Abortion And Obama

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The National Right to Life Committee continues to challenge Barack Obama for his stance on abortion and his roll in the Illinois, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. One should reasonably ask, “What did the BAIPA do?”

It established in black-letter law that for all legal purposes, any baby who was entirely expelled from his or her mother, and who showed any of the specified signs of life (breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles), was to be regarded as a legal person for however long he or she lived, and that this applied whether or not the birth was the result of an abortion or of spontaneous premature labor.

Barack Obama voted against this bill.

When David Brody confronted Obama about it, he called the NRLC liars and repeated his claim that the NRLC was lying during his interview with Pastor Rick Warren.  Later, Obama had to admit they were correct.  Fact Check confirmed this in August, stating,

… Obama’s claim is wrong. In fact, by the time the HHS Committee voted on the bill, it did contain language identical to the federal act.

Obama then claimed it was because the bill lacked certain language he thought it needed. Again, he lied.

The NRLC uncovered documentation that refuted Obama’s contention that he voted against SB1082 because it didn’t have the same “neutrality clause” of the federal BAIPA that protected abortionists.

Barack Obama owes the NRLC an apology for calling them liars, and he owes the American people an explanation of why he really opposed this bill.  It would have prevented no abortions, but would have required doctors to provide normal care for infants born alive after surviving an abortion.

Obama pretends that existing law already required this, but he knows that’s a lie as well.  The Attorney General told the legislature that the law didn’t prevent this from happening, and that the legislature needed to make the law more clear.  That’s why the legislature considered this bill on three separate occasions.  Obama voted against it all three times, and killed it in his committee in 2003.

The National Right to Life Committee video ad

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h80mSgsQ6CU

While conservative bloggers have criticized Barack Obama for his views on abortion and what amounts to infanticide, it is significant that even the NY Times looks askance at Obama’s opposition to this bill. The Chicago Tribune has articles here and here that are lengthy and, to me, stunning.

ACORN and Voter Registration Fraud

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ACORN’s Voter registration efforts have been at the center of fraud allegations in as many as 15 states.  Democrats have tried to deflect these allegations. Matt Griffin, Nevada’s deputy secretary of state for elections, said, “An ongoing probe in Nevada into the group responsible for collecting the registrations, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has not led investigators to believe anyone will try to vote illegally on Nov. 4.  We’re talking registration fraud; it’s not voter fraud,” Griffin went on to say. “But we have a duty to follow up.” ACORN offices in Nevada have been raided by the FBI.

Accusations against ACORN, and its relationship with Barack #Obama, took a new turn yesterday as Ohio State Secretary, Jennifer Brunner was served a temporary restraining order to immediately stop early #voting registrations. It is being claimed that Jennifer Brunner is blocking attempts to properly verify early voting registrations. After growing evidence of serious and rampant voter registration fraud by organizations such as ACORN in the State of Ohio, a Federal Judge issued the TRO.

Jeanne MacIntosh, of the NY Post reports,

A man at the center of a voter-registration scandal told The Post yesterday he was given cash and cigarettes by aggressive ACORN activists in exchange for registering an astonishing 72 times, in apparent violation of Ohio laws.

“Sometimes, they come up and bribe me with a cigarette, or they’ll give me a dollar to sign up,” said Freddie Johnson, 19, who filled out 72 separate voter-registration cards over an 18-month period at the behest of the left-leaning Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

“The ACORN people are everywhere, looking to sign people up. I tell them I am already registered. The girl said, ‘You are?’ I say, ‘Yup,’ and then they say, ‘Can you just sign up again?’ ” he said.

Johnson used the same information on all of his registration cards, and officials say they usually catch and toss out duplicate registrations. But the practice sparks fear that some multiple registrants could provide different information and vote more than once by absentee ballot.

What is Barack Obama’s relationship to ACORN? He has endorsed ACORN and accepted their endorsements. Here is an outline of ACORN’s tactics

  1. Get money from the Federal government money
  2. Use it to rally support for a political entitlement movement, playing the poor against the rich, the minorities against the whites, socialism against democracy.
  3. Use their clout to strong-arm banks into offering mortgage loans to those with bad credit
  4. Get some cronies in Washington to pass a bill to force a government-designed, government-regulated entity to guarantee those mortgages (Fannie Mae).
  5. Make large contributions to the campaigns of those politicians supporting the organization’s goals (and/or former staff).
  6. Enlist anyone interested, including convicted felons currently in prison, to run a voter registration drive, and give them instructions, but claim ignorance or lack of oversight when discovered that fraud is taking place

These are the strategies Obama learned from ACORN and they are the strategies he is using in his campaign for President.

