Let me first say that I’m no fan of Rick Santorum so this has nothing to do with partisan politics for me. It has to do with basic human decency. Alan Colmes doesn’t like the way Rick Santorum grieved for his baby that died two hours after being born back in 1996.

“The childbirth in 1996 was a source of terrible heartbreak — the couple were told by doctors early in the pregnancy that the baby Karen was carrying had a fatal defect and would survive only for a short time outside the womb. According to Karen Santorum’s book, ‘Letters to Gabriel: The True Story of Gabriel Michael Santorum,’ she later developed a life-threatening intrauterine infection and a fever that reached nearly 105 degrees. She went into labor when she was 20 weeks pregnant. After resisting at first, she allowed doctors to give her the drug Pitocin to speed the birth. Gabriel lived just two hours.

What happened after the death is a kind of snapshot of a cultural divide. Some would find it discomforting, strange, even ghoulish — others brave and deeply spiritual. Rick and Karen Santorum would not let the morgue take the corpse of their newborn; they slept that night in the hospital with their lifeless baby between them. The next day, they took him home. ‘Your siblings could not have been more excited about you!’ Karen writes in the book, which takes the form of letters to Gabriel, mostly while he is in utero. ‘Elizabeth and Johnny held you with so much love and tenderness.’ Elizabeth proudly announced to everyone as she cuddled you, ‘This is my baby brother, Gabriel; he is an angel.’ ”

I will admit it’s a little strange. I Don’t know that I would have done that. However, who’s to say what’s strange or appropriate when dealing with the death of a baby? Who am I to say Rick Santorum is “crazy” because of that? That is a deeply personal issue that has no place in a political discussion. Hatred for Rick Santorum runs deep among liberals. There is plenty of red meat for attacking him without going there.

So here’s Alan having a meltdown after Rich Lowry calls him out for his attack on Santorum.

Rich Lowry has a great piece on NRO about Van Jones and the left’s reaction to his ouster.

You would be hard pressed to find someone that loathes Keith Olbermann as much as I do. He’s easily the most despicable, dishonest, left-wing loon on television today.

Having said that, even I had to laugh out loud at KO’s ridiculous ‘Worst Person’s’ segment last night. Olby took a shot at National Review Editor Rich Lowry’s fawning column about Gov. Palin’s debate performance. I personally enjoyed the piece, but recognized immediately it would be fodder for the lefties.

Take a look:

(hat tip NewsBusters)