Blogger: Silence on Gosnell says “all you need to know” about Obama
by Kelli
… [W]hen it comes to commenting on domestic scandals, President Obama will never live down his cowardly refusal to speak out against Kermit Gosnell.
Here was a man who, for thirty years, murdered black infants in his Philadelphia abortion clinic, while his activities were allowed to continue because of the complacency and tacit approval of local, state, and federal agencies.
Here was a man who segregated his waiting room by race, and gave better, safer treatment to white patients. Here was a man involved in a murderous scandal that implicated — and still implicates — every level of political authority, and resulted in hundreds of born infants being decapitated, stabbed, and drowned in toilets.
What did Obama say about it?…
“I can’t comment.”…
Forget everything else the man has done. Forget everything else he’s said. All you need to know about Barack Obama the man, and Barack Obama the President, can be summed up by the fact that he immediately and forcefully commented when a black Harvard professor was arrested by a white cop; he immediately and forcefully commented when a black teenager was killed by a Hispanic neighborhood watchman; and he immediately and forcefully commented when a white NBA owner allegedly made some insulting comments about black people — but when an abortionist was allowed to murder black infants for thirty years in the middle of an American city, he said nothing.
In all three of the cases where he did comment, the facts weren’t yet fully known, and the incident had no relevance outside of the area where it occurred. In Gosnell’s case, the facts were established, and the incident encompassed a wide range of local, state, and federal authorities. Yet on the first three he pounced, while on the last case he ran for the hills.
That’s all you need to know about Barack Obama.
~ Matt Walsh, The Matt Walsh Blog, April 28
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Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Nutty and disturbing.
I don’t normally like Matt Walsh, but this is one of his more coherent rants and I do agree with it, mostly.
At a minimum, it says everything about Obama’s stance on abortion.
But then, we knew that. Those who were paying attention about him knew his stance as an Illinois senator, knew that he fought hard to strip a baby’s right to be protected should the baby survive an abortion (a very easy bill to get behind, even for pro-choicers).
But yes, I do agree that it’s ironic that our vocal president is mum on this horrific issue, especially considering his love affair with PlannedParenthood. At a minimum, I’d think he would be swift to distance his version of abortion with that one, like many other pro-aborts did.
But no. He just keeps his mouth closed. Disgusting.
Hit the nail on the head LibertyBelle!!!
Thomas R, you said exactly what I was thinking:
LibertyBelle, you summed this up perfectly, well said!
And doesn’t his A.G. run a clinic by the same operating standards which is now under investigation? Maybe I’m out of line on that one.
From “not present” to “can’t comment,” he is always consistent.
This sort of logic gets so old.
This blog doesn’t care about starving people in Africa because it never mentions it.
Or this blog doesn’t care about gun victims because it doesn’t mention it.
If I were a President, I’d choose my words carefully as well when you have so many people willing and ready to twist what you say to fit your own political views and ambitions.
The number of people who have cared about the victims here is far, far fewer than those that seem enthused that they found somebody to put on posters and make a political point about.
No-one twisted Obama’s words – he simply stated “I can’t comment” but had a litany to offer in regard to the two other matters mentioned in this post.
Well, the problem is this President did not choose his words carefully when he spoke about Treyvon and the Harvard Professor quickly summing it up as racially-motivated BUT you have an issue when it is pointed out that the same President does not interject himself in the biggest racially-motivated demise of the human kind?
Oh please!!! If what you stated had any validity, Obama would have not interjected himself in any jurisdictional issues whatsoever. But he did. It is fair thus for anyone to call him out for choosing issues that are politically expedient and omitting those that are not.
I think you deny facts for a reason….
Yep. Most of us are involved in the pro-life movement simply to make political points. Not because we care about the victims of abortion. Pfft.
Obama will come to be known as one of the most positive presidents. History will view him well.
Thomas –
Nowhere in my post did I deny anything – so I don’t know where you get the statement about denying facts.
My key point is, if Obama had said something about Gosnell, I guarantee he’d be ripped by the same people complaining he didn’t say anything, because he wouldn’t say it the same way they would have.
And the point of him saying something isn’t because they feel bad about Gosnell, and they want Obama to feel bad about it – they want to make a political trap.
That’s what I’m saying.
His silence on the subject speaks volumes.
Yeah, I mean, why should the President feel bad in the least about so many babies being brutally “snipped” after they were born alive?
He has bigger things to worry about. Like taking selfies with world leaders.
Ya gotta have priorities, people.
“Oh please!!! If what you stated had any validity, Obama would have not interjected himself in any jurisdictional issues whatsoever. But he did. It is fair thus for anyone to call him out for choosing issues that are politically expedient and omitting those that are not. ”
It’s called “pandering to the base” and every single politician does it. I don’t understand why anyone would be shocked, it’s the same reason he didn’t vote against the BAIPA, too close to having the impression that he was pro restricting abortion in any way, shape or form.
I think our political system is basically a joke at this point. If we are ao polarized that our president can’t say “yeah, killing born babies is awful” without backlash from either his base or opponents, I really don’t see much hope! There has gotta be something we can all come together on.
Deluded One,
The thing all the people should come together on is that politicians should have term limits placed on them. Maybe 8 years max. The ones that serve longer than that are corrupted.
If Gosnell were being charged with federal crimes Obama would have ordered Holder to drop the charges. Obama would have pardoned Gosnell if he thought he could get away with it politically.
Lrning, they found us out! We don’t care about the tiny victims of abortion, nor their mothers, nah. Those diapers we pay for at the pregnancy centers are just for show!
Yawn, ex, have you ever met an extreme abortion advocate you DIDN’T defend?
“My key point is, if Obama had said something about Gosnell, I guarantee he’d be ripped by the same people complaining he didn’t say anything, because he wouldn’t say it the same way they would have.”
Your reasoning on this surprises me Ex. In the statement of mine you responded to I mentioned that Obama so urgently commented on two jurisdictional matters, so eagerly making them out to be racially-motivated but stood silent on Gosnell. What is so hard to comprehend here – choosing two events to make political points while abstaining from commenting on one that is decisively of high importance.
Your point I cited above makes no sense when one considers the context of Obama’s political expediency. So yes, in your quick attempt to defend Obama, you denied the connection btw all three events.
Jack, I agree with your April 29, 2014 at 10:17 pm comment 100 hundred percent!!!! But we are not talking about other politicians only Obama.
So the conclusion we all arrive at is that Obama does not have any personal integrity yes???? :)
“Obama will come to be known as one of the most positive presidents. History will view him well.”
Obama will be known for pandering to special interest groups (PP), spinning race relations (see above) and “sanctioning” Putin. Liberal history will view him well indeed.
I’m just glad there will be plenty of those who will remind our society of the truth…….
Amen Thomas R.
Obama is a boy and will be remembered as a boy who thought if you said it, that made it true.
DLPL, that’s a good point. Our political situation does pretty much suck.
And Ex, no we don’t talk about children in Africa (though we do care about them) because this is a prolife blog. There *are* blogs that talk about children in Africa.
And other issues, as well, if you do a bit of searching. We’re here because the cause of unborn babies being killed in their mom’s wombs is near and dear to our hearts, but by no means the only reason.
And something is insanely wrong with this messed up country if a man can’t say “Wow, that guy who ran a nasty chop shop is a bad person and my heart goes out to the families of the babies killed nad the woman killed.”
He has made statements on almost every other major tragedy, including Sandy Hook, but this one? Nope. Not a word. Even other abortion advocates have been at least mildly upset at the level of grotesqueness of Gosnell.
This just in: recent Obama sanctions fuel more violence and do absolutely nothing to resolve this situation. Putin is more enraged and upset, denouncing the intended effect.
Obama and those Americans who still believe that Putin will get into a fetal position based on empty threats, hopefully can re-examine their views.
Obama will get us into deep water if he continues to flex his “muscle” like he is doing. I don’t think “reality” wants Obama remembered for starting international conflict of a far-reaching magnitude….
He’ll be viewed well because only liberals record history accurately Thomas R.
