Times Cover Up for Pro-Abort Sebelius Nomination?

Don Feder thinks the New York Times indeed is underreporting the pro-abortion angle in their story about the Catholic Governor of Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius, apparent friend of Dr. Partial-Birth Abortion himself, George Tiller--Sebelius is the likely Obama nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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[Bill R]

The radical pro-abortion tilt of the Obama administration is, to put it mildly, extremely disturbing.

[GL]

>>>The radical pro-abortion tilt of the Obama administration is, to put it mildly, extremely disturbing. <<<

But not surprising. He told us where he stood before he was elected.

[Stuart Koehl]

>>>But not surprising. He told us where he stood before he was elected.<<<

Don't you just hate it when a politician promises to do something--and then does it!

[Emily]

I spoke with a Catholic banker in Overland Park, Kansas this week about Sebelius as the nominee for this post. He said he would be all for it: anything to get her out of Kansas. She has done, and continues to do, so much to promote Tiller there and to harm the financial sector that he would consider the appointment as a gift to Kansas, finally getting her out of the state. Furthermore, he and his colleagues thought the federal bureaucracy would probably keep her from doing any real harm on the national level.

[W.E.D. Godbold]

There's NIMBY for you.

[GL]

>>>Don't you just hate it when a politician promises to do something--and then does it!<<<

Unfortunately, Obama appears to be keeping his promises to the hard left on a lot of things. Fortunately, as always, the far left is still not satisfied.

>>>He said he would be all for it: anything to get her out of Kansas.<<<

I wonder if she has paid up all her back due taxes. ;->

[Truth Unites... and Divides]

This little 12-year-old girl would probably be a better governor for Kansas than Sebelius. At least on the issue of abortion. Take a look at this precocious 12-year-old's 5 minute speech.

[Christopher Hathaway]

More proof that a vote for this man was either a case of terminal idiocy, or a willful sin.

[Nick]

As everyone else has pointed out this is not news. Obama was up front with his abortion views (if not his marriage views).

[Truth Unites... and Divides]

Christopher Hathaway: "More proof that a vote for this man was either a case of terminal idiocy, or a willful sin."

Let's ask: "Could a good Christian vote for Obama?"

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Tim Bayly: "Prior to the election, I found those who called themselves "pro-life" while shilling for Senator Barack Obama to be morally repugnant. Now, these hypocrites have had more than enough opportunities publicly to acknowledge their mistake; they've had weeks to cry "foul" or "I was misled by Senator Obama's lies concerning abortion;" yet they are silent.

Where are their protests? Where are they denouncing the aggressive promotion of abortion, internationally, that President Obama has given himself to since taking office at the White House? Where have the voices of Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo been raised in protest of President Obama's advocacy of child-slaughter? And turning to McLaren's and Campolo's useful simpletons, do any of them feel just the least bit betrayed and ashamed of their naivete?

It would be hard to prove, but I'm convinced that many of those who supported Senator Obama's presidential aspirations while claiming, themselves, to be Christian and pro-life were not pro-life at all, but rather, themselves often had had one or more abortions (or helped others to get one) and voted for Senator Obama as a coping mechanism employed to silence their conscience."

From: Obama supporters claiming to be "pro-life" were never, really, opposed to abortion...

[Truth Unites... and Divides]

Judy Warner: "It makes me wonder just what Obama means when he says he is a Christian." (from another MC thread on Obama.)

Obama claims to be a Christian, and many people do believe he is a Christian. If granting his claim, then on the issue of abortion, Obama is NOT a good Christian.

[Stuart Koehl]

>>>Obama is NOT a good Christian.<<<

Leaving aside your Johnny One Note fixation on separating the sheep from the goats--something left purely to Christ, by the way, as the Liturgy of last Sunday, the Sunday of Judgment, reminded us so forcefully), one would also have to say that Obama is not a good Muslim or a good Jew, either. In fact, I cannot think of any major religion--other than secular humanism--that holds abortion to be both a common good and a "right".

As to how people who claim to be Christians could have voted for Obama despite his position on abortion, I can list the following possible reasons:

1. Abysmal ignorance--undoubtedly the most widespread excuse, since I am convinced most people who cast their votes in our elections haven't the slightest clue what the candidates believe.

2. Cognitive dissonance--they hear one thing, but their mind tells them the opposite. A learning disability.

3. Willful suspension of disbelieve--life is a fairy tale.

4. Faulty logic--to be expected, given the state of the public schools.

5. Perverted understanding of Christian doctrine--to be expected, given what they teach in the churches.

6. Misdirection--the people in question are not Christians at all, in the sense of affirming the Gospel and teachings of Jesus Christ.

Obama, I feel, fits into the last category, as do most liberals who claim to be Christian. Their true commitment is to some sort of secular, socialist paradise, but knowing that this won't sell in the U.S. they wrap their message in old parish bulletins.

[Truth Unites... and Divides]

Please don't clip out of context. That's misrepresentation.

Furthermore, look at your own words. You yourself don't even feel that Obama is a Christian.

"Obama, I feel, fits into the last category, as do most liberals who claim to be Christian. [I.e.,]Misdirection-- the people in question are not Christians at all, in the sense of affirming the Gospel and teachings of Jesus Christ."

[Stuart Koehl]

Well, it is one thing to say that Obama is not a good Christian, and another to say he isn't Christian at all. The first requires a value judgment, the second merely an objective assessment of facts.

[David R.]

bold on bold off

[Bobby Winters]

You know, I suppose you could blame her for the state of abortion laws in Kansas, but I wonder what the role of the republican dominated legislature is. That body is two-thirds republican. There is a lot of blood on everyone's hands.

[Truth Unites... and Divides]

So Stuart, your feeling that Obama is not a Christian at all is based on your objective assessment of the facts. Is that correct?

[bonobo]

The Church makes it easy not to have to rely on feelings in this case. Participating in, aiding or abetting abortion, latae sententiae excommunication and all that, dontcha know. Yup, I'm with Stuart on the objective nature of that judgment.