Palin On Obama: "Unconditional Support For Unlimited Abortion"

Governor Sarah Palin launched a harsh, frontal attack against Barack Obama on Saturday for the Senator's position on abortion rights.

Appearing in Pennsylvania, the Alaska Republican claimed that Obama had "unconditional support for unlimited abortion," was "vague and evasive on the subject," and held extreme views when it came to life. On several occasions, she took past Obama statements and positions greatly out of context.

Speaking before a generally rowdy Saturday morning crowd, Palin eagerly resurfaced one of the Democratic nominee's most memorable rhetorical flubs from this campaign, only to twist his intent and language.

"[Obama] said that a women shouldn't be quote, punished with a baby," declared Palin.

In actuality, Obama said that he did not want his nine and six year old daughters to be "punished with a baby" should they make a mistake. "I don't want them punished with an STD at the age of 16," he added. "You know, so it doesn't make sense to not give them information."

Later in her campaign rally, Palin accused Obama of supporting partial birth abortion.

"Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan said partial birth abortion was too close to infanticide," she said. "Sen Obama thinks it is a constitutional right, but he is wrong."

Truth be told, Obama has argued on the campaign trail that, "the state can properly restrict late-term abortions," as long as there are provisions "to protect the health of the mother." In the Illinois State Senate Obama voted against a bill that would criminalize the practice of doctors performing partial birth abortions.

In the days after Tuesday's presidential debate there was some complaining among conservatives that so little of the campaign dialogue had focused on social issues. Palin's appearance on Saturday suggests that - in addition to reprising Obama's association with Bill Ayers - the McCain ticket will be renewing the cultural wars through focus on issues like abortion. For its part the crowd in Johnston, Pennsylvania, responded to the red meat the Alaska Governor provided them.

Comments

[gopSTEALSyourTAXmoney]

My own position: Abortion on demand.

[haveitoldyoulately]

hmmmmmmm, Just a thought...Palin is soooooo against abortion, and of childbearing years .....does she intend to keep producing if elected?

[JonRaymond]

As opposed to Palin's complete refusal to support even conditional abortion.

[Kwaayesnama]

What I find appalling is that Todd Palin has so much influence in Alaska’s government. I do not think anywhere else in this nation that a spouse of a governor plays such a large roll in the governors office. Considering his lack of education and intellect that might explain his delusions of importance.

[JonRaymond]

You have to remember that Palin is a hockeymom who knows her place as a subservient woman.

[dozaa]

But she's making history: McCain/Palin: the first ticket in American history in which both candidates were found to have violated ethics standards before a national election!

[jacksondrew]

just what do we (american public) know about him(todd) why has MSM given him a pass? Let's talk about his other two children he has fathered. Hey, National inquirer, where are you on this?

Will we have to support them too? Moosehillbillies every single one of them.

[ContraEgoiste]

The sad truth is that this is not even about morality since these are the same people who...

Cheer the $10,000,000,000 PER MONTH that goes to war but voted down the $5,000,000 that would have gone to CHILDREN's Health care.

Love said war that has ki//ed over 4,000 Americans and wounded about 30,000

Love said war that has ki//ed half a million Iraqis and who knows how many wounded.

Who hate any aid that goes to the poor, but are ok with the Billions for the "free market".

...but about control of a not too bright sector of the population by FEAR and to herd them into an active bloc that their leader can wield as political power, same way that all the evangelists preachers (read: con-men) do it.

This will do nothing to gain any independents. However, she just may be seeing the writing on the wall and angling for her political future in the GOP.

[TheHandyman]

The US is so far behind the civilized world when it comes to abortion. The religious zealots would have us civilized people believe that it is murder and is so because some great imaginary being said it was. Civilized people understand sex is fun and is a biological drive and just saying no won't work. Mother Nature won't allow it. So, if you educate young people to know what, why, and how and then provide them the means to have sex, which they are going to do anyway, we wouldn't have to abort what isn't there. The problem stems from centuries of ignorance perpetuated times a thousand so that young people are taught sex is wrong and dirty. How absurd. They force ignorance on the young and then punish them with children so they can be miserable like all the adults around them.

Abortion, until barbaric humans that deny a healthy approach to sex die out, should remain totally at the discretion of any woman who wants it. Too bad that Obama isn't enlightened enough to see that too. In way too many ways he is just like Palin.

[way2interested]

Has there been anything in history that was stopped because it became illegal?

With the internet age, I shutter to think of the websites that will become available to instruct young women how to preform an abortion at home.

Keep abortions safely on the hands of the doctors.

[giovannagirl]

I have been an R.N. for 45 yrs. I remember when abortion was illegal. I can tell you that those who can afford abortion will have them safely and in hospital and no one will be the wiser.

