Obama's abortion lie

At last night's Saddleback forum, Obama spoke to the issue of abortion:

So Obama's goal is to reduce the number of abortions, a goal he deems worthy of pursuing:

Because the fact is that although we’ve had a president who is opposed to abortions the last eight years, abortions have not gone down.

Really?

The number of abortions performed in the United States dropped to 1.2 million in 2005 -- the lowest level since 1976, according to a new report.

The number of abortions fell at least in part because the proportion of women ending their pregnancies with an abortion dropped 9 percent between 2000 and 2005, hitting the lowest level since 1975, according to a nationwide survey.

Well... I'm sure Barack simply made a mistake, after all there's nothing in his history that would suggest that he has anything in mind but to reduce the number of abortions.

Really?

Last week Doug Johnson of the National Right to Life Committee drew my attention to a previously unnoticed January 2008 article by Terence Jeffrey stating Barack Obama actually did vote against a version of the IL Born Alive Infants Protection Act that was identical to the federal version, contrary to multiple public statements Obama or his surrogates have made to rationalize his opposition to the IL bill for the past 4 years.

Since then we have found 2 separate documents proving Barack Obama has been misrepresenting facts. 

In fact, Barack Obama is more liberal than any U.S. senator, voting against identical language of a bill that body passed unanimously, 98-0. In fact, Barack Obama condones infanticide if it would otherwise interfere with abortion.

Here is the statement with documentation released by NRLC this morning:

New documents just obtained by NRLC, and linked below, prove that Senator [Barack] Obama has for the past four years blatantly misrepresented his actions on the IL Born-Alive Infants Protection bill.

Summary and comment by NRLC spokesman Douglas Johnson: 

Newly obtained documents prove that in 2003, Barack Obama, as chairman of an IL state Senate committee, voted down a bill to protect live-born survivors of abortion - even after the panel had amended the bill to contain verbatim language, copied from a federal bill passed by Congress without objection in 2002, explicitly foreclosing any impact on abortion. Obama's legislative actions in 2003 - denying effective protection even to babies born alive during abortions - were contrary to the position taken on the same language by even the most liberal members of Congress. The bill Obama killed was virtually identical to the federal bill that even NARAL ultimately did not oppose.

I'm sure the MSM will be bringing these inconsistencies to the attention of the American people any day now.

Any. Day. Now.

Comments

[Locutisprime]

To say that Obama gave McCain a virtual plethora of fodder for the campaign last night would be an understatement IMO.

It was obvious to me having watched the forum and the replay late last night, that Obama wasn't comfortable. Sure, he gave the air of ease, but his eye contact and his mannerism betrayed him. He rarely if ever looked at the audience. He focused entirely on the pastor. And his eyes often went searching for the couched position that he was seeking to utilize to cause the least damage to his image. And the issue of abortion stood out as an example of that IMO. That and his remarks on Supreme court appointments.

Sure, he misspoke the real statistics on abortions over the last eight years. The opposition isn't suppose to be aware of the real statistics anyway. They are simply to assume his assertions are correct.

That and his pseudo sincerity of wanting to work with those firmly committed to opposition to abortion, to reduce abortions. He has had that opportunity as a state representative. Did he do it then? No. Will he do it now? No.

The only credit I will give the man is for coming into the lion's den. But his motives weren't altruistic. He was seeking to sway the weak minds of the already spiritually weakened and those that believe that all that is involved in being Christian, is saying that you are and embracing the secularized representations of the churches of the left.

Last night was point, set, match for McCain in the real world of evangelicals and observant Catholics in this country IMO.

[Mommynator]

There may have been a plethora of fodder for McCain's campaign to use, but only one stands out:

"It's above my pay grade."

That's all they need.

Mr. Obama, the Presidency is above your pay grade. In fact, the Senate is as well, but that's because of the stupid people in your state.