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Barbara Boxer Words of Wisdom
Fox News | 12/18/2001 | 1 Fellow Freeper

Posted on 12/18/2001 8:05:20 AM PST by 1 FELLOW FREEPER

Boxer is being interviwed on Fox News
A few of her opinions:

"I really like the job Rumsfeld is doing, he shoots straight from the shoulders"

" I mean, they shot at us out of the blue...in the clear blue sky"


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What an intellect!!
1 posted on 12/18/2001 8:05:20 AM PST by 1 FELLOW FREEPER
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I'd like to find the video of this.

"I Am Not Answering These Questions!" –  A Senate Exchange on Birth and Partial-Birth

[When the Senate considered the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act on October 20, 1999, perhaps the most revealing part of the debate was the exchange that is reproduced below, between the chief sponsor of the bill, Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), and the leading opponent, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Ca.). This discussion appears on pages S12878-80 of the October 20 Congressional Record. We have corrected minor errors in transcription and punctuation based on review of a videotape of the C-SPAN broadcast.]

Senator Santorum: I think the issue of where we draw the line constitutionally is very important. And I’m sure the Senator from California [Senator Boxer] agrees with me. I think the senator from California would say that she and I, and the senator from Illinois and the senators from Arkansas and Kansas here, we are all protected by the Constitution with a right to life. Would you agree with that, senator from California -- [would you] answer that question?

Senator Boxer: I support the Roe versus Wade decision.

Santorum: So you would agree any child that’s born has the right to life, is protected under the Constitution? Once that child is born?

Boxer: I agree with the Roe v. Wade decision. And what you are doing goes against it and will harm the women of this country. And I will speak to that issue when I get the floor myself.

Santorum: But I would like to ask you a question. You agree, once that child is born, is separated from the mother, that that child is protected by the Constitution and cannot be killed? Do you agree with that?

Boxer: I would make this statement: That this Constitution, as it currently is -- some of you want to amend it to say that life begins at conception. I think when you bring your baby home, when your baby is born -- and there is no such thing as partial-birth -- the baby belongs to your family and has all the rights. But I am not willing to amend the Constitution to say that a fetus is a person, which I know you would.

But we will get into that later. I would prefer to address --I know my colleague is engaging me in a colloquy on his time, and I appreciate it -- I will answer these questions.

I think what my friend is doing, by asking me these questions, is off point. My friend wants to tell the doctors in this country what to do. My friend from Pennsylvania says they are "rogue" doctors. The AMA will tell you they no longer support you. The American nurses don't support you. The obstetricians and gynecologists don't support you. So my friend can ask me my philosophy all day. On my own time I will talk about it.

Santorum: If I can reclaim my time: First of all, the AMA still believes this is bad medicine. They do not support the criminal penalties provisions in this bill, but they still believe -- I think you know that to be the case -- that this procedure is not medically necessary, and they stand by that statement.

I ask the senator from California, again: you believe, you said "once the

baby comes home." Obviously, you don't mean they have to take the baby out

of the hospital for it to be protected by the Constitution. Once the baby is separated from the mother, you would agree -- completely separated from the mother -- you would agree that baby is entitled to constitutional protection?

Boxer: I will tell you why I don't want to engage in this. You did the same conversation with a colleague of mine, and I never saw such a twisting of his remarks. [Editor’s note: See Nov. 14, 1996 NRL News, page 24, for transcript of an exchange between Santorum and Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wi.).]

Santorum: Well, be clear, then. Let's be clear.

Boxer: I am going to be very clear when I get the floor. What you are trying to do is take away the rights of women and their families and their doctors to have a procedure. And now you are trying to turn the question into, "When does life begin?" I will talk about that on my own time.

Santorum: What I am trying to do is get an answer from the senator from California as to where you would draw the line? Because that really is the important part of this debate.

