Obama Launches Ad to Respond to ‘Born Alive’ Ad

GO BIG O!
Someone posted earlier that Palin drew a large crowd in Florida
But I also heard people thought they were seeing “The Last Comic Standing” auditions

Obama found the right word… Sleazy.
It truly is not enough to call McCain incompetent.
McCain’s sleaziness is unbecoming of a would-be president. Palin just adds to the sleaziness. Together they are a repuslive pair.
Good job on this ad.

I live in Ohio near an area just about 15 mins. from where Palin and McCain came to talk.
They listened to her and when McCain got up to talk, a lot of them went home.
They told me they went because it was like going to the circus sideshow to see what the new freak was about.
After that it was time to go.
Guess she is just a novelty and it’s wearing off.

Did Biden go into hiding? Haven’t seen much of him lately.

Well, someone voted for Bush and he believes in free choice.
I believe in free choice as I sure do not want government in my uterus.
McCain wants to take that choice away from you and if that be the case, what do you do if you are raped or a victim of incest?
I am sorry but my body is mine and GODS and it is between HIM and I as to what happens in the afterlife, no man has that right to be my judge.

For those wondering where Joe Biden is, take heart. The Obama campaign has deployed him in much the same way the Clinton campaign deployed Bill… to smaller venues, off the usual trail. To communities where a visiting VP candidate would be treated as a big event.
It’s quite smart. Palin has to spend time in big venues winning over her base and trying to reach out to new supporters. John McCain has to cover the same ground. Obama can’t go to every community. So Joe Biden hops on a bus in Ohio and visits the smaller towns that, when taken collectively, make a big difference. It’s the kind of “ground game” that will make all the difference in the world once the debates are over and the small town undecideds start making up their minds.

Lord knows i am not the biggest bo fan, but I refuse to let the republicans who think there is too much government in the buisness of ordinary folks have a say in the most intimate decison a citizen can have. To sara palin and company you cant make me have go through pregnancy if I was raped. Also news flash its not poor people having abortions they cant afford it. Its the upper middle class and rich folks.

Bev:
“Government in your uterus?”
Honey,when the baby is born, he’s out of your uterus.
Go to Jill Stanek for the truth, folks.
Just do a search. The truth will come up. Obama is inthe pocket of NARAL and NOW. If you’re okay with that – well, okay. But if you’re in the least uncomfortable with abortion, know that Obama will make it more available with fewer restrictons, at less cost – how do I know this? Because he’s promisd to sign the Freedom of Choice Act (again, Google it, learn what it is – no more parental consent, no nothing -) and tax-funded abortions are part of the Dem platform.
Don’t fool yourself. There is a difference.

look 8 years of a rep pres and roe vs wade is safe. so stop with the fear mongering.
lying that mccain wants to take your right away to abort at will is just that, a lie.
personally i would not want to see an increase in the number of lib spawn anyway. so abort away.
undecided purple person

PJ, oh so you mean Biden is visiting all those small towns where people bitterly cling to guns and religion?
Still think you’ll get most of those votes?
LOL.

How terribly sad our cruelty is. We cannot pretend to be compassionate because we remember the Holocaust, because we are indignant on behalf of the Tutsis, because we recogize the victims of sweatshops, because we understand the violations against innocent animals. When we condone ripping apart precious children all efforts at appearing, even to our private minds, compassionate are lost. Life starts when life starts, not when we are comfortable with life beginning. Life is constituted at it’s conception not at the point it presents apparent value to those who have lived awhile. It is not complex. It is spiritual and we are all indubitably aware of when life begins. It is dishonest to say otherwise. German doctors pondered the same such questions as they experimented on twins, the infirm, the un-Aryan. We know they were blowing smoke. We blow smoke when we pretend to have an intellectual impediment to admitting life beginning the instant it is begun. We teach new mothers to be peaceful when carrying their children. We tell them to talk to the children when they are in vitro. We rejoice with our neighbors and friends and families when they announce they are having children. When our bellies are full with a child who we want, we love the baby the minute the child is wanted. We love them with a human to human love, not a human to object love. These grande motions to sweep away our supernatural and scientific understanding of life when we are uncomfortable with life are cruelties to ourselves. Bearing a lie, no matter how much we yearn to make it true, is bitterness to the bearer. All lies are revealed. We certainly know why we are insisting that the world justify these acts of hatred and intolerance, manipulatively, frigidly referred to as abortions. We are insisting on justifying these human rights violations because we prefer service to ourselves to service to another when we anticipate inconvenience, financial strain. Many a death has been orchestrated in just like fashion. Sorrows and sorrows.

