Left wing scum, Alan Colmes, mocks the death of Rick Santorum's son

Wow...he really did hold it together well. I have to say that it was a low blow and completely uncalled for. I don't know if I would have been able to accept the apology nor been able to continue with the interview. I don't think that there is any excuse for crossing the lines of humanity.

I could not believe that Alan Colmes was so hard hearted. To attack a father for taking his child home to introduce it to the family was terrible. We all make our decisions according to our feelings, not those of other people Alan Colmes had no business even speaking of this, let alone mocking him for doing it. I thought it made him look so stupid! I think he should be fired,as well, but I don't think it will happen.

Those familiar with grief, especially after the loss of a child, realize that what Rick Santorum did was probably helpful for the whole family in handling the loss. By the way, your wording was redundant: left wing = scum!

Sensational journalism, its nothing more than a shameless grab for ratings. I find it disgusting that journalism overall has come to this. We have soldiers who are held prisoners for over 2 years and all you see on the news is who is sleeping with who and what marriage is lasting 5 days. Go to any news website and look at the top stories. This is an election year and we get no facts or voting records we get speculation, rumors and opinions of so called journalist. How much real news coverage have you seen on our longest running war? Its all a diversion to keep us happy or mad while the power elites do what they want.

I don't usually watch clips, preferring to read instead, but I had to watch this one because I thought perhaps someone had misinterpreted something. Oh, my! I have always though Colmes was close-minded and a bit dim in his blind worship of all things liberal but I always thought he was a basically decent person. I no longer think that. What a dirtbag! I would have cut off his mike if I were the host. You'll notice he continues talking and talking, hoping to drown out the host--his usual tactic, or it was when I could still stomach watching him. (I usually FF through his segments with Monica Crowley on O'Reilly--I don't like to get upset over things I can do nothing about so that's how I deal with him.) Shame on Alan Colmes!! I hope people see his true colors and he slinks away into disgraced obscurity. Unfortunately, I'm sure he sees nothing wrong with his behavior.

He didn't just say it and back off; this schmuck even used the second question to go back and finish slamming him over the first issue. Saying that he took the baby home to play with it -- wow. Incredible. He's insinuating that Santorum was dressing the baby up and treating it like a doll or a puppet. I can't even rant about this one. That's gotta be the most despicable thing I've heard from Colmes.

That is wrong. Republican or Democrat, when a person has lost a child, you don't attack them because of it. Children should always be off limits in politics. Just don't mention them at all unless given permission to mention them. Most people have children, and many people have lost children whether they talk about it or not. When I lost my brother, I would roll my eyes at people who would tell me that they hated their siblings. I want to scream or beat the tar out of every single person who told me that they hated their sibling because I had lost mine and I would have given up everything to get him back or even have just one more day with him. Some people can be so insensitive and inconsiderate. They don't understand how it feels to lose someone, especially to lose a child or sibling.

I agree as an act of civility people's children should be off-limits. It is not appropriate for either side to discuss someone's child just because their parent is in politics. But, as horrible as I agree this comment was (and I do agree with that), I've seen right-wing politicians make fun of the Obama girls for wanting their father to protect wildlife. When are we, as a society, going to say that all children under the age of, say, 14 are off-limits no matter who their parents are. Right or left shouldn't matter here at all.

First of all I'd like to apologize because I could've sworn I'd already responded to this discussion but apparently it didn't go through. I don't want you to think I'm "hiding" because I think Colmes' actions were acceptable because that's not so. I'm not going to call him names or for his firing because we both know Fox would never fire him because they LIKE the controversy regarding their "token liberal". I've never paid much attention to Colmes since when he was on TV with Hannity I couldn't watch him because I couldn't take Hannity! Anyway, his words were indefensibly insensitive but I'm glad he at least apologized and that the Santorums accepted his apology. I really don't think Colmes meant to attack the baby but the way he brought the subject up was all wrong. I'd heard the story before, but only recently. I'm not sure how I never heard about it back when it happened since Santorum was in the Senate at the time. Some people have said this was a private matter and that nobody has any business commenting on the incident but the fact is Karen Santorum wrote a book about so it's really not all that private, is it? I'm going to be honest and at the same time I'm going to be VERY careful not to offend anyone. I lost a baby when she was 6 months old many years ago so I'm certainly well aware of how heartbreaking this kind of loss is and, trust me, I'd NEVER wish it on anyone. The Santorum baby was born at only 20 weeks. I'm not sure how much he weighed but I can tell you I wasn't even showing when I was five months pregnant either time and I was a skinny girl. I don't mean I had a flat tummy, but it was just a tiny "bump" as they call it now. I'm really amazed they were allowed to remove the baby from the hospital like that but what kind of bothered me when I first heard this story was the effect this might have had on his other children who were VERY small at the time. What I'm trying to say, and I'm afraid without much success, is I don't think it's an attack or mocking for someone to find this a bit strange because it's not something I'VE ever heard of someone doing before. However, just discussing the subject is one thing but using it as an example of the "crazy" things Santorum has done and saying they took the baby home to "play with" is something else entirely. Please, Taskr, don't attack me or take me the wrong way! I'm not a Santorum fan, you know that, but I'm not a monster without a heart and my heart goes out to them since I understand what they went through. My feelings were for his other children who were possibly very disturbed by the whole matter. At that stage of pregnancy the baby wouldn't have looked anything like they'd have expected their baby brother to look like. I just wanted to add that the daughter of very close family friends was killed in a car accident years when she was nearly nine months pregnant and her baby girl was also killed. They were buried together with the baby in her mother's arms and they both were so beautiful, it was one of the hardest things I've ever done to go to that service. The mother was only 17. Annie

This is wrong, of course, as no one can tell a parent how best to handle his or her grief. I would never presume to tell another parent the "right" way to go about this, or make fun of them. I am not a fan of the Duggars, but when Michele lost her baby, I saw nothing wrong with how her family dealt with the grief. I am not a fan of Rick Santorum, either, but emphasize with him on the loss of his infant. It is something I would not wish on anyone, ever. That being said, Fox news sets this stuff up. They live for sensationalism - it's what keeps their viewership up up up. Not their so called "news" reporting, but rather getting reactions out of people. While MSNBC might have their share of that, too, I take pride in seeing someone like Ed Schulz joining the people in Wisconsin, or those in the Occupy Movement, because he's right there with the news that is happening. They also have right leaning hosts and commentators on their show - Megan McCain, Michael Steele, and "Morning Joe". At least there is more of a balance. You may feel these are "moderate" republicans, but republicans they are. When was the last time a democrat was a commentator or host on Fox News? Alan Colmes is not a politician, he doesn't matter. Even the liberals disagree that he is a liberal.