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July 04, 2008 11:08 PM

ABC's Lisa Chinn reports: Former presidential aide Karl Rove asked abortion opponents to "talk to the undecideds," in order to defeat Democrat Barack Obama -- echoing Abraham Lincoln's advice to the Whig Party in the election of 1844. 

In a speech at the National Right to Life Committee's 36th Annual Convention, the political strategist who led President George Bush's two presidential campaigns, painted presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama as a  supporter of abortion rights who has "got a record on abortion that's pretty big in a short amount of time."

Rove enumerated a number of votes Obama made in both the U.S. Senate and in the Illinois State Senate, including votes on parental notification (no), stem cell research (yes), and the nominations of conservative Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and  Samuel  Alito (no and no).   

Rove argued that Obama's attempts to reach out to the "values and pro-life leaders" was an attempt to distance himself from "a record way out in the fringe," but that "his actions over the years are far more important than any reassuring words he could offer in any private conversation.  He is pro-abortion and not pro-life." 

Rove also told the audience that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain's wife Cindy brought their adopted  daughter Bridget, from the "arms of Mother Theresa...clad only in a swaddling diaper."

The National Right to Life Committee's Executive Director David O'Steen told the audience of about 200 people that voters who are opposed to abortion could play a critical role in this election. O'Steen said that his organizatin's polling indicates that McCain is  trailing behind Obama because  many "don't know his [Obama's]  position or think he's pro-life or he's moderate on abortion."  O'Steen claimed, "It's hard to be more pro-abortion than Hillary Clinton, but he's managed to do it,"

O'Steen went on to quote an interview that Obama gave to Relevant, a magazine for young Christians,  earlier this week.    Asked about his position on  the late term abortion procedure some call partial birth abortion, Obama said, "I have repeatedly said that I think it’s entirely appropriate for states to restrict or even prohibit late-term abortions as long as there is a strict, well-defined exeption for the health of the mother."   But O'Steen questioned the Democrat's sincerity in the position, calling it "duplicitous."   

It was not the only section of the Relevant magazine interview with Obama that discussed abortion. In another section of the interview Obama made remarks that some see as a departure from traditional liberal positions on abortion rights law. 
   

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Hey Will,

Today is Friday. Does John McCain still say the tax cuts for the wealthy are "unconscienceable" ???

How about amnesty for illegal aliens? Does he only support amnesty on months that end with 'e' and 'r' ???

Four years ago, he called the religious bigots like Pat Robertson "agents of intollerance". Is this his position on even or odd numbered days???

Posted by: John's conscience | Jul 5, 2008 12:29:52 AM

Hey everybody,

Right now, health insurance companies are regulated in the states they operate in.

But John McCain says that they should be regulated in a single state of THEIR OWN CHOOSING.

So you tell me, what kind of pro-consumer regulations will there be when the insurance companies are regulated in the state of their own choosing?

None. Nada. Zippo. Zilch. Bumkins.
Zerooooooooooo!

Posted by: John's conscience | Jul 5, 2008 12:34:05 AM

WHY DOES JOHN MCCAIN OPPOSE THE LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT?

Lilly, in case you don't know (and every person who can read *should* know) proved in court that she had been hired for half the wages of her male coworkers.

This was illegal and still is.

Of course she didn't KNOW this until she had been working at Goodyear for over twenty years.

The Supreme Court issued an erroneous finding overturning Lilly Ledbetter's victory in court on the grounds that she hadn't filed within 180 days of BEING HIRED.

But she didn't KNOW and could not have known at the time she was hired! She only found out when, close to retirement, someone slipped the information into her mailbox.

The Democrats tried to overturn this complete REJECTION of justice with the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2008, but John McCain and the rest of the soulless Republicans killed it with a fillibuster.

That's right, the bill did not even get a straight up and down vote. Thanks to the Republicans and JOHN MCCAIN.

Posted by: John's conscience | Jul 5, 2008 12:42:22 AM

Hey John:

Lets see, your guy, NoBama wants to give not only drivers license to illegal aliens, but he also wants to give them health insurance paid for by you and me.

As for as taxes, your boy, NoBama wants to raise the Cap tax to 28% will virtually cut into our 401k retirement plans, create even more hardship for homeowners trying to buy and sell their houses, and will deteriorte the stock market and investing because the Cap tax will cut so deeply into dividends.

Thats ok, keep supporting this "empty" suit. He's vetting himself and has no idea how to lead this country. Obama was, is, and always will be a loser. Do your homework, research, before you endorse and suppport an idiot like NoBama!

Posted by: Will | Jul 5, 2008 12:42:31 AM

Obama Lies Continue:

1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965.


2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.


3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - LIAR, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.


4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - LIAR, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in decades.


5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - LIAR, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.


6.) My Name is African Swahili - LIAR, your name is Arabic and 'Baraka' (from which Barack came) means 'blessed' in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.


7.) I Never Practiced Islam - LIAR, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years,until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.


8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - LIAR, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).


9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - LIAR, not one teacher says you could speak the language.


10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience - LIAR, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.


Posted by: Will | Jul 5, 2008 12:47:59 AM

Obama's Lies Continued:

11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - LIAR, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.


12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - LIAR, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.


13.) An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - LIAR, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.


14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - LIAR, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.


15.) I Won't Run On A National Ticket In '08 - LIAR, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.


16.) "Present" Votes Are Common In Illinois - LIAR, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.


17.) Oops, I Misvoted - LIAR, only when caught by church groups and democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.


18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.


19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.


20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - LIAR, you didn't write it,introduce it, change it, or create it.

Posted by: Will | Jul 5, 2008 12:49:24 AM

And Continue:

21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - LIAR, it took just 14 days from start to finish.


22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - LIAR, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.


23.) I Have Released My State Records - LIAR, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.


24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - LIAR, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.


25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - LIAR, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.


26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - LIAR, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.


27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - LIAR, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.


28.) No One Contacted Canada About NAFTA - LIAR, the Candian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.


29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - LIAR, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel.


30.) I Am Not Acting As President Yet - LIAR, after the NAFTA Memo, a dead terrorist in the FARC, in Colombia, was found with a letter stating how you and he were working together on getting FARC recognized officially.

Posted by: Will | Jul 5, 2008 12:50:38 AM

Merri;;;;;

believe what you want, I really dont care. Fact is, and can be proven, Obama is a liar and has misled his supporters. His credibility is diminishing and soon he will just fade away. He's a loser and yes, I'm glad that he is screwing up. Many people have known he was a fake all along. There's just a few of you Kool Aid drinkers left. If you choose to follow this Pied Piper to destruction, thats your choice, or should I say, "change".
"Yes you can"

Posted by: Will | Jul 5, 2008 12:17:03 AM

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You support Bush and McCain two of the same and you're calling Obama a liar? The saddest part is you're serious.

Posted by: Merri | Jul 5, 2008 12:51:27 AM

And Continue:


31.) I Didn't Run Ads In Florida - LIAR, you allowed national ads to run 8-12 times per day for two weeks - and you still lost.


32.) I Won Michigan - LIAR, no you didn't.


33.) I won Nevada - LIAR, no you did not.


34.) I Want All Votes To Count - LIAR, you said let the delegates decide.


35.) I Want Americans To Decide - LIAR, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.


36.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - LIAR, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write yourself.


37.) My Campaign Was Extorted By A Friend - LIAR, that friend is threatening to sue if you do not stop saying this. Obama has stopped saying this.


38.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - LIAR, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.


39.) I Don't Take PAC Money - LIAR, you take loads of it.


40.) I don't Have Lobbysists - LIAR, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.


Posted by: Will | Jul 5, 2008 12:52:29 AM

Merri, Merri, quite contrary! It's ok, you can vote against Obama in the booth, nobody will know, just you. BTW, I never said I was voting for McCain.....again, just like your messiah, NoBama, you assume without knowing the facts. Please, Merri, quit drinking the Kool Aid.....Obama has lied to you and is using you!

