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Sorry all....won’t be able to stomach Warren’s little soapbox afterall.

He’s not going to hold their feet to the fire.
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No probably not..

But I will be ODed on popcorn ..

And have quite a nice sugar buzz from REAL Coke

(Coca Cola, that is)

And if it is longer than I can stay awake...

I’ll sleep through it like a Babe...

Bring on the dancing boys...

I’ve got the C-Span stream warmed up ...

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx

Dear Rick,

Senator Barack Obama record on abortion

Barack Obama is a co-sponsor of the “Freedom of
Choice Act” (FOCA), a bill that would
nullify virtually all federal and state limitations on
abortion, including the types now permitted by
the Supreme Court, such as parental notification
laws and waiting periods. It would also make
partial-birth abortion legal again.
While in the Illinois State Senate, Barack Obama
voted against legislation that prohibited taxpayer
dollars from being used to pay for abortion. His
campaign has stated that he “does not support”
the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits taxpayer
funding of abortion through the Medicaid
program.

Barack Obama voted to block a bill to require an
abortionist to notify a parent before performing an
abortion on a minor who lives in another state.
Barack Obama voted against an amendment to
allow states to provide federally subsidized health
care insurance for an unborn child (within the
SCHIP program). The amendment would have
written explicit language into the SCHIP
statute to guarantee that a covered child
“includes, at the option of a State, an unborn
child.” The amendment further defined “unborn
child” as “a member of the species homo sapiens,
at any stage of development, who is carried in the
womb.”

Barack Obama sharply criticized the Supreme
Court for its 2007 Gonzales v. Carhart decision
upholding the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. He
said, “I strongly disagree with today’s Supreme
Court ruling...I am extremely concerned that this
ruling will embolden state legislatures to enact
further measures to restrict a woman’s right to
choose, and that the conservative Supreme Court
justices will look for other opportunities to erode
Roe v. Wade, which is established federal law and
a matter of equal rights for women.”

While a member of the Illinois State Senate,
Barack Obama opposed the proposed “Born-Alive
Infants Protection Act” (BAIPA). The measure
was very similar to the federal BAIPA, which
President Bush signed into law in 2002. Obama
opposed the legislation for three straight
legislative sessions and twice spoke against the
bill on the Senate floor. He voted against the bill
twice in committee and once on the Senate floor.
Both laws were intended to provide protection for
babies who survived abortions equal to protection
received by babies who are spontaneously born
prematurely.

Since his election to the Senate in 2004, Barack
Obama has compiled a 0% voting record on prolife
issues scored by the National Right to Life
Committee. By contrast, he has a 100% rating
from NARAL Pro-Choice America.