But First pro-life ad running in CO, PA, MI and Washington DC
And don't miss the one minute video ads running in Colorado at the bottom of today's blog. Must see. One thing that we can thank the Lord for in His good providence is that because Obama is the candidate of Democrat choice the issue of abortion has risen to new levels like never before inspite of the issue of the economy. For the long run this election may be one of the best historical happenings in a long time for the sake of the unborn as the question as to when life begins have been raised again and again...."On Sept. 8, I debated opponents of Amendment 48 on KBDI-Channel 12. Fofi Mendez, who represented the "No on 48 campaign," was asked by the moderator when life begins. She answered, "Individually, we can all determine when life begins." In other words, each person decides. For Mendez, "life" includes being able to breathe and walk. This leaves out newborn babies and anyone in a wheelchair or on a respirator.
Her response is simply a further expression of the confused, stale, outdated abortion politics that have dominated the last few decades."
Now to Palin's historic Providential speech
Take note of the contrast and Providential setting here in Pennsyvlania. This is the very state that Obama was quoted of saying "punished with a baby"!!! See more on this historic pro-life speech on tomorrow's post. No matter what happens this election when the abortion trade is abolished much like the slave trade years ago (see Denver Post vs the legacy of William Wilberforce, other christians and the unborn and Great, great grandson of William Wilberforce supports Colorado personhood amendment to define a human as human from conception!!) this speech may be one of those listed in the documentaries years from now!!!
Palin's PA speech of Obama and the life issue
"In this same spirit, as defenders of the culture of life, John McCain and I believe in the goodness and potential of every innocent life. I believe the truest measure of any society is how it treats those who are least able to defend and speak for themselves. And who is more vulnerable, or more innocent, than a child?
When I learned that my son Trig would have special needs, I had to prepare my heart for the challenges to come. At first I was scared, and Todd and I had to ask for strength and understanding. But I can tell you a few things I've learned already.
Yes, every innocent life matters. Everyone belongs in the circle of protection. Every child has something to contribute to the world, if we give them that chance. There are the world's standards of perfection... and then there are God's, and these are the final measure. Every child is beautiful before God, and dear to Him for their own sake....
As for our beautiful baby boy, for Todd and me, he is only more precious because he is vulnerable. In some ways, I think we stand to learn more from him than he does from us. When we hold Trig and care for him, we don't feel scared anymore. We feel blessed.
It's hard to think of many issues that could possibly be more important than who is protected in law and who isn't - who is granted life and who is denied it. So when our opponent, Senator Obama, speaks about questions of life, I listen very carefully.
I listened when he defended his unconditional support for unlimited abortions. He said that a woman shouldn't have to be - quote - "punished with a baby." He said that right here in Johnstown - "punished with a baby" - and it's about time we called him on it. The more I hear from Senator Obama, the more I understand why he is so vague and evasive on the subject. Americans need to see his record for what it is. It's not negative or mean-spirited to talk to about his record. Whatever party you belong to, there are facts you need to know.
Senator Obama has voted against bills to end partial-birth abortion. In the IL Senate, a bipartisan majority passed legislation against that practice. Senator Obama opposed that bill. He voted against it in committee, and voted "present" on the Senate floor. In that legislature, "present" is how you vote when you're against something, but don't want to be held to account.
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a Democrat, described partial-birth abortion as "too close to infanticide." Barack Obama thinks it's a constitutional right, but he is wrong.
Most troubling, as a state senator, Barack Obama wouldn't even stand up for the rights of infants born alive during an abortion. These infants - often babies with special needs - are simply left to die.
In 2002, Congress unanimously passed a federal law to require medical care for those babies who survive an abortion. They're living, breathing babies, but Senator Obama describes them as "pre-viable." This merciful law was called the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. IL had a version of the same law. Obama voted against it.
Asked about this vote, Senator Obama assured a reporter that he'd have voted "yes" on that bill if it had contained language similar to the federal version of the Born Alive Act. There's just one little problem with that story: the language of both the state and federal bills was identical.
In short, Senator Obama is a politician who has long since left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life. He has sided with those who won't even protect a child born alive. And this exposes the emptiness of his promises to move beyond the "old politics."
