USS Obama Taking On Water
The USS Obama has ben taking on water for awhile now. In an effort to help the USS Obama, Ken Blackwell has thrown them a great big anchor. Actually, he uses this article to give the USS Obama a bunch of anchors but that’s another story. Here’s one anchor that Mr. Blackwell gave Sen. Obama:
On the hot-button issue of abortion, last month saw a growing concern over Mr. Obama’s opposition to the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, which states if an abortion is botched and a live birth results, the baby is entitled to medical care. The federal version of this law unanimously passed the U.S. Senate.
However, when a version of this bill came to the Illinois Senate, Mr. Obama opposed it. When confronted last month with the fact that the federal version of this bill had been supported by the likes of Ted Kennedy and Barbara Boxer, Mr. Obama said the he would have supported the federal version. Those suggesting otherwise were lying, he said. Then it was revealed that a second bill was introduced in the Illinois Senate, and this one was identical to the federal version. Mr. Obama opposed that bill as well. He has yet to come up with an explanation on that one.
It takes some doing to get to Ted Kennedy’s and Barbara Boxer’s left on abortion but that’s what Sen. Obama accomplished in voting against BAIPA. Sen. Obama had worked from the start of his Senate career to craft a centrist image. That image disappeared when this information surfaced. It’s one thing to be pro-choice, especially since it’s above senators’ pay grade. It’s another to not be vehemently opposed to infanticide, which is where he’s at.
Here’s another unexpected ‘gift’ from Mr. Blackwell:
Bill Ayers is another stunner. Mr. Ayers bombed a police station and the Pentagon, and recently said he wished he had done more. He is an unrepentant terrorist, but is popular among the ultra-left in Chicago. When Mr. Obama was asked about Mr. Ayers, he implied that he barely knew him.
But once again facts have surfaced. We now know that Mr. Ayers hosted a fundraiser for Mr. Obama. They served for years together on a board with only a few people, and they worked closely on financial matters during those years. Does that sound like someone he barely knows?
Sen. Obama first tried painting the picture that Ayers was just a guy who lived in his neighborhood. Then Sen. Obama tried this defense:
This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who’s a professor of English in Chicago, who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He’s not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis.
That defense lasted until the Chicago Annenberg Challenge documents were released. Those documents revealed that they worked together quite closely on a host of issues.
At this point, there’s a significant portion of the electorate that isn’t certain that they trust him. It’s getting late to change those voters’ minds. That’s just another reason why I think Sen. Obama faces an uphill fight the rest of the campaign.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog