I’ve talked with plenty of self described independent and even conservative folks who are planning, or at least considering, voting for Barack Obama. Bill Bennett has compiled a list of 10 reasons not to do so. It’s a good list, but there is one item on it that I had no clue about, and I pay a lot of attention to all this stuff. It was quite shocking to say the least:
9. Barack Obama is to the left of Hillary Clinton and NARAL on the issue of life. As a state senator in Illinois, Barack Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act, a law that would have protected babies if they survived an attempted abortion and were delivered alive. When a similar bill was proposed in the United States Senate, it passed unanimously and even the National Abortion Rights Action League issued a statement saying they did not oppose the law.
What more does one need to know about Obama’s moral compass? I believe that for the majority of Americans, this would automatically disqualify the man to be their local senator, state representative or (as the saying goes) dog catcher.
It’s amazing what effective rhetoric is able to obfuscate.
