alan Colmes apologized Monday night for making "hurtful" comments about the events following the 1996 death of Rick Santorum's infant son.
Earlier in the day, Colmes claimed Santorum took the baby home, after living for only two hours, and "played with it for a couple of hours so his other children would know that the child was real."
His apology to the Santorum family followed a barrage of criticism on Twitter for much of the day.
"Just spoke to @ricksantorum. He and Karen graciously accepted my apology for a hurtful comment," Colmes wrote.
But Colmes' comments provoked an emotional response from the Republican presidential candidate and his wife earlier Monday.
Santorum choked up when asked to respond to the comments at a campaign event in Iowa. He described Colmes, who also hosts a show on Fox News Radio, as insensitive and gave a much different picture of the loss.
"We kept little Gabriel with us that night and we brought him home the next day," Santorum said at a campaign stop in Newton, Iowa. "We brought him home so our children could see him."
When asked to respond to the comments, Santorum's wife, Karen, began tearing up and offered to jump in to answer the question. Her daughter walked over to console her.
Santorum went on to tell the story about burying the child the following day, growing emotional as he spoke about the death and talked about Colmes' remarks.
"To some who don't recognize the dignity of all human life, who see it as a blob of tissue that should be discarded and disposed of, this is somehow weird. Recognizing the humanity of your son is somehow weird, somehow odd, and should be subject to ridicule," Santorum said.
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After the event Monday, Karen Santorum chided Colmes for making the comments, saying her son's death should be a private issue, not a campaign issue.
"I think it was very inappropriate of him to do that. I'm sad that he did that," she told CNN. "I pray he will never lose a child. He cannot begin to know the pain and the depth of the loss."
Santorum, who's surged in Iowa polls in the last week, is battling to finish in the top tier in Tuesday's caucuses.
The former senator frequently talks about his seven kids on the campaign trail. Gabriel would have been his fourth oldest child.
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I find it kind of odd (for me) to take a deceased child home for the others to "play". Again, that is me. Either way, I am very sorry for the loss of a child. I have been there.
isn't colmes a liberal?
Fire Colmes.
Obviously Mr. Colmes has never heard about all the probems one encounters when dealing with the mentally challenged.
the liberal disgust with a newborn's life is pure evil.
What a suprise it was the liberal that they employ who pulls this kind of tactic. You should be ashamed alan.
I'm no fan of Santorum, but they should definitely leave this issue out of the campaign.
I felt bad for Santorum right up to the part where he twisted this into an abortion issue. Makes it almost seem like this was a softball set-up from his pals on FOX news. Is there anything these people won't politicize?
I didn't hear the comment Colmes made, but it wouldn't surprise me to hear him say something like that.
While I will not vote for Mr. Santorum, it is puzzling to me why anyone would bring up the lost of child during a campaign. Something should be private. This includes the candidate. Yes, we are sorry and how they decide to deal with it isn't my business.
I want to know what they plan to do while in office and how they will do it. The other information shouldn't matter. Just tell me what you are planning. We all should be asking for that information.
"His apology to the Santorum family followed a barrage of criticism on Twitter for much of the day."....the apology was a the right thing to do. One hopes it came from the a heart reconsidering its position rather than a simple reaction to the expression of public sentiment.
I applaud the Santorums for handling this with dignity.
I don't care what you think about Santorum, or Republicans in general, bringing their dead baby's into the conversation really is pretty low life.
Glad he apologized.
Some things should be left out of politics, and this is one of them.
waoo thats just wrong making fun of dead...
Yeah, but until Fox's sponsors start yanking their ad dollars, stuff like this will continue as long as it gives their ratings their spikes.
I find it odd how a man who preaches family values is willing to spend days, weeks and months away from his family on the campaign trail. How can we restore family values in this country when parents are never at home with their children?!?! The death of any child is a tragedy, but this guy is a career politician..and that desire is obviously greater than his love of family.
Poor form indeed, Colmes.
The article failed to state that Alan Colmes happens to be a democrat and often makes nasty remarks. His comments were beyond terrible.
Politics has become a blood sport, is there nothing that the media will not do to destroy someone they feel is a threat. This is beyond pale. Just when one thinks that the press cannot stoop any lower, something like this comes out. Fox should suspend his show for a month.
It was totally wrong what Colmes said and he should either get suspended or fired..
Compassionate conservative.
He apologized for telling the truth? Really?
It might have been a bit mean to say what Combs said, but it appears from what Santorum said, to be the truth. I cannot imagine bringing the dead child home – it just seems very strange.
I'm pro-choice. However, I don't in any way consider a full term infant to be a "a blob of tissue that should be discarded and disposed of" and I take offense at this creep's strawman.
Regardless of what you think, events surrounding the death of an infant son should be off-limits. At least Colmes apologized, but it definitely shows a lack of empathy and class.
His feelings are hurt because of a comment Colmes made about his dead son which he he took home? He recently said he did not want to "make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money." He and his wife should now know how insensitive comments hurts.
For someone to actually transport a dead person to their home so others could see seems a lot odd to me. To wallow in your pain driving around with a dead body is not something I would want to hear of anyone doing, let alone a President of the U.S.
Come on, you can't fire Alan Colmes.
Nor would Fox want to.
Colmes is the completely scripted
Liberals are Bad,
Liberals are Stupid,
Liberals are Evil,
but we give them a chance to speak anyway
part of Fox News "Fair and Balanced" nonsense.
He is the the WWF wrestler who hits the other guy in the back
with a folding chair while he isn't looking to show how "EVIL"
all Liberals are. This is how news is manufactured on the Fox News clown show.
Any wonder why the media is so often looked upon with complete disdain?
To RFB: Don't fire him!, Let him keep expressing his true hateful liberal feelings on National TV. NEVER fire anyone for utilizing their 1st ammendment right, but teach your children how NOT to act. We must not silence anyone!!
"He apologized for telling the truth? Really?"
There is no greater sin in the MSM.
Usually, a funeral director comes to the hospital and prepares the body for burial. Then, family and friends pay their respects at the funeral home. In the past, and sometimes today, the family has the body brought into their home for viewing and the wake. The idea that someone would spend the night at the hospital with a cadaver and then carry it home to show it to the surviving children as if they were bringing a new baby home is very strange.
i have wanted fox to fire that vile man for a long time. i think it's way past time to get rid of such a mean, nasty person. FIRE HIM NOW FOX!!!!!!!
Considering that Rick Santorum and other extremist right wingers either publicly applauded or did not disavow the murders of abortion clinic employees in Florida in 1990 and Kansas two years ago, Rick Santorum has no moral standing on any subject to do with the deaths of young children. Mr. Santorum supports the denial of abortions to women who have been the victim of rape or incest. He is a hateful, judgemental man who does not deserve to be allowed near sniffing distance of elected office.
This is not a liberal vs conservative talking point. Grief is personal and it is different for everyone. If you haven't lost a child, you don't know what it is like until you have been there. If you have and still find what the Santorum's did worthy of criticism, you need to remember that your personal experience with grief is not the only way of handling the situation.
I AM a liberal, and am NOT a Santorum fan in the least. However, I find the need of people to pass judgments on his family's way of dealing with their personal loss distasteful to say the least. Turning this loss into a political talking point is simply beyond the pale.
