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God Bless Governor Palin!
Posted on 10/11/2008 3:25:27 PM PDT by flyfree
“In this same spirit, as defenders of the culture of life, John McCain and I believe in the goodness and potential of every innocent life. I believe the truest measure of any society is how it treats those who are least able to defend and speak for themselves. And who is more vulnerable, or more innocent, than a child?
When I learned that my son Trig would have special needs, I had to prepare my heart for the challenges to come. At first I was scared, and Todd and I had to ask for strength and understanding. But I can tell you a few things I’ve learned already.
Yes, every innocent life matters. Everyone belongs in the circle of protection. Every child has something to contribute to the world, if we give them that chance. There are the world’s standards of perfection … and then there are God’s, and these are the final measure. Every child is beautiful before God, and dear to Him for their own sake.
As for our beautiful baby boy, for Todd and me, he is only more precious because he is vulnerable. In some ways, I think we stand to learn more from him than he does from us. When we hold Trig and care for him, we don’t feel scared anymore. We feel blessed.
It’s hard to think of many issues that could possibly be more important than who is protected in law and who isn’t – who is granted life and who is denied it. So when our opponent, Senator Obama, speaks about questions of life, I listen very carefully.
I listened when he defended his unconditional support for unlimited abortions. He said that a woman shouldn’t have to be – quote – “punished with a baby.” He said that right here in Johnstown –“punished with a baby” – and it’s about time we called him on it. The more I hear from Senator Obama, the more I understand why he is so vague and evasive on the subject. Americans need to see his record for what it is. It’s not negative or mean-spirited to talk to about his record. Whatever party you belong to, there are facts you need to know.
Senator Obama has voted against bills to end partial-birth abortion. In the Illinois Senate, a bipartisan majority passed legislation against that practice. Senator Obama opposed that bill. He voted against it in committee, and voted “present” on the Senate floor. In that legislature, “present” is how you vote when you’re against something, but don’t want to be held to account.
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a Democrat, described partial-birth abortion as “too close to infanticide.” Barack Obama thinks it’s a constitutional right, but he is wrong.
Most troubling, as a state senator, Barack Obama wouldn’t even stand up for the rights of infants born alive during an abortion. These infants – often babies with special needs – are simply left to die.
In 2002, Congress unanimously passed a federal law to require medical care for those babies who survive an abortion. They’re living, breathing babies, but Senator Obama describes them as “pre-viable.” This merciful law was called the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. Illinois had a version of the same law. Obama voted against it.
Asked about this vote, Senator Obama assured a reporter that he’d have voted “yes” on that bill if it had contained language similar to the federal version of the Born Alive Act. There’s just one little problem with that story: the language of both the state and federal bills was identical.
In short, Senator Obama is a politician who has long since left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life. He has sided with those who won’t even protect a child born alive. And this exposes the emptiness of his promises to move beyond the “old politics.”
Babies on the floor...Is that cool or what...
He's amazing! He has two wonderful Christian parents who read Children's Bible stories to him and sing to him and take him to Church and out to dinner with Grandma & Grandpa. :) He will be crawling soon, I just know it! His name is Jacob.
He told me as part of my penitence to pray, and fast so that perhaps God will spare our country the nightmare of Obama.
Barack Obama recently said, ‘The first thing I’d do as president would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act,’ This legislation would wipe out all state and federal abortion restrictions including the partial-birth abortion ban.
Obama and the Freedom of choice act
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR1RD2-fabA
That is EXACTLY what goes through my mind evertime I hold my Grandson. I love him very much! He can't speak for himself yet so I will speak for him and do whatever I can to rid this nation of abortion.
The first four paragraphs of her speech define Sarah. She has a sincere belief in the rights of the unborn. And she talks about how she and Todd prayed when she found out she would have a special needs child. She could have given that in any real Christian church in the country without even mentioning Obama. Very inspiring.
It will be an honor and a privilege to vote for Governor Palin.
Can someone on please tell me how Palin feels about fertility clinics. Thousands of embryos are destroyed each year if the parents feel that they do no longer want to extend their families. Shouldl these clinics be forced by law to maintain the embryos? Thanks for your imput.
Congratulations grandpa!
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God Bless Governor Palin!
Beautiful video and great pictures!
Has our country gone this far, this fast?
They should show a graphic of what a Partial Birth Abortion is on a split screen while the Idiot Obama spews this filth.
Liberals are vile.
I wish I knew.
I keep hoping and praying that someone will stop this slaughter once and for all. If the liberals would fight for these babies with the same vigor they fight for animals and trees we wouldn’t be in this position.
I thought I read that somewhere a week or two ago.
Maybe “vile” is too kind of a word to describe these people.
Thanks! He is beautiful. Handsome too!
I think that’s when Obama said why should they be punished with a baby, or something like that.
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