Obama Seeks Pro-Life Figleaf for Pennsylvania
April 12th, 2008 at 03:42am Mark Noonan
What does a politician who’s abortion position is best desribed as “pro-abortion fanatic” do to garner votes in heavily Democratic, yet pro-life, Pennsylvania? Well, if that politician is a Democrat, he picks a couple pro-life Democrats as window dressing on a group designed to bamboozle pro-life voters - especially among Pennsylvania’s large Catholic population - into voting Obama:
Pro-abortion Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is expected to announce the formation of a Catholic Advisory Council today that he will likely use to try to make inroads among pro-life Catholic voters.
However, whether Obama’s position in favor of unlimited abortions funded with taxpayer dollars goes over with Catholic voters is another question.
Senator Bob Casey and former Congressman Tim Roemer will participate in the Friday afternoon conference call to announce the formation of the advisory group.
The participation and leadership of the two pro-life politicians is an obvious clue that Obama wants to siphon some of the pro-life Catholic vote away from eventual Republican nominee John McCain.
“Obama has two high profile pro-lifers in prominent roles on this Council,” CBN News correspondent David Brody observes.
“[They] have taken flack from the Democratic Party in the past because they are not pro-choice. The Obama campaign is clearly trying to send a message,” he explains. “They want Catholics and evangelicals to know that while Obama may be pro-choice, the pro-life point of view is not going to be so easily discounted.”
The timing of the announcement of the Catholic advisory group comes just before a weekend debate at Messiah College in Pennsylvania featuring Obama and Hillary Clinton that will focus on faith issues.
For his part, John McCain has already received the endorsement of pro-life Catholic stalwarts and has his own Catholic outreach group.
It may be Obama’s goal to convince pro-life voters that their views will matter, but pro-life voters are, I believe, wise enough to know that when it comes to judicial appointments and spending on “birth control” programs, an Obama Administration will toe the most extreme, NARAL/PP line on abortion. The chances of an Obama Administration doing anything to advance the pro-life agenda are the same as the chances Obama will come out in favor of banning affirmative action.
This is the most cynical action to date on the part of Obama - clearly designed to boost him in pro-life Pennsylvania; I don’t buy the story that Obama is going to make a large play for pro-life votes in the Fall. He’ll take what he can get, of course, but to run in favor of anything pro-life in September would be too damaging to Obama on the left. Once the Pennsylvania vote is in, I think we’ll see Obama’s pro-life outreach atrophy.
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Corruption, Democrats, Life Issues
13 Comments
1. Barack Obama » Obam&hellip | April 12th, 2008 at 5:50 am
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2. OperationChaos | April 12th, 2008 at 6:00 am
Earbama will appoint more Ruth Bader-Ginsbergs and Stephn Breyers to the bench. This is one of the few reasons I’m supporting McLame…
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6. js | April 12th, 2008 at 7:16 am
“say anything” goes true here, instead of representing what he is and his record, he will say anything to manipulate voters
obama is a liar
7. OperationChaos | April 12th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Obama and Hillary, js, are two peas in a pod. But let’s not get all mysogonistic and racist here. lol
8. neocon | April 12th, 2008 at 9:46 am
I wonder if this is just a case of typical white people clinging to religion and anti-immigrant sentiment because of a lack of jobs?
9. js | April 12th, 2008 at 10:37 am
“typical white people ”
as opposed to what, typical black people that want revenge for slavery after over half a million whites died to free them….revenge is mine said the Lord….
10. JPL | April 12th, 2008 at 10:50 am
You bitter unemployed inbred hayseeds just don’t get it, do you? What Obama’s saying is that if you vote for him, “pro-life” won’t matter to you any more, since you’ll all have jobs in that huge new federal abortion clinic he’s going to build in Pennsylvania. Jeez, get a clue!
11. Rich | April 12th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
“You bitter unemployed inbred hayseeds just don’t get it, do you?”
Obama is that you? Your’e sounding just like your speech to the millionaires the other day.
12. JPL | April 12th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Obama is that you?
No, but I was channelling him.
(Sorry, Rich, I guess I should have put my “saracasm” sign up. With the Dems saying such ridiculous things these days, it’s getting harder to tell a parody from their actual quotes!)
13. Sean | April 16th, 2008 at 9:13 am
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