Colmes is a chump for bringing this issue into the fray. Rick Santorum however, has got to be one of the weirdest candidates and campaigners to ever run for political office. This wouldn't have changed my opinion of Santorum one way or the other. He has plenty of other valid reasons he should never hold political office, much less be President. No disrespect to the family on what had to have been most tragic, but this is not normal or typical behavior in any stretch of the imagination. I mean really, who does that? And for what purpose? Quite simply, it's bizarre.
Who gives a crap about what he thinks, the guy has seven kids. He obviously sees women as nothing more than a breeding machine.
Dear Mr Santorum,
I am sorry that you are a dirt bag.
Please stop breeding, you are infecting the gene pool.
Thank you.
Regardless of democrat or whatever, Colmes was way out of line and should be fired immediately. Nothing professional there. And to Twitter an apology? He should have made it on national television in front of cameras so we could all see how 2 faced he is.. And then we have readers like Tim who somehow completely miss the point and "find it odd how a man who preaches family values is willing to spend days, weeks and months away from his family on the campaign trail... etc." You don't have to be a commentator to have your head in a place where the sun never shines, it seems.
Sounds weird to me, I want a normal president. 4 more years of religion free presidency.
To everyone calling for Colmes to be fired or resign, think about it-he is a 'liberal democrat' who works for Fox News. His reason for existing there is to be an embarrassing caricature of the liberal agenda and the democratic party, to make the left seem as extreme as possible, to make them look like awful, heartless monsters, etc. In this case he did exactly what they hired him to do. He'll probably get a raise for this.
What's up with all these Repubes always crying about stuff? It happened in 1996!!! Act like A MAN!!!! I would have more respect for Santorum if he threatened to punch Colmes in the face. But no, he chokes up like a phony politician to get sympathy from !d!0ts like everyone commenting here. TOOLS!!!
Santorium often brings up the story of how they handled the death of the child. He uses it as an example of how precious life is for him. If he wants to continue to bring it up he should expect people to have reactions. He wants the reaction they will vote for him but should not be surprised when someone finds the actions bizarre. When I first heard this story I assumed they brought the child home in a casket like they did years ago. Once I found out the whole story, I too find it very strange and this would be a reason not to vote for him in my book. He cannot have it both ways–apology for the wording, but not for letting us know exactly what this kooky guy did.
If a republican had said this, it would be "free speech".
But it was a democrat, so "hang him".
Bringing a dead baby home for the other children to see is sick.
I am very liberal, and although I don't know who Colmes is, I think he should be fired immediately.
The overwhelming lack of respect for other people's struggles is getting out of hand in this country. If you want to be that cold and callous, go live in Iran.
Don't equate this horrible statement by Colmes as something "liberal", you conservative fools. I've heard terrible statements made by both sides, take almost anything said by Ann Coulter for example, and this sort of snotty, immature, insensitive statement is not "liberal."
I believe Fox set this up. It doesn't surprise me that the statement is made by the only person on the entire network who maintains any sort of liberal outlook (fair and balanced, right...), because he makes the perfect fall guy in this situation and it gets Fox ratings, as well as giving Santorum a soapbox to turn the sad death of his full-term newborn child into an anti-abortion moment. Not surprising since Fox would certainly prefer Santorum to continue his momentum rather than Ron Paul.
Americans are definitely afraid of death. If the Santorums felt the need to bring their deceased baby home, then that's their decision and it should be respected. Certainly not made into a political discussion. I like Rick. BTW: Death is not the worst thing that can happen to you.
While no one can minimalize the sadness of losing a child, it is downright bizarre to bring a baby's corpse home, sleep with it, and then show it to your children. This is macabre and creepy.
Fox says hurtful things all the time. This time, however, they got carried away and said hurtful things about a Republican. That's what prompted an apology.
Colmes is a liberal like Stephen Colbert is a conservative.
I've listened to Alan Colmes quite a bit and this is out of character for him as a person, but NOT out of character for liberals and Democrats that will use anything, and say the vilest things, to try and paint conversatives as dumb, weird, psycho, etc. In Colmes case, I am ready to declare this a case of temporary insanity on his part but in far too many other cases, it is a case of permanent insanity on the part of far too many leftists.
Alan Colmes exists in this weird Nexus. He's a democrat on Fox, who seems to be there for the sole purpose of being the in-residence strawman. I remember his pairing with Hannity, where he was there merely to offer a meek attempt at counterweight. He allowed Fox to say "See, there's balance!", while every week getting out-debated and outweighed by Hannity's bombast. And now he's going to allow countless conservatives to demonize liberals as heartless monsters with his tasteless remarks.
Does this surprise anyone coming from a fox employee? they take the cake
Does anyone here not realize that this has gotten totally out of hand? It is time to bring some civility back to this country. We don't have to agree. We all have different views and opinions. It is what makes us the people that we are. However, these comments are beyond horrible. It is time that we all condemn remarks such as these no matter which side of the political aisle they come from.
Colmes is paid by a right-wing propaganda machine to intentionally make liberals look mean and / or stupid.
Reel em in, boys....they took the bait!
This is PRECISELY Why people can't trust Santorum to keep peoples privates moments out of the political spotlight ... fact is , if Obama said he took his dead baby home for a day or two to 'show the kids", then he would have been Lambasted ! I mean.. HOW MANY PEOPLE Can Anyone count on 3 Fingers the Number of times you bring a dead baby home to show the kids ... that's just STRANGE ! no matter how well intentioned he may have been.. I think Alan Colmes was reacting to that "strangeness" .. only someone infected with the DNA of an elected Republican would start telling home viewrs that liberals look at newborns like a "mass of tissue" .. knock it off with the the theatrics Santorum.. you want everyone talking about your dead child .. and you know it ... just gives you reason to shout... 'This is a personal affair... until it's another womans pregnancy ... then you will want the government to be all about making her life decision for her ... duplicitous !
This seems odd, are we all going to get behind Santorum now because a reporter insensitively reported on something that was true, but inappropriate? Geez.
Santorum loudly, forcefully, and repeatedly talks about *other people's* choices when it comes to abortion, the definition of life, and so on. It seems to me that since he makes it an issue, an issue that he hopes will win him votes, his own decisions with regard to the subject are not off-limits at all. Seeing that he supports a total ban on abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, and he himself characterizes the practice as ghoulish, I don't see why somebody shouldn't be allowed to point out the perceived ghoulishness in Santorum's own views - and real-life practices.
@Steve: "I cannot imagine bringing the dead child home – it just seems very strange."
Well, that's you Steve. Hopefully you are never put in the situation where you would have to do decide to do something like that. My wife and I just had our first child a year ago and I can't imagine having lost her...it crushes me just to think of it.
My point is there is no "normal" when one loses a child.
Fox news. Nuff said!
Don't like Rick Santorum but sympathize for the loss of his child. His then turning it around into an Anti Abortion screed is pretty tacky. It was a full term infant, not a "blob of tissue" and yes there is a difference.
Colmes should be ashamed of himself. Why on earth is that sad situation even a part of the dialogue of presidential politics?
Santorum is the most terrifying of the Rep. candidates to me, and his reply basically turning into a stumping opportunity for anti-choice is a bit off putting, but no matter what, that's a terrible thing to go through, and I have sympathy for the family, especially when someone makes such insensitive comments about it.