Take a look at Right Voices, Michelle Malkin, HotAir, and NewsBusters.

Being Republican is Racist

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Give me a break.

The Democratic Underground says wearing white is racist. Harry Reid says pointing out that Franklin Raines is an Obama insider is racist. Congressman Greg Meeks says that drawing attention to the fact that Barack Obama is a Socialist is racist. Questioning the role of Bill Ayers in Obama’s political career is racist. Identifying a conflict of interest for the VP debate moderator is racist. Believing that people without the ability to pay for mortgage should not have one is apparently racist.

The race card is played so frequently, that last summer rappers who wore t-shirts emblazened with “Nigger,” have called Fox News racist. For crying out loud, Barney Frank says it is racist to criticize how Congress is handling the economic crisis.

Someone need to tell the MSM and the Obama campaign the story of the boy that cried ‘Wolf’ one time too often.

Shhhhh. The next sound you hear will be someone saying that it is racist to be a Republican.

AIG Needs $38 Billion More

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We just loaned them $85 Billion. But that wasn’t enough.

Everyone. Together now. “I told you so!”

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it was lending billions of additional funds to cash-strapped American International Group Inc.

Under the program, the New York Federal Reserve Bank will provide $37.8 billion in additional cash to certain domestic life insurance subsidiaries of AIG  in return for investment-grade, fixed-income securities.

AIG already has an $85 billion line of credit with the Fed. As of last week, AIG had used $60 billion of this loan, according to Fed data.

This new program will allow AIG to replenish liquidity, the Fed said. At the same time, the securities will provide enhanced protection to U.S. taxpayers, the central bank said.

These big wigs spent over $440,000 on a party when they got the first loan. No telling how much they will spend now.
Take a look at:
Michelle Malkin
Right Voices
New Busters

Democrats Won't Hold Hearings On Fannie – Yet

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It looks like Waxman and the Democrats are trying to downplay their role in the subprime debacle. It is time for all the cards to be placed on the table and let the chips fall where they may. Democrats, Republicans, insiders, outsiders. Whatever!

Whoever is as fault for this should be prosecuted and publically, and pilitcally, humiliated. This is the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression and our politicians are doing what they do best. Play politics.

“Any hearing on oversight that does not begin with Fannie and Freddie and [former Fannie Mae CEO] Franklin Raines will be a sham,” said Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.). “This is like investigating a train robbery and only talking to the dining car stewards.”

The GOP attack from the dais came as the National Republican Campaign Committee and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) sent nearly simultaneous news releases criticizing Fannie and Freddie.

Boehner’s statement echoed Mica’s, saying, “Chairman Waxman’s refusal to hold hearings to examine their role says a lot about where the Democrats’ priorities lie.”

TheHill.com.

Look Who’s the Hypocrite NOW

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I stumbled across a wonderfu blog that you may enjoy. This article on the National Organization of Women and their endorsement of Barack Obama and virulent criticism of Sarah Palin captures my feelings on the subject.

NOW has evolved into a group that is devoted to liberal causes that affect women rather than all causes that affect women. The “National Organization of Women” should be composed of ALL women regardless of their particular view on a particular issue. Instead, they focus on only a few issues and take a liberal view. Conservatives are clearly not welcome.

NOW says that although Sarah Palin is a woman she does not support women’s rights.  I have a hard time believing that Sarah Palin is not for pay equality and is not against violence towards women.  So in reality, NOW is only concerned about a candidate being pro-abortion.  I say pro-abortion as opposed to pro-choice because if they were really pro-choice then they wouldn’t have a problem with a woman choosing to be pro-life, choosing not to condone sex outside of marriage, and choosing options other than abortion.  These are their big issues with Sarah Palin.  Here we have a successful, articulate, intelligent mother of five as a vice-presidential candidate but NOW won’t get behind her because she is against letting them kill unborn women (and men).

Look who’s the hypocrite NOW « Rett Hatcher & Company.

Hot Air has a great video

Michelle Malkin opposes this irrational goofiness.

So-called “comedian” Sandra Bernhard learns a lesson.

