First, a reminder of President Clinton's early moves (click to enlarge):
Now, from NPR, November 13...
"If in his first 100 days, he repeatedly sticks his finger in the eyes of the 48% of voters who voted against him," [Gary] Bauer [president of American Values] says, "I think that's going to be a clear signal that however how charming it was to independent voters, it was a ruse."But [Michael] Gerson [a former Bush speechwriter] believes Obama learned a lesson from Clinton's experience. He says that the new president would be crazy to make abortion his first agenda item -- even though he has to contend with "8 years of pent up liberal demand."
"So he's going to have to make some of those choices," Gerson says. "He has high expectations from the liberal wing of the congressional majority, and he has the realities of governing, where you don't want to pick culture war fights in the first 100 days, or even your first year, because you want to get some things accomplished."
Comments:
"Years" of progress? Didn't Bush re-enact all of those on his first DAY? (Well, except the RU-486 thing, 'cause by then it was already FDA approved.)
I can't wait for President Obama's first day! It's going to be great! No more religious extremists running the USA!
Posted by: reality at November 14, 2008 2:22 PM"I can't wait for President Obama's first day! It's going to be great! No more religious extremists running the USA! "
Ya, just extremists
Posted by: Jeff at November 14, 2008 3:05 PMI saw a tshirt with a picture of Obama's face. It said Welcome Back, Carter.
If McCain is Bush then Obama is Clinton/Carter. Now that's real change.
Jill:
Go to: WWW.RENEWAMERICA.US
and read Matt Abbott's column (if you haven't already) about Judie Brown's response to your opposition to pro-life "absolutism".
We really have to find a way to reach the "absolutists" or "purists". They are doing great damage to this movement without meaning to.
Everybody go to:
WWW.OBAMACRIMES.COM
to find out why Barack Obama may NEVER have his "first day" in office (because in all likelihood he is not a "natural born citizen").
Then email it to all your friends and email contacts so that everyone will know. That website already has approximately one BILLION hits, so word of Obama's political fraud is spreading like wildfire on the internet.
Posted by: Joe at November 14, 2008 3:42 PM"8 years of pent up liberal demand."
That liberal demand is awful went it gets pent up. Found a mess of it clogging one of my drains last night, and not even Joe the Plumber knew what to do about it.
What strikes me the most is long I've lived without really thinking about what kind of word "pent" is. Not even the dictionaries are certain. One of them says it's the past tense of the verb "pen" -- i.e., the liberal demand was penned up, like wild pigs. I think "penned in" would be more accurate, though, unless pigs can fly. Another dictionary said it was "probably from past participle of obsolete English pend to confine."
These liberals can't keep nothing straight, not even their disgusting demands.
I dont believe for a second that Obama will hold off on his radical agenda. The MSM is making it sound like he got a huge mandate from the voters. Granted, he did a lot better in the electoral college, but I suspect ACORN had a lot to do with that, in Indiana and Ohio for example. However he didnt get a huge "mandate" as far as popular vote goes. 52% is not a big majority.
Obama will cater to Pelosi, Clinton, Reid and all the left wing nuts. He's one himself, so why wouldnt he?
Posted by: Joanne at November 14, 2008 5:43 PMWWW.OBAMACRIMES.COM
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Alan Keyes filing Writ of Mandate California
November 13 - Independent Party Takes Action
Alan Keyes and AIP electors will be filed against Secretary of State Debra Bowen and the Presidential Electors to verify Senator Obama's qualifications to serve as President.
Orly Taitz DDS Esq, attorney representing plaintiffs advised to release writ. Check it out.
CASE #:34-2008-80000096-CU-WM-GDS Judge Michael Kinny
Filed 11/13/08 in the Superior Court of California in Sacremento
http://americamustknow.com/default.aspx
http://americamustknow.com/lawsuits.aspx
6 COUNT THEM 6, Lawsuits are still ALIVE alleging that Obama is ineligible to be US President because he is not "Natural Born".
I'm definitely looking forward to the balance our 44th President bring. I find it funny how people still like to spread falsehood about him.
I guess it is easier to demonize than to actually look at the complete story.
Posted by: FromOurMindToYours at November 14, 2008 5:55 PMI was not that big a fan of Clinton.
Before taking office, he promised "$12 in spending cuts for every $1 in new taxes."
What we got was $2 in new taxes for every $1 in spending cuts.
Posted by: Doug at November 14, 2008 6:37 PMWWW.OBAMACRIMES.COM
:: laughing ::
What a joke...