Boxer: I will repeat. I will repeat, since the senator has asked me a question – I am answering the question I have been posed by the senator. And the answer to the question is, I stand by Roe v. Wade. I stand by it. I hope we have a chance to vote on it. It is very clear, Roe v. Wade. That is what I stand by. My friend doesn't.

Santorum: Are you suggesting Roe v. Wade covered the issue of a baby in the process of being born?

Boxer: I am saying what Roe v. Wade says is, that in the early stages of a pregnancy, a woman has the right to choose. In the later stages, the states have the right, yes, to come in and restrict. I support those restrictions, as long as two things happen: They respect the life of the mother and the health of the mother.

Santorum: I understand that.

Boxer: That is where I stand. And no matter how you try to twist it, that is where I stand.

Santorum: I would say to the senator from California, I am not twisting anything. I am simply asking a very straightforward question. There is no hidden question here. The question is --

Boxer: I will answer it again.

Santorum: Once the baby is born, is completely separated from the mother, you will support that that baby has, in fact, the right to life and cannot be killed? You accept that; right?

Boxer: I don't believe in killing any human being. That is absolutely correct. Nor do you, I am sure.

Santorum: So you would accept the fact that once the baby is separated from the mother, that baby cannot be killed?

Boxer: I support the right -- and I will repeat this, again, because I saw you ask the same question to another senator –

Santorum: All the person has to do is give me a straight answer, and then it will be very clear to everybody.

Boxer: And what defines "separation"? Define "separation." You answer that question. You define it.

Santorum: Well, let's define that. Okay, let's say the baby is completely separated. In other words, no part of the baby is inside of the mother.

Boxer: You mean the baby has been birthed and is now in its mother's

arms? That baby is a human being.

Santorum: Well, I don’t know if it’s necessarily in its mother’s arms. Let’s say in the obstetrician's hands.

Boxer: It takes a second, it takes a minute – I had two babies, and within seconds of their birth --

Santorum: We’ve had six.

Boxer: Well, you didn't have any.

Santorum: My wife and I had babies together. That’s the way we do things in our family.

Boxer: Your wife gave birth. I gave birth. I can tell you, I know when the baby was born.

Santorum: Good! All I am asking you is, once the baby leaves the mother's birth canal and is through the vaginal orifice and is in the hands of the obstetrician, you would agree that you cannot abort, kill the baby?

Boxer: I would say when the baby is born, the baby is born, and would then have every right of every other human being living in this country. And I don't know why this would even be a question, to be honest with you.

Santorum: Because we are talking about a situation here where the baby is almost born. So I ask the question of the senator from California, if the baby was born except for the baby's foot, if the baby's foot was inside the mother but the rest of the baby was outside, could that baby be killed?

Boxer: The baby is born when the baby is born. That is the answer to the question.

Santorum: I am asking for you to define for me what that is.

Boxer: I don’t think anybody but the senator from Pennsylvania has a question with it. I have never been troubled by this question. You give birth to a baby. The baby is there, and it is born. That is my answer to the question.

Santorum: What we are talking about here with partial birth, as the senator from California knows, is a baby is in the process of being born --

Boxer: "The process of being born." This is why this conversation makes no sense, because to me it is obvious when a baby is born. To you it isn't obvious.

Santorum: Maybe you can make it obvious to me. So what you are suggesting is if the baby's foot is still inside of the mother, that baby can then still be killed.

Boxer: No, I am not suggesting that in any way!

Santorum: I am asking.

Boxer: I am absolutely not suggesting that. You asked me a question, in essence, when the baby is born.

Santorum: I am asking you again. Can you answer that?

Boxer: I will answer the question when the baby is born. The baby is born when the baby is outside the mother's body. The baby is born.

Santorum: I am not going to put words in your mouth –

Boxer: I hope not.

Santorum: But, again, what you are suggesting is if the baby's toe is inside the mother, you can, in fact, kill that baby.

Boxer: Absolutely not.

