Having voted for Obama, why are Catholics surprised at his abortion policy?

 As evidenced by the banner at the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, the organization's 'goal' is unconstitutional. (US Govnmt. and taxpayers' image)

Obama’s policies on abortion are as far left as you can get, as noted at Issues2000. Among them:

“On March 30, 2001, Obama was the only Illinois senator who rose to speak against a bill that would have protected babies who survived late term labor-induced abortion. Obama rose to object that if the bill passed, and a nine-month-old fetus survived a late-term labor-induced abortion was deemed to be a person who had a right to live, then the law would ‘forbid abortions to take place.’ Obama further explained the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does not allow somebody to kill a child, so if the law deemed a child who survived a late-term labor-induced abortion had a right to live, ‘then this would be an anti-abortion statute.’"

Sounds like political doublespeak to me. Late term abortion is a fixed term—nothing flexible about it. I know supporters of abortion rights in some circumstances who are horrified at the prospect of late term abortion. Why are pro-Obama Catholics horrified at Obama's policy now?

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SBE Council CEO tells C-SPAN regulations, tax stability are major concerns for small biz

Karen Kerrigan is president and CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council.Karen Kerrigan, President and CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, appeared on Washington Journal (C-SPAN) on Wednesday, and she pointed to a critical influencer in the marketplace: uncertainty.

Kerrigan said small businesses would like to see Washington rein in regulations and they also want tax stability. “Every time this president talks about tax increases, he creates uncertainty,” she said.

For Kerrigan’s 100,000 member council and 250,000 small biz advocates, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—“ObamaCare” on the street—is a particular worry. 

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Wilson’s ‘You Lie’ accusation proves true, as predicted

In 2009 President Barack Obama told Americans his healthcare bll would not pay for illegal aliens' care. Rep. Joe Wilson said, "You lie." Wilson was right. (Photo from House of Representatives, US Government]Lately I’ve been saying I told you so more than I ever thought possible. Here’s another one. The US Dept. of Health and Human Services has announced more than $8 million in grants to provide medical care for migrant and seasonal farm workers.

What did HHS leave out of their release? Foreign nationals who are in the country illegally will also get free care because, just as I explained after reading the unconstitutional Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2009, I told you care would be given based on self-reportage.

So if I’m a drug dealer in the U.S. illegally, or a human trafficker, I can go for care for my aches and pains, and I will receive it. No one will ask me about my status.

 As a government spokesman explained to CNS News: “[G]rant recipients will not check the immigration status of people seeking services.” Furthermore, the grant recipients are required to provide services to all residents in their area.

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) was telling the truth when he said, “You lie,” during President Barack Obama’s speech in 2009.

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Pelosi right about ‘war on women’—she got the Party wrong

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) likened grassroots Tea Party protesters to Nazis, part of her de facto war on conservative women who protested the Democrats' healthcare act. (Screen snip)
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has accused the GOP of pushing a “war on women.”

She got the war on women partly right. She got the party wrong and she underestimated the scope of that “war.”

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Five big negatives about PPACA/ObamaCare

Updated on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 5:29PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Please note the update posted 7/3/2012 below this popular article.

Progressives bought into the pitch Democrats used to sell the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/ObamaCare, but as Main Street learns more about what’s actually in the bill most Democrat legislators did not read before signing, those concerns aren’t so easily dismissed.

Five very big negatives are built into the bill President Barack Obama can’t bring himself to part with:

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Fiction aside, Obama and Ryan have stark but simple difference

President Barack Obama delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) delivered the Republican response. Minutes after Ryan concluded his brief response, pundits and arm chair politicos were digesting the text of both addresses. Perhaps one of the most comical headlines came from a major news site—Ryan didn’t offer enough specifics. The same observation could apply to Obama’s address.

One murky area was missed by every media outlet—Obama’s claim about student loan subsidies for banks.

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Ryan and Cohen a contrast in civility during ObamaCare debate

Updated on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 10:41AM by Kay B. Day, Editor

After President Barack Obama delivered remarks at a memorial rally for victims in Tucson, I said in a column his call for civility in political debate would challenge the left. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) spoke from the House floor about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as House Republicans set about repealing the act popularly called ObamaCare. The congressmen present a sharp contrast in civility and the contrast is notable when you compare videos side by side.

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