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Joe Biden made a number of statements tonight that were contradictory to his own previous statements. Without the video in hand and hours to spare, I couldn’t catalog them all, but there were a few that really stuck out to me.

During his introductory video, Biden commented that the Iraq War should have never been authorized. Really? Let’s take a look at some of Biden’s own comments about the war, Saddam Hussein, and WMDs.

• Biden on Meet the Press in 2002, discussing Saddam Hussein: “He’s a long term threat and a short term threat to our national security… “We have no choice but to eliminate the threat. This is a guy who is an extreme danger to the world.”
• Biden on Meet the Press in 2002: “Saddam must be dislodged from his weapons or dislodged from power.”
  
• Biden on Meet the Press in 2007, on Hussein’s WMDs: “Well, the point is, it turned out they didn’t, but everyone in the world thought he had them. The weapons inspectors said he had them. He catalogued — they catalogued them. This was not some, some Cheney, you know, pipe dream. This was, in fact, catalogued.”
• Biden on Meet the Press, April 29, 2007: “The threat [Saddam Hussein] presented was that, if Saddam was left unfettered, which I said during that period, for the next five years with sanctions lifted and billions of dollars into his coffers, then I believed he had the ability to acquire a tactical nuclear weapon — not by building it, by purchasing it. I also believed he was a threat in that he was — every single solitary U.N. resolution which he agreed to abide by, which was the equivalent of a peace agreement at the United Nations, after he got out of — after we kicked him out of Kuwait, he was violating. Now, the rules of the road either mean something or they don’t. The international community says “We’re going to enforce the sanctions we placed” or not. And what was the international community doing? The international community was weakening. They were pulling away.”

Biden said tonight that Barack Obama was right all along about setting a timetable to pull out of Iraq, and John McCain was wrong. That doesn’t seem to jive with Biden’s own statements on the timetables for troop withdrawl.

• Biden to the Brookings Institution in 2005: “We can call it quits and withdraw from Iraq. I think that would be a gigantic mistake. Or we can set a deadline for pulling out, which I fear will only encourage our enemies to wait us out — equally a mistake.”

Biden stated that Barack Obama’s positions on Iraq had been “proven” right, but that doesn’t match Biden’s own comments on Barack Obama less than one year ago.

• Assessing Obama’s Iraq plan on September 13, 2007: “My impression is [Obama] thinks that if we leave, somehow the Iraqis are going to have an epiphany” of peaceful coexistence among warring sects. “I’ve seen zero evidence of that.”
• Biden, on Obama’s Iraq plan in August 2007: “I don’t want [my son] going [to Iraq],” Delaware Sen. Joe Biden said from the campaign trail Wednesday, according to a report on Radio Iowa. “But I tell you what, I don’t want my grandson or my granddaughters going back in 15 years and so how we leave makes a big difference.” Biden criticized Democratic rivals such as Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama who have voted against Iraq funding bills to try to pressure President Bush to end the war. “There’s no political point worth my son’s life,” Biden said, according to Radio Iowa. “There’s no political point worth anybody’s life out there. None.”

Biden stated numerous times tonight that Barack Obama has the judgment and “wisdom” to lead. Really? That seems to stand in stark contrast with Biden’s own comments.

• Speaking to the New York Observer: Biden was equally skeptical — albeit in a slightly more backhanded way — about Mr. Obama. “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” he said. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
• Also from that Observer interview: “But — and the ‘but’ was clearly inevitable — he doubts whether American voters are going to elect ‘a one-term, a guy who has served for four years in the Senate,’ and added: ‘I don’t recall hearing a word from Barack about a plan or a tactic.’”
• Biden said in a campaign ad, “When this campaign is over, political slogans like ‘experience’ and ‘change’ will mean absolutely nothing. The next president has to act.”
• During a Presidential Debate, Joe Biden stood by his comments about Barack Obama stating: “The Presidency is not something that lends itself to on the job training”.

