Barack Obama apparently does not have a litmus test for supreme court justices as long as they support abortion. LifeNews reports a recent email the Obama campaign sent:"While I have no litmus test for judges, my bottom line is confidence that a judicial nominee will respect the constitutionally protected rights of all Americans and resist the temptation to substitute personal ideology for legal reasoning," the campaign said for the candidate."I believe, however, that a judicial nominee with a history of undermining settled law like Roe v. Wade deserves greater scrutiny," the email continued. "Nominees to the federal bench who are out-of-step with mainstream America should not be confirmed. That is why in the past I have opposed the nominations of Supreme Court Justices Roberts and Alito."Steve Ertlet makes a good point that "the issue hasn't received near the national attention it normally does in a presidential election year."

The fourth and last in a series of posts written by a Christian friend of mine who is a lawyer and works for a major pro-life organization. Folks, this last post is long but it is awesome. I am humbled to be friends with the author. <> DISPELLING SOME FURTHER MYTHS Myth 1: You shouldn't be a one-issue voter. Response 1: Oh yes you should, when the issue involves the murder of innocent human life, created in God's image. Nothing is more important. I submit there is nothing more dear to God's heart than a little child. For more on that, see Response 2 below. Furthermore, I can't imagine voting for a pro-choicer, and then later having to account for that vote before the Lord Jesus Christ. I don't want that blood on my hands. So then I hear a follow-up myth: Isn't it hypocritical to vote for a candidate

The opening of the Pro-Life Legislative Action Team Forum (PLATForum) at the Family Research Council continues with Dr. David Prentice from the FRC and Johanna Dasteel from the American life League. The Eyeblast.tv version of Pt2 is split into 2 pieces. Both of them are below. Pt2 - A Pt 2 - B

Why is this man voting for John McCain? It's really quite simple .... HT: Reasoned Audacity

Imagine if a Republican Presidential candidate vehemently defended a group repeatedly eager to take donations specifically targeted to abort black and other minority unborn babies...donations from donors who said "the less black kids out there the better" and to which the group's representative chuckles and replies, "Understandable, understandable." DON'T IMAGINE: LISTEN TO IT FOR YOURSELVES (skip to about 3:15 into it if you want to cut to those lines): The following video explains the one above. Found those links by way of this great find, The Maritime Sentry, which in turn got them from this blog, A Catholic Mom in Hawaii who thanks her friends further for the links to those videos: Marie and Jean. What would you do about a black, Democrat President who supports a group which is eager to take donations to reduce the black population? If you're voting Democrat, nothing, apparently. Except maybe give him more

The third in a series of posts written by a friend of mine who is a lawyer working for a major pro-life organization. Who will really "reduce" abortions? Both candidates claim they want to "reduce" abortion. I've never heard of a politician declaring out loud that he or she wants to increase abortion. Unfortunately, my husband and I have spoken with many Christians who believe that Obama is offering change that will somehow reduce abortion. Again, we must turn to the voting records. Obama's voting record demonstrates his support for abortion on demand throughout all 9 months of pregnancy, for any reason. On the other hand, documented studies have revealed that the real reason that the abortion rate has fallen in the last 2 decades is because pro-life legislation--such as requiring that a woman receive information about the risks of abortion and childbirth, and laws requiring parental notice or consent

It would seem that Obama may be more than a small "s" socialist. At least, at one time, he was an active member of the Democratic Socialist Party's Chicago affiliate in the 1990s. Among other documentation, a 1996 issue of Progressive Populist magazine states, New Party members and supported candidates won 16 of 23 races, including an at-large race for the Little Rock, Ark., City Council, a seat on the county board for Little Rock and the school board for Prince George's County, Md. Chicago is sending the first New Party member to Congress, as Danny Davis, who ran as a Democrat, won an overwhelming 85% victory. New Party member Barack Obama was uncontested for a State Senate seat from Chicago. It's really not necessary to have these direct connections - Obama's stand on almost every issue make his (pragmatic and mixed) socialistic agenda quite clear. 

