Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Obama Tries to Sell Himself to Evangelicals
Will they not be satisfied with the actual Messiah and opt for the Obamessiah in spite of his politics?
I don’t really know what to think after the McCain/Obama debate with Rick Warren. As usual, we had Obama’s empty platitudes, but McCain was mostly on target. This was probably a slightly worse venue for Obama, given the fact that he thinks unwanted babies should be left on a shelf to die and most evangelicals, uh, slightly disagree.
Obama said he would limit abortions in the late stages of pregnancy if there are exceptions for the mother’s health. He said he knew that people who consider themselves pro-life will find his stance “inadequate.”
He said the government should do more to prevent unwanted pregnancies and to help struggling new mothers, such as providing needed resources to the poor, and better adoption services.
McCain expressed his anti-abortion stand simply and quickly, saying human rights begin the instant a human egg is fertilized. McCain, who adopted a daughter from Bangladesh, also called for making adoption easier.
The government should do more to prevent unwanted pregnancies? This from the guy who’s with the Party of Keeping Government out of the Bedroom. I’m sure he can point to the fantastic success of China’s government attempts to prevent pregnancy. Obama, of course, has referred to having children as being “punished”, so it’s not clear on what he means by “unwanted” pregnancy. Is that “all of them”, “most of them”, or what?
Ah well, “Government will solve all of your problems”, sayeth the Lord Obama.
Obama said America’s greatest moral failure is its insufficient help to the disadvantaged. He noted that the Bible quotes Jesus as saying “whatever you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me.” He said the maxim should apply to victims of poverty, sexism and racism.
Jesus didn’t say that we should use the coercive power of government to bring that about. He was quite clear that his was a spiritual message. The trouble with Obama is that he can’t tell God from Caesar and he is running for Caesar. I really can’t answer this better than Fred Thompson (God, how I wish it had been him on that stage and not McCain):
Christ didn’t tell us to go to the government and pass a bill to get some of these social problems dealt with. He told us to do it..
The government has its role, but we need to keep firmly in mind the role of the government, and the role of us as individuals and as Christians on the other.
Dead on. Come back to us, Fred!
Both men said marriage is a union between a man and a woman. Obama added that he supports civil unions for gay partners, which would give them rights such as hospital visits with one another. He said he opposed a constitutional ban on gay marriage, calling the matter a state issue.
Gay marriage is a state issue but abortion is not?
Here’s where McCain screwed up:
Warren asked each man to name a Supreme Court justice he would not have appointed…
McCain named the court’s four most liberal members: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, David Souter and John Paul Stevens.
Guess which Justices upheld McCain-Feingold as Constitutional? If you guessed all four, you win! The conservative Justices said it was unconstitutional. Nitwit. Fred, I’m serious; come back!
I guess we can all feel somewhat liberated by the fact that no matter what happens, we’re screwed to some extent. I give McCain credit for playing to the venue well, but he isn’t picking up the evangelical voters that Obama can’t attract thanks to his extreme left-wing “values”. This is an unbelievable failure for a man with a solid pro-life record running against a man-child who doesn’t seem to believe that life begins at birth in Illinois.