Santorum: OK. So if the baby's toe is in, you can't kill the baby. How

about if the baby's foot is in?

Boxer: You are the one who is making these statements.

Santorum: We are trying to draw a line here.

Boxer: I am not answering these questions! I am not answering these questions.

2 posted on 12/18/2001 8:07:32 AM PST by toenail
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She makes stoners proud, eh?
3 posted on 12/18/2001 8:07:37 AM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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Don't forget here statement that (paraphrased) "we should get tougher with the terrorist organizations, and militia groups".
4 posted on 12/18/2001 8:09:09 AM PST by Tree of Liberty
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
The baby isn't born until you bring it home?????...Wha?
5 posted on 12/18/2001 8:12:38 AM PST by 1 FELLOW FREEPER
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And let's not forget her constant attacks on the 2nd Amendment either ... the socialist PIG!

6 posted on 12/18/2001 8:12:57 AM PST by Colt .45
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To: Tree of Liberty
One must admit that her insights may indeed start out slowly, but then, of course, they begin to trickle off...
7 posted on 12/18/2001 8:14:57 AM PST by 1 FELLOW FREEPER
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
And she was probably prepped for 2 hours before this interview.
8 posted on 12/18/2001 8:16:11 AM PST by 1 FELLOW FREEPER
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Barbara Boxer & Words of Wisdom

is this supposed to be an oxymoron ?

9 posted on 12/18/2001 8:16:37 AM PST by vinylsidingman
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I knew when I saw the title that this would be a short post.
10 posted on 12/18/2001 8:18:41 AM PST by gorush
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I caught a glimpse of her on Fox and nearly fell over. It was the first time I heard her actually sounding , well, American!

I don't know what came over her.

Think she forgot to refill her Prozac?

11 posted on 12/18/2001 8:19:13 AM PST by passionfruit
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Kinda like a guy with an enlarged prostate.
12 posted on 12/18/2001 8:19:34 AM PST by Tree of Liberty
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To: toenail
Could you post that again and make the font size bigger?
I'd like to take my binoculars across the street to read that!
;-)
13 posted on 12/18/2001 8:20:32 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: vinylsidingman
Ye olde tongue-in-cheek, m'Lord.
14 posted on 12/18/2001 8:20:37 AM PST by 1 FELLOW FREEPER
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To: Tree of Liberty
Boxer: It takes a second, it takes a minute – I had two babies, and within seconds of their birth -- Santorum: We’ve had six.

Boxer: Well, you didn't have any.

Santorum: My wife and I had babies together. That’s the way we do things in our family.

THANK YOU, SENATOR SANTORUM, for standing up to this STUPID, slimey, abortion-loving, baby-murdering B*TCH.

I didn't think I could loathe Barbara Boxer any more than I already do, but I surprise even myself. What a disgusting human being she is--and I have no doubt she's had multiple abortions of her own.

15 posted on 12/18/2001 8:20:49 AM PST by RooRoobird14
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To: MeeknMing
Barbie has a way of stating something which may, at first, seem vague, but in reality is absolutely meaningless.
16 posted on 12/18/2001 8:22:38 AM PST by 1 FELLOW FREEPER
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Barbara Boxer and her cohorts are responsible for the deaths of over 35 million American Children through ABORTION.
17 posted on 12/18/2001 8:23:40 AM PST by chatham
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To: toenail
You can order tapes from CSPAN ((877) 662-7726). You might want to call and see if they have a copy the encounter in question available.
18 posted on 12/18/2001 8:24:38 AM PST by Tree of Liberty
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To: RooRoobird14
I'm for Roe v Wade, i'm for Roe v Wade....polly want a cracker?
19 posted on 12/18/2001 8:25:04 AM PST by 1 FELLOW FREEPER
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To: toenail
That's minus 100 points to you sir. All threads that mention Barbara Boxer must include a barf alert!
20 posted on 12/18/2001 8:26:27 AM PST by Honcho
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