However women with fewer financial and social resources will in increasing numbers arrive in the E.R. in various states of illness with homemade abortive devices .

If you think health care is expensive now, just wait.

One more thought on Ms Palin.......barracudas and pit bulls aren't exactly known for the size of their brains. Need I say more?

[SeaBoatbuilder]

Arrrrgh! Make it stop! The cognitive dissonance is hurting my ears!

If the "pro-lifers" put as much effort into preventing unwanted pregnancies as they put into trying to eliminate personal freedoms, we wouldn't be having this conversation. What is so hard to understand about that simple equation?

[OGRIMES]

To all the 18 million women who voted for Hillary Clinton.I commend you all,she has paid dues and worked hard to achieve what she did.Hell no should you let Sarah Palin slide in and get the second highest job in the world without paying her dues ,being qualified or,working hard for it.

Secondly if you are a racist.is gas black or white?is 401k black or white?is loosing your job black or white?Please wake up we as black people vote democrat because we believe they are on our side the
poor and middle class.We don't care what color the nominee is.It's clear who the better man is don't
make the mistake of believing the hype. Vote Obama/Biden08

[GiovanniWorld]

Why would a person NOT do this>>> "criminalize the practice of doctors performing partial birth abortions."

Life is precious, Obama should not be in favor of allowing such heinous acts against babies.

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[haveitoldyoulately]

I just signed a petition to stop the biggest fraud in history! To DISQUALIFY McCain and Palin from this race for Inciting RIOTS

[Donnat]

why aren't the Palins at home looking after their wayward and special needs children? Her kids seem to be props to her, mere afterthoughts. It's hard to feel any sincerity in her words when she talks about life being precious, or yours.

Besides, Obama did not say that, you are merely inventing phrases to match your distorted view of what Obama really believes.

[evsparks]

"Why would a person NOT do this>>> "criminalize the practice of doctors performing partial birth abortions."

Life is precious, Obama should not be in favor of allowing such heinous acts against babies."

Well GiovanniWorld,
They wouldn't do it because in the split second that Doc's have to make that decision, between the life of the unborn child or the health (possibly life, or possibly inability to have future children, etc.) of the mother, many of those Doctors will feel that their ethical obligation falls with the mother. The last thing that these physicians or nurse-midwives or anyone else in that horrific situation should have to be thinking about is whether or not they might be held CRIMINALLY responsible for their actions! Their jobs as Doctors requires them to protect the health and safety of their patients - first here is the mother. We need them to focus on that and only that and not be worried that they will be sent to prison because they put a woman's health or life (a woman, by the way, who may already have children that would be traumatized without her) before the life of an unborn child.

It would be great if you would do a little research before sharing your opinion...

P.S. You know who else's life is "precious?" The mother's.

[grata2ude]

As a medical person let me say this. partial birth abortions are not done on healthy fetuses. Most of the time their is a discovery of a horrendous health issue involving that baby. One case that I know of was a case where the baby suffered from microencephela, which means that 3/4 the babies brain had not developed. It was a heartwrenching discovery for those parents. But they chose to give birth instead of abortion. The baby in turn, died a horrible death. It was "alive" because its heart was beating, but the brain being undeveloped everyone knew it wouldn't live long. Its skull was actually collapsed on one side.

It was awful for the parents, it was awful for the medical staff. The baby couldn't eat it layed there until its little heart just stopped. The baby suffered, The parents suffered

Now no one should have blamed the parents if they had a late term abortion. And no one should dictate what parents of children like that should do. Not me, Not you, and Not Sarah Palin.

[Rhubarbarian]

I am pro-choice but have a very hard time accepting partial birth abortions. Your example states that the baby suffered and died a horrible death. Would not that same thing have happened had it been aborted? I admit to having a limited knowledge of all things biological, but I'm pretty sure that a baby's nerve endings don't just kick in when it's out of the womb. Doesn't this mean it would feel incredible pain from a partial birth abortion? Do the doctors performing this procedure anesthetize the baby before it's aborted? I don't know. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but your logic that a partial birth abortion prevents a baby from suffering is not convincing to me.

[lunarmagpie]

oh, yeah... philip j berg, esq is one to believe all right... he's a REAL nutter.
http://screwloosechange.blogspot.com/2007/01/philip-j-berg-nutbar-supreme.html

it's amazing how much desperation is coming out of the woodwork right now.

[JFaye]

"Sarah Fatigue" has brought me to a point of watching the television in mute.

Judging from what small percentage of her above-average income she donates to charity, it appears Ms. Palin's views against abortion are more rhetoric than commitment. Generally, people who are passionate about the so-called "culture of life" will generously give to help young mothers who decide against aborting a fetus.

[CD-Host]

What is wrong with you? Given own down's syndrome baby and her daughter carrying to term I think she has proven a commitment. Are you so blinded by hate that you just say stuff that is obviously false?

