Casey Invokes Abortion Differences With Obama
EmailABC News’ Teddy Davis and Rigel Anderson report: The economy was the topic of Sen. Bob Casey’s, D-Pa., Tuesday night address to the Democratic National Convention.
But the two sentences he uttered on abortion are likely to get the most attention.
“Barack Obama and I have an honest disagreement on the issue of abortion,” said Casey. “But the fact that I’m speaking here tonight is testament to Barack’s ability to show respect for the views of people who may disagree with him.”
Casey is the son of the late Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey.
The elder Casey, a Democrat who also held strong anti-abortion views, was denied a speaking role at the party’s 1992 convention — a perceived snub that has long been a flashpoint in the party’s wrangling over how to handle the abortion rights debate on the national stage.
Casey invoked that “dark night” while campaigning for the U.S. Senate two years ago.
Speaking at The Catholic University of America on Sept. 14, 2006, Casey said the 1992 Democratic National Convention "insulted the most courageous pro-life Democrat in the land, who asked that those who believed in the right to life be accorded the right to speak."
In his 2006 speech, the younger Casey also took conservatives to task for being too narrow in their pro-life views.
"If we are going to be pro-life,” said Casey, “we cannot say we are against abortion … and then let our children suffer in broken schools.
“We can’t claim to be pro-life," he added, "at the same time we are cutting support for Medicaid, Head Start or the Women, Infants and Children’s Program."
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Actually Bob Casey’s speech will NOT be remembered because he talked about abortion but he had some of the best lines of the night.
1. “McCain voted with Bush >90% of the time. He’s not a maverick. He’s a sidekick.
2. “Not 4 more years, just 4 more months”.
Those were some of the best lines of the night.
Posted by: vickie | August 26, 2008, 5:49 pm 5:49 pm
The whole convention is nothing
more than a propaganda show to
promote Obama……
Obama cannot close the deal…and DNC
knows it….The polls are even in a
year where the democrats should win
very easy…..NOT HAPPENING….
The problem is Obama…….
Posted by: NICHOLAS | August 26, 2008, 6:00 pm 6:00 pm
It’s time we asked ourselves if we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers. James Madison said, “We base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government.” This idea that government was beholden to the people, that it had no other source of power, is still the newest, most unique idea in all the long history of man’s relation to man. This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.
Posted by: Ronald Reagan - 1964 | August 26, 2008, 6:09 pm 6:09 pm
When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well ladies and gentleman, I’d follow the example of their nominee; don’t inhale.
Posted by: Ronald Reagan - 1992 | August 26, 2008, 6:10 pm 6:10 pm
Obama is in essence a story too good to be true. The harder they sell him, the tougher for people to accept. At the time of punching ballots, McCain as a known person – good, bad or ugly – will be entrusted with the job.
Posted by: Obama-Yah-Wright | August 26, 2008, 6:26 pm 6:26 pm
The problem is John McSame, and that problem will go away– at least back to the Senate — in four months!!!
You repugnants are beginning to whine like Clinton supporters, back in March/April when it was clear Obama would be the nominee, but she kept things going for several months!
It’s all over but the voting!
But… I’ll still be out there registering new voters and organizing Veterans for Obama to make clear McSame’s abysmal record on veterans, Iraq and the economy!
Obama 08
Posted by: jackt51 | August 26, 2008, 6:34 pm 6:34 pm
WHO CARES….HILLARY IS ON NOW, and the film on her was unbelievable! Chelsea is on now. God I love them….never Obama!!!!!!
Posted by: DLM | August 26, 2008, 6:42 pm 6:42 pm
I hope the applause keeps up for Hillary LONGER THAN ANYONE AT THIS G D CONVENTION!!!! SHE IS THE WINNER, SCREW OBAMA AND HIS SUPPORTERS!!!!!
Posted by: Debra | August 26, 2008, 6:45 pm 6:45 pm
Michelle Obama looks really pi–ed off because of Hillary’s thunderous applause and her incredible bio film.
She only makes Bozo look more unbelievable and weak….thank God. this won’t unify….it will upset Hillary supporters MORE THAT SHE IS NOT ON THE TICKET!
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN AND NEVER BOZO…..no matter what Hill say, no can do!
Posted by: DLM | August 26, 2008, 6:48 pm 6:48 pm
God Hillary is so incredible….there is not evenn a comparison with Bozo….they are going to be crying on Friday with no bump in polls, and after Bozo’s speech on Thurs. Let’s pray for rain on his head!
HILLARY IS THE BEST AND I WILL VOTE McCAIN FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
HILLARY ’12!
Posted by: DLM | August 26, 2008, 6:52 pm 6:52 pm
All of you people who pretend to be Hillary supporters get real. Hillary is behind Barcak Obama and you are going to have an African American as your President. Never in any other country could this happen, so God Bless America and to the haters go back to where you came from.
Posted by: LaMoe | August 26, 2008, 7:22 pm 7:22 pm
DLM–funny I noticed Michelle too, she was smiling, but her eyes weren’t!
Hillary’s speech was to unify the party, but did you notice she didn’t say”Obama is ready to lead” it was more like, vote for Obama, (wink, wink, don’t vote for him, I’ll be back in 4 yrs)
Posted by: S Adams | August 26, 2008, 7:22 pm 7:22 pm
Ronald Reagan–couldn’t have said it better myself. That is exactly what the Republican party stands for.