Posted by: Doug at November 14, 2008 6:39 PMDoug,
Ambassador Keyes has now started a lawsuit, joined by an actual elector. The previous dismissals of suits challenging Obama's status as a natural born citizen rested solely on the plaintiffs' lack of standing, which may not be an issue in the new lawsuits. No one has yet seen his original 1961 birth certificate, and there may be some surprises if he is forced to produce it.
However, I do suspect the courts will dismiss it just to avoid a civil war. But before you pooh-pooh it as frivolous, you should read the allegations of the Keyes suit (available in pdf form at the link above) and specify precisely what it is that you find so ridiculous. I've submitted more proof to get a drivers' license than Obama has to become president.
Posted by: The Raving Atheist at November 14, 2008 7:00 PMjust stumbled upon your site today, and i just wanted to thank you for what you've done here. It's a real eye-opener, and i'm determined to spread the word anyway I can.
God bless...
The Raving Atheist @5:02 PM,
"8 years of pent up liberal demand."
That liberal demand is awful went it gets pent up. Found a mess of it clogging one of my drains last night, and not even Joe the Plumber knew what to do about it.
What strikes me the most is long I've lived without really thinking about what kind of word "pent" is. Not even the dictionaries are certain. One of them says it's the past tense of the verb "pen" -- i.e., the liberal demand was penned up, like wild pigs. I think "penned in" would be more accurate, though, unless pigs can fly. Another dictionary said it was "probably from past participle of obsolete English pend to confine."
These liberals can't keep nothing straight, not even their disgusting demands.
"pigs can fly" - LOL
More regarding "pent":
I thought I'd look up pender (Spanish) to see if there might be a connection. "Pender" is an intransitive verb meaning "to hang" (as in a pendant/necklace?) or "to be pending". According to Wiktionary, the adjective "pent-up" has two meanings: 1."not expressed" and 2."repressed or suppressed, especially of emotions or impulses".
The cloneworkers and the recombinant DNA splicers have been hard at work....
Posted by: Doug at November 14, 2008 8:38 PMWhy should Obama do anything for the 48% who voted against him? Just as Bush claimed he had a mandate, so too does Obama have a mandate - it's a generational shift, a political shift and a cultural shift. You don't have to take a right-hand turn if you're on a new journey, Obama is charting a new course, and the old political directions don't apply.
Posted by: Yo La Tengo at November 14, 2008 8:47 PMBwahahahahahahahahahahaha. That's great Doug!
I have a fantastic link for you Doug...
Posted by: Rae at November 14, 2008 9:03 PMWhy should Obama do anything for the 48% who voted against him?
He works for me. I am his boss. He works for us. We are his bosses. WE THE PEOPLE. He works for the ones who voted for him and the ones who didn't.
Charting a new course with Clinton and Carter. same ol same ol
Posted by: Carla at November 14, 2008 9:15 PMRae,
That link is hilarious. Thanks!
Doug,
Cute pig!
Janet,
If "pender" means "to hang" then it can't be the root of "pent up", because liberals don't have any "hang ups", if you know what I mean.
Posted by: The Raving Atheist at November 14, 2008 10:02 PM
Janet,
If "pender" means "to hang" then it can't be the root of "pent up", because liberals don't have any "hang ups", if you know what I mean.
Posted by: The Raving Atheist at November 14, 2008 10:05 PM
Raving @ 10:02 and 10:05,
LOL.
I know what you mean. :)
I know what you mean. :)
Janet,
Must have hit "post" twice while trying to pent down my post-Obama rage.
Posted by: The Raving Atheist at November 14, 2008 10:23 PM"Why should Obama do anything for the 48% who voted against him?"
-Some random pro-abortion genius
"We do not serve a red America or a blue America, we serve the United States of America."
-Barack Obama
You lose, genius.
Posted by: John Lewandowski at November 14, 2008 11:43 PMLord, you are good.
Lord, you are faithful.
I love you Lord.
Posted by: HisMan at November 14, 2008 11:55 PMI can't wait for President Obama's first day! It's going to be great! No more religious extremists running the USA!
What do you think Rev. Wright and Fr. Fleger are...plus the myopic devotion to the "sacrament" of abortion...that pagan child sacrifice??!
And the "Charter for Compassion":
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081114211405.6b9pjnso&show_article=1
He's all for global religion...just not that "old time" kind!
A unique case that just keeps getting more and more legs to its basic foundation...pending in SCOTUS:
Posted by: KC at November 15, 2008 12:35 PMhttp://www.gmpiv.com/Humor/School/LatinfortheMasses.html
Ha! Rae, that's great.
