The following comes from an August 6 story on LifeSiteNews.
For the third time in a month, Barack Obama’s re-election campaign has attacked Mitt Romney as an anti-abortion extremist.
“This is not the 1950s,” says a woman named Alex in the latest ad, “Important.”
The new commercial, like its predecessors, intersperses clips of Romney’s speeches with campaign spokeswomen’s comments.
“Contraception is so important to women,” Alex continues. “It’s about a woman being able to make decisions.”
The commercial features Romney’s comment, “Planned Parenthood, We’re going to get rid of that.” The former Massachusetts governor made clear he was referring to federal funding for the nation’s largest abortion provider. Taxpayer subsidies make up nearly half of its budget, amounting to $487.4 million in 2010.
“I don’t remember anyone as extreme as Romney,” adds Dawn.
The spot confirms that abortion and federal funding for Planned Parenthood are a dominant theme in President Obama’s re-election campaign.
An ad launched early last month, “Troubled,” falsely claimed that Romney “backed a law that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest,” a claim repeated in a second ad, “Women’s Choices,” just weeks later. The commercial featured a woman named Jenni saying: “I’ve never felt this way before, but it’s a scary time to be a woman. Mitt Romney is just so out of touch.”
Politifact.com said the assertions “twisted Romney’s position to a ridiculous degree.”
The second advertisement came just as the president invoked his pubescent daughters to justify his support for Planned Parenthood during a campaign stop in Portland, Oregon.
“Mr. Romney wants to get rid of funding for Planned Parenthood,” he said at the Oregon Convention Center. “I think that is a bad idea. I’ve got two daughters. I want them to control their own health care choices. We’re not going backwards; we’re going forwards.”
He followed that by telling the BlogHer Conference “I’m not going to give any ground” on cutting “vital services like Planned Parenthood.”
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President Obama says. “We’re not going backwards; we’re going forwards” …..and as a matter of fact, (wink, wink) we’re even being invited to dine with Catholic Cardinals. ; >)
Catherine I wish the Cardinal would read your comments, they need to know what their actions cause, they bring confusion and great shame. God have mercy on us.
When one has the devil as a spiritual director, one can come up with some very unbelievable lies. Change the names around, and it will be truthful. May God have mercy on this mad-man as he is helping the anti-christ to make his move and to take over the Chair of Peter as Daniel and Jesus have already warned us. The Day of the Lord is near and it will be a cruel day as Isaiah said. +JMJ+
Such slander by a political party that advocates murdering babies, destroying families, promoting samessex so-called marriages, suppression of religion and burdensome taxation is certainly just a reflection of their atheistic, totalitarian agenda. How does any political aberration such as this make itself palatable to voters except by lying, smearing its opponents and hammering tv watchers with incessant political propaganda sound bites. There is NOTHING these sewer rats disguised as cool, hip politically savvy people (though WE know better don’t we) would not stoop to including murder. Just read what was done in the “fast and furious” debacle to be convinced of this. I will vote for Romney no matter what. Four more years of these racist hatemongering democrats is unthinkable. Look what they’ve done to California! Industry is leaving your
Does anyone know what the Constitution allows the federal government to do, and what it disallows? For those who might wonder about those important distinctions, please read it. It lists what the federal government functions are. It also says, in the Tenth Amendment, that unless a power is specifically granted to the federal government, it belongs to the state or the people themselves. Control over medical matters such as contraception are NOT the proper functions of the central government, which makes that idiot Obama’s commercials irrelevant. It certainly makes any federal money going to Planned Parenthood illegal. Why don’t voters know that. Oh, yes, if the president doesn’t get it, why should it occur to us citizens. This is silly.
When Obama took his Oath of Office on a Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution – – – he was lying as usual.
We don’t know about States rights because the leftist public school system stopped teaching civics a long time ago.
Previous.post contd. ..look what they (democrats) have done to the state of CA…you’re paupers but those flagrant union pimps are literally forcing you already burdened taxpayers to pay for a bogus speed train to hell. How nuts is that? Like malignant cancer cells, they won’t stop until the host body is dead, because,mput quite simple they utterly lack any connection with the Will of God and so are not defined by morals and conscience…. Poor us, poor world, poor future for our beloved children. and to make matters worse, they only read information that supports their skewed world view so they’ll never know how far out they’ve travelled. How do we reach them? Any ideas?
“The spot confirms that abortion and federal funding for Planned Parenthood are a dominant theme in President Obama’s re-election campaign.” I hope Cardinal Dolan gets a chuckle out of this one at the Al Smith dinner.
It seems like any and everything gives His Eminence the giggles.
” The spot confirms that abortion and federal funding for Planned Parenthood are a dominant theme in President Obama’s re-election campaign.”
He is also lying about the economy and jobs. He has had 4 years to improve the economy and it has only gotten worse.
