The American Spectator

Bill| 2.13.12 @ 2:34PM

Ron Paul needs to denounce his Black brothers in NAACP and DNC.

Clint| 2.13.12 @ 5:14PM

No More Than Your First Mancrush, Ricky Perry Has To Be Denounced For The Niggerhead Rock, Little Billy.

You're The Ass Clown, Who Has Jumped In Front Of A Number Of Different Campaign Parades And Then Pretends You're The Band Leader.

Floyd Looney| 2.13.12 @ 3:04PM

Paul is a joke on most issues. Did it really take this long to denounce this monstrosity?

Clint| 2.13.12 @ 5:06PM

Dr.Ron Paul,
“I am deeply troubled by the flippancy with which President Obama recently discussed regulations that are alarming and troublesome for many Americans,”
“Not all Americans are comfortable with the Obama administration’s decision to mandate coverage of birth control and morning-after pills, and the considerations of these people, many of them Christian conservatives, are worthy of careful consideration — not mockery.”

“Many, like me, view this rigid regulatory overstep from which there is inadequate opportunity to self-exempt as payback to Planned Parenthood and big pharmaceutical companies for their support of Obamacare,” Paul said. “Many others oppose it out of strict moral conviction, and their voices should be heard at least to the extent that an authentic opportunity to exempt be provided.”

Clint| 2.13.12 @ 5:09PM

You Israel Firster Smear Bund Scum Are The Joke. Looney

" LAKE JACKSON, Texas– Congressman and 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul issued the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s announcement that religious organizations must pay for contraception and sterilization under the national health care law:

“Forcing private religious institutions to pay for contraception and sterilization as part of their health care plans is a direct assault on the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious liberty. On my first day as President, I will reverse this policy. Repealing the unconstitutional monstrosity known as ObamaCare is a major part of my Plan to Restore America.

“I am the only GOP presidential candidate who has consistently opposed the federal promotion, funding, and mandating of contraception and abortion. Unlike Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, I never voted to provide taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood. And unlike Mitt Romney, whose Massachusetts health care plan contained a contraceptive mandate similar to the one contained in ObamaCare, I have never supported any government health care mandates."

W. James Antle III| 2.13.12 @ 3:36PM

"Did it really take this long to denounce this monstrosity?"

No, this is not his first statement on the issue.

spike59| 2.13.12 @ 3:49PM

ron who?????

Clint| 2.13.12 @ 5:00PM

Bibi Who ???????

spike59| 2.14.12 @ 6:29AM

Clint what????

Kingsmill| 2.13.12 @ 4:41PM

Good for RP!

He needs to expand his doctrinaire individualistic ideology to include the role of intermediate groups i.e. institutional religions, voluntary associations etc.----that make up the civil society and act as mediators between the soulless State and the individual..

Kenny| 2.13.12 @ 5:16PM

More than a few leaders in the Cqatholic Church endorsed ObamaCare.

Face it. Most American bishops are dyed in the wool liberals, and as a Catholic, that disgusts me.

Clint| 2.13.12 @ 6:13PM

A total of 86 bishops have spoken out against the Obama/HHS mandate publicly.

Bishop Olmsted of phoenix, Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati and Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin suggested the same in their public statements.

“We cannot – we will not comply with this unjust law. People of faith cannot be made second-class citizens. We are already joined by our brothers and sisters of all faiths and many others of good will in this important effort to regain our religious freedom. Our parents and grandparents did not come to these shores to help build America’s cities and towns, its infrastructure and institutions, its enterprise and culture, only to have their prosperity stripped of their God given rights. In generations past, the Church has always been able to count on the faithful to stand up and protect her sacred rights and duties. I hope she can trust on this generation of Catholics to do the same. Our children and grandchildren deserve nothing less.”

Quartermaster| 2.13.12 @ 8:16PM

As I recall, the USCCB supported Obamacare. I have little sympathy for them now that their pig has been stuck and they are squealing. If they really believed something like this would not happen, then they are utterly unworthy their positions. In most cases, they are truly unworthy of their positions.

Clint| 2.13.12 @ 8:55PM

Do Your Homework.

" As the U.S. bishops’ letter of October 8 ,2009 states:

“No one should be required to pay for or participate in abortion. It is essential that the legislation clearly apply to this new program longstanding and widely supported federal restrictions on abortion funding and mandates, and protections for rights of conscience.

No current bill meets this test…. If acceptable language in these areas cannot be found, we will have to oppose the health care bill vigorously.”

For the full text of this letter and more information on proposed legislation and the bishops’ advocacy for authentic health care reform, visit: www.usccb.org/healthcare.

Congressional leaders are attempting to put together final bills for floor consideration. Please contact your Representative and Senators today and urge them to fix these bills with the pro-life amendments noted below. Otherwise much needed health care reform will have to be opposed. Health care reform should be about saving lives, not destroying them."

JP| 2.14.12 @ 7:49AM

In my backyard at least one Catholic Dem backed ObamaCare. Rep Joe Donnelly was one of the deciding votes in the House (he was part of Stupak's Gang). It took several calls from Fr Jenkins and Fr Hessburgh (Notre Dame) as well as bullying from Pelosi and the Oval Office to get him on board. Donnelly insisted on a promise that a strong religious exemption be put into the bill. Obama gave him an Executive Order (which has since been dropped) which exempted Christians from the abortion mandates. Now we've come full circle, and Donnelly will be running against Lugar for Lugar's Senate seat.

DarkMatrixSlayer| 2.21.12 @ 4:26PM

Do you agree that undocumented workers do not have the same rights as legal citizens? If so, then why would you consider something inside of me that is totally dependent on me for life to have more rights than I do as a legal citizen? My body belongs to me. God gave me that right and no government or religious institution can take it away. I disagree with Ron Paul on this issue.