Vescere bracis meis.
Eat my shorts.
Posted by: Doug at November 15, 2008 5:38 PMHisMan @11:55 PM,
Lord, you are good.
Lord, you are faithful.
I love you Lord.
Amen.
"You are my light
and my salvation,
of whom shall I be afraid?"
I have oodles of questions for you, RavingAtheist. :)
1. Are you really an atheist?
2. If so, why are you pro-life?
3. Are you conservative in general, or is it limited to abortion?
Sorry to bring this up in perhaps a place not designated for it. My myspace address is linked in my name. Send me a message if you like. I've met very few atheists in my life, and strive to understand...
Posted by: Laura at November 16, 2008 8:16 AMLaura,
There are several other atheists and agnostic pro-lifers here. There is Bee, Doyle, Mary, xalise (I think I spelled that wrong), and pro-life atheist just to name a few. There is also this website http://godlessprolifers.org/home.html The Atheist and Agnostic Pro-Life Homepage, which has TONS of pro-life atheist and agnostics and other non-theists. It helps to have that site on hand because it shows that this is not a religious issue, but a human rights issue. God love you.
Posted by: Bobby Bambino at November 16, 2008 8:28 AMits spelled xalisae, I think. She hasn't been around lately, but for good reason: I think her husband is still on leave.
Unfortunately, some pro choice groups attack prolifers calling them religious extremists. We use science to show that the unborn child is human.
Posted by: LizFromNebraska at November 16, 2008 10:25 PMEverybody already knows it's human anyway.
Posted by: Heather at November 16, 2008 11:48 PMHeather,
Please stick around and try to convince Virginia K and Josephine of that! :)
Not just science, but pure logic can show that. Whatever condition (aside from being in the womb) that you can say makes the unborn not human also applies to a born human somewhere in the world. There are people who's hearts don't beat anymore, they have artificial hearts. There are people with a lack of brain function; they're vegetables. There are people who don't "look" human; people missing arms, legs, little people, people without torsos, people without FACES. There are all kinds of people on this earth, but we're all human. Just because born people are very different, doesn't mean we allow their murders. I think the idea that it's okay to kill a human in the early weeks of life because they're very small and not formed is a bunch of baloney. I can't count how many medical reality shows I've seen that show people that don't look at all like what you'd expect a human to look like.
Posted by: Laura at November 17, 2008 10:23 AMI have oodles of questions for you, RavingAtheist. :)
1. Are you really an atheist?
2. If so, why are you pro-life?
3. Are you conservative in general, or is it limited to abortion?
Laura 8:16 AM:
1. In June 2006, after four years of running an obscenely blasphemous atheist blog, I vowed to never attack God, Christianity or religion again. As part of that vow, however, I also promised never to disclose my own beliefs, or the reason for refusing to disclose them.
2. Last year LifeSiteNews published an interview with me in which I discussed some of the secular reasons for being pro-life. (Note: the statement in the interviewer's introduction that "He [me] is firmly opposed to belief in God" was the interviewer's conclusion from reading my blog, not a statement made to her by me). This post on my blog also summarizes some of the non-theological reasons atheists oppose abortion, as do a number of the posts under the "Abortion" category link on the blog. You can also run "Raving Atheist" at my friend Dawn Eden's blog for additional posts on the topic.
3. I am generally conservative, although my advocacy and volunteerism is mostly limited to pro-life issues.
The Raving Atheist,
Thank you for providing the link to your interview with LifeSiteNews, and for speaking out for life!
Janet,
It's only because of the wonderful, compassionate people like you at this and other pro-life blogs that I got into the movement in the first place.
Thank you all so much!!!
(And thank you for your contributions to etymology too, Janet :) )
Thank you very much from me too! I really enjoy reading what you have to say!!
Posted by: Carla at November 17, 2008 1:32 PMThank you, Carla. I am in awe of what a tremendous voice for life you are, both within this blog and within the pro-life community generally.
Posted by: The Raving Atheist at November 17, 2008 1:40 PMYou are welcome, The Raving Atheist.
Posted by: Carla at November 17, 2008 7:12 PMRaving,
The etymology is fun when the politics gets old... Thank you - you are too kind. :) It's good to have you here.
Janet,
Given some of the commenters crawling around here, sometimes it seems like we're engaged entomology.
P.S. As a good etymologist, I'm sure you didn't need to click on that link.
Posted by: The Raving Atheist at November 17, 2008 8:35 PM