What hospital allows anybody to take a dead body home? Isn't this a health and safety issue? How is this possible?
I stopped watching O'reilly because of the BS that Allen puts out. I told my wife that when Allen is on, I can turn the sound off and fill in his comments with the standard liberal pro obama talking points. Instead of wasting my time, I watch re-runs of Bones.
I agree that this is clearly an off limits subject for the media, but still, I personally find it very strange for someone to bring home a dead child. This is coming from a catholic school attendee, and faith aside, there is definitely a better method to teach humanity to one's children.
Apology is good enough.
Colmes is a democrat and, therefore, he says all sorts of stupid and outrageous things and other stupid and outrageous democrats will come out and defend him.
Colmes is Fox's fake liberal. He's only there so that Fox commentators can gang-up on him 4 to 1 anyway. He magically never seems to win an argument and successfully fill's his job description as Punching Bag. If we really want to know the truth, maybe Fox can hack into Santorum's cell phone.
I have distinct disdain for politicians, but if Colmes' careless remark has served any purpose it proves that politicians bleed too. I also have a firmer belief and understanding in Mr. Santorum's conservative views of life, it's not born of phony rhetoric.
Wait! He took his dead child home? Really? Okay, I am sorry for the loss,however that seems very odd to me.
Colmes did the right thing by apologizing. As to why he would have raised it in the first place, I can see it. In a field full of clowns that did some crazy things, this was bizarre. You take a dead child home to prove to your kids that he mattered? Taking them to his funeral wasn’t good enough? Was that really necessary to do or just weird? I would not have wanted to be one of those kids.
Oh my! The attacks from the political Left (Obama's re-election smear machine) is going way too far. This is simply the first of many to come to get Obama re-elected.
Oh, AZ Rose, for what little Colmes is actually to say on Fox, it is nothing compared to the spewing of Ann Coulter and her gross little sidekick Hannity.
You forgot to put in your headline the FOX COMMENTATOR is a LIBERAL. Don't you think that might have been a bit IMPORTANT !?!?!?! I'm sure if a REPUBLICAN had said something as hateful as this about a DEMOCRAT your headline would have been entirely different. It's not a wonder FOX NEWS beats CNN every day.
Should have never come up!
Colmes should be fired. Period. The sick, twisted person in this story is himself. What kind of stupid person would say it, let alone think all is well because he eventually apologized?
And what has this got to do with a Presidential campaign issue?
Just obliviously ignorant.
the man brought a dead infant home to play "Weekend@ Bernie's"-Santorum style and everyone wants the guy who called him out on it to be silenced? HE BROUGHT A DEAD BODY HOME TO PLAY WITH AND HE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. get that into your heads.
What a major jerk! He should be fired, no ifs ands or buts.
@Tim, your comment about Rick Santorum's family values is so misplaced. By your logic and world view, anyone that supports family values cannot possibly run for public office which is exactly why we have moral disintegration in this country to begin with.
what a crazy story all the way around...wow
Santorum and his wife are sick, sick, people. They should both be in a sanitarium for the mentally insane. Only ghouls would bring a fetus home after keeping it over night and letting the kids play with it. As for the Santorums claim to be grieving, there are many ways to grieve, but playing with dead fetuses is not a way most folks would classify as being normal. I certainly would not consider voting for a person with a warped mind. What would he do if faced with a world changing crisis? How did he manage to have the status of the fetus changed to a baby? All he is doing is vying for the sympathy votes. It is all right for Limbaugh and Beck and all the other right wing nuts to accuse the Democrats of all kinds of weird things, but is terrible when someone says something about the right. You right wingers should get a life. Coulter should be in love with Santorum, because she is his kind of people.
Consider the source. Alan Colmes is employed by Fox as a token "liberal" foil to the overwhelming Fox ideology. He is a straw man, meant to make liberals look bad so that the Fox commentators look better. Nothing that he says is anything but stagecraft. His job is to make nasty "liberal" remarks that conservatives can get indignant about and huff over the moral bankruptcy of the left. Alan Colmes (just like the rest of Fox) is all show. No substance.
The Fake liberal working for Fox isn't fooling anyone.
Fox's plan is call this guy a liberal and have him do something horribly offensive so they can continue call the left evil.
Come on Rupert....is that all you got?
This guy has the IQ of a third grader.
Your tactics are so obvious.
Maybe not to the dimwits over at Fox...but the rest of the world can see right through it.
What hospital lets you bring home a dead person? I couldnt even bring my cat home from the vet to bury it.
Leave it to Santorum to make this a pro-choice/pro-life thing. Good grief.
Move on to the next dumb comment of the day coming from this "news" channel.
As a father I am totally disgusted by the remark. This person should not only be fired but aslo not hired by any other media organization. We should not reward such careless behavior. While I do not support RS I have every respect for the situation he was in and I would never wish something unfortunate like that to be dragged into the media spotlight for a cheapshot.
This is another reason why FOX News should be disbanded. First off – they mislead people and Second – they do not show any respect. All they care about is bashing.
Boycott FOX
Was Mr. Colmes comment factually inaccurate? It doesn't appear so.
I thought that mishandling the deceased was illegal.
As odd as the whole situation was, Colmes shouldn't have said it as he did. I also find it odd that one of FOX's token Democrats apologizes for a hurtful comment while most other comments by their other personalities are cheered.
Alan Colmes is a LIBERAL, GASP, on FOX??????
FOX HAS A LIBERAL commentator?????? GASP!!@!!!!
Colmes is also a boob. Just look in his beady eyes, you will see it too.
just so we are all on the same page here... colmes is an actor, not a democrat. he is on fox's payroll to act like the 'horrible liberal' that they gain ratings and cut murdoch's taxes by fighting. nothing more, nothing less.
Just take one look into Colmes beady eyed face, that weird way he looks, and you will see evil.
Besides, what is a LIBERAL doing on Fox? What are they, Fair and Balanced???????
This "question" ranks right up there with similar questions to their guests on the Hannity, O'Reilly, Beck, Limbaugh, Ingraham and many many others on the Fox station. The question should not have been asked AND it should not have been responded to. "Please respect the personal grieving of my family on this issue" would have ended the question.
This issue speaks volumes to where our country is and how it got there. No matter what your views the media simply can't be left to character assasinate anyone, anytime they choose. What happened to civil discourse in our country? What happened to being professional in the media? I mean, the loss of a child is NOT off limits? What in the world are we coming to?
Colmes is an idiot anyway. I don't know why Fox still has him on the air, it certainly isn't because of his looks.
What dignity? To take a dead infant home so that the other siblings can see that it is real is sick...Period. Of course this is nothing but a set up from FOX. To criticize Colmes and pretend that what Santorum did was perfectly normal is absurd.
Colmes should have worded it more tactfully. Santorum is a complete flake that has no business being in a position to affect public policy.
alan colmes is not a libral in the sense that you will find on any other station. he is on fox to show unbiased. in my humble opinion. I can't see fox actually paying a dem for anything
My opinion has always been that Alan Colmes is a hateful, vial person and for some reason until now he has had no accountability for such incendiary comments. There is absolutely no excuse for comments like that.