Regarding John McCain, Joe Biden tonight called him a friend, but said he didn’t have the judgment to lead and would take American in the wrong direction. Funny, that doesn’t mesh with Biden’s earlier statements that America would be “better off” with John McCain as President.

So will the real Joe Biden please stand up? Or is placement on the democratic ticket more important than any conviction of character? If you can’t trust anything that comes out of his mouth, how can you trust him to lead?

“Everyone who ever bought a pack of condoms knows when life begins.”

That’s the best line I’ve ever heard about the “when life begins” debate and it happens to be entirely true. Sometimes the issues that seem most complex have the simplest of answers.

And that’s why the Obama “pay grade” remark or Nancy Pelosi’s comments from this weekend’s “Meet the Press” are so troubling. They ring completely untrue… and everyone knows it. Certainly “doctors of the [Catholic] church” haven’t been debating an issue that every over-stimulated 18 year-old boy understands fully well. Are Pro-Choice Americans so entrenched in their positions and intellectually dishonest that they can claim Peggy Noonan’s simple assertion untrue?

And even if you think a 1948 Buick is being conceived, surely when a human baby does make its way through the birth canal, you can’t still question it’s life? Once you count those tiny little fingers and tiny little toes, you must believe that that life is precious and absolute, don’t you? Or is your stance on choice so entrenched, that a mother gets to snuff out that life once separated from the womb, like a Buick on the way to the scrap heap?

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It infuriated me when I heard Tom Brokaw make a little comment Monday night as NBC’s DNC Convention coverage started. If women’s issues are important to you, Mr. Greatest Nation asserted, then you have to support Barack Obama.

Really? Are women really in agreement on abortion? Even if women en masse supported the “Right to Choose” farce, certainly maternal instincts and infanticide are not complimentary. But if you believe Brokaw and his buddy Barack, women should do just that… and as a block support a man who has championed killing babies both in and out of the womb.

I don’t buy it. Maybe its the inherent lack of estrogen in my system that prevents my understanding, but the thought of women supporting abortion and Barack Obama’s infanticide seems incredibly foreign. The women in my life have been strong, intelligent, God-fearing souls who actually valued life and loved their kids. I can’t imagine them supporting infanticide for a second. I just don’t get how killing babies is a “woman’s issue” and people who care about “women’s issues” should want to vote for a man who believes babies who are born alive can be discarded in trashcans.

Hillary Clinton doesn’t support infanticide. Ted Kennedy doesn’t support infanticide. But Barack Obama does, and if you care about women’s issues then he somehow deserves your vote? B.S.

How can there be any evidence of evil more glaring than the willingness to kill innocent life minutes after it has been born? Can anything be more horrendous than having a live baby in your arms and allowing it to die?

During the Saddleback forum, Barack Obama referred to Matthew 25:40 saying “whatever you do for the least of my brothers you do for me”.

How is the “least of my brothers” not an infant in or out of the womb? And if it is, then how could you believe and still support killing “the least of my brothers” through abortion or infanticide?

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If you have ever bought a box of condoms or taken the pill, you very well know when life begins. And if you have ever held a newborn baby or played with friend’s young child, you know what a miracle life is and how beautiful every innocent life can be. I don’t care what party you belong to… I don’t even care what church you attend… you can’t make a rational argument that Barack Obama’s positions on infanticide are not evil.

And if you do accept the “basic precept of Matthew” as Barack Obama claims he does, than how could you ever support an Obama candidacy for President? If “whatever you do for the least of my brothers you do for me”…. than God help us if we elect someone who supports the killing of innocent babies to control our country and represent us to the world.

Some people will continue to vote along party lines this year. They will let their race, union membership, occupation, or some inspirational speech dictate which way they should vote. Society and the media may tell them which way to vote. But the idea behind Matthew 25 is right, and thus no other issue should be as important than this. The killing of helpless, innocent babies cannot be tolerated in this country. And if for no other reason than that, Barack Obama must not be given the keys to our White House.

