OBAMA-ABORTION-“ABOVE MY PAY GRADE”

Recently during our economic crisis John McCain made a bold move and suspended his campaign until the calamity was addressed by lawmakers. In doing so he basically drug Barack Obama to Washington to deal with the emergency. It was an unprecedented move which received criticism from the Obama camp. In fact John McCain wanted to cancel the debate on Friday, September 26^th, until legislation was produced which protected tax payers and stayed the foreseen catastrophe which waited ahead. Again Obama and his camp fired back stating that the President of the United States had to deal with several different things at once. (www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/us/politics/26obama.html)

The problem I have with this is the whole way in which Obama constantly weasels out of one question after another never giving any firm answers but constantly criticizing those who do make firm decisions. Obama himself is guilty of the very action in which he condemns others for, making more that one decision at a time. Senator Obama plays things safe and he is also very prideful and arrogant about the way he conducts himself. He is rich and he disparages the free enterprise system that put him where he is. When he is wrong he can’t find it within himself to say that he made a mistake or that he has missed the mark.

A case in point is the statement he made at Saddleback Church on live television when Pastor Rick Warren directly asked him when the life of a baby begins. He waffled, he skated the issue. He said it depended on whether the discussion was a theological or scientific one. Then he stated that getting others to understanding the abortion issue was, “above my pay grade”. O’ really? I thought the President was supposed to be able to handle more than one thing at once. Allow me to debunk his logic for a moment. First, science and theology are quickly coming to the same conclusion. In the last twenty five years technology has allowed us to peer into the womb of a pregnant mother almost from the moment she realizes she is pregnant and see the development of the baby. We have discovered that many evolutionary stages which doctors and scientist believed took place, in fact, take place in a very different manner than originally thought. (www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/10/2055986.htm) The fetus, which means unborn child, is in fact human. They deserve the rights we all have, they are living.

Second, this issue is not above the pay grade of the President of the United States. If Barak Obama becomes President he will have to address this issue. The American people will demand it, the courts will continue to debate it and Congress will have to deal with it. When we look at the situation we have put to death over forty million people through abortion (www.nrlc.org/ABORTION/facts/abortionstats.htm) which does not include the number of women (50,000 a year) who lose their lives due to abortion (www.pregnantpause.org/safe/deaths.htm) (www.nytimes.com/2005/11/23/national/23pill.html).

The reason Mr. Obama does not want to address this issue is because it tells us who he really is, where he will stand on other major issues. In fact to some degree he has weight in on the issue and did it before the Rick Warren “interview” by stating that he would not want to punish his daughters with an unwanted pregnancy (www.topix.com/news/abortion/2008/04/barack-obama-would-back-daughters-abortion-dont-punish-them-with-a-baby). And I thought he wanted people to keep his family out of the campaign and he brings his daughters into the most debated issue in the last 100 years?! Again, it shows his double standard.

Since this ministry is not a non-profit entity I can and will give my opinion. Senator Barak Obama has trouble making decisions, has an arrogance which the book of Proverbs warns us against, and skates the issues. This shows us several things about him one of which concerns me the most. He can be very disingenuous. He doesn’t deal with people straight. It bothers me when after the debate (which John McCain may have debacle) people agreed more with John McCain but were made their decision based on the style of Obama verses the substance of McCain. Are we in the third grade? Did someone take me back to 1982 again where I am getting ready to graduate from high school? Are we on the school yard playground or are we talking about the future, independence, and freedom of America? Come on America wake up!!!! If Obama becomes President we as a nation will be in trouble. Once again the abortion issue shows a candidate’s true inclination.

Steven

Next time: Is John McCain the best choice?

I Haven't Gone Anywhere

I hope and pray that you will forgive me, but I've been very busy this semester learning New Testament Greek. I haven't forgotten about any of this, so keep looking because in the next day or two I will have somethings posted. Just so that you will know the next three or four postings maybe political in nature, I have some real comments to make about both candidates which are good and bad. If you have any questions please feel free and leave a comment or e-mail me at BeDevotedMinistry@att.net.

Lord Bless,

Steven