The Committee for Truth in Politics ran this ad accusing Obama of voting for the early release of sexual predators. While this may technically be true, it's a blatant misrepresentation of what really happened at the Illinois senate vote in 1999:
Wow. Bad time to push the wrong button I guess. Apparently the record doesn't actually reflect his intent after all...oops! (I read about this at factcheck.org)Presiding officer: Take the record. On that question, there are 54 Ayes, one Nay, and two voting Present. Senate Bill 485, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Bottom of page — Senator Obama, what purpose do you rise?
Obama: For purpose of correction. I pressed the wrong bottom [sic] on that. I wanted to vote Yes.
Presiding officer: Record shall reflect your intent, Senator Obama.
And this same group has run another ad about Obama's voting record on late-term abortion
What they fail to mention in this ad is that the reason he voted against those bills was because they didn't include a provision to protect the mother's health . . . well, I'll just let you read what Obama has to say about it:
On an issue like partial birth abortion, I strongly believe that the state can properly restrict late-term abortions. I have said so repeatedly. All I've said is we should have a provision to protect the health of the mother, and many of the bills that came before me didn't have that.
Part of the reason they didn't have it was purposeful, because those who are opposed to abortion have a moral calling to try to oppose what they think is immoral. Oftentimes what they were trying to do was to polarize the debate and make it more difficult for people, so that they could try to bring an end to abortions overall.
As president, my goal is to bring people together, to listen to them, and I don't think that's any Republican out there who I've worked with who would say that I don't listen to them, I don't respect their ideas, I don't understand their perspective. And my goal is to get us out of this polarizing debate where we're always trying to score cheap political points and actually get things done.
(from ontheissues.org)
Isn't it fun sorting out all these "facts"? And they call us "undecideds" the Stupid Vote!
2 comments:
That's interesting. It seems like a lot of the back and forth is misrepresentation. It's frustrating trying to keep up.
They used to have "elephant ears" at whole foods. It was a thin but large, flaky cinnamon sugar pastry, and I've had quite a few...is that what they had?
Megan! Your state is on the fence, just like you! Seriously...your vote can really make a difference. I'd like to know what you decide, if you don't mind, when you do.
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