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Obama and Abortion

Much has been written and shared about Barack Obama and his very pro-abortion record.  In this space we provide two references for our readers to consider. 
Below is a video link to a CNN analysis of Barack Obama’s vote to deny life support to babies born alive during abortions.  It is chilling and revealing.  
Obama’s vote against [...]

Obama-Biden: A “balanced” ticket?

The Democrat Presidential ticket is set with the selection of Senator Joseph Biden as the VP. Biden has well established credentials as a true blue liberal.
The National Journal rates members of congress annually on large number of votes cast on social, economic, and foreign policy issues ending in a most liberal-to-most conservative ranking of all [...]

Pastor Rick Warren’s interview of John McCain and Barack Obama

Many people have asked about the August 16, 2008 McCain-Obama interview by Pastor Rick Warren, the Civil Forum on the Presidency, from his Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.  Below are links to the written transcript as well as the video of the event.
 
Video
Transcript

In Case You Missed It – Salazar kin jumps aisle to support McCain

From the Rocky Mountain News:
“We shouldn’t just vote Democrat just because our parents did.”
-Silverio Salazar
Read the entire article here.

Denver Sprucing Up for Democrats

Homeless Get Cleaned Up With Free Haircuts for DNC

DNC Snubs Archbishop Chaput – “a serious oversight”

As reported in the Washington Times,  Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput has not been invited to join a very lengthy list of other clergy members to address the Democratic National Convention when it convenes in Denver next week.  Snubbing the leader of 385,000 Catholics in northern Colorado is “a serious oversight” according to Raymond Flynn, the [...]

Beware of False Prophets

At a campaign event in California, San Francisco Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced Barack Obama as:
“a leader that God has blessed us with at this time.”
Many have observed a “messiah thing” about Obama. We now know where it might have been started. Consider the source.

On energy, Paris Hilton makes more sense than Ken Salazar

( Congress and Energy and Policy )

Submitted by Mark Hillman…
Colorado’s junior U.S. Senator Ken “Silly Sally” Salazar added another layer of nonsense to his no-energy policy recently when he suggested releasing 70 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
To be fair — and proving once again that “even a stopped clock is right twice a day” — there [...]

A Legacy of Change

( Congress and Energy and Politics )

Submitted by Steven M. Bimm…
In the coming weeks we will be hearing a lot from the left side of the aisle about “Change.” It has been the dominant theme of not only the Obama campaign, but also of the Democrat party as a whole.
Back during the 2006 election cycle, when the Democrats took control of [...]

Salazar and Democrats won’t drill offshore even at $10 a gallon

( Colorado and Congress and Energy and Politics )

That is not a misprint!  Senator Mitch McConnell offered a series of amendments to expand drilling offshore.  Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar repeatedly said “I object!”  Watch this video of Senate floor proceedings from July 31.
Salazar objected to McConnell’s amendments even if offshore drilling was withheld until gas reached $4.50 per gallon, or $5.00, or $7.50, [...]