"The best way for a Democrat to get elected in Pennsylvania is to pretend he's pro-life and pro-gun -- and never explain why he's in a Party that's neither."
Note: At the bottom of this column is what might (key word) be some important information about Barack Obama's place of birth. Obama has a problem with saying things (about uncles that don't exist, for example) that aren't true, and this site is one of many working to keep him . . . honest.
In my earlier columns (scroll down), I've written about the "three stooges" of Pennsylvania politics: Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., Congressman Tim Holden (17th district, Harrisburg and surrounding counties), and Congressman Jason Altmire (4th district, western PA). As an honorary member -- the fourth "Stooge" -- we have Congressman Patrick Murphy of the 8th district (mainly Bucks County).
All of these gentlemen are Roman Catholics (as am I). All of them claim to be "pro-life." Actually, that claim is no more than a political gesture. Strong words, I know. But I hope they're words that these incumbents' opponents (Casey not up until 2012; Toni Gihooley against Holden; Melissa Hart against Altmire; and Tom Manion against Murphy) will also feel comfortable using.
If these candidates truly do have pro-life views, they keep some very strange company. Murply endorsed Barack Obama -- the most pro-abortion candidate ever to run for president. Obama favors partial-birth abortion, a procedure seen as hideous even by many liberals, as well as so-called "live-birth abortion," which Obama as an Illinois State Senator voted to allow. (Live-birth abortion results from botched abortions, where an injured infant is allowed to die rather than receive medical care.)
This the Obama enthusiastically supported by Casey and Murphy -- and (unenthusiastically?) supported by Altmire and Holden.
Jason Altmire ran for office as a pro-life Roman Catholic. When he got to Congress, however, he wait to vote for federal funding of research that resulted in the destruction of viable embryos.
Don't get me wrong: I believe elected officials have a constitutional right to be pro-choice. couldn't There are some very honorable people who hold such a position.
Rep. Tim Holden, a complete political sad-sack, claims to be pro-life. But of course he didn't challenge either of the presidential candidates taking a pro-abortion position. As I pointed out, Holden is perhaps the only Democratic Superdelegate who is STILL undeclared. He's the only delegate in history to declare his position as "moot," whatever that means.
Jason Altmire? As my earlier column notes, he has pronounced that he is still "undeclared," but that he "supports Barack Obama. " Since Obama is poised to lose Altmire's district in a landslide, we might assume that the words "Barack Obama" will not pass the congressman's lips until after the election.
How Altmire can be undeclared and declared at the same time is something I'll leave up to him to explain. Perhaps Altmire and others will announce someday that they were "for the Senator before they were against him."
The three (or four?) stooges of Pennsylvania politics clearly assume their constituents are political nitwits. They believe the secret to success in Keystone State politics is to talk out of both sides of their mouths.
Frankly, when a supposedly pro-life politican (such as Casey) backs presidential candidates who are militantly pro-abortion -- as Obama is -- then there is something very wrong going on.
Senator Bob Casey, Jr. comes from a family synonymous with respect for the sanctity of life. However, apparently because of a family-grudge against the Clintons, Casey campaigned day-and-night for Barack Obama, a candidate who's anathema to most Pennsylvanians. Casey has never explained his strange action. Apparently, he believes voters have very short memories.
Someone recently wrote me asking how someone like Casey could bring himself to back Barack Obama. The answer ultimately lies in the totally cynicism of Pennsylvania politics. Casey is pro-life when he's campaigning for moderate Democrat votes -- and then ignores the subject when he's safely in office.
If you're pro-honesty in politics, you will never again cast a vote for or donate money to people like Casey, Holden, Altmire, or Murphy. I hope you'll vote for and contribute to the following candidates, all of whom need and deserve your financial support.
Melissa Hart (against Altmire)
Toni Gilhooley (against Holden)
Tom Manion (against Murphy)
Cindy Reidhead of http://thepinkflamingo.blogharbor.com has been searching Hawaii records to determine that Barack Obama was in fact born in the U.S. (Hawaii). Here's the bulletin Cindy sent out Friday afternoon. (She's located in Hobbs, NM and was a protege of Republican political genius Lee Atwater.)
