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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Jerry Agar :: Townhall.com Columnist
A Morally Confused Obama
by Jerry Agar
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Why can’t Obama “close the deal?” asks Hillary.  She could better spend her time asking herself that question, since not long ago she was the presumptive nominee.  But let’s help her out.

He’s failing his own main claim to worthiness.  Barack Obama has responded to the criticism that he lacks experience by asking us to vote for him based on his judgment.  Therefore it is fair to look into what kind of judgment he displays.

Answering a question about abortion Obama called his own daughters "miracles."  So far I am with him.

But then he said, "I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."

Wow, after outing his Grandma for bigoted speech, he is now offering to kill the grandchildren to avoid any unpleasantness in the family.

Which is it?  Are children miracles or are they punishment?  A miracle is an act of God.  That is the definition of the word; it is not a figure of speech meaning something nice or something special.  A miracle is of a supernatural nature.

How does a man talk of teaching morality and values and then declare that he would kill one of God's miracles because he wouldn't want his daughters to bear the consequences of their own actions?  This is sound judgment?

What kind of value system teaches a girl that she should be responsible enough to avoid teenage pregnancy, but if she fails – and certainly many do - we should ensure that she suffers no penalty or consequence by killing the baby?  Perhaps Obama didn’t mean that as one of the values lessons.  Maybe that was the moral one.  Maybe I’m the one who is confused.

“Honey, you are my little miracle, but don’t break anything in the house.  However, if you do break the cookie-jar I want there to be cookies in the bread box so that you don’t suffer the penalty of no cookies.”

Perhaps this is why Obama did not have the judgment to see that unapologetic Weather Underground domestic terrorist William Ayers was not the best person to spend time with professionally, personally and politically, much less morally.  When asked about it he pretended that Ayers was just someone from the hood. 

Apologists for Obama, including Chicago Mayor Daley, say that Ayers terrorist bombing activities took place in turbulent times 40 years ago and we should all move on.  Really?  Suppose we dig up an unapologetic Klan member who bombed some black churches during those turbulent times.  Would Obama and all of his sycophants "move on?" Continued...

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Jerry Agar is one of the newest stars in talk radio. After many years as a disc jockey and music radio morning show host he turned to talk radio at WPTF in Raleigh, North Carolina.

 
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Subject: USNbubblehead
Of course, all life is precious. But I think most of us agree that teenage girls getting pregnant is generally not a good thing -- for the teenage girl or her child. Teenage girls having sex is bad behavior that often leads to negative consequences (i.e., having to raise a baby without a father, financial resources, etc.). Surely, the baby is not a "punishment," but having to struggle through pregnacy and raising a child as a teenager is.

Again, Obama's views on abortion are deplorable (he voted against the Born Alive act -- shameful). But his desire not to have his own daughters get pregnant as teens is not among his morally repugnant views. Let's stick to the real arguments against him.

annfan
Your post lacks coherence. Please re-read my post. I leave it to you as an exercise to figure out why your argument makes no sense.

For the rest of you, I think it's clear I was not attempting to "spin Obama's radical abortion views." I agree that Obama has radical abortion views, and I denounce them. He may even prefer his daughters have an abortion rather than be "punished" with a baby. My only point is that we don't know this based on the particular line quoted in the article above, because that line was taken out of context and mis-interpreted.

I'm not defending Obama. However, arguments that can be shown to be false or invalid lose all force and taint the credibility of those who make them. There are so many perfectly valid arguments to make against Obama, we cannot and should not be perpetuating false claims about him. He and his surrogates will debunk these false claims and point to them as some kind of conspiracy against him, lending him legitimacy and increased support due to perceived persecution. Those like annfan will be easily dimissed, and Obama will get away with hiding his radical ideology beneath a superficial veneer.

I beleive Mr. Agar made an honest mistake in his interpretation of Obama's remark -- but it was a mistake. Now let's move on to all the real problems with Obama's beliefs and actions.
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