There is no story or news here. Bring this up and quoting Colmes is just as hurtful to the Santorum family as the orginal comment. For the sake of the Santorum's let the appology stand and stop the finger pointing. Colmes was a jerk for what he said and apologized for his comments. That should have been the end of it, but now CNN's Chris Welch and Ashley Killough are jerks for bring it back up.
Santorum is not getting my vote, but he is getting my full support on this issue. Colmes is an insensitive clod because politicians' children alive or dead are off-limits as commentary subjects by the media.
It appears that if Rick Santorum's rise in the poll continues with a strong showing in the Iowa caucuses, then he is going to have to answer to some racially insensitive remarks. He also needs to learn the meaning of "E Pluribus Unum", which means "Out of Many, One."
Who takes their dead baby home to play show and tell with??? Colmes was only telling the truth, something right-wingers don't understand or accept.
What Santorums did with their child is their business! They did what they needed to go thru the grieving process. No one can understand unless they have walked in those shoes! So lay off people!
Colmes is an idiot, and his opinions stand alone. Leave it to Fox News to give the job of "token liberal" to someone so generally deplorable. He fits their idea of who a liberal is, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Rick Santorum is my least favorite person on the Republican ticket and I would hate it if he every became president....HOWEVER....what the Fox news person said was totally unacceptable. Just because I don't believe in Santorum's ideas, it doesn't mean he is not a person and should be treated with dignity and respect. Shame on you Fox.
Yes but our last Republican PResident let Osama Bin Laden attack us and get away with it
The loss of a child is so sad and everyone copes in a different way. I would never make a judgement on anyone's choice in this matter. What I will make a judgement on is the press feeling that there is no issue that is private in a campaigen. What happened in1996 had absolutely no bearing on this candidate in 2012, it should never have been brought up. Just because you know something, doesn't mean you should share it, freedom of the press my foot.
The loss of a child is one of the most horrific events a parent is forced to endure. How dare Colmes question how a person is supposed to grieve this loss. My son died at the age of 22. Thank God there were no fools like Colmes around to use it for personal gain. Shame on him. He should be fired for such hatefulness.
So, an idiot on Fox news says something stupid about Santorum's late infant son, and suddenly, it's the liberals who are to blame? A "liberal" on Fox News is like a priest in a brothel. No liberals there, and no liberal has said anything about Santorum's private life. Get your facts right.
Colmes was clearly out of line and should have apologized. The matter is none of his, or anyone else's business. How parents deal with a loss of a child is simply a personal issue that should never be fodder for political discussion.
Wow,strange behavior by all. I can't imagine anyone doing that (playing with a dead baby) or anyone asking questions about it on TV. I wonder what his children thought about it, but I would never consider asking. I'm sure they will never forget. I wonder what Jesus would have done?
regardless, it is really odd to bring a dead child home so that your other children can see it, this is not a show and tell moment. this is the weirdest thing i have ever heard of. colmes appears to have made a bad judgement on discussing it but i must say Santorum is one weird right wing freak. he should not even be in consideration to lead a country.
Assumed that because it was a Fox commentator that it was a conservative who made those vile remarks. Hello! Fox has both conservatives and liberals on the air, unlike MSNBC. Of course CNN's Chris Welch and Ashley Killough failed to mention that Colmes was a liberal, in their blatant attempt to smear FOX.
This is an idiot commentator that is always kissing the president's backside and praising him when there is absolutely no reason for praise. He's a Democrat and is always making disparaging remarks about any Republican or Democrat that does not bend over for the president. His comments were beyond moronic and stupid. Fox should fire his butt.
I really don't have to understand why Mr. Santorum decided to bring his deceased infant son home to his family for a day. That is their family business alone. Mr. Colmes was obviously wrong to bring it up. I believe his action came from the fact that apparently nothing is sacred to him. That said, Mr. Santorum should not continue talking about it publicly. He should let his son rest in peace.
The truth about little Ricky Sanitarium is far worse than this remark. Get educated.
Colmes is a worthless piece of dung. Seriously, he looks alien. Are we sure he's even human?
Should have NEVER come up!! what could this possibly have to do with a campaign??! everyone connected with publicyzing/using this story to further their own agenda should be ashamed of themselves!!! that includes mr. santorum! what is happening to people?!!?! – marita
Unlike many liberals in the public discourse, Alan Colmes is usually pretty classy, his tastless remarks were shocking. Leave it to CNN's Kool-Aid followers to use this as an excuse to ridicule the Santorums. Would any of you respond in that manner if one of your socialist darlings had lost a child? Compassionate liberals, yep.
If you don't think this was a setup to bash prochoicers, you don't know Fox.
Malory Archer you apper to subscribe to the theory that there is no sense being stupid if you can't show it.
I'm a liberal and I can't stand Alan Colmes. He's a jerk to nearly everyone who calls his show – even the ones who support his cause. This is way over the top and I won't listen to him ever again. Jerk.
Of cause it is terrible losing a child, especially a rich child! However, I cannot but think that the “sadness” cannot be that deep. If it was, the compassion for all parents and the welfare of their (living) children (like health care, education, a clean environment, and work for their parents, etc. etc.) would be reflected in the goals and programs by the party of greed over need.
I intensely dislike Santorum, as he is nothing but a loud-mouthed bigot.
That being said, wrong to go after the guy's family, DOUBLY WRONG to ridicule him regarding a terrible family tragedy.
Fox News network is a useless, biased, phone-tapping spreader of lies. Now I remember why I never watch that garbage station (maybe Rupert Murdoch will bribe his way out of any criminal charges).
I just watched the video and Santorum explains clearly why they took the child home. To bury him and have the funeral at home. He also explained the compassion involved in having the other children to know the child. You, Mr. Colmes should be fired or have the decency to resign for you sir are the epitome of callousness and hate.
But wait, isn't that exactly what Rick Santorum did? He brought him home overnight, even though he only lived 2 hours after birth?
Also there is irony in the CNN headline's subtle attempt to disparage Fox News. Alan Colmes is indeed a far left liberal who should not have made any comment at all on such a personal family issue. Similary most of the other derogatory comments on this loss are likewise distasteful. This is a discussion that should be totally off limits.
Coombs comments were crass and unecessary, but Santorum proffesses to be a Christian. His actions in bringing the dead baby home would be considered by many Christians as inappropriate at best. Birth and death are considered gifts of God's Grace and love. Death to a discerning Christian is understood as a continuation of life in God's presence in which we must have Faith in His Blessed assurance the He will provide us with Eternal life in renewed bodies. We mourn the loss of a loved one; but human suffering ends at our deaths paving the way for our reunification with the Heavenly Father. With defference to his grief; I think Santorum used that babies death as self indulgent over zealous statement on his Earthly political views. Absent from the body; present with the Lord. Santorum; the uber christian should know better. As insensitive as it was Coombs has a point; sort of.
Hey Cleareye, which I doubt since you only see one side (where is my bat to knock some sense into you), Colmes is a registered Democrat. He is left wing. Simple as that. Yes Fox has them. And Libertarians you seem to fear as well. Go back to your hole. Colmes should be ashamed, but then again he is getting his information from other sources, so where does the blame really lie? Don't you think all these guys work from a script people?
msnbc this would be a regular comment... chris mathews has turn into the jerry springer of politics wonks...
Alan Colmes only apologized after a barrage of criticism to save his sorry a$$. We recently had the same tragedy in our family, and believe me, you have no idea what this family went through until you live through something like this. Colmes should be fired....he's a jerk.