Walker,
You’re trying to appeal to liberal’s conscience when they clearly have none.

Lee, and they didn’t have to have free concert today to draw in the crowd. It was even sweltering heat and people stood in line for four hours.
ABC, where are you??? Report the facts please.

Poor Obama. It’s going to be tough going from greek column speeches to just being a junior senator from Illinois.
:)
Lol.

America has had enough of the religious right wingers. It’s time to throw them out of public office. No one cares what they do in their Churches, but no one wants their beliefs shoved down our throats.
Enough!
Say no to the Palin/McCain right wing wack jobs.

If anyone would pay attention to Palin’s ACTUAL record as an executive, they would see (just like she says when asked in interviews) that she does not attempt to foist her personal opinions into her executive decisions.
There was one report I read that showed she vetoed a legislative bill that was attempting to deny same-sex partners health care benefits. She refused to sign the legislature bill denying the benefits because it went against the state Constitution.
This is her actual record, and I wish people would at least be fair and pay attention to that instead of what the biased media tries to dredge up about her.
And at least she has been in a position to make executive decisions, which is more than can be said about the other candidates.

Beware of stolen votes from Obama
They started a mail in vote in Virgina already

It is interesting that most “Pro-lifers” claim that every life is precious, even in the case of rape or incest.
Yet these same hypocrites fervently support the death penalty, and really have no problem with the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens that have died in Iraq as a result of us invading under the false pretense of finding WMD.
I think that abortion should be reduced, but that it should be the choice of the woman. I believe in the death penalty, and I believe that we have not killed enough Taliban and Al Qaeda. Who are in Pakistan and Afghanistan. At least my positions are consistent and I am not a hypocrite!
As a veteran of the Navy and Coast Guard I look forward to celebrating the Obama/Biden victory on November 5th!

ChetinCO
they just make it up as they go along.. Republicans are a long way from Truth, justice and the American way….
here’s a McCain type commercial from a TV comedy skit:
” Announcer: Barack Obama plays basketball. Charles Barkley plays basketball. Is Charles Barkley qualified to lead our economy? He gambled millions away in Las Vegas.
Don’t let Barack Obama gamble with our economy. No Way. No How. No Charack Obarkley.”
McCain: Excuse me, are those facts accurate?
Campaign Aide: Yes, the Senator does play basketball. Charles Barkley also plays. Charles Barkley lost money in Vegas.
McCain: Can’t argue facts. I’m John McCain and I approve this message.

Obama can’t even tell the truth when HIS life started.

Rex,
I constantly watch bloggers claim that this candidate or that candidate is on the ropes, and is about history. The pollster.com electoral map, which has proven highly reliable for the past year, is displaying a slight lead by McCain over Obama for the past week. You sound like you are hoping what you are saying is true. You’ll have to keep hoping because the facts don’t back you yet. Of course, that could always change with new polls, and the economic shifts. Not because you said so, though.

This time its difficult to trust our Politicians. Also at the moment belonging to a particular Party doesn’t play any Role. We need someone who can bring us PEACE to live in this modern World. I think another year for Mccain will be for Americans the last Straw that broke the donkey’s back.

oh nat, nat, nat, stop it. this thing is down to the wire.
polls go up, polls go down. many like myself are waiting until after the debates.
could you cite one source for your information please.

voter where on earth do people like you come up with these ridiculous assertions that women having abortions will go to jail. fear mongering is a sure sign of desperation, and ignorance.
if 8 years of rep rule did not overturn roe vs wade the moderate mccain will certainly not. besides he would have to have total bi partisan support, give me a break.

