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rbrta In 2006, Barack Obama traveled to Africa on U.S. taxpayer money and for 6 days campaigned for Raila Odinga, who was running for the office of President of Kenya.
By the time Obama joined him on the trail, Odinga, who claims to be Obama's cousin, had already established a reputation as a powerful orator, running as the 'CANDIDATE of CHANGE' and drawing crowds who chanted in deafening unison, 'YES WE CAN!'
In '07 Odinga lost the election and on that day, hundreds of his followers spilled into the streets wielding machetes and launched a months long ethnic cleansing rampage on the opposition party followers, burning churches, raping women and hacking villagers to death which resulted in the mass genocide of over 1400 innocent men, women and children.
Later in 2007, as a way of bringing about compromise and ending violence, Odinga was able to muscle his way into a second top spot as Prime Minister, a new position created especially for him, and granted full Executive Priviledges over the government of Kenya.
In 2008 Odinga, a muslim who is against the extradition of Muslim terrorists and has vowed to bring Sharia Law to Kenya, traveled to the U.S. to visit and support his friend Obama in his bid for the Democratic nomination.
Obama campaign insiders have reported that Obama has continued to remain in contact with Odinga throughout his own Presidential campaign.
“Health of the Mother”
ArchPundit —
Only wingnuts think this was a persuasive response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N_UfQVuvXo
There are about one thousand ways to address the issue and not alienate everyone to the left of Jill Stanek. John McCain chose to not try any one of those one thousand ways.
Ladies?
Booman Tribune —
Please tell me, are you impressed? Look at angry John McCain...I'll find a better one soon.
Scare Quotes
Matthew Yglesias —
Here’s McCain deriding women’s health as some kind of ruse:
He doesn’t even try to spell out the argument conservatives make on this point, he just kind of asserts it as if (a) everyone is familiar with the argument and (b) it’s obviously correct when in fact neither is the case. ...
McCain Mockingly Suggests That Concerns For A Mother's Health Are Extreme
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
The differences of opinion surrounding the issue of access to safe and legal abortion, and a woman's right to choose to have one, have long been a mainstay of political debate. But tonight, I believe, featured a historical moment in that debate, because until tonight, I had never seen the matter of a woman's health given AIR SCARE QUOTES. But that's precisely what John McCain did, sneeringly, as he attempted to portray support for a mother's health as an extreme position, when in fact, it is a mainstream position -- ground that even fervent pro-life individuals often concede.
Reached for comment, Megan Carpentier of womens' issues blog ...
McCain Mockingly Suggests That Concerns For A Mother's Health Are Extreme
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
The differences of opinion surrounding the issue of access to safe and legal abortion, and a woman's right to choose to have one, have long been a mainstay of political debate. But tonight, I believe, featured a historical moment in that debate, because until tonight, I had never seen the matter of a woman's health given AIR SCARE QUOTES. But that's precisely what John McCain did, sneeringly, as he attempted to portray support for a mother's health as an extreme position, when in fact, it is a mainstream position -- ground that even fervent pro-life individuals often concede.
Reached for comment, Megan Carpentier of womens' issues blog ...
Health of the Mother
Seeing the Forest —
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McCain Mocks Women’s Health in Final Debate
Garling Gauge —
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N_UfQVuvXo
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McCain puts "health of the mother" in air quotes
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
TIME's Jim Poniewozik: "Um, Sen. McCain, women don't like it when you put 'health of the mother' in air quotes."Now watch the air quotes for yourself: McCain: Just again, an example of the eloquence of Sen. Obama. He's for the 'health of the mother.' You know, that's been stretched by the pro-abortion movement in America to mean almost anything.
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McCain Frowns, Rolls Eyes, And Blinks More Than 3,000 Times
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Not to harp on facial expressions but Democrats are absolutely giddy (and sometimes irate) over the way McCain presented himself during tonight's debate - everything from his eye rolls to his cadence.
A Democratic researcher spent the evening counting the Arizona Republican's blinks, and tallied more than 3,000 during the night's affair -- three thousand blinks in a 90-minute time span. They even compressed a 30-second clip of those blinks into a nine second video.
Meanwhile, another Democrat sends over the clip of McCain in a "deer in the headlights" look when ...