I'm sorry for what Rick and his family went through, but he (Rick) ought to consider those painful feelings when he talks about starting a new war with Iran. How many soldiers of ours, and innocent Iranian's would he be willing to let die? The day he sheds a tear over the death of someone NOT in his family, and NOT of his country, is the day I'll believe he gives a damn about life.
Colmes's comment was out of line and lame, but it's no worse than "Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran" or any other war propaganda.
Opem mouth insert feet. Meathead.
What a surprise to have Santorum compare pro-choicers to babykillers. No liberal has ever said newborn or stillborn babies are "blobs of tissue." However, Santorum voted to help kill a few hundred thousand innocent Iraq children who were already born. Inifnitely more reprehensible and should be considered a war crime.
Mr. Alan Colmes' views are odd and uninteresting. It is a good thing he is no longer with Hannity's show in Fox. Everytime I see him on TV, I immediately switch the channel. It's his views that I do not like. With his comment on Santorum's son, I think Fox News should reconsider his status as a contributor. His contributions are not worth it, if there are any.
Note that the CNN story refers to Colmes as a Fox News contributor. He is in fact a very liberal Fox contributor. If he were a conservative I am sure CNN would have labeled him as such. Nice try CNN.
I think it's strange that they took the baby home, but whatever. The worst part is that extreme anti-abortion Santorum fails to mention that his wife aborted the child in order to save her life. A choice he wants to prevent other women from having. Under the laws Santorum wants to enact he would have probably had to bring his dead wife home as well as his dead baby.
wow...this is one of the lowest moments, the lowest comments and the lowest class Ive seen in a conservative in a few weeks....fire Colmes right not. Apology not accepted.
What would you expect from a liberal who thinks are conservatives are the devil incarnate? I'd guess that Pelosi, Reed, Wassermann-Schultz, Durban, etal were all chuckling quietly in the background.
How could any responsible, decent people say things like that?! Regardless of political affiliation, it's just appalling!
Forget Colmes. Who among us would bring a deceased infant home to show their children? Fifty years later I still remember the ashen face of my grandfather at his funeral. Not a good memory. To say what Santorum did was bizarre is an understatement.
Just goes to show that civility is a thing of the past.
This story isn't so odd. My grandma died last summer, but we took her to Disneyland anyway so that we could get the senior discount.
Jeesh, if only he could get equally emotional about all the kids who'd be left to fend for themselves should his party have its way!
I am sorry for his loss, as I also have lost a child. I also wanted to say something that has been on my mind in regard to fertilization of the ovum and conception. All are female until week 9 of development. So I guess we are all girls too.
Say something disgusting, and then apologize. Its shouldn't be that easy.
The media is sooooo gone.
That we even live in a society that would permit media commentators who'd think this kind of drool is acceptable, much less utter the sheer non-sense, is a very sad commentary. This is a sad example of how sick the 24 hr media machine really is.
After the event Monday, Karen Santorum chided Colmes for making the comments, saying her son's death should be a private issue, not a campaign issue.
Then why talk about it unless you are trying to gain political sympathy points
So Colmes said pretty much the same thing Santorum himself said. He took a dead baby home to show it to his children. And yet he's offended? What an idiot.
"Republican blacks are better than democrat blacks" -- Ann Coulter 2011
Talk about ignorant and insensitive! To a WHOLE RACE of humans.
Santorum is weird no matter what his personal preferences toward a dead child.
IShocking remarks from Alan Colmes. You have to wonder about the real Alan Colmes here-what type of twisted person would even think those thoughts, much less actually publically declare them? O'Reilly and the rest of Fox should rethink putting Colmes on the air. Everytime I see his oddly distorted face from now on, I will recall these remarks. Colmes is unbelievably lucky Fox News actually gives a voice to the liberals, unlike other networks, who don't allow other viewpoints.
I don't care for Rick Santorum. In fact, I'm a liberal and consider "Christian" conservatives who defend greed and discrimination against the historically disenfranchised to be nothing more than hateful hypocrites. But, using dead children for political punchlines is off limits.
Reading about it made me sick. I can only imagine how Mr. Santorum felt, hearing a cheap and tasteless comment about such a painful tragedy.
You people are kidding, right? I lost a child at the age of 2 months. Never in my deepest moments of grief did I consider taking my child's body home for my surviving child to "see." We all said our good-byes privately at the hospital, then later immediate family again at the funeral home. What Santorum did WAS odd, no matter how you rationalize it or try to make it an abortion issue, and I speak from experience.
Does Colmes have Children?
Let's ask Santorum how he feels about the death penalty and war. I have no sympathy for this loon....YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
"This guy has the IQ of a third grader."
Indeed...which is why he has such an easy time manipulating his target audience.
Took a corpse home? How freaky and perverse is that ? Not to mention illegal. I'm surprised they didn't sent it out to a Taxidermist so it could be properly honored and kept in the home for generations.
It's come to that: the tragedy of a lost child is a campaign issue. Never happened with John Edwards..guess he wasn't a Republican.
Different customs for different people. What is "odd" are the coments made my Colms, a LIBERAL, dragging a family tradgedy into the political arena. How disgusting.
Guess she had to apologize since her criminal boss Murdock at FOX has endorsed Santorum and since no one at FOX can have an non-Republican approved opinion – she had to blindly follow the FOX fraud of being indepedent. Just shows again FOX is nothing but a Republican hate and lies spreading scourge.
When nothing else works get your friend reporter to ask about your dead son, waterworks on Cue. Can these loon get any worse. Man taking a dead baby home like a puppy for children to play with. At least this one was born and not put in a pickle jar about the mantle like membrane bush Jr. there religious freaks are barmy. This guy is not president material my word whats wrong with these tea bag fruits. WAW
To hell with these fascists.
OMG.....You cannot bring a dead cat home from the vets office. Why could you bring a dead baby home from the hospital to show your children much less play with. This Santorum is one Kooky Dude. Not President Material in my opinion. Play with a dead baby does NOT instill respect for a loved one that the children did not know. It instills some very strange images that could really mess up a kids mind and just scare them. Children have a very hard time verbalizing things. What are they internalizing from this scifi freaky thing. This isn't a liberal or conservative thing. This is a creepy thing and these people are obviously really creepy. That is from a parent that lost a child too! I would have never subjected my children to this bizarre behavior. God help us when this is what politicians do to get attention.
"Say something disgusting, and then apologize. Its shouldn't be that easy."
You're right. Given the MSM's consistent IOKIYAR policy, it would be fair only if no apology were ever necessary for anything done by ANYONE (not just GOPers)...only some half-baked statement like "not intended to be a factual statement" or "I'm sorry if you misunderstood me and it hurt your feelings" or, my personal favorite, which the GOP used a few months into 2009 after consistently avoiding apologizing for the Dubya years resulting in economic collapse: "we're done apologizing." What could be better than that? Never apologize or even acknowlege your mistakes or the problems they created, then say you're "done apologizing," then just sit back and let the MSM spread your talking point as though it means you actually did apologize, then complain bitterly whenever anyone wants to bring up the historical record and the mistakes it contains as a means of understanding the solutions we should implement to current problems. It's gloriously ridiculous and there's been no greater IOKIYAR moment in the past 5 years.