WestCoastMessenger
re: electoral poll consensus
it’s true that things change from week to week in the polls, here’s a few that say Obama is ahead… everyone will place emphasis on sources they believe to be the most accurate, or supporting their views…electoral-vote.com
realclearpolitics.com…
I do want Obama to win… no doubt there, and like many people here, I have opinions about what I see, hear and read.
I have actually heard McCain surrogate Nancy Pfotenhauer say that the McCain campaign will use anything that has been reported in the ‘press’ that’s anti Obama and present it as truth because it was printed. They further add that if the Obama campaign doesn’t deny it, it must be true.
Dems are nowhere’s near being the absolute answer, but, I feel that McCain and Co. are unable and unwilling to make the systemic changes needed.

westcoastmessenger.
i have always appreciated your informative, calm approach to making your point without hysteria, distortions, vile insults and lies. i remember when you were supporting hillary and then transitioned to obama after the primaries. as for myself i will wait until after the debates but you make a sensible argument for supporting obama. goodnight.
undecided purple person

Sincerely my question is not about to offend but actually I think I have a point here.
So many people believe life is precious and should be protected. They are fiercely against abortion because life is from God. (Actually I agree)
From the other side they say not any control on my guns because is my right.
I am sorry I don’ think so! Guns end life.
Christianity is about love life is against violence. (Use of guns)
Christianity is about accepting others believe, not to impose my values on your decisions, and if you are not agreeing with me we are in war!
Any way what Sarah Palin imply about, we are in God side, God will or God war and drilling for petrol? She believes her and McCain are the Blues Brothers?
**we are in a mission from God**

The choice we have in this election is just about the same as the last two which is a choice between two inferior candidates…
McCain or Obama…
Republican or Democrat…
Moderate or Liberal…
Bad or worse…
The same choice we had in the last two elections and we ended up with George W. Bush…
Anybody But Obama…

Fact check: According to the Miami Herald, 25-30K attended the Palin rally. Only organizations claiming 60K are the Florida GOP, and, you guessed it: Fox.
No more lies, no more propaganda -
Anybody but McCain or any other Republican.

Jon,
Didn’t you hear? There aren’t any Republicans running this year.

Well said, VOTER.
That’s what I believe too. No matter who you are, pro-choice or pro-life, all of us have to remember that this is a very personal decision for women.
Similarly, as every person has the right to be pro-choice and pro-life, I believe are woman should have the choice to decide when it comes down to her own body- to decide FOR HERSELF, and not be forced to do one thing or another. Palin has to remember that America is a secular country, people are of different religions and beliefs and hold different points of view. It would be one thing if she said, ” I do not support abortion, even in the case of rape, I would think that the mother should carry the baby-BUT, ultimately, I know we have to recognise a woman’s right to her body.” Rather than, “I believe Roe vs Wade should be overturned.”

Nat Turner,
Nobama/Biden landslide? you’re dreaming dude – lol!

If the countries with government financial surplus (i.e. China, Russia, etc) were to see the never-ending financial neglect in the US as a non-military way of taking over the world (or stealing money through too low interest rates compared to financial behaviour) – then the US would have kind of a problem.
When a normal customer has loans in a bank, and continously just borrows more and more money just to pay the interest on it, then sooner or later the bank will require much higher interest rates to even consider lending any more money.
When being such a huge customer as the US, the point of much higher requirements is further away – but it still must exist somewhere, right? Sooner or later the chinese must be thinking that their citizens have worked all their life, to then seeing the sub-prime borrowers living that luxury life instead, right?
How would any lender in their right mind EVER lend more money to the US government?
The US government would probably be the only government in the WORLD (except for in the 80′s Africa) where continously cutting taxes AND spending more is actually approved.
The US government now, is more and more looking like the kid who is playing shop with pretend currency, where it does not matter if throwing away a few hundred billion dollars here and there, everebody just wants to continue with the game – so no problem printing trillion dollar notes if so needed. Just for fun anyway. Well, at least untill daddy shouts about needing the paper for computer work-related printing instead… ;-)

Lee, Yeah right, as if Palin doesnt try to impose her personal beliefs. Tell that to the librarian!

