Good Analysis of Some State Polls

A really good analysis of some state polls.

h/t Sister Toldjah

Misunderstanding Sarah Palin

Christianity Today has a really good editorial about the mass misunderstanding of Sarah Palin's evangelical faith.

New LifeNews.com Column

Here's the latest at LifeNews.com

Getting Over the Flu

My apologies. I have had the flu since last week and it has taken its time going away.

Edward Verastegui on Barack Obama and Abortion

As the star of Bella points out, minorities are aborted at a shocking and astonishingly high rate. Electing Barack Obama would make these numbers climb.

For those of you who haven't use your Spanish since 10th grade, the video is subtitled:

Obama Distorts His Record on Abortion

During the latest debate, Barack Obama again muddied the waters about his record on abortion. Douglas Johnson from National Right to Life noted in his analysis:

In the debate, Obama said that the state BAIPA "would have helped to undermine Roe v. Wade." To evaluate this claim, one must examine the actual language of the BAIPAs. The original 2001 bill was only three sentences long; the third sentence was as follows: "(c) A live child born as a result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate protection under the law." As recently as August 19, 2008, the Obama campaign issued a memo in which it singled out that sentence as "Language Clearly Threatening Roe." This claim is consistent with Obama's 2001 argument that a "previable fetus" should not be regarded as a person, even when born alive.

Read the entire analysis from National Right to Life's Legislative Director Douglas Johnson.

Brent Bozell Looks at the Media's Whitewashing of Obama's Abortion Position

Nationally syndicated columnist and head of the Media Research Center, Brent Bozell, has a great piece out today about the media's glossing-over of Obama's abortion stance.

And Some Good News. . .

This is a great story coming out of Texas.

LifeNews.com Column

I'm trying to back into the swing of things by posting as much as possible. Here is my latest column for LifeNews.com:

Once again, the political season brings out the strangest behavior in people.

Normal, ordinary citizens seem to morph into voters with "The Rage" at the mere mention of the candidate they oppose.

Where have we gone wrong as a nation? Have we lost our sense of etiquette? Have we no manners when we disagree on the issues?

I fear our problem runs deeper than that.

Over the years, certain candidates and their friends in the media have become very adept at manipulating the facts regarding a candidate's record on an issue. As a result, people vote and react with their "feelings."

No longer do we find facts easily at our disposal. If you want to learn about a candidate, you—not the local news reporter—you will have to be the one to sift through records and web sites to figure out where a candidate stands. Manipulation and propaganda rear their ugly heads during these elections and the whitewashing of a candidate's record is just part of the business for some.

As hard as it is—it seems—to find the truth, it is out there. Take for instance, a recent article that appeared in National Review. Written by National Right to Life's Legislative Director Douglas Johnson, the article addresses the deliberate campaign to mislead American voters about Barack Obama's record on abortion. Johnson wrote:

The Barack Obama 'messaging machine' is now in full overdrive mode, seeking to mislead religiously committed Americans into thinking that Obama has a middle-of-the-road position on abortion policy and will promote 'abortion reduction.'

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One important part of the 'faith outreach' sales pitch has been to insist that Obama would promote "abortion reduction" policies — that is to say, policies that would have the practical effect of reducing the number of abortions performed, without actually restricting abortion directly. This spiel was really a public relations strategy cooked up at a liberal think tank called Third Way, where veteran pro-abortion activists develop 'messaging' strategies to help pro-abortion politicians camouflage their positions. The Third Way 'Culture Program' (responsible for the 'abortion reduction' strategy, among other projects) is directed by Rachel Laser, whose previous job was with the Health and Reproductive Rights group at the National Women's Law Center, and who before that worked for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, a major abortion provider.

But despite such efforts, more and more Americans are learning that the real Barack Obama is firmly committed to an agenda of sweeping pro-abortion policy changes that, if implemented, could be expected to drastically increase the numbers of abortions performed.

