Santorum Calls Out the Bishops

Rick Santorum is a two-fisted kinda guy--which is why GWB's machine preferred Specter.

(That worked out real well, eh?)

Oh, well. Santorum reminds us all why QueenNancy and her Bloody Court Jesters think they can ram through the Abortion-Enablement act:

...Santorum added that it shouldn’t be a surprise that so many Catholic politicians ignore what the Church is saying. He said that for too long dissent from the teaching of the Church was ignored by bishops. “You have examples from the Kennedy’s on down. The Kennedys and the Cuomos. It was made clear that you can dissent from the Church and still be a Catholic in good standing” he said. “For a long time many bishops in country didn’t say too much about it.”

Like the silence over Dave Obey, which was FINALLY broken by the Bishop of LaCrosse only about 5-6 years ago? Or the silence of Abp. Dolan regarding the "Plan B" abortifacient law passed in Wisconsin only 2 years ago? Or Rembert Weakland's kissy-wussy approach to any LeftOWacko pol?

Be still, my heart.

Santorum's not done yet.

...“I am appalled at the Catholic bishops,” said Santorum. “I commend them for drawing a line in the sand on abortion. But what they’ve suggested would do more damage than the abortion coverage.”

The USCCB has made strong statements against the healthcare bills because of the inclusion of abortion funding but have stated often that they would be in favor of the bill if that were excluded.

Santorum said socialized medicine would lead to "defacto euthanasia."

“This would be a foundational change in America's history that puts the government in control of people’s lives,” he warned.

The USCCB is as internally dysfunctional as is the (D) party. There are Lefties and there are HARD Lefties in that byzantine bureaucracy. So, while a couple of Actually Catholic Bishops mention "subsidiarity"--which automatically removes the Feds from healthcare--and also mention that taking the US into bankruptcy will not assure long-term health of anyone--and that the ruination of Medicare/Medicaid AND private insurance companies is the planned and certain result of ObamaCare--

........others in USCCB twiddle their thumbs, fret, do their Enneagrams, walk their labrynths, and are as useful as church mice.

Good for droppings, not much else.

HT: CMR