Adrienne's Corner

Typical Obama

I'm wondering why no one has remarked on this snippet from our current President's speech at Notre Dame. The closing words of this segment of his speech should tell you, once again, what type of person has been elected.

Obama tells us over and over again who he really is, and the Kool Aid drinkers just refuse to hear the message. He is telling you that he still believes people who oppose abortion are"right-wing ideologues who want to take away a woman's right to choose." He thinks by scrubbing the words off his web-site we should be happy and relieved. Wow, finally a President who really understands.

Notice he manages to get a plug in for his book while trying to demonstrate to his audience what a "fair-minded" person he really is.

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 email from a doctor who told me that while he voted for me in the 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's not what was preventing him from voting for me.

What bothered the doctor was an entry that my campaign staff had posted on my website - an entry that said I would fight "right-wing ideologues who want to take away a woman's right to choose." The doctor said that he had assumed I was a reasonable person, 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 thanked him. I didn't change my position, but I did tell my staff to change the words on my website.

New Rape of the Working Class to be Announced!

Robert Stacy McCain is gloating over the fact he beat Memorandum to the punch this morning on this newest piece of legislation. I heard a rumor that Stacy was at his computer by 2 am. He has managed to collect an amazing amount of information for us - Thanks, Stacy!

This bill will be adding approximately $1300.00 to cost of an automobile in just a few short years. Do you think Obama, Nancy Pelosi, et al care one whit about that? If they were so darn worried about the quality of the air, maybe they should park their gas-guzzling private jets and use the phone.


and from boston.com

Obama to announce emissions rules

In advance of President Obama's big auto emissions event this afternoon, the White House sent out its spin on the proposals, plus a list of those attending the announcement.

Obama is outlining new fuel efficiency standards as part of his broader goal of reducing pollution from vehicle tailpipes. read more