Hillary Hits Obama On Abortion Rights

AP   |  Nedra Pickler   |   January 5, 2008 10:30 PM


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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton criticizes rival Barack Obama's record on abortion rights in a mailing sent to New Hampshire voters _ her first direct attack on the Illinois senator since his victory in Iowa.

The mailer says that seven times during his time in the Illinois state Senate, Obama declined to take a position on abortion bills, while Clinton has been a defender of abortion rights.

During his eight years in the legislature, Obama cast a number of votes on abortion and received a 100 percent rating from the Illinois Planned Parenthood Council for his support of abortion rights, family planning services and health insurance coverage for female contraceptives. He voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive, a vote that especially riled abortion opponents.


 
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Why doesn't NARAL sit this one out and let the right wing, nutbag, christian conservatives cool off? Why stir the fucking pot?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:32 PM on 01/07/2008

so typical of Obama
they are lying about what the Clinton campaign said to make themselves the victims

when President Obama sits down to make deals with all the indies and goopers who voted for him and bring people together and he is only present on the issue of choice...
I'll be laughing at you.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:35 PM on 01/07/2008
- Qbear I'm a Fan of Qbear 51 fans permalink

I stated yesterday this will BACKLASH against the Clintons, because anyone could go online in minutes and verify from NARAL that Obama has a 100% rating.
Just a stupid attack, and Clintons will look nefarious and inauthentic for the smear.
It was as damaging as the
Bob-hatche­t-job-Kerr­ey "compliment."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:10 PM on 01/07/2008
- AlP I'm a Fan of AlP 4 fans permalink

Is Huffington Post going to take on his Funding The War vote as well? Spin that one too please.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:37 AM on 01/07/2008

"He voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive, a vote that especially riled abortion opponents."

If you call yourself a Christian and the above statement doesn't bother you a bit then you are not a Christian at all.

This just has to be the worst kind of thing imaginable.

You won't help a child in need?

So what the heck if the child is the result of a botched abortion?

This shows who really cares.

I will NEVER vote for this man and neither should you.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:03 AM on 01/07/2008
- NYC I'm a Fan of NYC permalink

I’ve been a planned parenthood supporter for as long as I can remember. I give every year to the National Federation (legislative work) and to NYC Planned Parenthood (on the ground aid). I am tired of their sorry excuse for advocacy. Present in illinois shouldn’t be an option. It’s one thing to excuse representative from S. Dakota but enough is enough. By the way Biden voted in favor of the Partial Birth Abortion act, making it impossible for me to support him. In any case I called PP tonight (1-800-798-7092) and told them I would no longer be supporting them because of their invovlement with the Obama campaign. I will support our local chapter and put the money I put nationally to the local clinics.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:40 PM on 01/06/2008

i LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. Reply with your answer.

If I were President the first thing I would do is.........

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:38 PM on 01/06/2008
- shockmagog I'm a Fan of shockmagog 137 fans permalink
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I talked to a Republican yesterday and she had high hopes for Fred Thompson, but is now totally disillusioned. The "old Republicanism" could not be recaptured, she felt. I said I thought that Huckabee was "the embodiment of pure evil," and she agreed with me wholeheartedly.

This is just another anecdotal that the Republicans are completely torn asunder and lost.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:38 PM on 01/06/2008

Is this a lie? Seven times during his time in the Illinois state Senate, Obama declined to take a position on abortion bills.....

I don't think so. You can say he supported choice in other bills and votes, but this is not a lie. That he got support from the local Planned Parenthood. Cool. But, did they lie about the seven times? No. Do you examine it further? No. Let's look further. Shame on the Huffington Post for the Fox-like photo distortion of Hillary.

On the other hand, isn't it lovely that we are discussing the shame of a candidate not supporting Choice or to what degree? It's a good place to be when Choice is a positive for a candidate and is used by another candidate for a comparison.





    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:38 PM on 01/06/2008

JOHN EDWARDS

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:34 PM on 01/06/2008
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Dear Hillary Apologists Whining Against the Machine:

There is no machine.

HuffPO did not mind-meld Iowans into rejecting Hillary Clinton in favor of Barrack Obama and/or John Edwards; they did that all by themselves.

Please consider accepting the fact that your candidate is losing steam because her campaign strategy was off the mark. Recall that her Iraq voting record is very Republican-like. Recall that she is trying to win the WH the old fashion way, with tons of money and beltway connections.

Sincerely,
The People

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:31 PM on 01/06/2008

JOHN EDWARDS

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:31 PM on 01/06/2008
- zull2 I'm a Fan of zull2 36 fans permalink
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What this mailer means, is that either Clinton herself isn't savvy enough politically to know that Planned Parenthood of Illinois practically asked Obama and the other Illinois Dems to vote present (the system in Illinois works a little differently...it's the sort of thing that a smart president would know, but most folks would probably wouldn't understand the difference between "present" and "yes or no"...that effectively, "present" in Illinois means that you're not against the idea of the law, but you don't feel that the law itself would be effective or worthwhile (which is a significant problem with legislation...by the time a bill gets to the point where the Senators can vote on it, it's usually so riddled with loopholes that it's just a ridiculous piece of fluff). Or she's so desperate to win that she'd twist something she knows is totally innocent into a misleading attack.

Clinton's already been informed about all this, though, so yeah...it's just a cheap, dishonest attack.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:25 PM on 01/06/2008
- williamg I'm a Fan of williamg 251 fans permalink
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For the last year, the media has constantly rammed down out throats that "Hillary is inevitable". Now, when a tough article is written, they complain. When she starts placing higher than 3rd place, then she might deserve better coverage. Until then, stop bitching and complaining. Losers don't get positive coverage - because the lost.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:22 PM on 01/06/2008

Yeah, the whole 'Halo Effect' and the messianic Obama raves have turned me off him completely.

Nominate Obama, and watch the Democrats lose an election that was practically handed to them.

After that happens, I guess I'll just have to sit back and cry ...and laugh.

So, do what you have to do HuffPo, because I'm not even interested in visiting this site anymore.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:22 PM on 01/06/2008
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