Sunday, June 8, 2008

Obama is Pro-Life?

Just when you thought you've heard every possible spin under the sun about Barack Obama, along comes Frank Schaeffer, author of "CRAZY FOR GOD", and adds one more spin to the "Obama mythology":

"Obama is Pro-Life!"

That's right, Barack Obama - who is so enthusiastically pro-abortion, he even blocked the 'Born Alive Infant Protection Act', who recently said he wishes he could take back his vote authorizing Congress to save the life of Terri Schiavo - is pro-life. As a matter of fact, according to Schaeffer, Obama is even more pro-life than George W. Bush, in spite of Mr. Bush's pro-life record, his opposition to embryonic stem cell research and his efforts to save Terry Schiavo's life.

Excerpted from Frank Schaeffer's article in the Huffington Post - February 7 [H/T to Zoecarnate - who apparently agrees with Mr. Schaeffer's spin]:
"I am an Obama supporter. I am also pro-life. In fact, without my family's involvement in the pro-life movement it would not exist as we know it. Evangelicals weren't politicized until after my late father and evangelical leader Francis Schaeffer, Dr. Koop (Reagan's soon-to-be Surgeon General) and I stirred them up over the issue of abortion in the mid-1970s. Our "Whatever Happened to the Human Race?" book, movie series and seminars brought the evangelicals into the pro-life movement.

"In 2000, we elected a president who claimed he believed God created the earth and who, as president, put car manufacturers and oil company's interests ahead of caring for that creation. We elected a pro-life Republican Congress that did nothing to actually care for pregnant women and babies. And they took their sincere evangelical followers for granted, and played them for suckers.....

"...Fast forward - Today when I listen to Obama speak (and to his remarkable wife, Michelle) what I hear is a world view that actually nurtures life. Obama is trying to lead this country to a place where the intrinsic worth of each individual is celebrated. A leader who believes in hope, the future, trying to save our planet and providing a just and good life for everyone is someone who is actually pro-life....

"....The society that Obama is calling us to sacrifice for is a place wherein life would be valued not just talked about....

"Regardless of the official position of the Supreme Court on abortion.... if our highest aspiration is to be a consumer with no thought or care for our neighbor, we will remain a culture in which abortion is not only inevitable but logical.

"What we need in America is a spiritual rebirth, a turning away from the false value of consumerism and utilitarianism that have trumped every aspect of human life. To implement this vision we need leaders that inspire but to do so they have to be what they say they are. It's not about policy it's about character...

"...Obama's rivals for the nomination -- the Clintons -- do not inspire.... The Clintons have enriched themselves through their connections to a point where they're able to make a $5 million personal loan to their campaign."For someone who says she has spent "the last 35 years of my life as an advocate for children" and/or "fighting for healthcare" that's a lot of money to have collected through doing good works....

"...Similarly the Republicans have also been hypocrites while talking big, for instance about their pro-life ethic. But what have they achieved? First, through their puritanical war on sex education they've hindered our country from actually preventing unwanted pregnancy. Second, through the Republican Party's marriage to the greediest and most polluting earth-destroying corporations they've created a climate (both moral and physical) that has scorched the earth for-profit, with no regard to future generations whatsoever. The Republicans are to the pro-life movement what the Clintons are to selfless public service...

"...The real solution to abortion is to change the heart of America... Our country needs someone to show us a better way, a president who is what he seems, someone with actual moral authority that our diverse population can believe in who has the qualities that make us want to follow him. Obama is that person."
To make a long story short: The greedy, Earth-polluting tyrants in America, who support an infant's right to live, are not pro-life. Conversely, Barack Obama - who refused to protect the lives of infants who survived late-term abortions - is the ultimate pro-lifer.

Spin? No, it's just the latest installment in the "Obama mythology".

No comments: