Posted on 09/03/2008 3:49:05 PM PDT by wagglebee
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 3, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Obama campaign threw their vehemently pro-abortion stance into relief by investing in radio ads attacking pro-life Sen. McCain for threatening to take away women's "right to choose."
The ads feature the voice of a "nurse-practitioner with Planned Parenthood" warning her listeners that McCain will seek to have Roe v. Wade overturned and ban abortion.
"I know abortion is one of most difficult decisions a woman will ever make," says the woman's voice. "Let me tell you - if Roe v Wade is overturned, the lives and health of women will be put at risk. That's why this election is so important. John McCain's out of touch with women today. McCain wants to take away our right to choose."
The ad then plays a sound byte from an interview on Meet the Press with John McCain, confirming his support of a constitutional ban on abortion. "We can't let John McCain take away our right to choose," the woman concludes. "We can't let him take us back."
The ad campaign signals a shift in strategy by the Obama campaign, which until now has skirted the abortion issue in favor of other issues of interest to women, such as healthcare and workplace discrimination. According to Politico.com, the campaign decided to change its tone under pressure from women's rights groups who are demanding Obama to clearly identify himself as the pro-abortion candidate. The ads will air in at least seven swing states; readers of Politico reported hearing the ad in Florida, Virginia, Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Colorado.
The McCain campaign has made no secret of the Republican presidential nominee's rejection of "abortion rights." His surprise choice of pro-life and pro-family Gov. Sarah Palin for his running mate offered values voters even more reason to trust the Republican leader to champion the rights of the unborn upon election to the White House. Some have even suggested that the Obama ad will help McCain, whose unapologetic stance on the issue is considered a strength by many in the conservative camp.
Meanwhile, Sen. McCain has launched his own ad campaign arguing that Sarah Palin, whom some have deemed under qualified for the vice-presidency, is more qualified for executive office than Obama.
The campaign announced: "The McCain campaign will launch a television ad directly comparing Gov. Palin's executive experience as a governor who oversees 24,000 state employees, 14 statewide cabinet agencies and a $10 billion budget to Barack Obama's experience as a one-term junior senator from Illinois."
See related articles on LifeSiteNews.com:
Going Off the Deep End in Denver: Democrats Walk the Abortion Plank
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/aug/08082912.html
Potential Vice-President of the United States of America - Who is Sarah Palin?
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/sep/08090210.html
Obama Acceptance Speech Calls for Change, Brushes Over Abortion, Same-Sex "Marriage"
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/aug/08082902.html
What about the 25 MILLION women who have been murdered in abortuaries since 1973?
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Anyone know where the public stands on this? Is he appealing to the majority or minority?
Not that I’m trying to pander to polls; abortion is murder. Period. I’m just trying to determine whether or not it’s a winning strategy, or just preaching to the choir.
Overturning Roe v. Wade will NOT ban abortion. It wiull simply return the decision to the people of each State.
Obama is trying to win over the abortionist demographic.
At least its finally an issue. I guess he’s decided to give Bristol a rest for the moment. He was hoping to debate her, since she’s just a heartbeat away from a heartbeat away from something or other, but they haven’t been able to work out the logistics.
So he’ll beat the abortion drum until they can figure something out.
It's much tidier to deliver them and
leave them in the linen closet until death.
Why didn’t Obama have his babies aborted? Not practicing what he preaches?
What amazes me about these morons, they support the right to kill an innocent baby in more ways than one, but they will also support the rights of a convicted murderer rapist of young children from the death penalty because it is cruel and unusual punishment.
Obama proves to be a good house-slave, doing Margaret Sanger’s will..
Bari Hussein is just another Chicago fraud.
Excellent, he will be judged accordingly.
That’s one thing the left and Satan cannot allow is to allow people to decide on this issue,
because every human has a God-given sense of right and wrong that tells them that
killing the innocent is WRONG.
I've never understood the logic of this line about a "difficult decision". If a fetus is not human, than why should an abortion be any more a "difficult decision" than removing a mole. If one says it is "difficult" it can only be because one recognizes a fetus as a human being, in which case abortion is state authorized murder.
Yeah, lots of luck with that el dorko.
Smart people know better.
I’ve heard the radio ad here in Ohio. It’s really unsettling to see the dems unmasked for the barbarians they really are. On the other hand, it shows how scared they are and they’re getting desperate.
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