In both parties, Americans have many concerns to be weighed in the votes they cast on November fourth. In times like these, with wars and a financial crisis, it's easy to forget even as deep and abiding a concern as the right to life. And it seems our opponent hopes that you will forget. Like so much else in his agenda, he hopes you won't notice how radical his ideas and record are until it's too late.
But let there be no misunderstanding about the stakes.
A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for activist courts that will continue to smother the open and democratic debate we need on this issue, at both the state and federal level. A vote for Barack Obama would give the ultimate power over the issue of life to a politician who has never once done anything to protect the unborn. As Senator Obama told Pastor Rick Warren, it's above his pay grade.
For a candidate who talks so often about "hope," he offers no hope at all in meeting this great challenge to the conscience of America. There is a growing consensus in our country that we can overcome narrow partisanship on this issue, and bring all the resources of a generous country to the aid of both women in need and the child waiting to be born. We need more of the compassion and idealism that our opponent's own party, at its best, once stood for. We need the clarity and conviction of leaders like the late Governor Bob Casey.
He represented a humanity that speaks to all of us - no matter what our party, our background, our faith, or our gender. And no matter your position on this sensitive subject, I hope that spirit will guide you on Election Day. I ask you to vote for McCain-Palin on the November 4th, and help us to bring this country together in the rational discussion of compassion and life."-Found speech in its 30 minute entirety here at Sarah Palin Campaign Speech in Johnstown, PA. The pro-life speech begins at about 14 minutes into it!!! Excellent!!!
According to MSM, born babies are fetuses-"MSM has a persistent problem calling abortion survivors babies, as evidenced in the title and verbiage of the Miami Herald article below on this week's funeral for Hialeah, FL, abortion survivor Shanice Osbourne. See my previous posts on those plans here and here....The MH reporter, Elinor Brecher, also tried to portray Shanice's live birth as iffy. It was not, and this is not the ongoing question here. The question is whether to prosecute Shanice's death as murder....
That is why there is a "homicide prosecutor" investigating the case, not a feticide prosecutor.
Brecher questioned "whether Shanice was born alive" only to note the medical examiner's report that Shanice died of "natural" causes for "extreme prematurity." If the examiner were speaking of a prenatal death, Shanice's mother would not have been aborting her in an abortion mill. She would have been miscarrying her in a hospital. Come on.
And why did Brecher not quote this from the medical examiner's report: "the paranchyma [lungs] has gas bubbles... The lungs float in water," meaning Shanice breathed, took air into her lungs?
This reporter was either incredibly dense or incredibly manipulative of the facts.
And the Miami Herald needs a dictionary on the premises. As I've repeated said, there are any number of appropriate words to call a born human - baby, child, neonate, or infant. The one much of MSM currently insists upon, fetus, is grammatically incorrect. But it is politically correct, that's for sure."
Another Providential happening in Colorado for contrast
Colorado was the state of the Democrat National Convention where possibly the biggest protest sign ever was on display being a pro-life sign!!! See Update: Factcheck.org confirms Obama's misrepresentation, Providence/Colorado and the DNC? (possibly the largest protest sign ever this week in CO.), Is the Democrat National Convention a Providential God Send to the state of Colorado for the sake of the unborn? and Jill Stanek vs Obama. Obama a Providential God send?. This year the unborn have received alot of attention and we can rejoice in that no matter what the outcome. If it be in God's good providence that this battle is won this election then great but if it be that this is a battle lost for the sake of the long run in the war and having such a radical president is what it takes to get the rights of the unborn finally recognized then I suppose we will have to wait. One thing that can be providentially banked on is that the unborn has gotten more attention this election like never before!!! Check out these ads running in Colorado for the personhood amendment for the sake of the lives of the unborn!!!
Get to the end of this one it's only a minute but makes a point that can't be missed!!!
The Scarecrow from Personhood USA on Vimeo.
What Is It? from Personhood USA on Vimeo.
The Fire from Personhood USA on Vimeo.
DNA? from Personhood USA on Vimeo.