McCain Frowns, Rolls Eyes, And Blinks More Than 3,000 Times
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Not to harp on facial expressions but Democrats are absolutely giddy (and sometimes irate) over the way McCain presented himself during tonight's debate - everything from his eye rolls to his cadence.
A Democratic researcher spent the evening counting the Arizona Republican's blinks, and tallied more than 3,000 during the night's affair -- three thousand blinks in a 90-minute time span. They even compressed a 30-second clip of those blinks into a nine second video.
Meanwhile, another Democrat sends over the clip of McCain in a "deer in the headlights" look when ...
'Health of the mother'
Political Animal —
'HEALTH OF THE MOTHER'.... It's generally hard to predict what voters will remember from a 90-minute debate, but now that the dust has cleared, one of the more striking moments seemed to come in the midst of the discussion about abortion rights. McCain had tried to characterize Obama's position on abortion as extreme, and Obama explained that he'd support restrictions on late-term abortions if proposals included provisions to protect the life and health of the mother. McCain scoffed and responded by describing the "health of the mother" in air quotes, as if women's health was something to be mocked. I have no idea what the "squiggly lines" looked ...
The "Finger Quotes" Moment: The Defining Difference Between the Parties
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily —
This was the moment that John McCain sealed not just his fate, but the fate of the Republican Party this year. There will be no comeback in 2008:
John McCain cedes the "health" of the mother to the Democratic Party, thus alienating women voters. But I see something deeper in this clip. It cedes "health" altogether. It admits that to the Republican party, the healthcare crisis is not of concern to them. "Health" is, to McCain and the Republican Party, so unimportant that it gets put into finger quotes. John McCain has just defined "health" as nothing but a rhetorical talking ...
McCain Repeats Debunked ‘Born Alive’ Attacks in Debate
Firedoglake —
(This is the best debunking of the McCain/Palin "born alive" attacks on Obama I've seen. Makes it clear that McPalin are not only bold-faced liars, but what they are advocating for is Schiavo revisited -- jh)
In the final presidential debate, Senator John McCain ...
McCain On Abortion
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
I think Dana makes two very good points here. Indeed, not only are health exceptions popular, the dismissive tone of McCain's scare quotes were instructive in a way that (to put it mildly) isn't going to help him among moderate women. Obama was also clever to follow-up with the Ledbetter case, which McCain was equally dismissive about. I also agree that Obama's refusal to cede the moral ground on the abortion issue to McCain was important. It's true that I wouldn't be inclined to describe sex as "sacred" or to care whether a woman consulted her "religious adviser" ...
Jesse Lee: 19 Days Out: That Line Seemed Like a Good Idea Last Night, But This Morning I Just Feel Horrible...
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Jesse Lee is the Online Rapid Response Manager for the DNC, this is a daily update on the day's messaging.
Oh, they were so proud. After handily losing two presidential debates and one vice presidential debate, with another loss likely coming down the pike, John McCain got off what his campaign felt was simply the best line ever. Frank James of the Swamp noted, "You could see he was spring loaded on that one." Chris Cillizza of WaPo said, "In case you were wondering whether the 'I'm not President Bush' line was planned...McCain campaign sends this..." - a link to the Youtube of the clip of course. And CNN got ...
10/16: The Final Debate
Blogometer —
October 16, 2008 10/16: The Final Debate Once again, the majority of liberal bloggers thought that Barack Obama won last night's debate, whereas the majority of conservative bloggers thought that John McCain had the better night. Lefty bloggers were relieved that McCain (in their view) failed to create any game-changing moments that could potentially change the dynamic of the race. Moreover, a number of liberal bloggers believe that McCain may have actually hurt his candidacy with his performance. They believe that McCain alienated swing voters with his "surly" ...
So much for McCain's outreach to women voters
Crooks and Liars —
Here's what John McCain said last night in his debate with Barack Obama about how he feels about providing an exception on late-term abortions considering the health or life of the mother: He's health for the mother. You know, that's been stretched by the pro-abortion movement in America to mean almost anything. That's the extreme pro-abortion position, quote, "health." I'm just a doofy guy, but it sure doesn't seem like smart politics to be dismissing so blithely the very real concerns women have about their health when it comes to reproductive decisions. That's not "extreme pro-abortion," last I checked -- it's "normal human being." Even that ...