By John J. JakubczykThere have been a number of articles asking why the abortion issue has yet to find its way into the debates. I am amused that people are not stating the obvious. Barack Obama does not want to talk about his radical abortion position. After his performance at Saddleback where he dismissed the issue as “above his pay grade” and suffered a very public and negative reaction to that remark, after he selected Joe Biden, a so-called Catholic with a horrible pro-abortion voting record, and after the remarks of Nancy Pelosi who in simple terms told the bishops to mind their place, Barack needs to stay far away from that very volatile issue.If you recall Barack tried to approach the religious segments of this country by talking about his faith and that he was a Christian. He hoped to smooth talk past the issues and hope Christians would

National Right to Life has the answers: click here.John McCain voted for legislation that provides care and protection for babies who are born alive after an abortion.Barack Obama voted four times against legislation in the Illinois State Senate that would have provided care and protection for babies who are born alive after an abortion.John McCain:  "I have stated time after time after time that Roe v. Wade was a bad decision, that I support... the rights of the unborn. I have fought for human rights and human dignity throughout my entire political career. To me it is an issue of human rights and human dignity.Barack Obama:  "I have consistently advocated for reproductive choice and will make preserving women's rights under Roe v. Wade a priority as President."John McCain:  Voted in favor of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibitstaxpayer funding of abortion through Medicaid.Barack Obama:  Voted against legislation in the Illinois

Is it an accident that we are now three debates in (two for the presidential candidates and one for the vice presidential candidates) and no question about abortion? Umm.... no.In related news:  Will the Biased Media Brainwash You About Palin?

Barack Obama is tied to an organization that is reportedly responsible for mass voter registration fraud.The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and its voter mobilization subsidiary, Project Vote, support granting felons the right to vote and lobbied heavily for the Motor Voter Act of 1993, a law allowing people to register at motor vehicle departments, schools, libraries and other public places.  Barack Obama ran ACORN's Project Vote in Chicago and his highly successful voter registration drive was credited with getting the disgraced former Senator Carol Moseley-Braun elected (more here). Why? Here's the problem. The "non-partisan" organization is registering one party - Democrats: In 1992, Barack Obama worked for Project Vote for about seven months; now Project Vote and ACORN--a coalition of community organizations serving low income families--just wrapped up a voter registration drive targeting battleground states Obama needs to win the White House.Though officially non-partisan, the focus

"Sen. Obama, why did you vote against protecting infants that survive late-term abortions, not once but four times?" - Ad by Committee for Truth, HT: Jill Stanek

The second in a series of posts written by a lawyer who works for a major pro-life organization. Women are Harmed by Obama's Stances Sadly, the real losers with Obama are women.  Abortion has been proven in numerous medical studies to pose drastic risks for women.  Even Planned Parenthood has acknowledged some of these risks (such as the increased risk of infection due to retained fetal parts, the increased risk of uterine laceration, etc.).  But if Obama signs FOCA (see yesterday's post), all regulations that are in place for the safety of women will be wiped out.  Example: clinic regulations, which do not prohibit abortion, require that clinics maintain certain standards.  Without such standards, most clinics operate at a substandard level (those are the clinics where you hear of women dying--just google the name "Lou Ann Herron"--a young mother who was left to die by an abortionist). Women's lives are

With a looser format and questions from undecided voters, Barack Obama and John McCain battled on taxes, economic turmoil, global warming and healthcare. Currently, a Drudge reader's poll has McCain up 74-24 percent (9:35pm). I note that Barack Obama would have stopped genocide in Rwanda and would have used military force in Darfur. Interesting ... He also stated that health care is a "moral commitment". I'll have to use that the next time I'm slammed for "legislating morality". Is health care a "right" (but life is not)? Last question: what don't you know? Obama side steps (hmmm) and McCain says the future. Update: a lot of complaints coming in ... "boring". As in, "If people can survive this debate the economic meltdown should be no problem." Update II: Andy McCarthy holds no punches, "We have a disaster here -- which is what you should expect when you delegate a non-conservative

