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Palin criticizes Obama on abortion at Pa. rally
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attacked Barack Obama on abortion on Saturday, saying the Democratic presidential candidate has "left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life."
Palin said she and Republican presidential candidate John McCain would be "defenders of the culture of life." She opposes abortion in all cases except where the pregnancy threatens the woman's life.
Alaska's governor also touched upon common campaign themes during her speech to about 5,000 supporters in Johnstown, but she focused on children with special needs and then abortion. Palin, whose infant son, Trig, has Down syndrome, said she and McCain would make protecting such children a priority.
"Every child has something to contribute ... if we give them that chance," she said.
Palin said it was about time that Obama was "called" on his abortion views.
"Please, it is not negative and it's not mean-spirited to talk about his record," she said.
In the Illinois Senate, Obama opposed legislative efforts in 2001, 2002 and 2003 to give legal protections to any aborted fetus that showed signs of life. The 2003 measure was virtually identical to a bill President Bush signed into law in 2002 that unanimously passed the U.S. Senate.
Obama and others who opposed the Illinois bill said the state already had a law to protect aborted fetuses born alive and considered able to survive. They contended that the proposed legislation would have undermined abortion rights in ways that the federal law would not.
Palin called Obama's ideas and votes on abortion "radical."
"In short, Sen. Obama is a politician who has long since left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life. He's fighting with those who won't protect a child born alive," she said.
"A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for activist courts that will continue to smother the open and democratic debate that we deserve and that we need on this issue of life — that's OK, that debate — at both the state and federal level," she said.
Palin did not raise, as she has recently, Obama's ties to William Ayers, a Vietnam-era militant who helped found the violent Weather Underground. A week ago, she told supporters that Obama was "palling around with terrorists," touching off arguments over whether Obama's work with Ayers, now a college professor, on nonprofit projects several years ago was pertinent to today's campaign.
Although audiences at Palin and McCain events had been getting angrier as the GOP campaign's attacks on Obama became sharper and more personal, the Johnstown crowd was largely in check. It booed Obama several times, including when Palin referred to his comments about rural people clinging to guns and religion.
"We prefer candidates who don't talk about us one way in Johnstown then another way in San Francisco," she said.
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October 7, 2008 7:00 AM
Planting Seeds of Disaster
ACORN, Barack Obama, and the Democratic party.
By Stanley Kurtz
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‘You’ve got only a couple thousand bucks in the bank. Your job pays you dog-food wages. Your credit history has been bent, stapled, and mutilated. You declared bankruptcy in 1989. Don’t despair: You can still buy a house.” So began an April 1995 article in the Chicago Sun-Times that went on to direct prospective home-buyers fitting this profile to a group of far-left “community organizers” called ACORN, for assistance. In retrospect, of course, encouraging customers like this to buy homes seems little short of madness.
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From: PoppyXpress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [AA-Wire] RE: National Press Release: Obama AAPI Blueprint for Change
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 7:58 PM
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Samkhann
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Obama Releases Comprehensive Plan for Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Obama's "Blueprint" is the Most Comprehensive Proposal for AAPIs from a Presidential Candidate
Chicago, IL– Senator Barack Obama today released his "Blueprint for the Change We Need for Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders." The document identifies the issues affecting the AAPI community and describes Senator Obama's plans to address the issues and his record on addressing those issues. The Blueprint also is the most comprehensive planning document for the AAPI community from a presidential campaign.
In the Blueprint, Senator Obama said "By reaching out directly to the AAPI communities, we can ensure that AAPIs are well represented in this national conversation about our future and the movement to write our destiny. The story of the AAPI communities is quintessential the American story about drawing strength from our diversity to achieve extraordinary things. I will be a president who remembers that our separate struggles are really one. I will never walk away from the tough battles or the difficult work of bringing people together."
The Blueprint addresses a wide range of issues, including economic opportunity, education, immigration, health care, home ownership, seniors, women, civil rights, foreign policy, veterans and faith.
"I urge you to read this blueprint so that you will be able to understand Senator Obama's long standing commitment to the AAPI community. His plans are exactly what we need to address the diverse needs of the AAPI community," stated Congressman Mike Honda, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, October 9, 2008
|Contact: Obama Press Office, (312) 819-2423
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Sid Salvi
Obama Florida AAPI Vote Director
(630) 815-5570
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.voteforchange.com
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/aapihome
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Vote Early and Vote Democratic,
Winnie Tang
305-753-8791 c
Florida Co-chair, AAPI for Obama
Member, Miami-Dade County Democratic Executive Committee
Member, Florida Democratic Party - Affirmative Action Committee (2006-2008)
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