“I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40).

God help us all.

Here’s a few videos to keep in mind as you watch Hillary Clinton tonight. Who needs Linda Bloodworth-Thompson to make a tribute video when the McCain campaign will make you three.

3am

Passed Over

Debra

I saw this ad on television today. I love it. Best independent ad I’ve seen thus far this year… and there’s no way anyone but the wackos can even call it an attack ad. Its just true.

Hey Michelle Obama, you have some nerve spending 20+ minutes talking about the “American Dream,” “America’s Promise” and all of the things you have gained from it when you have never before been proud of this country of ours. The Lemmings might buy your about-face, but I don’t. Nor do I appreciate the subtle race-baiting tactics (Barack’s “funny name”, Dr. King’s Dream, politics of “fear”), etc… while you tell us your husband’s candidacy is about “change” and he doesn’t care what color or political party you belong to. You are a hypocrite and just like your husband “with a funny name”… you are a phony.

Michelle, can we have the American Dream back? I’m sure we can find someone who would genuinely be proud to have it, and not just appreciate it when its politically advantageous to do so.

National Review put together a great set of quotes from Joe Biden. The first set is Joe Biden talking about John McCain. The second set is Joe Biden talking about Barack Obama. And the last if Biden on Iraq. To all those people (my father included) who think Joe Biden is a “straight shooter” and “tells it like it is”. How could Joe Biden be a straight shooter and be on the ticket with a man he said was not qualified to be President? Read these quotes and pay attention to Biden over the coming weeks. Watch the hypocrisy continue.

The McCain camp responds to the Joe Biden VP selection, in Biden’s own words.

While I was looking for a Joe Biden/Obama YouTube clip, I stumbled upon this video, in which one of our first Anti-Obama t-shirt designs makes a cameo appearance (about 56 seconds in). I didn’t know it was there, but I’m glad the message is getting across.

As the Lemmings discovered via a 3am text message (although the media had it first), Barack Obama has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be his running mate. If only arrogance were a qualification for the Presidency, this ticket would be lock.

Interestingly enough, Joe Biden and John McCain both agree on Barack Obama: he is inexperienced and lacks any qualifications for the Presidency. “The Presidency is not something that lends itself to on the job training”.

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh continued their dominance in Women’s Beach Volleyball, yesterday winning the gold for the United States of America. In their exuberance following the match, enjoying one of sports’ greatest accomplishments, they actually thought to mention and thank President Bush.

There’s two people whose patriotism I don’t question. God Bless them both. While the media tries so desperately to destroy our President, its nice to see two people use their spotlight for something other than demeaning our President or spreading a leftist/socialist agenda.

Its a bit hard to find the video as it doesn’t fit with NBC’s Anti-Blush Ideology. But you can find it here or here. (Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin).

Even better, now I have another reason to call Women’s Beach Volleyball my new favorite sport.

Barack Obama said today that he will “let no one question [his] love of this country“.

Hey Barack, I question your love of this country. I question your patriotism. Now what?

From his associations with terrorist Bill Ayers, to his America-hating, race-baiting minister of 20 years, to his wife never being proud of our country, to his removal of the American flag from his plane in order to paste his logo on the tail… how can you NOT question Barack Obama’s patriotism? He effectively tells a 7 year old girl that America is broken. He answers a question at the Saddleback forum by implying America is evil. He skips a meeting with our troops to play basketball because no cameras are allowed. Are those the actions of a Patriot? Are those the actions of someone who loves America?

John McCain hasn’t ever questioned Barack Obama’s patriotism. But he should, and the rest of us should too. Obama laid down the gauntlet saying he won’t let anyone question his love of country. I say “bring it”. People question Obama’s love of country because it isn’t there. Obama loves only himself. His ego is bigger than the Presidency and the country… neither of which he deserves. Neither of which he has earned.

