Goonie Gone Bad: Plimpton Attacks Santorum

COMMENTARY | It has been said that Goonies never say die. Apparently, they never know when to shut up, either.

Actress Martha Plimpton, who made her name in the classic 1985 film as "Stef," decided her status as an actress means she is qualified to inject herself in the national debate over abortion. She is also qualified, apparently, to comment on presidential candidates.

On January 9, 2012, The New York Times published Plimpton's letter to their editorial page in which she defended the personal attacks Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was facing over the death of his child (one might suppose being a Goonie helps get your letter printed in major publications). Santorum had been ridiculed by liberal commentator Alan Colmes for choosing to have his family spend time with the body of his newborn son who died two hours after birth.

According to Plimpton, Santorum deserved the attacks, because he is pro-life. "If Mr. Santorum seeks to police women's reproductive lives, he must expect to be subject to the same irrational, intrusive, embarrassing and degrading inquisition he intends to force on the rest of America," she said.

Chances are Plimpton had never heard of Santorum until the former Congressman won the Iowa caucus and appeared (at the time) to become the GOP front-runner for the nomination. As is the case with any Republican who begins to win over the American people in the current campaign, the liberal media (and their unofficial minions like Plimpton) attacks and piles on whenever they can.

Plimpton may oppose Santorum on the issue of abortion, but she seems more concerned about personal privacy issues instead of Santorum's contention that any life, born or unborn, is worthy of respect and attention. "The policies Mr. Santorum advocates would lead to the investigation and scrutiny of women's medical decisions about their pregnancies," she said. She made no mention on the moral implications of taking a human life and calling it a medical decision.

"How much more invasive can one get? How much bigger does the government need to be to be a presence in the examination room of every pregnant woman in the country?" Plimpton asked. However, she made no mention on the growth of government under Obama or the regulations of Obamacare, which would put government in every doctor's office.

Ironically, Plimpton seems to have no problem making money on the values she criticizes. She currently plays a young grandmother on the Fox series "Raising Hope," which earned her an Emmy nomination. On the show, her TV son has a daughter out of wedlock with a girl that turns out to be a serial killer and is eventually executed (this is a comedy, remember). If it were a real-life situation, Plimpton would have advocated that a serial killer on death row abort her child, but on TV, the sanctity of life is respected, the child is born, and everyone's life is made better by the baby.

One might think the show would make Plimpton realize how precious life is and respect Santorum's stance on human life. Unfortunately, it is too much to ask for this Goonie.