Obama Wants To Retreat From Iraq
Barack Obama wants to retreat from Iraq as soon as he is President, no matter how the war is going on the ground. He has pledged to bring all troops home within his first 16 months in office (even though he is now trying to move to the center to win the election).
Obama Supports Legalized Infanticide
Born Alive Infants Protection Act: Congress heard testimony about babies that had survived attempted late-term abortions. Nurses testified that these preterm living, breathing babies were being thrown into medical waste bins to die or being "terminated" outside the womb. With the baby now completely separated from the mother, it was impossible to argue that the health or life of the mother was in jeopardy by giving her baby appropriate medical treatment.
Who would oppose a bill that said you couldn't kill a baby who was born? Not Kennedy, Boxer or Hillary Rodham Clinton. Not even the hard-core National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). Obama, however, is another story. The year after the Born Alive Infants Protection Act became federal law in 2002, identical language was considered in a committee of the Illinois Senate. It was defeated with the committee's chairman, Obama, leading the opposition.
Let's be clear about what Obama did, once in 2003 and twice before that. He effectively voted for infanticide. He voted to allow doctors to deny medically appropriate treatment or, worse yet, actively kill a completely delivered living baby.
Obama Supports Legalized Abortion
Rated 100% by NARAL on pro-choice votes in 2005, 2006 & 2007
Sen. Obama received the following scores on NARAL Pro-Choice America's Congressional Record on Choice.
- 2007: 100 percent
- 2006: 100 percent
- 2005: 100 percent
Voted against banning partial birth abortion
Obama's record in Illinois represents that of a pragmatic progressive, who pushed for moderate reforms and opposed right-wing legislation. In the IL legislature, voting "present" is the equivalent of voting "no" because a majority of "yes" votes are required for passage. Many IL legislators use the "present" vote as an evasion on an unpopular choice, so that they can avoid being targeted for voting "no." During the 2004 Democratic primary, an opponent mocked Obama's "present" vote on abortion bills with flyers portraying a rubber duck and the words, "He ducked!".
In 1997, Obama voted against SB 230, which would have turned doctors into felons by banning so-called partial-birth abortion, & against a 2000 bill banning state funding. Although these bills included an exception to save the life of the mother, they didn't include anything about abortions necessary to protect the health of the mother. The legislation defined a fetus as a person, & could have criminalized virtually all abortion.
Obama Supports Raising Taxes
Obama Supports Massive Gun Control
Obama endorsed Illinois handgun ban
Obama was being misleading when he denied that his handwriting had been
on a document endorsing a state ban on the sale and possession of
handguns in Illinois. Obama responded, "No, my writing wasn't on that
particular questionnaire. As I said, I have
never favored an all-out ban on handguns."
Actually, Obama's writing was on the 1996 document, which was filed when Obama was running for the Illinois state Senate. A Chicago nonprofit, Independent Voters of Illinois, had this question, and Obama took hard line:
35. Do you support state legislation to:
a. ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns? Yes.
b. ban assault weapons? Yes.
c. mandatory waiting periods and background checks? Yes.
Obama's campaign said, "Sen. Obama didn't fill out these state Senate questionnaires--a staffer did--and there are several answers that didn't reflect his views then or now. He may have jotted some notes on the front page of the questionnaire, but some answers didn't reflect his views."
Ban semi-automatics, and more possession restrictions
- Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.
- Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms.
Principles that Obama supports on gun issues:
Obama Is Wrong On Energy
Obama has repeatedly opposed any new efforts to lessen our dependence on foreign oil, and to lower gas prices. He refuses to allow new drilling which would lower speculative oil prices immediately. Gas prices are hurting our economy and making foreign nations like Iran, Russia, and Venezuela rich.
Barack Obama is:
- opposed to any new offshore (50+ miles off the coast) exploration or drilling (where 19 billion barrels of oil exist, about 30 years' worth of imports from Saudi Arabia)
- opposed to drilling in ANWR (10+ billion barrels of oil), no matter how clean or new tech it is
- opposed to any new "clean coal" technologies promising to fulfill American energy needs. America is considered the "Saudi Arabia of Coal" estimated to have 27% of the world's coal reserves
- opposed to any new nuclear power plants in America, even though France is demonstrating it can be done cleanly and cheaply
- opposed to a gas tax holiday to lower gas prices
- opposed to incentivizing American companies to develop more efficient electric vehicles
More:
5 Reasons Not To Vote For Obama
10 Concerns About Barack Obama
10 Reasons NOT To Vote For Obama - Conservative Colloquium
Lots Of Reasons I Won't Vote For Obama - World Net Daily, Burt Prelutsky
Reasons Not To Vote For Barack Obama - Rate It All
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