Once again, we see a candidate with a 100 percent approval rating from groups like NARAL and Planned Parenthood whitewashing his record. Barack Obama claims to want to decrease the number of abortions in the U.S. but the policies he promotes such as pushing for the passage of the Freedom of Choice Act, reversing Mexico City Policy and appointing justices to the U.S. Supreme Court—who would broaden the scope of Roe v. Wade—would have the opposite effect.

Is Barack Obama that naïve?

No, he's not.

He's well aware of the fact that what he says and what he would do are poles apart. But Barack Obama is banking on the millions of American who do not know his record. He's banking on the millions of Americans who blithely accept what a politician says he will do. He's banking on the fervor of the mass media to give him a pass on this issue.

We must work now, right now, to protect the most vulnerable among us from the roll back of pro-life policies.

On November 5th, it will be too late.

Sarah Palin Ethics Report

Well, talk about a mountain out of a molehill: the ethic's report states that Palin violated ethics laws because, under Alaska law, any decisions that give the appearance of personal gain can be considered an ethics violation. Thus, it was not a problem for her to fire the safety commissioner for the state-- that was her right as governor-- but supposedly it was a problem for her to request that her former brother-in-law be fired.

The report also states that it could not confirm that the former brother-in-law made any threats against the Palin family. Isn't this the same trooper who used a Taser on a pre-teen and drove a patrol car drunk? Um, yeah, okay, whatever.

Jules Crittendon sums up well:

The actual finding in the report linked above, by the way, is that she violated an Alaska statute that states any public official’s action that benefits a personal or financial interest is a violation of public trust with regard to the trooper.

Sounds like an ethics law you could use to indict a ham sandwich, though I didn’t notice any mention of penalties in the discussion of the law in the report. There’s also, of course, the question of whether a state trooper who is making threats and behaving erratically … you know, tasering children … is more than just a personal interest for someone who is ultimately responsible for the public safety of all Alaskans. Unclear whether the august panel mulled that.

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Anyway, the hacks’ finding regarding the commissioner’s firing is that while the trooper issue played a role, so did other factors actually cited by Palin. It specifically states his firing was a “proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statutory [authority].”

And no, this issue is not about the right to life or abortion. However, it shows, yet again, how far some Democratic strategists and supporters are willing to go to undermine the Republican candidate and his running mate. This needs to change for the sake of the five million children who will die during the course of the next presidential administration.

h/t Sister Toldjah

"Dear Mr. Obama"

This video comes via You Tube and the owner is We Need McCain. I saw this last month and I'm sure many of you have seen it already but it's worth seeing again.

Douglas Johnson on Barack Obama

A friend of mine, Douglas Johnson, wrote an article recently about the attempts by Barack Obama to reach religious voters. Of course, Obama's outreach involves whitewashing his record on abortion on demand. Read the whole thing at National Review.

Just So You Know. . .

I am amazed at how many people think Barack Obama isn't pro-abortion. Yes, you read that correctly.

As I mentioned in my previous post, my apologies for not posting every day as I have in the past. I'm still getting a handle on teaching and it takes up a lot of my time.

One of my students in Speech class today mentioned that Barack Obama, "Really isn't for abortion." Of course, this being a private, Christian school, most of the other kids jumped on that saying, "Yeah, he is!" and "What do you mean, he's not really 'for abortion?'" Of course, a brief argument ensued and though this student can't vote since she's a sophomore in high school, it is likely that her parents will vote for Barack Obama since her political views are probably formed by theirs.

So, in an effort to set the record straight, once again these are the facts:

1. Barack Obama has a perfect record from groups NARAL and Planned Parenthood.

2. Barack Obama not only voted against the Illinois version of the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, he blocked language that would have clarified that the bill was specifically dealing with children born alive and not abortion.

3. Barack Obama has promised to appoint judges to the courts who believe in the "living" Constitution-- meaning that judges will be free to interpret laws how they wish and legislate from the bench.

These are just three points. For more information, please visit the National Right to Life website at http://www.nrlc.org/. There they have a comparison chart of the candidates that you can print out and share with friends.