*** EDIT ***

California NOW has contacted us to say that no NOW chapter or affiliate supports McCain/Palin. No surprise there. They go on to say that, “California NOW has also been at the forefront of calling out sexism against Palin, as you can see from the site.” However, the article referred to does not mention any support for Palin.

I have asked for a clarification.

Sarah Rocks The Debate

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My favorite line from the debate goes to Sarah Palin – “Nice to meet you. Hey, can I call you Joe?” After ‘Barak’ talked to ‘John’ in the first debate I thought it was a lovely, but subtle, jab.

Second favorite line also goes to Sarah – “It is so obvious that I am a Washington outsider,” Palin says, “someone just not used to the way you guys operate” as she points out Joe Biden’s attempt to double-talk his way to Obama’s position.

The media consensus seems to be that Palin did much better than expected. Liberals think she did poorly and Conservatives think she did great. The Liberals were hoping she would flop and were disappointed.  They seemed especially upset that Sarah did not always answer the exact question that was asked. I wonder why they haven’t raised that issue before with liberal candidates? The report from middle America seems more supportive of Palin.

There seems to be some real heat that Biden simply lied about a number of issues. Biden does make a huge gaffe on Article One of the Constitution. He should know better but it was a mistake not a lie. Most blogs that are posting a “Fact Check” blatantly reveal their bias to support their own candidate.  CBS News, for example, notes only one correction for Biden and ten for Palin.

Evangelical Outpost did a live blog as does Michelle Malkin. I enjoyed reading both. Hugh Hewitt has a scorecard that is absolutely excellent.

Democrats Kill Bailout

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The bailout was killed by House Democrats. Yes, Democrats. Losing by a margin of 228-205, the measure only needed 12 members to change their minds.

95 Democrats voted against the bill.

Quit blaming John McCain for failure to keep your majority, in the majority.

Take a look at these articles –

Bill Dyer at Townhall – Elections have Consequences

Hugh Hewitt – Duplicity and Cynicism

Michelle – The Crap Sandwich

Hot Air – Bailout Bill Fails After Pelosi Speech

How did they decide on $700B?

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How did the Treasury Department arrive at a figure of $700 billion for the bailout? Surely it was based on careful analysis and a detailed methodology.

Nope. They guessed. They just pulled a number out of thin air. They made it up.

In fact, some of the most basic details, including the $700 billion figure Treasury would use to buy up bad debt, are fuzzy.

“It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.”

This just gives me a fuzzy feeling about politicians in Washington. Perhaps somebody should peel them like a kiwi.

Read the Forbes article – Bad News For The Bailout and take a look at the LA Times also.

Michele Malkin has a series on the subprime lending crisis you should look at.

Who's Leading Now?

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Leaders lead. It may not be apparent when the water is calm and the breezes are gentle. Life is good and any pretender can clamor up the hill and proclaim their virtue.

When the sky darkens and the wind bites at our backs though, actors tumble down the hill. They hesitate. They overt-think. They circle the wagons in uncertainty.

A politician can declare that he is a leader. His political party can declare that he’s a leader. And hundreds of thousands of acolytes around the world can swoon devotedly at his feet, and he can rack up all the trappings of leadership. But none of that in fact makes him into a leader if he actually isn’t one.

Crises reveal, make, and define leaders. When the crisis is over, it’s easy to recognize in hindsight who the leader was, even if there was some doubt as to that during the crisis itself. Looking back, we can recognize a leader because he’s the one who the other potential actors and decision-makers actually followed.

#McCain‘s leadership – “Shut down the campaign. I’m headed to Washington. The country comes first.”

#Obama‘s leadership – “If anybody needs me I’ll be getting ready for the debate.’

Bill Dyer’s article – In the Current Financial Crisis, only McCain is Indispensible is one to read as well as this one by Hugh Hewitt.

Michelle Malkin weighs is with her thoughts and more thoughts.

TD had a brief but pithy article:

John McCain put his campaign on hold today, and called on Barack Obama to join him in Washington, DC in a bi-partisan effort to address the country’s economic crisis. McCain also proposed re-scheduling Friday’s debate and suspending campaign commercials.

Barack Obama responded by a) attempting to take credit for McCain’s idea, b) attempting to take credit for McCain’s economic proposals, c) accusing McCain of playing political tricks, d) refusing to cancel Friday’s debate, and e) essentially telling America: I’m going to keep campaigning and I’m not going to Washington to address the financial crisis. Call me if you need me!