And our Country is further in debt than ever.
And Obama lied when he swore on a Bible to uphold the US Constitution, which includes: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”.
Obama is evil. No one of good will should vote for Obama.
I also need to mention that Obama supports gay-marriage.
I hope and pray that by some miracle Obama is not re-elected in November. It is so disturbing to me that our president is so anti-life. What I find even more disturbing is the fact that a good reason he won in 2008 was because of the Catholic vote and seeing Obama stickers when I pull into my Church parking lot. We should be ashamed at how we have allowed this to happen and really pray for this country. If Obama is re-elected we are in some serious trouble. As scary as this sounds, it is a great time to live our faith and a time for great virtue if we head the call. God Love you.
Birth control has destroyed Christian American families. Broken marriages, abortion, sleeping around, and unmarried mothers, because birth control does not always work. Women and men put off marriage to pursue careers, because they can delay children. With this delay of marriage STD have gone rampant. Yes the 50’ies had problems, but the family was strong across all races. Church attendance was common. There was great dependance on God and family ties. The pursuit of happiness did not include charging up credit cards and going into debt putting untold pressure on everyone.
The Pill is not freedom, but slavery…sexual slavery. A woman on the Pill can now be available to her mate 24/7 for sex. Where’s women’s freedom in that? And if the Pill fails a woman, the men in their lives think it’s the woman’s problem; men don’t think they are responsible, and there’s always abortion. Where’s women’s freedom in that? And when these women, who’ve put off having children for whatever reason, finally decide to get pregnant, it’s too late. They waited too long. Where’s women’s freedom in that? Women, wake up!
Yes, it helps women to make decisions, President Obama, like how to best die from breast or other cancers and medical problems after having pumped one’s body full of unnatural estrogens and other hormones. Yes, indeed it leads to making many decisions — to have a lumpectomy or masectomy, whether to reconstruct or not reconsturct, whether to take tomoxifin or some newer drug with less complications or side effects or radiation with chemotheraphy or without chemotheraphy. or no radiation at all. Whether to use rice or some other food to keep one from vomiting from the chemo Lots and lots of decisions, Presdient Obama. Lots and lots. Isn’t it wonderful to be able to make soooo many decisions and sometimes rather hurriedly because they is not much time left? That is if the tumor is small, and you even make it at all. If not you hav e even more decisons to make like who to leave your property to and who will take care of your children after you are gone. How will your husband cope with it all? President Obama, I suggest Natural Family Planning for married couples for those who really, really need to space children — far more organic in this “green” age. What about it, Sir?
Anyone who votes for this man, reallly needs help….both mental and especially prayers!!!!
And especially…..YOU CANNOT BE CATHOLIC AND VOTE FOR HIM,
P E R I O D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elizabeth, let me first say that I would not likely vote for Obama. But, I think you have your facts wrong, or I have a misunderstanding of the Catholic guidlines. As I understand the guidelines, a Catholic may not vote for a supporter of abortion BECAUSE they appove of the proceedure. But, they may vote for a supporter of abortion if they believe in other things that they support in spite of their support of abortion. Seems a little hard to reconcile to me.
Bob, the life issues trump all of the other issues according to the Vatican. The life issues are abortion and euthanasia and after that same-sex marriage from all that I have read. The only time one can vote for a pro-abortion or pro-euthanasia (and they usually run hand in hand) politician is if both candidates are pro-abortion and one votes for the lesser of the two evils, and there is no truly pro-life candidate. In other words if one pro-abortion candidate will not tax the public for abortion but votes to keep it legal, one should choose him or her over the other candidate if there are no other opitions for a winning candidate.
Bob One, If you voted for someone who vowed to help the poor, end war, force everyone to buy health insurance and make it possible for any American to kill a family member they might find to be inconvenient; would you think the church would teach that it is OK to do so because you agreed with the first three stated agendas? Even if, God forbid the Church did teach this, would you actually trust any candidate who vows to use “health care” to kill a “poor” defenseless child? I get the feeling that you don’t understand that ABORTION is MURDER. Abortion is just a sanitized word for the murdering of the youngest and most defenseless members of our society. Think about it; you were once a poor defenseless embryo yourself. Please vote justly each and every time.
Bob One,
Once again, and for the umpteenth time, you show no real knowledge of the actual Church teachings. YOU can only vote for a pro-abortion politician if the other incumbent or candidate is even more pro-abortion!
Kenneth M. Fisher
Bob One, you said you may not vote for Obama but you already did by your defense to vote for the man. Just because someone doesn’t directly vote for him but they can still by indirectly. Gee whiz, folks its gonna take prayer, fasting and a miracle if Obama doesn’t win this election and I’ll tell you why? Because of people who defend voting for him and because of certain leadership from within our church….who find dining with Mr. Obama okay. Well there are more reasons but I mentioned the most obvious.
