Producer's Desk — election

Confused about Obama’s abortion stance that Relevant Magazine interview? You’re not alone. The helpful folks linked below provide may provide some guidance…

• Legal experts: Obama’s ‘Relevant’ abortion comments conflict with own pro-choice views - Michael Foust, BP News
• A Baltimore Sun blogger covers the confusion…
• …as does ABC News blog ‘Political Punch’
• The Weekly Standard writes Obama’s Abortion Obfuscations
• The folks at GetReligions covers the news coverage - Get Religion
• A transcript from Obama’s 2007 address to Planned Parenthood - LauraEchevarria.com
  • The Planned Parenthood event

My latest post at Casting Stones:

“One point that I have not heard made in the barrage of criticism directed at Rev. Jackson is the extreme vulgarity of his comments. Some have talked about his “crude” language, but as far as I know, no one has pointed out that Rev. Jackson’s comments are particularly beyond the pale for a man of the cloth…”

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My latest post at Casting Stones:

“Was President Clinton questioning the emotional stability of another famous POW, Senator McCain? I don’t know. However, I do have some unsolicited advice for former President Clinton…”

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My latest post to Casting Stones…

“…Schieffer was asking General Clark about his description of Senator McCain as “untested and untried,” and when pressed by Schieffer, Clark said, “I don’t think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.” While these comments have caused considerable controversy, it is not the first time General Clark has questioned or downgraded Senator McCain’s experience…”

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From my latest post to Casting Stones:

As Associate Justice Scalia stated in his majority opinion, “The enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table. Those include the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home.” Scalia’s majority opinion is a masterpiece of jurisprudence and sound legal reasoning…

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Part 2:

“80% of Southern Baptist pastors say that they currently support and plan to vote for Senator John McCain (R-AZ), the presumptive 2008 Republican nominee for president. Conversely, only 1% expressed their intention to vote for Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and 0% supported Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)…”

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Dr. Richard Land was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition Thursday February 28, 2008.

Excerpt:

“It seems to me that when you say to someone, ‘Well, you’re too narrowly focused on abortion and same-sex marriage.’ That’s like telling [the Rev. Martin Luther] King he was too narrowly focused on racial reconciliation and racial justice,” Land says.

“If you have a pro-life candidate running for the Republicans … and he’s running against someone who is pro-choice and who is running on a party platform that has never met an abortion they couldn’t at least live with — if they didn’t like — you’re not going to see a lot of movement among evangelicals when it comes to presidential elections,” Land says.

NOTE: Producer’s Desk finds the heading of NPR’s Web entry amusing: “Conversations with Conservatives.” Does NPR also have entries under the heading “Conversations with Liberals?” Just curious. At least they are “conversing with” conservatives.

Richard Land and the Richard Land Live! staff are reading the following articles today…

• What That McCain Article Didn’t Say - NY Times editorial by Clark Hoyt

“A newspaper cannot begin a story about the all-but-certain Republican presidential nominee with the suggestion of an extramarital affair with an attractive lobbyist 31 years his junior and expect readers to focus on anything other than what most of them did. And if a newspaper is going to suggest an improper sexual affair, whether editors think that is the central point or not, it owes readers more proof than The Times was able to provide. The stakes are just too big.” - Clark Hoyt: Public Editor, NYT

• Is there democracy in the Democratic Party? - by Richard Land for Beliefnet.com

“These superdelegates—disproportionately middle-aged (that’s being charitable), white, and male—are free to vote their “consciences,” without regard to what throngs of Democratic primary or caucus voters in their districts or states may have done.” - Richard Land

• Michelle Obama’s Princeton thesis, Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community - at Politico.com
• Peggy Noonan analyzes Obama speeches at WSJ.com

“It appears that the superdelegates are a symbol of liberal elitism. “Yes, you can vote for the candidate of your choice,” but if the people chose unwisely, the party elders, fulfilling the role of elitist “nanny” state, will decide what is “best for the people.” ”

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“It now appears almost certain that the presidential contest in 2008 will be between Sen. McCain and either Sen.Clinton or Obama. I have been asked on many occasions which contest I would prefer….The country does not need yet another round of that bitter debate in which no one wins and everyone loses…”

Read on at Casting Stones (Beliefnet.com)