“Obama sanctions fuel more violence” – I’d love to hear how you figure that. Have you still not grasped that this isn’t a US/Russia conflict? Still ignoring the EU, NATO etc.? Or are you suggesting everyone walks away and lets Putin grab Ukraine?
Ex-GOP sez: “This blog doesn’t care about starving people in Africa because it never mentions it.”
I talk about children in Africa. Or the lack of them…
Cuz the same political current that wants us in the U.S. to have Black people abort their babies (so we don’t have to support them through social services) is the same political current pushing population control, via abortion and birth control, across Africa.
What business is it of mine, or any of us here in the U.S., how many children some African couple has? Yet, we are over there pushing population control any way we can. We have been since the 1960s…
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-population-control-holocaust
Private giving to foreign aid from the U.S. is greater than the U.S. government’s foreign aid.
http://www.ideasinactiontv.com/tcs_daily/2002/08/aid-and-comfort.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_foreign_aid
The lion’s share of foreign aid, and charity overall, in the U.S. comes from Christian organizations…
http://www.forbes.com/top-charities/
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/generous-states-charities-lean-republican/story?id=17030246
However, all of that is not discussed much on this blog. Why? Because this blog is about pro-life issues.
When I look at my favorite NASCAR blog, I don’t whine about how they fail to cover curling.
That pre-fabricated cult-ready piece of rhetoric about those stingey hypocritical Christians is just about the dumbest argument going.
Try again.
“reality” in response Thomas R:
“Obama sanctions fuel more violence” – I’d love to hear how you figure that.”
I listen to radio all they long at work “reality” – NPR had a segment dedicated to those “sanctions” and it was stated on the program by a correspondent exactly as I reported it “Obama sanctions fuel more violence.” Take it up with NPR (you can easily access that segment by perusing their website (WBEZ in my area).
I don’t think you are going to criticize NPR are you?????
“Have you still not grasped that this isn’t a US/Russia conflict? – Still ignoring the EU, NATO etc.?
It was already determined on this blog by some commenters that NATO is useless in this regard. I think that it is you who has failed to grasp that Obama is barking up the wrong tree, as it is not our conflict. And yet he is heavily involved in “sanctioning” Putin. Oh my, you have what – about 15 or so years on me (maybe closer to 20) and yet confuse the fact that Obama is not acting as a member of NATO but interjecting himself (and US with it) when he is over his head on this?
As I said, Obama only agitates! If Obama wants to be taken seriously by Putin, he needs to involve our military there, in order to address your concern of “or are you suggesting everyone walks away and lets Putin grab Ukraine?”
“I listen to radio all they (day?) long at work “reality” – I work at work “thomas r.”. How does listening to the radio allow you to focus properly on dealing with those sex crimes/offenses/perversions you said you deal with?
One ‘correspondent’ on a radio program! My, you are easily influenced.
“I don’t think you are going to criticize NPR are you?????” – I think it would be more appropriate to criticise the correspondent rather than the messenger.
“It was already determined on this blog by some commenters that NATO is useless in this regard” – I think the word you’re looking for is ‘opined’.
Still you fail to grasp the geo-political realities of the situation!
Perhaps palin could go give putin one of those special ‘baptisms’ she spoke of.
“I listen to radio all they (day?) long at work “reality” – I work at work “thomas r.”. How does listening to the radio allow you to focus properly on dealing with those sex crimes/offenses/perversions you said you deal with?”
I detect not only sarcasm in that statement but also a bit of jealousy. Since I came to the US at the age of 14, my life has been personally and professionally exemplified by social service. The difference is that I am about social service and you – about retail service (you do work in retail don’t you). The only question that remains is – which service is more impactful on the societal level and which service means diddly squat to the society at large??? :)
I find your talk about geo-political realities laughable “reality.” As we speak the violence in Ukraine is gettting more pronounced. Just this morning I heard on the radio (HAHA) that Putin sent helicopters full of armed to the teeth military to quash dissent (Putin referred to this action as punitive). Same source (liberal NPR). So does this mean that Putin is shaking in his boots of Obama and your NATO. Putin hates Obama more than some on this blog and he has no regard for NATO. His continued actions are a testament to that. Are you grasping what I am saying or being totally naive/ignorant to the realities of the situation? It was reported on the radio (HAHA) this morning that NATO is going to meet to discuss more sanctions. So let me get this – Putin disregards all of the sanctions to date and NATO is going to meet to discuss more sanctions?!?!? What a feat….
