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Obama calls for 'common ground' on abortion at Notre Dame (There is no common ground)
cnn ^ | 5/17/2009 | cnn

Posted on 05/17/2009 4:21:13 PM PDT by tobyhill

President Obama delved into the abortion debate in a controversial Notre Dame commencement address Sunday, calling for a search for common ground on one of the most divisive issues in American politics.

Addressing a sharply divided audience at the storied Catholic university, Obama conceded that no matter how much Americans "may want to fudge it ... at some level the views of the two camps are irreconcilable."

"Each side will continue to make its case to the public with passion and conviction," he said. "But surely we can do so without reducing those with differing views to caricature."

The commencement ceremony was boycotted by a number of graduates dismayed by the university's decision both to tap Obama as its commencement speaker and to give him an honorary degree. The president is a supporter of abortion rights and federally-funded embryonic stem-cell research -- positions that are anathema to traditional Catholic teachings.

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KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoabortion; catholic; kenyan; muslim; notredame
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To: null and void

Ok, you win. He did it. You get the prize


41 posted on 05/17/2009 4:59:29 PM PDT by DeLaine (Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.)
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To: tobyhill

He is living a pipe dream. It all comes down to this: You either kill or you don’t.


42 posted on 05/17/2009 5:03:10 PM PDT by JamesA (He who hesitates is lost.)
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To: tobyhill

You are either dead or alive...

There is no common ground. It’s like you can’t be partially pregnant.


43 posted on 05/17/2009 5:05:12 PM PDT by Wil H (The most destructive act of Muslim terrorism against the US was paying for 0bama's Harvard education)
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To: tobyhill

“Each side will continue to make its case to the public with passion and conviction,” he said. “But surely we can do so without reducing those with differing views to caricature.”

In other words don’t criticize my position and characterize ‘abortion rights’ advocacy as murder and evil.This is a variation of the theme: “Shut Up”


44 posted on 05/17/2009 5:06:04 PM PDT by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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To: livius

One thing we do know. Muslims think it’s perfectly acceptable for them to lie.

And O has no problem following that tenet of his religion.


45 posted on 05/17/2009 5:06:24 PM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: tobyhill

Common ground? I guess in Obama’s mind partial birth abortion is a compromise - the baby comes out part way and then they kill it. Solomon also had a compromise solution for the two women fighting over a baby which comes to mind and made a great point about the futility of ‘compromise’ in such matters.


46 posted on 05/17/2009 5:06:28 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: tobyhill
Addressing a sharply divided audience at the storied Catholic university,

I guess there must have been a lot of protesters or CNN wouldn't have mentioned it.

47 posted on 05/17/2009 5:15:08 PM PDT by Tribune7 (Better to convert enemies to allies than to destroy them)
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To: tobyhill

What is the common ground between killing a baby and letting him or her live? There is none.


48 posted on 05/17/2009 5:24:35 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: skinkinthegrass

The man has no logic, no rationality, no common sense.

How did he ever make it through college, let alone Law School?


49 posted on 05/17/2009 5:30:42 PM PDT by Palladin (Obama hates unborn babies.)
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To: tobyhill

the only common ground regarding abortion is the fact these babies rarely get put into the ground even. Common ground my foot!


50 posted on 05/17/2009 5:30:56 PM PDT by cubreporter (Rush Limbaugh - Truth, honesty and the American Way. Go Rush!!!)
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To: tobyhill

the only common ground regarding abortion is the fact these babies rarely get put into the ground even. Common ground my foot!


51 posted on 05/17/2009 5:31:07 PM PDT by cubreporter (Rush Limbaugh - Truth, honesty and the American Way. Go Rush!!!)
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To: tobyhill

Unfortunately America fudged it badly in November.


52 posted on 05/17/2009 5:32:23 PM PDT by omega4179 (Boycott government communist tractor factories!)
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To: tobyhill

Obama is using tax dollars for free abortions. How are free abortions going to make abortion rare? If he wanted less abortion wouldn’t he tax them not make them free?


53 posted on 05/17/2009 5:34:34 PM PDT by Diago (Will the Obama plan of free taxpayer funded abortions make abortions rare?)
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To: tobyhill

“Common ground”? Like the left agrees it’s murder and helps to stop it? Yes I didn’t think so either....


54 posted on 05/17/2009 5:35:41 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: tobyhill
I said yesterday that this is what he would say. He's channeling Rodney King; "Can't we just all get along?"

This is the typical liberal modus operandi. They force a change that only a small amount of people want, then when those who are against it try to change it back, the libs go into this 'oh so sad', "Why are they trying to fight us. Why must they be so disagreeable?

Sound familiar?

55 posted on 05/17/2009 5:37:48 PM PDT by SuziQ
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56 posted on 05/17/2009 5:39:31 PM PDT by Main Street (Stuck in traffic.)
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To: keats5
Would he have supported common ground during the slavery debate?

Heh, if there had been 'common ground', That One would likely never have had the chance to become President.

57 posted on 05/17/2009 5:41:04 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: tobyhill

Why don’t you propose “common ground” on admissions and employment? You know, “no person” means no quotas, preferences, “affirmative action” or “diversity” rationalizations. Let everyone be judged on their merits.


58 posted on 05/17/2009 5:45:18 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Gay State Conservative

Notre Dame should be ashamed. Fighting Irish Abortionists


59 posted on 05/17/2009 5:47:36 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: tobyhill
A Quinnipiac University poll released last Thursday suggests most U.S. Catholics wanted Notre Dame to allow Obama to speak, with 60 percent of Catholic voters in the survey saying Notre Dame should stand by its invitation to the president.

Observant Catholic voters who attend religious services about once a week said by a 49 to 43 percent margin that Notre Dame should keep Obama on the program. Catholics who attend services less frequently said by a 70 percent to 26 percent margin that Obama should speak, according to the poll.

I see the MSM has begun to distort the issue. That One speaking at the commencement wasn't the crux of the problem. The Bishops and many Catholics were appalled that the University would award That One an Honorary Degree, which denotes APPROVAL of the man, and what he believes. THAT is why we were so against Notre Dame on this issue. It wasn't simply having the man speak.

60 posted on 05/17/2009 5:54:52 PM PDT by SuziQ
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