That would be me.
Last night on CNN’s The Situation Room, Barack Obama’s hostility toward IL’s Born Alive Infants Protection Act came up again, this time in a discussion of his opposition to the Partial Birth Abortion Ban:

This is the 2nd time James Carville has ducked discussion of Obama’s opposition to Born Alive in favor of taking a swipe at me. Carville was obviously unprepared on June 30 for a debate on the merits of Born Alive, but almost 3 weeks later he still has had no time or an intern to do some really easy research?
Two points…


That would be me.

  • I have given the testimony of my experience under oath 9 times on the national level and in CO, IL, MI, and WI state legislatures. I have given hundreds of interviews and still do. Has Christ Hospital ever sued me for defamation or lying? No, because it can’t.
  • Even if I were a pathological liar, IL’s Born Alive passed 8 months after Obama left the IL State Senate, making me irrelevant in a discussion of Born Alive on the merits of the law itself. Barack Obama opposed legislation declaring born babies legal persons. Period. He said he did it for fear it would overturn Roe v. Wade. Period. Therefore, Barack Obama supports infanticide if he thinks it would otherwise interfere with abortion. Period.
    I’m not wounded by this. I’m used to it (discrediting attempts or name-calling has never bothered me, actually), it’s how politics goes. And I expected personal attacks when getting too close to Obama’s soft spot – with many more to come. Talking about me means they’re being forced to talk about Born Alive. Hurrah for that. But I do get ticked that they weasel out of discussing the actual issue.
    I’ll save Carville’s smear of McCain on the Viagra/contraception issue for another post.
    A transcript of the aforementioned video is below.
    Thanks to a special blogger friend for capturing the CNN clip.
    [HT: reader Valerie M.]
    Transcript of CNN segment, July 17, 2008, on Obama and the Partial Birth Abortion and Born Alive Bans:
    BLITZER: There was something very interesting, different for John McCain. Even though he’s got a longstanding, virtually perfect record as far as opposing abortion, he rarely raises the issue himself.
    But, today, he did. And I want you to listen to what he had to say.
    (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
    MCCAIN: He voted against a ban on partial-birth abortions. My friends, that’s a hideous procedure. It should never be allowed anyplace on Earth.
    UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That’s right.
    (APPLAUSE)
    MCCAIN: Now, that’s a great difference, it’s a great difference between — between the two of us. And you can count on my active advocacy for the rights of the unborn.
    (END VIDEO CLIP)
    BLITZER: All right, James, what do you think?
    CARVILLE: Well, first of all, to be fair to Senator Obama is that he supports a ban on partial-birth, but that has health-of-the- mother exception.
    The Republicans — Senator McCain doesn’t support having birth control pills as part of health insurance, while he supports having Viagra as part of health insurance. He opposes equal pay. This is a consistent — a consistent Bush/McCain view. And, so, Senator Obama does support the ban. He wants a health-of-the-mother exception.
    BLITZER: Are you surprised he went — went out of his way to raise this issue today?
    CASTELLANOS: No, I don’t think so, because Senator Obama, we actually don’t know what he supports, because in the Senate in Illinois, there was a bill that says, you know, a child out of the womb who had, I think — quote — “a beating heart” should be protected.
    Senator Obama first voted present, which was not a very courageous vote, and then he voted no. And that’s not pro-choice or pro-life. That’s just an extreme position. And, so, right now, like on a lot of other things, we just don’t know where Barack Obama stands.
    CARVILLE: Yes. We have talked about that before. The nurse that brought up this thing was actually fired from the hospital. There’s a lot of controversy in that.
    I think Senator Obama’s been very clear that, with the health-of- the-mother exception, that he would support a ban on the so-called partial birth abortion.
    BLITZER: All right. We will leave it — we will leave it right there.
    This is a major difference, the whole issue of abortion, between these two presidential candidates.
    Guys, thanks for coming in.
    CARVILLE: Thank you.

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