On Friday night as my husband and I were driving to the post office to drop off a package, we happened to catch Sean Hannity’s radio show. One of Sean’s guest was Jill Stanek, a former registered nurse at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, IL, who is now a pro-life leader and advocate for the unborn. Her story and experience is heart-wrenching to listen to and at the same time incredibly powerful.

Her basic experience is this: she was a registered nurse at Christ Hospital when she discovered that the hospital was preforming abortions on live children, leaving them to die alone in the soiled utility room. She discovered this hush-hush practice one day when another nurse could not “tend” to a down syndrome baby who had just survived an attempted abortion by doctors. Jill took the little baby to a quiet room and held it for 45 minutes until it finally died.

In the case of these abortions, doctors induce the mother early (in this case 21 weeks), with a good guarantee that the baby will not survive during labor. Most don’t. Jill Stanek said that approximately 10% of babies survived the labor, but then are left to die alone in the soiled utility room.

Jill went to hospital leaders, asking them to stop this practice. When they told her no, she went public. In 2000 and 2001 she was asked to testify before a U.S. House committee for the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. In 2002 the act was signed into law by President Bush.

Jill was conveniently fired by Christ Hospital because of her outspokenness. She now is an activist in the pro-life movement, a popular blogger and a frequent guest on talk radio shows, such as Sean Hannity’s.

My husband and I sat stunned in the car as we listened to Jill and Sean discuss this horrible practice. How could this practice be happening in America? How could people do this to innocent lives? It is unimaginable. Debate all you want about whether life begins at conception - these babies clearly are babies, regardless of whether or not the mom wanted them to exist. They exist, they survived the mother and doctor’s attempt to terminate their life, and the fact that they received absolutely no medical attention and were left to die is horrendous.

Jill Stanek is very outspoken about her pro-life beliefs, and she is particularly outspoken this year because of the presidential election. Why? Jill was from Illinois, and guess who else is from Illinois?

Barack Obama was a state senator during the time Jill discovered the abortion practices of Christ Hospital. During state level committee hearings about this practice and Jill’s testimony about her experience, she recalled to Sean that Obama seemed distant, not particularly interested in what Jill had to say. And really, why should he? Barack Obama was against the IL Born Alive Infants Protection Act. He was the only state senator to speak out against the federal act that was later signed into law in 2002. Not even Hillary Clinton or Ted Kennedy spoke out against this act. And pro-choice organizations took neutral positions. But Barack Obama stood alone, and publicly declared that infants who survive abortions have no right to life, that they should be left to die…alone…in the comfort of no one…their life almost an after thought. Yet this is the presidential candidate who wants universal health care for everyone. That is, if you can make it out of your mother’s womb alive and in one piece, and oh yeah - if your mom wanted you born in the first place.

This chills me to the core. I don’t care where you stand on politics, on religion, on abortion, on right-to-life, on anything. How could anyone allow a baby to die in a trashcan? If that’s legal, then why would a teenage mom who gives birth to an unwanted child and tosses that baby into the high school dumpster be charged with murder? It’s the same thing.

Abortion is such a sensitive subject, and I seriously debated even posting about this subject because it’s such a hot button issue that I think is used a lot of times to get people riled up. But hearing Jill Stanek’s story on Friday chilled me to the core. Her experience was truly life changing for her, and a story that I won’t soon forget. What also causes me great fear and anxiety is that our country is on the verge of electing a man who doesn’t support the rights of babies who survive an abortion (let alone babies in the womb). In fact, Barack Obama referred to unwanted babies as a “punishment” to the mother. Is this really the man that needs to be our country’s leader? I fear that our country is so blinded by his celebrity that we’re not examining the nitty-gritty issues that make the man. If Obama is trying to court evangelical Christians, he’s going to have a hard time if Jill’s story hits the mainstream media. And I hope it does. Because this issue is too important, to critical, to be glossed over by the liberal talking heads on MSNBC.

