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Why does the media love affair with Sen. Obama surprise you?
The SNL debate skit from several months ago ("Can I get you a pillow, Sen. Obama?) pretty much sums it up.
The media is so dominated by pro-abortion liberals; Sen. Obama is their dream candidate.
They will do anything they can to help him win.
It surprises me that it has gone so long, and has so universally precluded a serious enquiry into his public record. Fads come and go, but here's a guy who hasn't been seriously vetted since he announced his run!
Actually, I'd say he hasn't been seriously vetted - ever!
His 2004 run for U.S. Senate ended up being a walk-over because the incumbent Republican self-destructed when his divorce file became public.
Ironically, this lack of serious vetting may well in the end be Sen. Obama's undoing.
He's had such an easy go of it that he hasn't learned how to take a punch, and he seems to be very easily knocked off-message by even the slightest adversity.
There was no incumbent Republican when Obama ran for senate. Peter Fitzgerald did not seek another term. It was an open seat. No one is going to seriously attack Obama because they will be called a racist. I mean look how he was able to survive the Rev. Wright scandal. That would have been the end for any other candidate. This guy is going to White House for easily. With regards to the abortions issue why is it that there was for a while a Republic president, Republican congress, and with the new appointment a conservative supreme court all at the same time and yet they did not make abortion illegal. Just face it you can elect all the Republicans you want and they are not going to make abortion illegal. I mean they did not do it when they had control of the 3 branches of the federal government, so when are they? What more control could they have had? Abortion is permanent in the united states for decades to come at least. Just the facts.
dave --
You are correct that Sen. Obama won an open seat, but that was because Sen. Fitzgerald declined to seek re-election after his divorce file scandal became public.
Because the incumbent withdrew from the contest, Sen. Obama had a walk-over.
With regard to progress in the area of limiting abortions -- were you aware of the developments with partial birth abortion?
The Republican Congress passed the law, President Bush signed it (President Clinton had vetoed it), and Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito were part of the 5-4 majority that upheld it in Carhart v. Gonzales.
Also, Sen. Obama and others falsely claim that abortions have increased during Pres. Bush's time in office. This claim is demonstrably false.
Pres. Bush -- when he was running in 2000 -- made no promises about ending abortion completely. He frequently cautioned that we need to change a lot of hearts in this country on this issue before abortion could be totally outlawed. But he did his part in appointing Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. Sen. McCain has pledged to do the same.
Replacing one more liberal Justice would give us a real chance at overturning Roe. Sen. Obama's election would doom that chance for the foreseeable future, and guarantee the murder of many more babies.
Just a clarification on the 2004 Illinois Senate race. Peter Fitzgerald didn't run for a second term because he didn't have the support of the Illinois Republican Party (there's a long story there.) Jack Ryan was Obama's original opponent whose candidacy was derailed by scandalous allegations in his divorce file. Alan Keyes stepped in as the Republican candidate late in the race; with no ties to Illinois and a style that offended many people he didn't have a chance. Illinois' Republican leaders should be ashamed at their self-serving shunning of Peter Fitzgerald. The country might have been spared the threat of an Obama presidency.
Just want to reiterate that abortion isn't legal because the Left won a majority of states and the federal congress via elections and bills. It's the 'law of the land' because of a Supreme Court decision overturning democratically enacted laws banning it. What this means is that it'll only be made illegal by means of a constitutional amendment (unlikely) or a change in the Supreme Court. Which is why pro-life Presidents and enough pro-life senators are crucial.
Oops . . . sorry about the Fitzgerald/Ryan mix-up.
David Freddoso is the son of Prof. Fred Freddoso a much respected Aquinas scholar at Notre Dame. I have not read the book, but David who has degrees from Notre Dame (Classics) and Columbia (Journalism) would be a complete fool to write anything that was a smear piece or bad journalism. He has a promising career, so I expect high quality reporting from him.
Fr. J,
I started reading the book this morning and can't put it down. I do NOT think this is a smear piece at all. He appears to have done his research.
Great, Kathy.
I am thrilled to hear it!
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