Bottom line it was a personal decision.
Having lost a son myself, I empathize with Mr and Mrs Santorum and find Mr Colmes' remarks not only insensitive, but barbaric. How any network can continue to employ him after remarks like those is beyond me.
Can anyone so passionately committed to "the dignity of human life" be president? That's a position that necessarily involves making decisions that result in the deaths of people: servicemen and women, enemies, and, invariably, innocents—often many of them, including, yes, babies. Is the relentlessly sanctimonious Santorum running for president or saint?
Colmes is a tool
Point #1: It's FOX...what do you expect.
Point #2: There is no such thing as a Liberal commentator at FOX.
Santorum told the same story that Colmes did. Hey just put a different spin on it.
Sad story. My heart goes out to Santorum's blob of tissue.
thanks for nothing
Wow. What? "played with it for a couple of hours so his other children would know that the child was real."
Played with a dead baby? That doesn't deserve an acceptance to an apology.
Colmes is vile and disgusting. I have heard him say worse esp. when he was on Hannity & Colmes show. I would not watch until he left and any segment where Colmes is involved I change the channel. Colmes belongs on PMSNBC with all the other disgusting liberals! That said I love Juan Williams and all the other liberals on Fox like Pat Caddel , Doug Schoen and Bob Beckel. Their point of view is different, refreshing and they are respectful. Colmes should be fired simply b/c he has shown to have a bias that is so blinding that it is hurtful & disrespectful to others with whom he disagrees. When u resort to personal attack you become irrelevant and u lose the pt.
First off, who brings their dead newborn home for a night for the other kids to see???? Are you serious. I had the unpleasant experience of losing twins due to undeveloped organs, I was crushed, I was angry, I even thought about taking my own life, but I never would have this thought cross my mind "hey sweetheart, let's take our dead children home with us tonight"!!!! That's just morbid and creepy! Oh and nice to slip in abortion reference Rick! I guess you teanuts love the right to make your own decisions, expect when it comes to everyone's elses life, hypocrites. Let's get this election over with so I can get back to reading your threads about how Obama should not be President due to his black suit is too black.....or whatever you conjure up.
80%-20% that will be the final score......again
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
since they want to know what others do with there bodies I want to hear more. Stupid morons. Riding around with a dead body. When it's a question for them there is always a line someo0ne can cross. What about those women whom have been molested or raped and don't want their kids. You did what you thought was best for your family at the time which i think is still a stupid idea and so does others have to do what s best for themselves. It's not your decision concerning others either. And yes I think they should've done some jail time. What happen to last visitation rights. Continue to question Colmes. As long as they question others about their decisions i say continue to question maybe they will shut up.
"How any network can continue to employ him after remarks like those is beyond me."
Because he was paid to say it in the first place. Have you not noticed all the blather about Colmes being a liberal and calling for his head and saying "told you so...liberals are all insensitive and eat babies!"??
I think it is funny that the Santorum's consider the death of their child as a "private" matter but yet want to meddle in a woman's right to choose, which is a "private" matter.
Taking their dead child home for the other children to look at and play with is something out of a damn horror film. It is just demented and really show you the depth of Santorum's mental state. Scary scary scary.
How a parent reacts to extreme grief should be off limits in public, period. What appalls me about this statement of Colmes' is the "so they could play with it for a while" part. Maybe the parents took the dead child home to allow their other children to see the baby, but somehow I don't see them tossing the thing around like a frisbee. Give me a break.
Leave people's personal tragedy out of the campaign! The loss of a child is unbearable. U can sit there and monday morning quaterback the issues all you want. At the end of the day, u never know how you would react. Colmes, a true liberal, shows just how insensitive as most liberal tends to be towards others with whom they disagree. Get in their face and shout them down is what the POTUS told his minions to do. Colmes belongs with the likes of Bill Mahr, Joy Behar & Rosie O'Donnell shows where vile disgusting liberal sit in an echo chamber listening to their own diatribe and patting themselves on their back as if they can ever say anything intelligent or respectful w/o their typical nasty attack just b/c u dare to disagree with them.
Thanks CNN. I hadn't heard this before so I just googled the story and I found at least 5 major reasons I would NEVER vote for Santorum and I'm Catholic.
Don't listen to fox Not nice remarks but who would bring a dead baby home to show the kids? Creepy all the way around. No one should be bringing up a persons children during a campaign. But thats what fox does best.
It is untrue that liberals are insensitive to the loss of a life. My heart goes out to the family, and I agree that this is not an issue for the campaign. Colmes' remark was inappropriate and unnecessary.
I googled Santorum.....oh my!
Colmes is Fox's idea of a "typical liberal." That would be the equivalent of MSNBC having a Klan member on their show portraying the "typical conservative."
Another scripted moment guaranteed to bring on the tears and sympathy and a chance to polish his pro-fetus credentials. It happened years ago but the spin already makes it seem like it happened yesterday so that they can point to it as a recent attack by (of course) LIBERALS! Much as Newt's scam with firing his whatever for comments made last July so he could emphasize Romney's Mormon religion. Just badly scripted campaign drama.
It seems what Santorum did was strange even to himself as well. If he knew it was Ok, he could have told Alan Colmes that " the apology was not necessary as I knew what I did was important to my family", end of the story.
Colmes has a right to his opinion. Having the right does not make it correct. Colmes is one of those liberals that thinks he knows what's best for us "little people". Remember always the Democrat's first social experiment – putting Native Americans on reservations so "we could take care of them". How'd that work out?
As my wife often says, she'd rather watch infomercials than listen to the liberal nonsense spewed by Colmes and his like.
Why should this wierd ritual surprise anyone? The Right-to-Life nuts, when they are not out shooting doctors in churches and committing bombings and acts of arson, regularly use fetuses as props to get their point across( Check Operation Rescue's use of fetuses during demonstrations in Buffalo in the early 90's). All Colmes did was point out the disgusting act of politicising your own family's tragedy for the sole purpose of ginning up the base. Its no better than Sarah Palin pimping her children out for the purpose of trying to separate people from their money. Frankly, anyone who takes a body home for the other children " to play with" needs to be investigated for inflicting emotion distress and abuse onto their kids. While I respect the right of parents to grieve, this is just plain morbid, and the fact Santorum is milking this for political gain makes me question his ability to see the implications of his actions in other areas.
Dear liberal brainiacs if you shut off MSNBC for a few minutes during your typical day off from work if you are actually working and watch Fox for a few minutes there are liberal commentators. Alan Colmes, Ellis Henigan, Juan Williams, Bob Bechtel just to name a few. Speaking of MSNBC the rumor mill is saying that 5 minutes after these stupid comments by the Alien MSNBC asked him to join there network. Also to the nuts out there that said it is crazy to bring a dead child home I am guessing it has never happened to you. Last but not least @Sniffit you are a complete D-bag!!!!
Um, Santorum admitted to taking a corpse home for his kids to play with. Would you people be expressing the same sympathy if Hillary Clinton did this? Or if Obama pulled this stunt?
Doesn't this make any of you think, "Ew! What a freak of nature."?
How does a man with all those kids live in a 2 bedroom house? He was elected in Pennsylvania, and the only house he owns there is 2 bedrooms. His house in Virginia is nice and spacious though. He's a phony. Why did he feel the need to lie to voters to get elected?