Jo:
The majority of Americans do NOT support abortion….get your facts straight!

Mike Peterson, Um yeah Constitutional judges, thats conservative speak for those judges that see things McCains way. McCain considers himself the protector of the constitution, but hes actually destroyer of it. You actually think he will install any judges that dont believe the same as him, then you are truly drinking the kool-aid, full strength. McCain lies in every word he says.

Mike, sorry that one post was for samhiguchi.

Truly hilarious.
1. Barack Obama accuses McCain of distorting his voting history and making lies.
2. Barack Obama then goes on to make lies about McCain’s position on abortion.
This is politics at its worst!

IF ANYONE OUT THERE NEEDS SOME OLD GESER TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR BODY——YOU ARE A VERY SICK WEAK INDIVIDUAL INDEED—TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELVES AND STOP TRYING TO POLITICIZE IT——–PRO CHOICE IS HOW IT SHOULD BE.

Obama is and should be on the defensive over Born-Alive. Obama has already been found guilty of this claim, through his own admissions. There is documented proof of this in a recorded voting log. It is Obama who is a liar and sleazy.

I HAVE SEEN SOME OF MCCAIN ADDS—THE GUY IS NUTS AND WILL SAY OR PRINT ANYTHING TO GET IN THE WHITE HOUSE—AND IF YOU BELIEVE THESE ADDS, YOU ARE AS CRAZY AS HE IS—-HE IS WHAT YOU CALL PRO MCCAIN–AND WILL SAY ANYTHING TO GET YOUR VOTE

This issue came to light after a Chicago nurse was told to leave a baby who had survived an abortion in a closet to die without medical support.
Barack Obama voted several times, EVEN WHEN THE BILL CONTAINED IDENTICAL LANGUAGE TO THE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED FEDERAL BILL THAT BECAME LAW, against the state version of that bill.
Those are the facts. Obama himself said that he thought the bill would infringe on a womens right to choose. That puts him to the left of NARAL, NOW, and liberals like Barbara Boxer.
No matter where you stand on abortion, realize that Obama has supported abortions through all nine months, and is against parental notifications, and sets no age limits on abortion.
Anyone who’s held a premature baby, realize that Obama is ok with essentially murdering that child, who cries, blinks, and breathes the air you do.

Rodney.
Stating facts…that’s what I am doing.
Unfortunately for Obama, this is one of the few bills he found his balls to vote for in the IL. Senate, so we actually have a paper trail.
You know all of his Il. Senate documents are missing, right?

HIPPIE
IF YOU NEED AN OLD GESER TO DICTATE WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR OWN BODY——–SO BE IT——I DONT.

I am amused by those who say they are waiting for the debates to make up their minds on who to vote for. Debates are performances. It is the ISSUES AND POSITIONS that count! Saying you are waiting for the debates is like trying to decide who is the better actor between Pacino and DeNiro.

I’m tired of pro-lifers, and their scare and hate tactics. I knew a woman who served on a board to decide which woman got abortions. In the beginning, her self-righteousness declared most all abortions were wrong. Then she’d learn the stories. The woman who was raped by her brother-in-law, while her husband was at work. The wife was tormented her whole life, the boy looked like the brother, reminded her of the rape.Walk a mile in her shoes.. The disabled woman who was escorted in by her mother to have an abortion. It was of course accepted, but afterwards, it came to light the disabled woman wanted the baby. The board member to this day regrets ALL her decisions..How can others make decisions for a woman? Really? This is barberic. If you’re Christian, or conservative or whatever, you should know life should be respected, but that souls cannot be destroyed. Think of a miscarriage, a soul simply choses not to come. In abortion, the mother may carry a fetus, but the soul does not enter the body, it is not destroyed. A bit of a radical view, but so are all the other views out there..and aren’t Christians supposed to live by Jesus’s laws? Isn’t it a sin to hate or to judge others? mind yor own business. Go do your job, to love others, not influence politics, and screw up our founding father’s dream-which surprise..is NOT based on Christianity.

