Brokaw Grills Biden on Abortion à la Pelosi

BIDEN: "There is a debate in our church?"

Uhhhhhhhhh...Joe...there is no "debate"...

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Why is it that Tom Brokaw, like Oprah refuses to invite Sarah on his show?

Grilled Biden à la Pelosi. Looks great on a menu, but who’d eat it?

There is a debate in our church, as Cardinal Egan would acknowledge, that's existed.

Biden is not just stupid; he's unteachable. What a great ticket the dems have: Dumb and Dumber unleashed on the American people!

There they go out to lose the fence-sitting Catholic vote.

Barack and Joe have been having a great couple of weeks here, haven't they? Home run after home run.

I bet the NOW people are thinking: “so much for the abortion debate vs Palin.”

Wow... I can’t believe he would even come CLOSE to suggesting there was a debate in the church after the Pelosi debacle. They really can’t help themselves, can they?

I guess that’s what happens when you try to play both sides of an issue. It would seem that you start believing your own delusions and excuses.

I wonder if the Bishop will summon Biden, as they did Pelosi... (Does anyone know what came of that meeting with Pelosi, or has it happened yet? I didn’t see an article after the announcement that she had been “summoned” to a meeting...)

I figured it out at about age 8 when I was first told about the sperm and the egg, never accompanied by any talk about when life began, just the straightforward biology geared to a child of that age. That is when my life began for me, not age 8 but at conception although I wasn't told that word.

It came about by asking the question about how babies got in their mother's tummy. Then I asked how and was told in as simple terms as possible. My reaction was ick lol.

Browkaw is completely disingenuous. The question was
“when do civil rights begin?”
Not when does life begin?
The second is easy to weasel out of, the first much more difficult.

I voted against telling everyone else in the country that they have to accept my religiously based view that it's a moment of conception.

But he and his group will vote in favor of forcing everything else on us. like: environment, global warming, 'human rights,' animal rights, childrearing/education, (give us a few more, guys)

eccentric,

He believes that by calling his observations “religiously based”, he can DODGE ACCOUNTABILITY.

I wish I were able to link the dodge to the larger argument.

Oh Yeah, SARAH PAHLIN!

Thanks for saying that which I was thinking.

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Updated: American Bishops who have spoken against Pelosi

Here is the complete list of American bishops who have responded to Nancy Pelosi's comments so far:

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver was the first American bishop to respond
... Bishop James Conley, his auxiliary, joined him
Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington DC responded twice, first in a press release and second in a statement to The Hill. He has also appeared on Fox News, I am told.
Cardinal Justin Regali of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued this statement through the USCCB website...
... Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, chairman of the Committee on Doctrine, joined him
Cardinal Edward Egan of New York publised a strongly worded statement of his own
Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo issued a letter correcting Pelosi's claims
Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh and...
... Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs have chimed-in
Archbishop Jose Gomez of San Antonio, CNA reports has added his voice ...
... Bishop Oscar Cantu, his auxiliary bishop, has joined him
Bishop William Murphy of Rockville has published an extensive letter
Bishop Edward Slatter of Tulsa adds himself to the list
Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas has joined the USCCB's efforts
Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin is on-board
Bishop James Slattery of Tulsa has a detailed response
Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston mentions the USCCB on his blog
Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando has written at length
Archbishop John Nienstedt of Saint Paul/Minneapolis challenges Pelosi's statement
Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, President of the US Bishops, has weighed-in
Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker, OR publishes in the Catholic Sentinel
Bishop Jerome Listecki of La Crosse, WI responds in a word document
Bishop Richard Lennon of Cleveland, OH will comment in his September 5th column (PDF)
Bishop Ralph Nickless of Sioux City, IA has one of the very best responses I've read
Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco has invited Pelosi to a "conversation"
Bishop Glen Provost, LA: "Catholic Church clear on when human life begins"

{Last updated on September 9th.}

Note: #23 has been removed. Bishop Joseph Gossman of Raleigh, NC is actually the bishop emeritus, and the new bishop, Michael Burbidge has not, to my knowledge, made a personal statement.