Posted by: S Adams | August 26, 2008, 7:26 pm 7:26 pm
Get a life nothing can be more further from the truth about Michelle she was authentic which I can’t say about you. I don’t why you undercover Republic have to play these dirty tricke. Get over yourseleves America is turning the corner and what is about to happen is historic. Hillary has said that Barack Obama is her candidate so stop with the lies.
Posted by: LaMoe | August 26, 2008, 7:27 pm 7:27 pm
David–I’m from Texas too. I was part of the Operation Chaos, who voted for Hillary. My concern was that Obama would get the nomination. A safer ticket would have been between McCain and Hillary, that way we win either way. Obama has absoltely no experience and should be ashamed to be running with his terrorist, racist and criminal friends and 144 days in the Senate as a Jr Senator.
Posted by: S Adams | August 26, 2008, 7:54 pm 7:54 pm
go Obama! We believe in you!
Posted by: mimi | August 26, 2008, 8:14 pm 8:14 pm
I understand that it takes a courageous man to try to stand up for life within the Democratic party, and also that Senator Casey is bound by party affiliation to support this candidate, but if Casey really understands that the abortion issue is a LIFE issue – i.e. that lives are being ended – how can he in good conscience endorse the most pro-abortion candidate in the history of the presidency? Disappointed and disgusted.
Posted by: Brett | August 26, 2008, 10:36 pm 10:36 pm
There were six Supreme Court Justices in Roe versus Wade decision of 1973
Four were in favor and two opposed. Of those four that made up the majority vote, only one was a liberal, the other three were life long republicans or conservatives appointed by republicans
Oh and guess what, Richard Nixon was in office in 1973!
Yes, Republican and Conservatives are truly the wolfs in sheep’s clothing!
Posted by: truth | August 26, 2008, 10:45 pm 10:45 pm
More erosion of basic and traditional democratic values.
Posted by: jay | August 27, 2008, 1:19 am 1:19 am
Look…The difference between 50% of the population versus the other 50% is…”I WANT”, “I NEED”….
The I-WANTS are obama supporters..the I-NEEDS are hillary supporters…..
and the self sufficient are McCain voters…
I want you all to notice something….the ‘ones’ that have been voting democrat for the last past 15 years are nothing more than individuals that havent been able to make it to where they are…………….unless someone is there to SHOW them HOW to do their job that they got from this asinine affirmative action bullshit…(just to bring them up to the same plain as the achieving American and make it look like they have actually done something to be blessed with the job that shouldve gone to someone else)
THESE are the people that CANNOT provide a living for themselves….so they have to rely on someone in power to take from someone with money to give to someone who WANTS it….
and when you start taking the toys from the people that have actually WORKED for what they have…
it will spawn civil unrest….
some people wake up and drool over a cup of coffee…some people wake up and drool over cereal….
I wake up and drool over the idea of killing a ‘cancerous’ cell that is infiltrating this country….
I CANNOT wait until Im able to eradicate the problem that is plaguing this country….
the “I-WANTS” and “I-NEEDS”….
Posted by: Frank Ramsdell/Georgia | August 27, 2008, 3:38 am 3:38 am
Abortion is a radioactive topic for democrats. Nancy “stretch” pelosi did as all a favour for lying on MSNBC’s meet the depressed and now the Cathlics have slapped her hard. Excellent.
Posted by: Norman | August 27, 2008, 4:13 am 4:13 am
It is a dishonest disagreement. Obama lied about his baby killing votes.
Posted by: geevill | August 27, 2008, 5:29 am 5:29 am
Bob Casey may be anti abortion but he also believes that government and people should be around after the baby is born and follows the help your neighbor and we are all in this together social justice philosophy of the Catholic Church.
Posted by: bhciapol | August 27, 2008, 6:35 am 6:35 am
THE ONE is actually THE SAME…SAME OLD CORRUPT POLITICS AND DISHONESTY from the candidate…you would have to have amnesia to not remember one contradiction after another…AND that is why he ain’t get much of a bounce…him pelosi and reid running the country!?! just for the sake of balanced government people should vote mccain…if obama’s abortion record and naive handling of foreign policy don’t make you vote against him what will happen to the economy if you get democratic majorities and obama in WA SHOULD..incomes are higher than 8 years ago and taxes are lower…go check the facts…YOU WANNA REVERSE THAT vote democrat across the board!
Posted by: jack | August 27, 2008, 2:17 pm 2:17 pm
Bush was totally “The Greatest Story Ever SOLD”,and America bought what this despicable fool had to sell! Look at the damage his policies have caused,on a global scale.Look at the hurt and pain his incompetence has caused to millions ! Look at McSame,another “Ideologue” who will be worse than Bush,who has the same disgraced and booted out gang of of Bush’s criminals,working on his campaign,and waiting to take their place, again, in DC.McCain is NO friend of the Armed Forces,who’s action & votes voted against every bill meant to help them & families since 2005.He’s instrumental in awarding a $35+ Billion deal to the European Airbus Industries,instead of Boeing.Boeing had an excess of large 767′s that is a better aircraft than Airbus.Thousands are laid off,in a time of economic crisis,and in war time with terrorist’s,our airmen will be flying a “FOREIGN” made planes.This man is volatile,and stupid.He’s a war monger,and will happily go to war with anyone.He won’t hesitate to lob off a few “nukes”,to satisfy his deranged ego ! This country should be afraid of this man,and the GOP.They are the “terrorist’s” who are tearing this country apart,along with the religious “Taliban” that fuels this party.
Posted by: Sharon W. | August 28, 2008, 11:11 am 11:11 am