Indeed, Mr. Obama appeared to misstate his position in the CBN interview on Saturday when he said the federal version he supported "was not the bill that was presented at the state level."
His campaign yesterday acknowledged that he had voted against an identical bill in the state Senate, and a spokesman, Hari Sevugan, said the senator and other lawmakers had concerns that even as worded, the legislation could have undermined existing Illinois abortion law. Those concerns did not exist for the federal bill, because there is no federal abortion law....
Bearing in mind the Obama campaign now admits he voted as state senator against the very same legislation passed overwhelmingly on the federal level to stop infanticide, read again what he told CBN's David Brody only last night:
Well and because they have not been telling the truth. And I hate to say that people are lying, but here's a situation where folks are lying.
I have said repeatedly that I would have been completely in, fully in support of the federal bill that everybody supported - which was to say - that you should provide assistance to any infant that was born - even if it was as a consequence of an induced abortion.
That was not the bill that was presented at the state level. What that bill also was doing was trying to undermine Roe vs. Wade. By the way, we also had a bill, a law already in place in IL that insured life saving treatment was given to infants.
So for people to suggest that I and the IL Medical Society, so IL doctors were somehow in favor of withholding life saving support from an infant born alive is ridiculous. It defies common sense and it defies imagination and for people to keep on pushing this is offensive and it's an example of the kind of politics that we have to get beyond.
It's one thing for people to disagree with me about the issue of choice, it's another thing for people to out and out misrepresent my positions repeatedly, even after they know that they're wrong. And that's what's been happening.
Little did Obama know his own words would so quickly condemn him. He admitted what he did "defies common sense and it defies imagination." In fact, it was heinous.
While the Obama campaign tonight finally admitted Obama has misrepresented his Born Alive vote all these years, it had the audacity to offer a ludicrous excuse, an excuse Obama himself contradicted only 24 hours ago, as he has for years, that "I would have been completely in, fully in support of the federal bill that everybody supported."
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it is obvious that Barack Obama and the Democratic party as a whole are morally bankrupt and are grasping at straws. there is no truth in them and they will do anything for power and money. i don't understand how any Christian could ever think of voting for any of them. they stand for everything we are against and against everything we are for. they violate too many biblical principles to list. Click here to reply to this post
Lies, Lies and more Lies.
Posted On: 08/21/08 07:31:51 AM
Age 42, AL
This man is as dangerous as they come in politics or any other position that comes with power over the people. To vote for this man is to vote for sin without question. He has already stated he will promote the homosexual agenda to the point of bullying anyone and everyone who disagrees with him. His record on abortion speaks for itself. As does twenty years of agreeing with a horrible rascist agenda from the supposed pulpit of his church. If you do not believe he was there when many of the rascist hate filled rants by his leader were being spewed, you are naive. These issues are just the tip of the iceburg when it comes to this man. Click here to reply to this post
Obama
Posted On: 08/20/08 05:02:28 PM
Age 66, WA
He Blatantly lied at a church about his views on abortion and same sex marriage.
He is full speed ahead on abortion and cool to homosexuality.
That just proves what I have been saying, he is a Muslim.
A Muslim must lie to further the cause of Islam. Click here to reply to this post
WHAT DID OBAMA DO
Posted On: 08/21/08 12:40:22 PM
Age 64, OH
No man can judge the heart of Obama; but we can judge his actions. These things we know: Kenya is a nation that is 85% "Christian" and 15% Muslim. - Obama traveled to Kenya as a US Senator on taxpayer money - Obama wore the Muslim dress and not the Christian dress while he was there - Obama campaigned for the Muslim candidates and not the Christian candidates while in Kenya - Some of those same Muslims burned Christian churches to the ground with the people in them after Obama left. I do not mean to say that he meant to have that influence, but that is what happened. - Obama's church chose a Muslim for man of the year -- So why would we have any reason to think that Obama will represent us Christians in this nation. Especially the white ones. His church had a doctrine of black supremacy. He did not say one word against this black "nazi" doctrine when he was there. How could any man sit in that church for over 20 years and hear the preaching of hate against whites and do or say nothing for 20 YEARS. If he did not stand against the few little people in that church,while he was a powerful US Senator, he will certainly NOT stand for us now against all the powerful and hateful people who want to harm this nation now. Lou Click here to reply to this post
OBAMA SR HAS CAUSED OBAMA JR MANY EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
Posted On: 08/19/08 09:09:22 AM
Age 64, OH
On one hand we should be very merciful about how we feel about Obama Jr for I think he has very serious emotional problems. His father Obama Sr abandoned his 18 year old wife and little baby to come to the US to study and then had Obama Jr and did not tell the woman he was married in Africa. Obama Sr then abandoned Obama Jr and his mother to go to Harvard. He had an affair at Harvard and then went back to Africa and that woman , Ruth , followed Sr to Africa and they married there. Sr then had more children with his 1st wife in Africa while married to Ruth. Ruth then left Sr because he would come home drunk every night and beat her. Sr would get drunk and drive and have accidents and lost both legs in one. He lost his job and then had another accident while driving drunk and was killed. Obama Jr only saw his father once when he was 12?. The poor man has real emotional problems and needs our mercy and prayers. However, Obama Jr sure is not qualified for any public office, let alone the president because of these problems. Obama needs to get his own life changed before he tries to change a nation. Lou Click here to reply to this post
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