"It is entirely possible I have found something rather interesting. I chucked out money to locate Barack Obama's birth certificate in Hawaii. From what I found, there is no such record. It is entirely possible that I am completely wrong, and probably am - but here is what I found. Knowing the secrecy of Hawaiian records, I probably am wrong,. But - it's a for what it is worth. it is possible . . . " Here is the URL"
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Obama Flustered by Abortion Question
The complete hypocrisy of Bob Casey, Jr.
Abortion question takes Obama by surprise
March 31, 2008
ROBERT NOVAK
March 31, 2008
ROBERT NOVAK
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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- Taking his last question at a Greater Johnstown High School ''town meeting'' Saturday, Barack Obama encountered an issue he neither expected nor welcomed: abortion. The eloquent senator from Illinois, who normally extends his answers with multiple digressions, made short work of a passionate pro-life woman asking about a ''moral crisis'' caused by abortion. After quickly explaining why ''I am pro-choice,'' he adjourned the event.
That brief encounter marked a rare departure from script last week as I followed the two contestants for the Democratic presidential nomination campaigning for two late primaries where each respectively is behind by double-digit margins in the polls -- Obama in Pennsylvania April 22, Hillary Clinton in North Carolina May 6. They each stuck to conventional liberal boilerplate, their language so similar that these two fierce adversaries could be called the Democratic twins.
Each backed away from the bitter conflicts that have marked their struggle. Neither mentioned serious problems that could yet cause grave damage for both candidates: racism by Obama's spiritual adviser and Clinton's made-up story of sniper fire in Bosnia. The tame questions by invited guests at what each candidate claims to be town meetings avoided the controversial or even the interesting.
But somehow the anti-abortion woman got into the high school gym here, and Obama by chance recognized her for the last question he would take. While he likes to stretch out his answers to embrace as many talking points as possible, he went into warp speed on abortion with the conventional pro-choice politician's mantra. ''Nobody is pro-abortion,'' he said, contending that abortion should be a woman's choice after due consultation.
Abortion is the last thing Obama wants to be talking about in Pennsylvania, where many Democrats are pro-life. He would love to score an upset win in the state that would clinch the nomination, but the odds are long. With Gov. Ed Rendell's political organization backing Clinton, Obama was starting from scratch Friday when he launched a six-day Pennsylvania bus tour. Obama did get an unexpected endorsement that day from a major state figure: Sen. Bob Casey, who is Rendell's blood enemy. (The pro-life Casey was at Obama's side Saturday when he made his pro-choice declaration.)
Johnstown typifies problems Obama faces in Pennsylvania. Rep. John Murtha, whose steady flow of federal pork into the city has made him a Johnstown hero, strongly supports Clinton. So do most of the other local Democratic worthies, who showed up at the opening of Clinton headquarters a few hours before the Obama event. The black population of Johnstown is around 3 percent, though probably one in six at the town meeting was African-American.
The blacks at Obama's Johnstown gathering actually exceeded in number those who attended Clinton's events last week in North Carolina, where half the state's 2.5 million registered Democrats are African-American.
In backing away from attacks on Obama, Clinton did not even recognize her opponent's existence. Talking to reporters after the Johnstown event, Obama said it was advisable for both candidates ''to show some restraint'' and added that he was ''not blameless.'' However, while answering a voter's question Saturday, Obama could not resist saying that ''the Clintons pushed NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement),'' which both candidates have assailed.
That was hardly the red meat the supporters of each candidate desired when they entered stuffy high school gyms and sat for long hours waiting for their candidate. Instead, they endured wonkish declarations, nearly identical from Obama and Clinton. Obama thinks he has the nomination won, and Clinton is not desperate enough to launch a suicidal last attack.