The problem is that you reflect views of someone who does not know red power and grew up totally ignorant to the Ruskis. You know how I grew up. Your logic does not consider that the Ruski’s are a formidable force and as I said, that Putin’s hatred of Obama and NATO will not do us any good. You are also forgetting that Obama is walking a fine line simply because of all that oil we need from the region. This is at best a good horse and pony show from Obama and NATO. And in the meantime, the situation is getting worst in the Ukraine….
Seems you are just clueless and when the you know what really hits the fan, maybe just maybe you will experience a Eureka moment….
Oh “reality” and when one has no argument one always has to be tangential as you were bringing up Sarah Palin. This informs me more of your ignorance to the geo-political realities and who runs the show in that region. I suggest you chew on this awhile….
And in the meantime, allies are considering military intervention as enumerated in Article V (since militants are only left to their own arms). Just heard it on the radio (HAHA). Better than useless sanctions don’t you think Mr. “political analyst” you…
So go back to what you do best: ridiculing others and being an arm-chair commentator……
“I detect not only sarcasm in that statement but also a bit of jealousy.” – I suggest your purchase a new detector, it was neither. Don’t get all grandiose :-)
“The difference is that I am about social service” – ‘about’ social service? How so.
“and you – about retail service (you do work in retail don’t you)” – no, I don’t, I provide services to clients. I don’t work in social services either, I do some of that in an unpaid capacity.
“The only question that remains is – which service is more impactful on the societal level and which service means diddly squat to the society at large???” – positive impact or negative impact “thomas r.”? And you consider retail work to be meaningless and valueless do you? You do realise many people are no longer capable of doing their own hunting and food growing don’t you?
“I find your talk about geo-political realities laughable “reality.” – yes, I have noticed you have a problem with all this complex international relations stuff.
“Just this morning I heard on the radio” – oh well, it must be 101% true then.
“Putin sent helicopters full of armed to the teeth military to quash dissent” – he attacked his own agents??
“Putin hates Obama more than some on this blog (questionable) and he has no regard for NATO” – and? This is new in what way?
“The problem is that you reflect views of someone who does not know red power and grew up totally ignorant to the Ruskis” – I’m not the one dealing with the crisis, are you?
“Obama is walking a fine line simply because of all that oil we need from the region” – catch up.
“Seems you are just clueless and when the you know what really hits the fan, maybe just maybe you will experience a Eureka moment…”- I’m not the one wearing an eyepatch ;-)
“I suggest you chew on this awhile…” – I don’t chew gum. I prefer items of substance.
“So go back to what you do best: ridiculing others and being an arm-chair commentator……” – well thank you for the compliment. And where are you currently located? In the thick of the action?
9ek –
Sorry – missed your question to me.
There are plenty of extreme abortion advocates I don’t agree with – two comments:
1) I don’t consider Obama much of an extreme abortion advocate. So Bush and him differ on the Mexico City Policy, and they fund planned parenthood at slightly different levels. If the policy that Obama has pushed at a federal level is extreme pro-choice, then I must be reading the wrong bills.
2) My point above was that I don’t understand the whole “this person didn’t mention this so they must not care about it”. I think that’s sloppy reasoning. If I’m Obama, I wouldn’t have said a think about Gosnell either, because the right is going to rip him either way. There is not a single thing that he would reasonably say that the right would accept as an okay statement. Face it – to 35% or so of the country, if Obama hand delivered $1 million of his own money, the person would find a reason to complain – that’s just how they are. So it is easier to not say anything.
“So go back to what you do best: ridiculing others and being an arm-chair commentator……” – well thank you for the compliment. And where are you currently located? In the thick of the action?”