So Colmes mentioned a fact. A fact that highlights Santorum's warped reality. Santorum is a cook. What's the problem with reporting the story?
Try searching google posing the question "Did Rick Santorum's wife have an abortion"? The information in the articles are interesting and perhaps explains why the question was asked. I am not defending anyone, but perhaps this may explain the odd behavior of Mr. Santorum. For me, life started when I was borned. I have no idea of when or where I was conceived, but I do know when and where I was borned. For those of you that don't agree, try and claim that unborned child as a tax deduction. The IRS will set you straight.
And I am going to let Fox News present me with a reference point of what and American liberal is? Sort of like a drug dealer offering to drive an addict to a detox program. You folks are a real hoot, seriously.
Regardless of the terrible emotions experienced with the loss of a child, the whole point seems to be whether or not bringing a dead corpse home was legal. And, if somehow it was legal to do so, was that considered to be a wise, sensible decision? It does have a morbid side to it.
Liberals don't want Colmes, that's why he works for FAUX News... Nobody, apparently, likes him as a pundit. And there's so MUCH to criticize about the GOP candidates, why he chose a private event in Mr. and Mrs. Santorum's life is beyond me. I say... "Who's watching/listening to Colmes anyway?" This seems to be sort of a plant to get a rise out of the Republican base. All but 3 of my friends are staunch liberals... none of us would ever accept this story as something intelligent. We love our babies. And yours. – But wait – how do the right wingnuts turn this into an ABORTION issue? Also not fair play...BTW – in the USA abortion IS legal....
GGG says: "I think it is funny that the Santorum's consider the death of their child as a "private" matter but yet want to meddle in a woman's right to choose, which is a "private" matter.Taking their dead child home for the other children to look at and play with is something out of a damn horror film. It is just demented and really show you the depth of Santorum's mental state. Scary scary scary." To GGG: Your post is the only one that really made any sense on this board. That and the fact that there is NOTHING that these two-toed sloths will not politicize.
it does seem strange to me. If the baby had died at one year old, they would not have spent the night with the dead body and have all the children hold it. They would have set up a funeral, viewing and burial. I don't know why they didn't do that for the baby. I guess that is what they needed to do to mourn, don't know why it even needs to be brought up though. I guess because his voting record doesn't exactly win votes in his favor.
Evidently our world is beyond repair. We can cry over whales or the loss of trees but when it comes to truly mourning and grieving over the life of a child, we find it disgusting or wierd. Are we afraid of the dead? From what I understand, they brought the child home to have time for their children to PRIVATELY say their good-byes to a brother they will never walk life with. Where is our empathy for the loss of human life and what it is to experience loss? Alam Colmes misrepresented how the Santoriums dealt with the situation just for the sake of politics...ETHICS were thrown away! This is a sad day for America...we have not only forgotten The Golden Rule...the majority don't even know it exists!!
You mean a liberal made a hateful comment? No way! That never happens! (Maher, Maddow, Matthews, Baldwin, etc etc etc etc etc etc). Libs..the party of hate.
Alan was just upset because his parents didn't play with him after he was stillborn... they were still upset last year that his abortion was a failure... and he is a poster child for "parents against failed abortions"
Perhaps it was inartfully stated, but what Santorum did with his dead son is disgusting. The reality is that santorum brought his dead son home to show his other children. It's disgusting and totally unnecessary.
"Last but not least @Sniffit you are a complete D-bag!!!!"
What's the matter...no substantive arguments to contradict the things I say? Afraid to try? Poor thing. Typical conservative...declare war but expect others to fight it for you.
Poor Colmes. The token Democrat on a super conservative News channel. He's rarely allowed to talk but if he does, he ahve to issue a retraction and apology.
Though I sympathise with Santorum with thier loss, BUT I do think it was a bad judgement. This gives us a bit of a clue how he can make his judgements incase he is elected President!
"As my wife often says, she'd rather watch infomercials than listen to the liberal nonsense spewed by Colmes and his like."
Yuo guys must've taped every debate so far then, eh?
It does seem odd to take a dead baby home, show it to your kids, sleep with it, and then take it back to the hospital. I’m honestly surprised a hospital would allow that. I’m sure they were distraught, but frankly, it seems morbid.
This case shows there is simply no limit to the depths that some liberals will not sink to damage and insult a conservative Republican politician. While they sit and claim mental superiority over the rest, most of the grey matter between their ears possesses not an ounce of common sense or decency. The death of a couples infant son should NEVER be brought up within a political context, out of respect for the couple AND the deceased infant. Politics does not exist where a couple is dealing with the death of their new born son.
Honestly, many on the left need to take classes on how to act like a decent human being. People that uttered vile statements used to be shunned by the community. Now they appear to be rewarded with reality TV programs or talk shows on MSNBC.
Yet another sign of the decay of our society....
Logic, if you have time to devote your day to watching cable news and blogging, I sincerely hope you are retired. If not, get off your a$$ and get a job. As I recall, Juan Williams was given a raise by FOX after NPR terminated him, so why are you even pretending that he was a liberal commentator?
So what if he took his deceased infant home to show the family. What parent would be in the right state of mind after losing their child after taking its first breath? I know of a woman who spent thousands to became pregnant after having difficulties, a couple years ago, and finally became pregnant. Unfortunately she miscarried because the umbilical cord got tied around the infants neck and strangled it to death. She had to go through labor anyways and give birth to get it out of her womb. The nurses put a Christmas hat on the infant (it was just before christmas, how sad) and took a couple pictures of baby with mommy. Sounds a little strange but unless you've walked in their shoes, how can you judge when you really have no idea what it's like? I'm a woman and I would be completely devastated. A family lost a child, and unless you have support to offer then keep your mouth shut! And hope you never have to go through the same thing.
Santorum believes a 20 week old miscarried fetus deserves more humanity than a gay person.
"I've listened to Alan Colmes quite a bit and this is out of character for him as a person, but NOT out of character for liberals and Democrats that will use anything, and say the vilest things, to try and paint conversatives as dumb, weird, psycho, etc.:
What is vile about mentioning a candidate's words and actions that the candidate himself has chosen to publicize? What's truly vile is that psychos like you consider accurate reporting to be some sort of civil offense.
It's scary how so many people picked up on the word "play" (Colmes word) and ran with it. That's not my understanding of what happened. While I might not have done the same thing as RS did, I would be horrified to be mocked like that. I lost my son, and I'll tell you, it is the darkest place you'll ever be, and you're never the same again. I am sure I acted weird at the time – in fact I know I did. Shame on people for being so low.
Colmes has always been idiot. I guess he still is.
Certainly a sensitive and very emotional, but nevertheless, FAMILY issue that should be KEPT within the family. Issues like this have no place in a political campaign. I actually find it disgusting that he would use something like that for an election.
What the Santorums did was not out of the ordinary. IN fact go back 100 years and having the deceased in your house until the funeral was the norm in most parts of the country. IT is still practiced in some regions, as well as when the deceased is a new-born or still-born. More importantly how someone chooses to grieve the loss of a child is their perosnal business. Colmes should be fired, he crossed the line. But Fx is what it is.
Like all FOX commentators, this guy is a human cartoon.I say fire the lot of them and find some actual news people.