Posted by: Will | Jul 5, 2008 12:55:36 AM

And continues:

41.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - LIAR, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.


42.) My Campaign Never Took Over MySpace - LIAR, Tom, who started MySpace issued a warning about this advertising to MySpace clients.


43.) I Inspire People With My Words - LIAR, you inspire people with other people's words.


44.) I Have Passed Bills In The U.S. Senate - LIAR, you have passed A BILL in the U.S. Senate - for Africa, which shows YOUR priorities.


45.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - LIAR, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time, unlike Kucinich, who seems to be out gutting you Obama. You also seem to be stepping back from your departure date - AGAIN.


46.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - LIAR, your plan leaves us all to pay the 15,000,000 who don't have to buy it.


47.) I Only Found Out About My Investment Conflicts Via Mail - LIAR, both companies you site as having sent you letters about this conflict have no record of any such letter ever being created or sent.


48.) I Am As Patriotic As Anyone - LIAR, you won't wear a flag pin and you don't put your hand over your heart during the Anthem.


49.) My Wife Didn't Mean What She Said About Pride In Country - LIAR, your wife's words follow lock-step in the vein of Wright and Farrahkan, in relation to their contempt and hatred of America.


50.) Wal-Mart Is A Company I Wouldn't Support - LIAR, your wife has received nearly a quater of a million dollars through Treehouse, which is connected to Wal-Mart.


Posted by: Will | Jul 5, 2008 12:58:44 AM

Angie, guess what, Obama's lies continue:


51.) Treehouse Is A Small Company - LIAR, the CEO of Treehouse last year, made more than the CEO of Wal-Mart, according to public records.


52.) University Of Chicago Hospital Pay Is Fair - LIAR, your wife's pay raise was nearly 150% her already bloated rate and the hospital is a Non-Profit Hospital, which made $100,000,000 in the last 3 years. They overcharge blacks VS whites for services, and overcharge everyone in general by 538%!


53.) I Barely Know Rezko - Only 5 Billed Hours - LIAR, you have known him for 17 years, and decided to do a real estate deal with him during a time when he was proven to be under investigation. Despite this, you divided your property and had them take off $300K before the mortgage problems started. Then Rezko's wife buys the lot beside it that you can't afford, saving you $625,000.


54.) My Donations Have Been Checked Thoroughly - LIAR, you only gave back Hsu ($72K) and Rezko (first $66K, then when caught lying $86K, then when caught lying again $150K and now caught lying YET AGAIN OBAMA, it's $250k) their money when publicly called on their involvement in your campaigns.


55.) My Church Is Like Any Other Christian Church - LIAR, your church is so extreme, the pastor who married you, Rev. Wright, just got done blaming the US for 9/11 and named Louis Farrahkan their person of the year.


56.) I Disagree With My Church All The Time - LIAR, you still have yet to repudiate Wright, who married you and your wife, and you still donate large sums of money to assist the church in furthering its message - hatred and revenge. You donated in 2006 alone, $22,500 to the church that you so terribly disagree with. That is nearly $500 PER WEEK - that sure is disagreement, Senator Obama.


57.) I Have Clean Connections Despite Rezko - LIAR, you are not only connected to Exelon and Rezko, you are also connected to Hillary PAC supporter Mr. Hsu, AND an Iraqi Billionaire of ill repute, Nadhmi Auchi, who ripped off people in the Food For Oil, Iraqi deal. Seems Mr. Auchi may have helped Obama buy his million dollar property long before Obama had millions of dollars. Wonder what favors Mr. Auchi expects, when Obama leaves Iraq free to be taken over by special interests such as him.


58.) I never heard sermons like Rev. Wright's, that have been in videos all day, You Tube - LIAR! 3 days later during your Mea Culpa BS speech you said "Did I hear controversial statements while I sat in that church? Yes I did."


