Rick Santorum Goes Columnist – For Birther World Net Daily (VIDEO)

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Let me just say, this new pairing is a natural fit: Rick Santorum and World Nut Net Daily. Yes, Captain Frothy has taken a job where wing-nutters go to die in the land of washed-up birthers and crumpled tin-foil hat brigaders. And whoo-boy, did he come out swingin’!

You may have heard about recent Republican opposition to a fairly innocuous United Nations treaty known as the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities treaty, which merely seeks to acknowledge “the inherent dignity and worth and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family as the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,” and asks that all nations, the United States included, commit to “promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity.”

You would think that most people – of the sane persuasion, anyway – could jump on board with that particularly fabulous ideal. But then, as a sane person, you are obviously not Rick Santorum. In his inaugural screed of batshit craziness, Santorum took immediate issue:

The most offensive provision is found in Section 7 of the treaty dealing specifically with children with disabilities. That section reads:

“In all actions concerning children with disabilities, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.”

“The best interest of the child” standard is lifted out of a controversial provision contained in the 1989 treaty called the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. That treaty was never ratified in large part because of this provision.

“The best interest of the child” standard may sound like it protects children, but what it does is put the government, acting under U.N. authority, in the position to determine for all children with disabilities what is best for them. That is counter to the current state of the law in this country which puts parents – not the government – in that position of determining what is in their child’s best interest. Under the laws of our country, parents lose that right only if the state, through the judicial process, determines that the parents are unfit to make that decision.

In the case of our 4-year-old daughter, Bella, who has Trisomy 18, a condition that the medical literature says is “incompatible with life,” would her “best interest” be that she be allowed to die? Some would undoubtedly say so.

No, some would not, you scum-sucking ignoramus, as a closer reading of the provision shows:

1. States Parties shall take all necessary measures to ensure the full enjoyment by children with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children.

2. In all actions concerning children with disabilities, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.

3. States Parties shall ensure that children with disabilities have the right to express their views freely on all matters affecting them, their views being given due weight in accordance with their age and maturity, on an equal basis with other children, and to be provided with disability and age-appropriate assistance to realize that right.

Is it me, or did I miss the part where parents’ rights are unilaterally usurped in favor of the state?

I didn’t think so…

Like I said, Santorum and World Nut Net Daily, is a perfect fit — like peas and carrots.

Rachel Maddow took a tour around World Net Daily, and it is thoroughly entertaining.

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