[LemonMeringue]

Where is that baby?

Palin apparently believes her job is done after she births the child.

[LMurphy418]

I saw her on CNN this afternoon. She introduced the huge crowd to her children, including Trig. Sarah's just parading him around like a trophy. IMO, she's playing the martyr card. It sickens me. That poor baby. All he needs is his mother's love and attention but she's got him becoming her ornament.

Got hope? Vote Obama 08!

[peterhowitt]

They will resent her later in life for using them as fame props. It is a form of child abuse from the Family Values Saleswoman.

I have never seen her once actually look nay of her kids in the eye let alone show any affection to them.

What goes around comes around, especially from your kids.

You can tell they are embarrassed by her but are too young and overpowered by her to tell her - but one day the power will shift. Power she is abusing like everything else she grabs hold of.

And that husband to*l. I would love to take him out the back for a good hiding. Boy!!

[lunarmagpie]

that poor little guy, they pack him around like he's a bag of potatoes. that really is pathetic.

[Chansmom]

She's paraded that poor little man all over the place, and while the baby's place is with his mother, to take him on stage during those noisy rally's, and she has plenty of times, is just so irresponsible. Any other time, fine, but leave him with someone, some place calm and quiet, not up on stage being held by one of the baby sitters you call your children. We get it, we get it, you squeezed out another child and are campaigning, wow!

[Rhubarbarian]

Yes, and she's paraded the baby all over the place too, and oh, you meant the baby - not Todd.

[haveitoldyoulately]

Hey Sarah

I am a Democrat who does not believe in abortion......You can say, I'm Pro Life......For ME
BUT....I support a womans Right of Choice.......Because I also believe, Who the hell am I, to tell another woman what to do.

Wake up lady......take care of your own

Your beliefs may not be false, BUT ....they are your beliefs....you, one person, cannot decide for millions

[momof3inGA]

Couldn't have said it better myself!

[kylennblack]

The only abortion Palin should be concerned about is the abortion that is her campaign.

[mollymo]

Part two
cont'd

"Then I realized that even if there was a Constitutional ammendment against abortion, it wouldn't stop it - it would go back to the states (where it should have stayed to begin with.) Then I realized that if I want to stop abortion I need to vote to work on the reasons people have abortion: poverty; education; expensive health care, etc. These are DEMOCRATIC PARTY issues. I also neeeded to work on the adoption laws in my state so I joined a group that is trying to improve those laws so that adoption will become a better alternative for people. I will not carry another sign, or complain about Roe V. Wade. I want to do something about it in the only way it will work: by making it unnecessary and adoption a respected alternative. Most of the Pro-life issues are on the Dem. side of the aisle, and I'm voting for Obama BECAUSE I believe in life. "

I couldn't have said this any better!

[haveitoldyoulately]

perfectly said

[TheHandyman]

How can you say that you believe in Life and yet you want to support another human who doesn't get that war is wrong? The only difference between McBush and Obama is that one thinks the GWOT should be fought in Iraq and the other one says no, it's Afghanistan. They are both wrong. You can't win that war with the military. It is a criminal matter. We only see this disastorous war in terms of what it has cost us. We do not see it in terms of what has happened to the Iraqi's who never got to vote on whether they wanted to be invaded.

Secondly, it is no ones business what a woman does with her body. You may think that adoption is fine but guess what, would you volunteer for the fetus to be placed in your body and bring it to term? Not bloody likely! While you are right to say that proper education, birth control,etc is very important to alleviate the problems with abortion it does not in any way address the problem of the accidental impregnation iof a woman who does not want a child. Adoption promotes the number one problem in the world today...over population. This, and this alone is what drives all the other problems of climate change, depeltion of resources, starvation, water and air pollution, and resource wars. The next genmeration is going to feel the impact of centuries of breeding like flies!

[mollymo]

I was quoting someone, which you would have read both my posts. You would have also read that I believe in choice. I just wouldn't do it! I have taken 2 family members and 1 friend to have abortions,because that was their choice. I held their hands and supported them. I also firmly believe that ANYONE should be able to have one, if that is their choice, but especially through rape and or incest. The lady writing the original post was formily Repub, not I. I wouldn't vote Repub if someone had a gun to my head!

[evsparks]

"Then I realized that even if there was a Constitutional ammendment against abortion, it wouldn't stop it - it would go back to the states (where it should have stayed to begin with.)"

I know this isn't your comment, but just wanted to make a correction...
An amendment to the federal constitution would be the highest authority - the matter cannot return to the states if the U.S. Constitution specifically forbids that practice.

I didn't point that out because I disagree with the poster's point, btw, I agree with him/her, in fact. Just that this was an important clarification.