59.) The Passport Invasion is a conspiracy to find dirt on me! - LIAR. Your own Campaign Foreign Policy Advisor is the CEO of the company that looked into your records. PS - You had them look into yours to hide the fact you looked into Clinton's and McCain's more than a year before!


60.) Rev. Meeks has nothing to do with my campaigning - LIAR. Rev. Meeks appeared in ads for your Senate Campaign, donated to you, and helped raise money, then AND NOW. PS - He also seems to despise America.

Posted by: Will | Jul 5, 2008 1:01:20 AM

Can Karl Rove and John McCain explain in English how Abortion Rights in 2008 affect the price of milk, gas or the housing foreclosures?
How does it affect the fact that the FDA cannot function effectively because of lack of staff and other resources?

How does abortion rights affect the levies that the federal government still cannot fix?

How does abortion rights affect the poor and the hungry and those people who go to sleep at night hungry and crying because they could not give their children an adequate meal?

Karl Rove obviously think Americans are stupid. Just you wait and see how stupid they are on 04 November.

Posted by: exatlantic | Jul 5, 2008 1:04:57 AM

Ok, point proven, Angie, John, Merri.

Obama is a liar, empty suit with no substance. And once again, face the reality...America does not want Obama for President.......and, like millions and millions of Americans, PUMA, Republicans, Liberatarians, and Independents....we ALL love the fact that the lustre of Obama is fading and the "true" Obama is finally surfacing! Even the media are turning their backs on him now....what a loser Obama is!

Goodnight!

Posted by: Will | Jul 5, 2008 1:05:02 AM

Will - are you male or female? Hey, what's eating you? Could it be the fact that Obama is going to be the next President of the U.S.A? and you just can't swallow it. LIAR!

Posted by: exatlantic | Jul 5, 2008 1:13:22 AM

Rove is a criminal and deviously sick person. He should stay out of politics and get some professional help! Those who listen to his demonic rhetoric are lost souls.

Posted by: eyeonyour | Jul 5, 2008 1:20:36 AM

Ok, point proven, Angie, John, Merri.

Obama is a liar, empty suit with no substance. And once again, face the reality...America does not want Obama for President.......and, like millions and millions of Americans, PUMA, Republicans, Liberatarians, and Independents....we ALL love the fact that the lustre of Obama is fading and the "true" Obama is finally surfacing! Even the media are turning their backs on him now....what a loser Obama is!

Goodnight!

Posted by: Will | Jul 5, 2008 1:05:02 AM


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You racist people please stop venting your racist feelings under the guise of political opposition. In other words I know you wear your bed linen after you get up and about. Nothing but the worst america has to offer. I oughta know I was once a part of your crowd. I never could figure out why I hated blacks so much. I never lived near them or anything I just hated them for no reason. I guess I was just plain stupid like the rest of the fools against Obama because he's black. Wise up before you find yourself in hell like me.

Posted by: Jesse Helms | Jul 5, 2008 1:34:11 AM

pro-choice is NOT pro-abortion. i am pro choice and would never and have never had a abortion but that was MY choice!! I hate the fact that people in politics even THINK they have some say in what i chose to or not to do. who cares what obama or mccain think they dont have a uterus so its not like they will ever have to make that choice.
think ahead are these pro lifers going to take on the responsibility of all these children that will end up in the states custody? what about the child abuse from those parents who do keep them but dont want them who felt trapped into having them? or the desperate women that try to do it themselves?
making abortions illegal isnt going to solve our problems its only the beginning of them.

Posted by: melissa | Jul 5, 2008 1:42:48 AM

Actually Obama is gaining support... the media is trying as all hell to make this race close, but the country just does not want John McSame to be president.

Posted by: Thomas | Jul 5, 2008 1:50:03 AM

First of all, Karl Rove needs to be in jail.

Second of all, the majority of Americans are pro-choice. So if Americans were to vote on whether or not to overturn Roe vs Wade, the vast majority of Americans would NOT.

Obama wins on that argument.

Posted by: Stacey | Jul 5, 2008 6:10:49 AM

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