There were many reasons before Friday evening why I did not support Barack Obama. But after Friday evening, all the other reasons seemed to fade to a distant second, as I realized that this issue on abortion and a person’s right to life - from the moment of conception on -was the main issue for me and the most outstanding reason why Barack Obama should never hold an office of any authority ever again, especially that of President.

After all, he said it himself - it’s out of his pay grade.

Cross posted by Melanie from A Coffee To Go

By now you’ve likely heard Barack Obama’s answer to when a baby gets human rights. Such a question is apparently not worthy of thought or debate by the man who wants to hold the most powerful job in the world, because Mr. Obama considers it quiet simply “above [his] pay grade.”

Above your pay grade? What exactly is within your pay grade, Barry?

When you are seeking the most powerful job in the world at arguably the most important time… when that job gets to make judgment calls in private and nominate Supreme Court justices in public… when that person is supposed to be the leader of the free world and our people at home… nothing is above the pay grade. NOTHING.

Refusing to answer the question is just one more obstruction or obfuscation in a long line of the same from Mr. Obama. Pro-Life or Pro-Choice… you have to have an opinion. Barack Obama clearly does as any person who has thought about the issue does. Yet stating his belief would make his later statements trying to appease Right to Live voters intellectually dishonest. So instead of making a statement that will bite him, he makes the equally telling response that it is “above his pay grade.”

And right there you disqualified yourself from the Presidency, or as John McCain would say, you proved you are “not ready to lead.” As long as the executive branch enforces the law and as long as the office of the Presidency gets to nominate judges who have no later form of accountability or checks and balances… including the United States Supreme Court… then anything related to that is part of the President’s “pay grade”. Clearly Barack Obama is not ready for the raise.

Certainly not your money, because like most Americans, you are feeling the pain at the gas pump. But what about Speaker Nancy Pelosi? What if she had purchased between $50,000 and $100,000 in an IPO for a alternative fuel company? She did just that on May 27, 2007. Makes you wonder about her motivation just a bit. She certainly has something financial to gain if gas prices stay high. Too bad the media doesn’t report on this potential conflict of interest and let you be the judge.

Next time you watch the fuel pump tick to $50, $75 or $100 or more… remember that your sacrifice is doing some good. Its helping alternative fuel companies get a foothold into our economy and conscious… and making Nancy Pelosi a little richer along the way. Watch for government handouts or corporate tax breaks for this company in any “comprehensive” energy bill Pelosi allows to come for a vote.

And, you know who started this company Speaker Pelosi invested in? None other than T. Boone Pickens himself, the guy who is spending millions of his own money to lobby the American public for alternative sources of fuel. Just like Al Gore and the Global Warming Hoax… all you have to do is follow the money. The truth is not far behind.

Supposedly Nancy Pelosi is now open to voting on domestic drilling. The media is going to carry this bag for her, but don’t be fooled. If domestic drilling amounts to the supposed “compromise” Lindsey Graham, Saxby Chambliss and three other Republican Senators worked out in their Gang of Ten, don’t expect the oil to start flowing. And her insistence that any bill also include releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve shows just how clueless she actually is. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is there for immediate and dire emergencies… like if a serious Hurricane cuts off our supply or some war or terrorist event prevents us from getting the resources we need. And guess what… whatever is released must be replaced, which means more tax dollars going to buy oil at a higher price point just because Nancy Pelosi wants to give our country some fake, election-year relief. Its not a solution and its not a policy… its equivalent to putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound.

Releasing from the Strategic Reserve is the hoax… just like the Gang of Ten’s “compromise” is. Neither will do anything to increase our domestic oil production. Neither will do anything to consistently increase supply or provide energy security or independence. Neither will open up the new jobs possible like offshore drilling would.

Don’t be fooled or let the liberal press give Pelosi a pass on this. The heat is on. Keep up the fight.

Drill Here. Drill Now.