Source: http://www.suntimes.com/news/novak/868793,CST-EDT-novak31.article
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- Taking his last question at a Greater Johnstown High School ''town meeting'' Saturday, Barack Obama encountered an issue he neither expected nor welcomed: abortion. The eloquent senator from Illinois, who normally extends his answers with multiple digressions, made short work of a passionate pro-life woman asking about a ''moral crisis'' caused by abortion. After quickly explaining why ''I am pro-choice,'' he adjourned the event.
That brief encounter marked a rare departure from script last week as I followed the two contestants for the Democratic presidential nomination campaigning for two late primaries where each respectively is behind by double-digit margins in the polls -- Obama in Pennsylvania April 22, Hillary Clinton in North Carolina May 6. They each stuck to conventional liberal boilerplate, their language so similar that these two fierce adversaries could be called the Democratic twins.
Each backed away from the bitter conflicts that have marked their struggle. Neither mentioned serious problems that could yet cause grave damage for both candidates: racism by Obama's spiritual adviser and Clinton's made-up story of sniper fire in Bosnia. The tame questions by invited guests at what each candidate claims to be town meetings avoided the controversial or even the interesting.
But somehow the anti-abortion woman got into the high school gym here, and Obama by chance recognized her for the last question he would take. While he likes to stretch out his answers to embrace as many talking points as possible, he went into warp speed on abortion with the conventional pro-choice politician's mantra. ''Nobody is pro-abortion,'' he said, contending that abortion should be a woman's choice after due consultation.
Abortion is the last thing Obama wants to be talking about in Pennsylvania, where many Democrats are pro-life. He would love to score an upset win in the state that would clinch the nomination, but the odds are long. With Gov. Ed Rendell's political organization backing Clinton, Obama was starting from scratch Friday when he launched a six-day Pennsylvania bus tour. Obama did get an unexpected endorsement that day from a major state figure: Sen. Bob Casey, who is Rendell's blood enemy. (The pro-life Casey was at Obama's side Saturday when he made his pro-choice declaration.)
Johnstown typifies problems Obama faces in Pennsylvania. Rep. John Murtha, whose steady flow of federal pork into the city has made him a Johnstown hero, strongly supports Clinton. So do most of the other local Democratic worthies, who showed up at the opening of Clinton headquarters a few hours before the Obama event. The black population of Johnstown is around 3 percent, though probably one in six at the town meeting was African-American.
The blacks at Obama's Johnstown gathering actually exceeded in number those who attended Clinton's events last week in North Carolina, where half the state's 2.5 million registered Democrats are African-American.
In backing away from attacks on Obama, Clinton did not even recognize her opponent's existence. Talking to reporters after the Johnstown event, Obama said it was advisable for both candidates ''to show some restraint'' and added that he was ''not blameless.'' However, while answering a voter's question Saturday, Obama could not resist saying that ''the Clintons pushed NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement),'' which both candidates have assailed.
That was hardly the red meat the supporters of each candidate desired when they entered stuffy high school gyms and sat for long hours waiting for their candidate. Instead, they endured wonkish declarations, nearly identical from Obama and Clinton. Obama thinks he has the nomination won, and Clinton is not desperate enough to launch a suicidal last attack.
Source: http://www.suntimes.com/news/novak/868793,CST-EDT-novak31.article
Steve says: The vast majority of Pennsylvanians are either moderately or strongly pro-life. Currently, it appears that most residents of the Keystone State are not aware that Obama is militantly pro-abortion. I'm sure that between now and the general election Senator McCain will "help" made Obama's postion clear. And how!Currently, my educated guess would be that McCain will win the Pennsylvania vote on November 4 by approximately 53% to 47%. Although Democrats have a big registration edge on Republicans, this is a moderately conservative state -- and Obama's record as the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate will not go over well.
Why is the supposedly pro-life Bob Casey, Jr., backing pro-abortion Obama? That's a very good question. It presumably had a great deal to do with Bill Clinton forbidding Casey's father from speaking at the 1992 Democratic convention. Casey's pro-life position seems to be more political than philosophical.
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