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For a little over a year, Barack Obama has taken his message of hope to countless gymnasiums and scores of town halls across the country. And in doing so, Mr. Obama carefully constructed a politically-moderate image he hopes to ride to the front steps of the White House.
But a recent gaffe in which Mr. Obama described an unborn child as a "punishment," thus leaving open the suggestion he would condone the abortion of his unborn grandchild, has caused concerns there this moderate man is a liberal lawmaker.
Despite a relatively short career as an elected official, Mr. Obama was first elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996, the presidential hopeful has built a political record that culminated with the National Journal rating him the most liberal U.S. senator in 2007. Mr. Obama, however, has focused his presidential campaign on the broader message of restoring trust in politics, thus permitting his liberal record on issues, such as abortion, to fly under the radar.
This, however, changed during a Lancaster town hall meeting this week where Mr. Obama discussed sex education.
"Look, I've got two daughters... nine years old and six years old. I'm going to teach them first of all about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby," Mr. Obama stated. "I don't want them punished with an STD at the age of 16."
By describing an unborn child as a punishment, placing the child in the same category as an STD, Mr. Obama unleashed a tidal wave of pro-life anger and redirected attention to the Illinois senator's position on abortion.
"Our society would take a dangerous step backward from the Judeo-Christian belief that we are all created equal if we were to treat one class of humans - those born to teenagers - as a curse," argued Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America.
Even more disturbing to Kathy Coll, president of the Pro-Life Coalition, is the fact Mr. Obama uttered such words after spending his campaign claiming to be a man of faith.
"What kind of faith prevents you from seeing an unborn child as a gift?" asked Mrs. Coll.
While in the U.S. Senate Mr. Obama voted against prohibitions on carrying a minor across state lines for an abortion and recently expressed regret over a vote to save the life of Terri Schiavo, a disabled Florida woman. Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, also pointed out Mr. Obama opposed healthcare for children born of botched abortions in while in the Illinois Senate.
?"In 2003... he led the fight to oppose a bill that would have mandated health care for a baby who survived an abortion," Mr. Donohue stated.
The gaffe could be significant to Mr. Obama because a number of Pennsylvania Democrats voting in the April 22 primary are Casey Democrats, those named after the state's late Gov. Robert Casey. The Casey Democrat is traditionally a blue collar Democrat, most likely Catholic, supportive of the right to life.
To conservatives, however, Mr. Obama's comments are a glimpse at Mr. Obama's true political colors.
"I maintain to you that when he goes off the prompter, this is exactly the way he looks at it: Punished with a baby. He's no different than half the other liberals out there," stated conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh on his radio program. "All during the abortion debate, pregnancy was a disease... It certainly wasn't about the glory of life."
Obama Speaks On Morals, Values And Daughters
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Thread by Red Badger with thanks to TheSarce for the ping...
Alex's liver went to a 52-year-old man. His pancreas to a 36-year-old woman. His kidneys went to two different men, one 46 and the other 64.
A month later, an autopsy revealed that Alex never had meningitis. He had a rare and fast-moving lymphoma cancer -- one that was now working its way through the bodies of four other people........
Teen Organ Donor's Gift Turns Tragic
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Didn’t Gov Casey’s son - Senator Casey - endorse BO
last week?
Odd the article overlooks how that might actually
confuse the issue and skew the vote.