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Politicos don’t get me!  I am a typical conservative, Christian, religious, person who ranks moral issues above most other issues.  They call me a "one issue voter" but that is really wrong.  I have a world view that pushes these moral issues to the forefront because they are the most egregious faults in our nation at this time.

For decades abortion has been the primary arena of dispute for voters like me.  The issue of homosexual marriage is jumping into that space in recent years.  The current candidates for President used to be quite clear on these issues.  recently I posted about Barak Obama’s comments regarding the issue of homosexual marriage.  Read that to learn what he said that was so offensive to Christians like me and proved his naiveté regarding voters like me.

Now Obama wants to appeal to us by softening his stance on the abortion issue.  For his entire career he has been one of the most extreme members of the US Senate and the Illinois legislature before that.  Baptist Press has an article about this.

My point here is that I cannot believe he thinks he can vote to protect abortion rights in the most extreme circumstances for years and then give a nice little speech that implies a softening stance now that he is running for president and trying to grab the attention of voters who traditionally have voted Republican like me.  He knows we are not enamored with McCain, but surely he doesn’t think a speech will convince us that he might so radically change his views on this issue.  Why would I ever vote for someone whose actions have been so opposed to my own beliefs regarding this issue, when I can vote for someone who has a long record of protecting the unborn?  Am I a huge fan of McCain?  No.  I wouldn’t volunteer for his campaign or contribute to it.  But at least he has a clear record of supporting the Pro-Life stance in his voting record.  Any other conservative, Christian voters who let this winking bow to our position sway them are gullible and probably very few and far between.

They just don’t get me!

UPDATE: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=28457&ref=BPNews-RSSFeed0711

The above link tells about an Obama statement that he will support a woman’s "right to choose" no matter what.  So I guess this time he was speaking out of the left side of his mouth.  I was right to be suspicious of the previous statement as he tried to curry favor with us evangelical conservatives hoping we would just jump on board the shiny time express without ever listening to another word he said about the issue.  If the press ever takes an objective look at this guy they will find out what a stuffed shirt he really is.