samhiguchi
re: McCain never said he wanted to overturn Roe v Wade, ..
yes….. he did……. on national TV
During the 2007 GOP primary debate, at Reagan library, May 3, 2007 ,
McCain was asked:
Q: Would the day that Roe v. Wade is repealed be a good day for America?
McCAIN:…. A repeal ……

Why are all of the people posting ranting and raving pro and con about abortion when EVERY CONCEIVABLE METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROL IS AVAILABLE IN THIS COUNTRY (in many instances free of charge) & VASECTOMIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR MEN? Is it conceivable that ABORTION HAS BECOME A METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROL, & IF SO, WHY? I doubt I’ll receive any answers to this question, but one can hope, can’t one?

Obama voted for a bill in the state if Illinois that prevents medical personnel from saving the lives of babies who survive abortions.
It’s a fact.

Carol:
There are those who are in the evangelical world who want their religious views on abortion and contraception to be federal law. These religious fundamentalists care little about women in the real world, and they are pretty much against any real sex education save for ‘abstinence’ programs.
If you don’t believe in god, why would you want anyone’s religious beliefs determining one’s personal choice.
There is the other side that believes women should make their own decisions on their medical care and reproductive rights.
I don’t believe anyone is ‘pro-abortion’. The question is who gets to decide, religious folk, doctors, women, politicians, men? Do doctors and pharmacists have a right to refuse treatment because of their religious views even though their decision might have adverse effects? Very difficult issues.

Walker: Sir, may I congratulate you on your understanding of the issues of which you write on, you are indeed eloquent sir. I would suggest to those persons who may disagree with you to read your writtings over and over again in the hope that maybe they’ll see some light shine thru the darkness of their selfish minds. I cannot imagine any thing being more selfish than to deny anyone the gift of life. Would they if the possibillity existed of having a choice was in the womb, would they have decided on the side of death to be aborted for the cause of some one else’s inconvenience? We all know the answer that question. The only one denied choice in this grizzly procedure is the fetus. I only wish Sir that I could express myself in the compasionate and feeling way that you have. Please continue to respond to the issues. Tks.

Rex: Are you an athiest, just curious?

“A note to some of the anti-abortion activists who took issue with my post on the original ad: ‘Claim’ does not mean ‘falsely claim.’ It means ‘assert as fact.’”
On the contrary, anyone who objected to the use of the word claim was right on the money. Here’s definition #3 for “claim” from dictionary (the other definitions aren’t relevant, such as “to demand”): “To state to be true, especially when open to question; assert or maintain.” Courses in journalism and any sort of writing where credibility is important will also teach you that using the word “claim” casts doubt on the one making the claim. For example, here is what editpros says in a list explaining how certain words are perceived: “claimed (asserted, often with an accusatory connotation or suggestive of skepticism).”

The use of birth control to curb abortions? Interesting concept… according to some: “If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.” isn’t it ironic…

Rex: I appreciate your candor. It would be difficult for you and I to have a meaningful diolouge assuming we are steadfast on our beliefs. I would rather be me though and be wrong than be you and be wrong! Anyway thanks again for the courtesy. Be well.

bombem
I know many people who have completely opposite views on just about every issue than I do.. and I have enjoyed ‘sparring’ and conversing with them to try to understand their point of view..
there is no anger in our discussions, sometimes many and very profound disagreements, but, we know the neither of us intends the other any harm, and all things being equal there is a fair amount of respect for each others position whether there is agreement or not. No one’s mind is changed but at least some understanding is achieved.
peace

Obama’s rebuttal is a flat out lie. First of all, McCain didn’t put out the ad. Secondly, Obama said that the reason why he didn’t vote for the bill is because giving the babies medical care would go against the original wish of the mother and be burdensome to the doctors to try to save the babies lives. Look it up. There are audio’s online of Obama saying this.