When I was growing up in Eastern Europe under the watchful eye of the “big brother” (the Ruskis) I was a member of an underground youth movement that disseminated various information to schools and churches and assisted the Solidarity Movement (you’ve heard of Lech Walesa?) in their efforts to promote democracy. I did get into the thick of it as you say. That was before, during and after the imposition of Martial Law in Poland (you’ve heard of it?). I left Poland in 1983, shortly after the Martial Law ended, the Ruski influence subsided and political changes started taking place.
In the 1970’s I am sure you were sitting on your derriere in a comfy recliner and sipping wine. Oh and promoting women’s “rights and freedoms” from the comfort of your living room.
I lived and experienced more that you have ever rhetorically articulated. The recollection of our struggles against the Ruskis just brought a tear to my eye. You are an ignorant man “reality.”
70’s Poland under the threats of the Soviet empire versus 2014 Ukraine under threat from a desperate Russia? Get real. That’s like comparing the Boer War with Iraq.
You’re still under the impression that Putin is a joke? Your geo-political radar is so out of date, its laughable. You and Obama would make a great team in this circus. Ruskis were a military force during the time of Napoleon (you know history?), WWII and are through today. Putin is not going to shy away from another armed conflict. You are obviously on the team that wants to give him the opportunity.
Again, I grew up with the enemy next door but you’ve heard it all on TV… Something to ponder while you sip that wine.
“You’re still under the impression that Putin is a joke?” – not in the least Thomas R. I’ve not indicated such either. But you think obama is a joke in this situation, without it being justified.
Napoleonic wars now? Wow, and I thought the Boer War was going back a bit! And you claim MY geo-political radar is out of date! LOL
You grew up next door to something which no longer exists. Russia wishes that it exist again, that’s what’s going on here. Ponder that.
Yes, the Ruskis wish that for themselves and they are fully capable of taking the steps to achieve that again. I only brought up some history to remind you that the Ruskis possess more than adequate military expertise. Another thing for you to ponder is that the Ruskis do not abide by the rules of engagement. Putin is an old dog with more tricks up his sleeve than Obama would ever dream of knowing about.
Is Obama a joke? Well, his “sanctions” to date tell me so as well as his desire to enact more “sanctions” even after Putin reacted as he did to the first round. I put sanctions in parenthesis because Putin does not give a flying saucer and the only way that he understands is through a military mobilization and offensive. Obama needs to step it up beyond sanctions or shut his mouth and attend to that recent prayer breakfast humiliation double – time.
‘his “sanctions” ‘ – see, you still either don’t know or won’t acknowledge what’s actually happening.
Well, he does promote the sanctions representing the US at the table. He even sells himself as the savior-in-chief. Listen to the guy will ya…
And the EU bods promote the EU sanctions at that same table.
No, he does not sell himself as the savior-in-chief. I have been listening.
This is not a Russia/US conflict. This is a Russia/Ukraine conflict. And Russia is trying to keep the EU/US/NATO at arms length. It will pay dearly.
I surely hope they will. But I do know what they are capable of and that’s what scares me…
Being scared of what may happen is well justified. I do think that military intervention is not highly likely and that Putin will come to realise that what might seem like a win would not really be one due to the ongoing cost. The EU has moved swiftly to cover any losses or shortages which may arise by isolating Russia economically. I think we are getting close to the point where an ‘honorable’ way for Putin to back down will be sought.
Look at this, we start off bumpy and converge somewhat although I do disagree with you on the economic isolation.
Check this out:
According to the World Trade Association, Russia’s exports by main destination were as follows:
1. European Union (27) 58.7
2. China 5.2
3. Ukraine 5.0
4. Turkey 4.7
5. Belarus 4.3
For Russia imports by main origin
1. European Union (27) 44.6
2. China 9.4
3. Ukraine 6.7
4. Japan 5.7
5. Belarus 5.0
Source:
http://stat.wto.org/CountryProfiles/RU_e.htm
Ruskis have what many need and the reverse is true too. So are you still on this high horse about economic isolation as having an effect at all????