"Nobody likes discrimination. Everybody deserves a home. But not a house of cards."(If you have trouble viewing this video, it can be seen here and also here: click on "Burning Down The House") I dare Democrat voters to watch this all the way through. (keep clicking the pause/play button to read the headlines/highlights, it goes fast) ... But most of you won't. It's "see no evil, hear no evil" when it comes to the truth about this issue.

What follows is a release from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) in Washington, D.C., issued on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.  For further information, call 202-626-8820 or send e-mail to Legfederal@aol.com.WASHINGTON (October 7, 2008) -- The Obama campaign and its allies have adopted an extensive "messaging strategy" that seeks to persuade religiously committed Americans that Obama has a middle-of-the-road position on abortion policy and will promote "abortion reduction." Douglas Johnson, longtime legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) and author of an article published today on National Review Online, titled "Unholy Messaging," calls the Obama effort "a brazen scam."   "The scam depends on the Obama campaign, with cooperation from the mainstream news media, deflecting attention away from Obama's actual record, and from his extensive commitments to pro-abortion interest groups," Johnson said.  "Barack Obama is firmly committed to an agenda of sweeping pro-abortion policy changes that, if

A number of friends throughout the country have contacted me lately wondering in what direction this election will turn. Some are admittedly anxious and concerned about the recent polls and the number of states that remain in play. Their frustrations over the last two weeks would seem to support the media's efforts to play the inevitability game in order to depress the vote and weaken the resolve of McCain supporters. But I informed these colleagues that this is precisely what the media is doing. The only problem is that their understanding of the American people is limited. True, they understand the short attention span of the public and its generally optimistic and forgiving nature. They successfully exploited such sentiments when Bill Clinton was president. However this is a different situation and I think that the latest effort by the media is to either ignore McCain or cast him and Plain

A Huge Victory for Choose Life Plates in Arizona, Disappointment in Missouri and New Jersey Cases In response to the U.S. Supreme Court announcement that it will not grant further review to life-related cases from Arizona, Missouri, and New Jersey, Americans United for Life (AUL) made the following statements. Arizona Life Coalition v. Stanton requires that Choose Life license plates be offered in Arizona. Denise Burke, AUL's Vice President & Legal Director said: "This is huge victory for 'Choose Life' license plates. By denying review, the Court has affirmed that Arizona and other states cannot deny Choose Life license plates simply because of their pro-life message." AUL filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit on behalf of pregnancy care centers arguing that the Arizona Life Coalition was discriminated against when the state failed to grant its petition for a "Choose Life" license plate. The Ninth Circuit agreed, and the

Colorado Right to Life participated in the 16th annual Komen Race for the Cure - so to speak. Jill Stanek reports they wanted women to learn a significant but covered up cause of breast cancer - abortion. They parked a Truth Truck along the parade route and picketed with signs. Why the protest? Besides education ... Former Komen medical research analyst Eve Sanchez Silver explained to the Komen officials that she resigned from Komen two years ago because the organization denies the scientific studies showing the link between abortion and breast cancer, and it provides funding to abortion provider Planned Parenthood. Professor Joel Brind, PhD endocrinologist from Baruch College in New York City attended the meeting after saying on Denver radio that, "the 2003 conference of the National Cancer Institute which denied abortion as a risk factor for breast cancer refused to allow attending scientists to present the opposing position

Most Catholics who read this blog will be appalled when they read Deal Hudson's article: One of the untold stories in the Obama campaign is how his background in community organizing has direct links to Catholic funding -- from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.... 99% of Catholics in the pews haven't any idea of how much they have invested in building the political infrastructure that has now been activated to support Obama.