Just substitute Catholics for Texans and abortion for the chicken ranch and its OBAMA.
That about sums up what Obama has been doing on the abortion issue and the health care bill.
President Obama is running his presidency in much the same way that he ran his campaign—saying things in a way that can be interpreted differently by different audiences. His campaign was a Rorschach test, and I’m afraid he’s treating healthcare reform the same way. The issue of federal funding for abortion is a prime example. Depending upon whom you talk to in Congress, the president’s pledge means very different things. In his remarks to the joint session of Congress on September 9, he seemed to give the impression that his own bill would be forthcoming, or at least outlined in more detail, and yet nothing has been presented to Congress or the American people. The skeptic—and I am now reluctantly one—believes this is a strategy of delay. As long as people keep defining the debate according to their own interests, then the president can avoid taking sides, surf the confusion, and in the end just throw his hands up and say he must go along with whatever Congress produces, which will very likely be bad. This is not leadership. It is also not honest. But this deliberate ambiguity does serve to keep the Catholic voice largely muted.
It appears the NYT has even noticed that the abortion issue might kill the health care bill. See at Get Religion Obama: ‘Work it out within the party’
Work out in the party? Hey AMBASSADOR DOUG KMEIC THAT DOES SOUND VERY HELPFUL. Thank for your efforts in getting Obama the Catholic vote.
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