Not Likely? you mean you cannot even NO I won’t for the most anti-Catholic president in recent history. Tell me Bob what is it in your progressive brain that makes you so unsure of whether you should vote against a clear enemy of Christ’s Church?????
Bob, Catholics may not vote for a pro-abortion politician – unless there is some other proportionate reason.
On internet plz see:
“WORTHINESS to RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION, General Principles” by Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict).
There is nothing proportionate in the USA to the murder of approx 1 MILLION babies each year.
If our only choices are both pro-abortion, we must vote for the lessor of the evils. (The candidate likely to do the least harm.)
All CATHOLICS are “MORALLY OBLIGATED” to VOTE. CCC: 2240.
If we do not vote, we should confess this as a sin.
Anne, that was a powerful post. It has the makings of a magazine article or better yet a YouTube video! think about it! So many women are clueless about the carcinogenic properties of birth control and abortion. And Elizabeth ,how can any Catholic not agree?
It deeply concerns me that anyone , no matter what their religion , could subject themselves to such a man, to such a party!What does it take to wake people up? He was a dope head in high school and college, a communist activist and has very strange ideas about sex and marriage and there are still people questioning whether they should vote for him?I guess these must be the dead Jesus was talking about in ” Let the dead bury their dead”. I guess their the zombies everyone is afraid of in all the walking dead movies. Now that IS scary!
Dana, anyone who wants to use those words or similar ones against the birthcontrol pill to make such a video certainly has my permission. If it saves just one life, it will be worth it. Those words belong to all the women who have died because they just did not have a chance. Perhaps such a video will give another woman or women a chance.
Dana and Gratias, I have survived cancer three times because over twenty years ago one old parish priest, like St. John Vianney, cared enough to tell me the truth about the birthcontrol pill. Should I not tell the truth to others to save their lives or to save them from the hell it creates? That is one of my ways of thanking God and that old parish priest for what he did for me when he was alive.
Bob One,
Bless your heart, but abortion is intrinsicaly evil, and we CANNOT vote
for a candidate that supports it!!!
Yip Elizabeth is right! Especially Mr. Obama is the worst in all American History. That one is an easy one, Mr. Obama doesn’t hide one bit how much against our faith he is!
I agree it’s not the 1950’s…….it’s 2012, the year that the American people will vote…….plus Mr. Obama the younger generation not born in the 1950’s, should take offense your comment because we can’t compare the 1950’s to today, we have do idea how the 1950’s was, we weren’t born during those times. Speak our language, why not say “this is not 1999″ or :1992” then even still we will say yes sir you are right but what is your point sir? Even in 2012 we actually have modern technology, like in ultra sounds 4D, to show us how alive and well are the unborn. Medicine has advanced more, where we know that smoking causes cancer, birth control causes cancer and other problems. We also know that there is no space attacks from another planet. Of course we also know people who mostly vote for you are dependent mostly by government assistance, in most households, both parents have to work to make ends meet. In the 50’s, I was told that mum stayed home and dad was able to afford supporting his family, buy a house, pay off several cars, family vacations etc… but now they both work, the middle class pays for free meals for others that don’t work, etc etc…..so stop with that cheap speech of yours, all the bad willed or all the easily deceived are cheering you on. Whether you compare that time to this time, there were good things as well as bad things back then as it is today but worst today….so your are right it is not 1950’s…whatever that means!
The Soros machine, such as embodied in the Obama regime, is using a deflection tactic, trying to put people into a false frame as if the battle is over one era vs another. This is deception and lies,and manipulation of the unwary. The battle is now and it pits evil against good. The Pope is rallying the forces of good, both in and outside of the Church to wage the ultimate of all wars, namely spiritual war on behalf of God. This war has been ongoing from creation. It peaks from time to time; this may be one of the times it is heading into a peak. Do not look to right or left, to tomorrow or yesterday, but keep your hands on the plow and your eyes on the straight path of Jesus.
JLS that is true…I think that many also lacked good English and writing lessons, maybe Obama had someone write his speech before he even gave it…someone from the 1950’s that is.
Anne T makes a excellent point about the pill and the breast cancer epidemic. This is of course a closely guarded feminist secret.
Planned Parenthood gets half it’s funding from Obama’s stash, yet I remember when Rep. Bart Stupak and a group of 12 “pro-life” Democrats passed Obamacare.
And if they knew, and mostly likely they did, that Christian employers were going to be forced to pay for it in insurances, they acted evilly, right along with the President.
Anne, you were certainly blessed to have such a wise priest! Maybe we’ll live long enough to see the lawsuits begin when women finally learn the truth that carcinogenic birth control pills caused their breast cancers, etc. I truly feel sorry for the women who have bought into the lie about choosing careers over having families and opting for contraceptives and having ruinous promiscuous lives. God bless you dear Anne. Thanks for your generous sharing.