Call it what it is...this is just another move by Fox to stir up more liberal hate...folks they have people like this on the air for this very reason, this is what conservatives want and fox is all to willing to deliver to keep their followers marching. Fox doesn't make 'accidents' like this, it's all been set up. This is exactly why America needs to do what many other parts of the world have done and ban Mr Murdoch
There is no private life when one runs for a public offfice. If you want a private life stay out of politics. Politics has become a blood sport and entertainmenot. Politics for some has become lies, deception and selling your soul to get elected. Everyday you wonder who is being thrown into the lion's den today. Just watching some of the republicans tear each other apart and lie about our President makes me sick to my stomach.
Alan Colmes never knows when to keep his mouth shut – what a nitwit. He always interupts & attempts to talk over anyone he's interviewing – dump this guy...don't put him on the air – he's never worth listening to !! This incident w3as the limit !
to be honest with you I never knew ANYBODY at FoxNews would say they were sorry for ANYTHING stupid or false that they said. Not really their style.
This happened on the FOX news network? No surprise
Umm if you make abortion a campaign issue, and you criticize pro choicers, then you open up your self for the kind of comments Colmes made. Most would think someone who lost an infant and then bringing it home as something a nit would do... Shows what kind of crazy religious person he is....
Truth and Nothing But the Truth. and the right-wingers who do what you claim is the exclusive domain of liberals get on FOX, so what is your point? I've seen a parade of ethically challenged conservatives trotted out on FOX as so-called " experts", people like Newt and Dick Morris and Ollie North, just to name a few. Please don't assume the conservative status of victim, since no one outside your echo chamber is buying it.
That was a cruel thing to say. But does anyone else think it is weird to take the baby home???? I mean to show a dead baby to the other kids? Super weird.
FOX guarding the GOP hen house! They're just warming up for Obama! Fox is the most vile thing that has appeared in American politics in a generation; billionaire 'Bought American' Murdock brings Yellow back to journalism.
Keep in mind that Colmes is one of the few self-professed liberal commentators on Fox News. Second in mind, he offers opinions, not hard news. Many posts on here assume that this was Fox's "hard news" division making this comment. Colmes is a commentator, not a newsman. I agree with most comments, that this sort of thing is off limits in a campaign, and we should respect the privacy of the family.
An apology from Fox Nesws...? The sky is falling – the sky is falling !!
and of course cnn doesn't have the balls to state anywhere in the article that colmes is a libatard democrat....cnn should be just as ashamed as colmes, for trying to protect themselves band thier half-baked bias policies!!!
FOX News does NOT allow actual Liberals on their network period!
Alan Colmes is a phoney ACT to appear Liberal.
Robyn said it well.
Colmes' phoney script is:
Liberals are Bad,
Liberals are Stupid,
Liberals are Evil,
but we give them a chance to speak anyway as
part of Fox News "Fair and Balanced" nonsense.
He is the the WWF wrestler who hits the other guy in the back
with a folding chair while he isn't looking to show how "EVIL"
all Liberals are. This is how news is manufactured on the Fox News clown show.
FOX News should be ashamed of sinking this low.
The Senator from Pennyslyvania is a morbid Victorian with his glorifying death. How disgusting that he brought a dead body to his home. The Victorians took pictures of the dead and glorified in mourning. I am sure Mitt Romney the cult follower Mormon with their practice of rebaptising the dead are just as bad.
I feel for the Santorum family - but this has nothing to do with abortion or choice. And I resent him casting it that way.
Hey what do you know – a Fox personality stepping over the line of common decency just to further their own agenda. Shocking!!!
Interesting how some liberals will deny blame for any of their actions. Colmes said it; anyone who thinks is was paid to say it lives in a fantasy world. Colmes has said stupid stuff for years.
Colmes is the token left of center pundit on Faux Gnus. He's no more a liberal than my cat is a dog. Making fun of a tragedy, no matter who's, is not a liberal trait – no matter what that gasbag Limburger says.
Truth and Nothing But the Truth
This case shows there is simply no limit to the depths that some liberals will not sink to damage and insult a conservative Republican politician.
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Colmes works for Fox News, pal. I am sure that you know that Colmes used to be the sacrificial liberal lamb to Hannity's conservative "set the record straight" man act before Hannity went solo.
Rush of emotions for a dead child....................and you promote yourself by endorsement of bombing other countries.
Gee, I really miss poison darts from Rush Limbaugh ( or Sarah P, for that matter). I heard they've been attending classes to be ready for Obama. Better get their money back.
I am a liberal.
I also CHOSE to have a kid with a severe disability. And I think Colmes was wrong.
This is not a liberal vs. conservative issue. Stop throwing politics into every little thing, people.
The comment was wholly inappropriate and callous. But let's not forget who Colmes is: a lefty liberal who spouts off on Fox (probably because nobody else will tolerate him). He's obnoxious.
I am very sorry for the loss of their child. I'm also very sorry for all the Afghan and Iraqi children who have dies as a result of the wars Mr. Santorum has supposted. They weren't a "blob of tissue to be discarded", either.
This is the same crap that these so-called journalists on Fox have been throwing at Dems for years. The only reason Santorum got an apology was that he's a Repub...they're usually immune to Fox News' malicious lies, slander, and exaggerations.
I am shocked that he would say something so insensitive. That does not sound like him at all. Before I pass judgement I would like to see the entire conversation as to not take it out of context. If he did say it in so calous a way, he should be fired. The irony of this is that for Colmes to be considered the calous one on Fox News is quite a shock! Almost ALL of their hosts are heartless and cold.
Gee, I really miss poison darts from Rush Limbaugh ( or Sarah P, for that matter). I heard they've been attending classes to be ready for Obama. Better get their money back.
I'm not a fan of Santorum, but please leave his child out of this...Alan Colmes, you should be ashamed. Put your foot in your mouth before you say things like that...
Typical comment by Colmes. Garbage, no class. I don't like Santorum and would not vote for him, but I wouldn't want Colmes to empty my trash. A child is dead. Have you no shame Colmes? I didn't think so.
No real liberal would work at FOX news. While is was wrong to make light of his childs death, Mr. Santorum took the ball and ran w/ it. Sad he turned the death of his son into an Anti-abortion ad.
I am sorry for his loss but what he did is is still strange and sounds pretty unstable. If your running for President, we should know about any weird things you have done.
I agree with Colmes a lot more often than I do Santorum, but I have to side with Rick on this one. I think he and his wife handled it very well and Colmes deserved to be called ouyt for a crude remark.
I see it got the reaction Fox intended. "LOOKY THE NASTY LIBERAL!!!!!" Colmes is a liberal the same way Steven Colbert is a conservative, he just plays one on TV.
This whole thing seems like a sham by Fox News to give Santorum a chance to preach his pro-life viewpoint. I fail to see why Santorum suddenly interjected that into his comments – the "blob of tissue" thing had NOTHING to do with any of the "hurtful" comments that were made. And I understand they were grief stricken, but taking a dead child home so their kids could meet them seems...sort of cruel to the children. I would think the funeral would certainly be a better time to grieve and understand their loss. This whole thing just doesn't add up at all – and it seems like a fantastic opportunity for Santorum on caucus day to squeeze out some pro-life votes. Man, has politics really devolved into this? This is really pathetic.