"Save the cheerleader. Save the dolphins. Save the horses. Save the world. Screw the infants."
Posted on 01/31/2008 6:28:56 AM PST by UFC Pride K1
In response to a question about animal rights during a recent town hall meeting, Presidential Candidate and Senator Barack Obama said “How we treat our animals reflects how we treat each other.”
Senator Obama, a co-sponsor of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act in the US Senate, calls said cruelty to animals is “unacceptable on its own stead.” He says that as president, he would “continue to make sure that we treat animal cruelty like the serious crime it is.” Yet Obama doesn’t find unacceptable the cruel treatment of infants born alive and left to die via live birth abortions.
Now one might justify these statements by citing the fact that animal cruelty is in fact a crime, and thus Obama is right in declaring it as being unacceptable. Yet his voting record as Illinois State Senator demonstrates that he found the legal slaughter of horses in Illinois to be equally unacceptable, on its own stead, as well.
As State Senator, Obama had a record of supporting animal rights and opposing human rights for unborn children. While Obama sponsored a bill to prevent the slaughter of horses for human consumption, he also opposed the passage of the Illinois Born Alive Infant Protection Act, which would have prevented the barbaric practice of callously leaving the victims of live birth abortions to die, without any attempt at life-saving medical intervention. And as a U.S. Senator, Obama voted against banning the horrific partial birth abortion procedure.
Ironically, in his announcement for support of Universal Healthcare, Obama described the denial of medical care as "morally offensive," yet he doesn't find the denial of health care to these infants persons equally offensive.
The abominable practice of live birth abortions stands unopposed by Senator Obama, despite the fact that these infants are, abortion notwithstanding, U.S. citizens at birth.
The fact that Obama views the life and rights of a newly born citizen lower than that of a horse shows a grave flaw in his character, and should disqualify him from any leadership position. If he won't respect the youngest citizens among us, who will he respect?
What Senator Obama fails to grasp is that how we treat our children, born and unborn, reflects how we treat each other. His voting record reflects what kind of protections he will offer born infants and unborn children as President: none.
Any candidate, regardless of party affiliation, who is willing to offer greater protection for horses than for infants born alive – legal United States citizens - is not fit to be President.
"Save the cheerleader. Save the dolphins. Save the horses. Save the world. Screw the infants."
IMHO Obama is a dangerous man, for several reasons, not the least of which is this dastardly, repugnant, absolute horrific procedure of killing live children. Worse even than partial birth abortion. Sickening! Anyone supporting such is not only unfit to serve in any elected position, they are, and should be subject to a quick trial and hanging IMHO.
The nuts over at my racing forum who hate slaughter wouldn’t like this article.
Well, the article doesn’t defend horse slaughter - it just contrasts the callousness towards newly born citizens and the concern for horses.
I hate to start this argument here, but many, many kind and compassionate horsemen were also opposed to closing down US slaughterhouses. They hate the idea of slaughtering horses, who are beloved friends and pets, and would never consider doing such a thing themselves. But they now begin to see the fruits of the misguided liberal “compassion” that led to closure of US slaughterhouses.
They argue that horses, being inherently fragile as prey animals tend to be, often become sick, permanently injured, mentally damaged, or simply old, and their owners in many cases either cannot or will not just have them put down humanely by a vet, a process that can cost several hundred dollars before disposal costs are figured in. Overbreeding has also resulted in a tremendous surplus of horses, and the rising costs of land, hay, feed, and other necessities has driven some horse owners to the cruelty of abandoning their horses to starve.
The result is that now such sadly useless horses are often shipped to slaughterhouses in Mexico where conditions are horrific, even worse than they are in the US. They are shipped with broken legs or other painful injuries, over distances of thousands of miles, in crowded stock trailers, with no food or water.
Obama’s vote to close US slaughterhouses is a classic example of short-sighted liberal “compassion” with no understanding of how harsh the real world is. There are a number of other more humane approaches that could have been taken to deal with the problem, but like most liberals he chose the one that looks loving and has disastrous effects.
But, if we don’t slaughter horses for cat food, how will senior citizens afford to eat?
Thanks for posting.
Yes, but they’d still be in a snit saying “this is just as important”, and I’ll grant half of them would declare abortion a right, and it doesn’t matter how it is accomplished. Because horses are better than humans, anyway (much like the “more I see of humans, the more I love dogs” mindset).
You should come to the racing forum, where again this week this subject of “support the slaughter ban” is up and running.
Ok - liven this debate up - ping some members there about this posting...
Are you kidding? I’m hated enough over there for my racing opinions alone. I’d post the article, for sure, but I don’t need more spewing in my direction than I already get!
w/ 30 something head , you have the injured , sick and just out-right mean horses you can't train or ride. Horses are a business not just pets.
ok - ping me on a racing thread, so I’ll know where to ping others..
Thanks, I’m a newbie, so can you please tell me where this racing forum is?
It’s www.thoroughbredchampions.com/. There is a link for discussion forums. For some reason, people interested in this slaughter issue keep posting it on the “Racing” proper forum. It really is off-topic and should be only in other of their forums.
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