OBAMA BREAKS GOLDEN RULE: OBAMA ASKS OF OTHERS WHAT HE FAILED TO OFFER HIMSELF

OBAMA :

The question, then -- the question then is how do we work through these conflicts? Is it possible for us to join hands in common effort?

As citizens of a vibrant and varied democracy, how do we engage in vigorous debate? How does each of us remain firm in our principles, and fight for what we consider right, without, as Father John said, demonizing those with just as strongly held convictions on the other side?

And of course, nowhere do these questions come up more powerfully than on the issue of abortion.

As I considered the controversy surrounding my visit here, I was reminded of an encounter I had during my Senate campaign, one that I describe in a book I wrote called "The Audacity of Hope." A few days after I won the Democratic nomination, I received an e-mail from a doctor who told me that while he voted for me in the Illinois primary, he had a serious concern that might prevent him from voting for me in the general election. He described himself as a Christian who was strongly pro-life -- but that was not what was preventing him potentially from voting for me.

What bothered the doctor was an entry that my campaign staff had posted on my Web site -- an entry that said I would fight "right-wing ideologues who want to take away a woman's right to choose." The doctor said he had assumed I was a reasonable person, he supported my policy initiatives to help the poor and to lift up our educational system, but that if I truly believed that every pro-life individual was simply an ideologue who wanted to inflict suffering on women, then I was not very reasonable. He wrote, "I do not ask at this point that you oppose abortion, only that you speak about this issue in fair-minded words." Fair-minded words.

After I read the doctor's letter, I wrote back to him and I thanked him. And I didn't change my underlying position, but I did tell my staff to change the words on my Web site. And I said a prayer that night that I might extend the same presumption of good faith to others that the doctor had extended to me. Because when we do that -- when we open up our hearts and our minds to those who may not think precisely like we do or believe precisely what we believe -- that's when we discover at least the possibility of common ground.

That's when we begin to say, "Maybe we won't agree on abortion, but we can still agree that this heart-wrenching decision for any woman is not made casually, it has both moral and spiritual dimensions."

So let us work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions, let's reduce unintended pregnancies. Let's make adoption more available. Let's provide care and support for women who do carry their children to term. Let's honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion, and draft a sensible conscience clause, and make sure that all of our health care policies are grounded not only in sound science, but also in clear ethics, as well as respect for the equality of women." Those are things we can do.

Now, understand -- understand, Class of 2009, I do not suggest that the debate surrounding abortion can or should go away. Because no matter how much we may want to fudge it -- indeed, while we know that the views of most Americans on the subject are complex and even contradictory -- the fact is that at some level, the views of the two camps are irreconcilable. Each side will continue to make its case to the public with passion and conviction. But surely we can do so without reducing those with differing views to caricature.

Open hearts. Open minds. Fair-minded words. It's a way of life that has always been the Notre Dame tradition.

... Remember, too, that the ultimate irony of faith is that it necessarily admits doubt. It's the belief in things not seen. It's beyond our capacity as human beings to know with certainty what God has planned for us or what He asks of us. And those of us who believe must trust that His wisdom is greater than our own.

And this doubt should not push us away our faith. But it should humble us. It should temper our passions, cause us to be wary of too much self-righteousness. It should compel us to remain open and curious and eager to continue the spiritual and moral debate that began for so many of you within the walls of Notre Dame. And within our vast democracy, this doubt should remind us even as we cling to our faith to persuade through reason, through an appeal whenever we can to universal rather than parochial principles, and most of all through an abiding example of good works and charity and kindness and service that moves hearts and minds.

For if there is one law that we can be most certain of, it is the law that binds people of all faiths and no faith together. It's no coincidence that it exists in Christianity and Judaism; in Islam and Hinduism; in Buddhism and humanism. It is, of course, the Golden Rule — the call to treat one another as we wish to be treated. The call to love. The call to serve. To do what we can to make a difference in the lives of those with whom we share the same brief moment on this Earth.

THAT'S SOME REAL FINE SOUNDING WORDS, BUT THEY REEK OF MENDACITY.

HERE'S SOME TRUTH:

• AS SOON AS OBAMA GOT IN OFFICE HE SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDERS MAKING ABORTIONS EASIER TO GET, FUNDING MORE OVERSEAS ABORTIONS OF IMPOVERISHED BLACKS, AND MAKING IT TOUGHER FOR DOCTORS HERE TO OPT OUT OF ABORTIONS FOR REASONS OF CONSCIENCE.

• HE DID ALL THIS WITHOUT ANY DIALOGUE OR ANY ATTEMPT AT COMPROMISE.

• NONE.

• PROVING HE'S A PHONY LYING SACK OF SHINOLA.

• FURTHERMORE, BY ASKING HIS OPPONENTS TO "DIALOGUE" AND BY OFFERING NONE HIMSELF, OBAMA HAS CLEARLY BROKEN THE GOLDEN RULE - HE HAS CLEARLY FAILED TO TREAT OTHERS AS HE IS IMPLORING OTHERS SHOULD TREAT HIM AND EACH OTHER.

THE HYPOCRISY IS POSITIVELY BREATH-TAKING.

IT'S AT LEAST ORWELLIAN, IF NOT . . . SATANIC.

I MEAN, HE'S TELLING A HUGE LIE ABOUT HOW HE'S HANDLED THE ABORTION ISSUE AS PRESIDENT - THE SINGLE MOST CONTROVERSIAL POINT OF THE NOTRE DAME VISIT - AND MOST PEOPLE ARE SO ENRAPTURED BY HIM THEY AREN'T EVEN CATCHING ON TO IT!

IT'S FREAKIN' SCARY!

BOTTOM-LINE: OBAMA IS A MENDACIOUS SVENGALI-LIKE MEGALOMANIAC WHO SHOULD HAVE EVER BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE HIGH OFFICE HE NOW HOLDS.

DISSENT ACCORDINGLY.

UPDATE: READ THIS FASCINATING POST ON THE ISSUE - IT INSPIRED THIS ONE!