Dallas Morning News religion blogger Bruce Tomaso has taken another swipe at pro-life Catholics with a January 21 post about how a "Catholic group exploits Obama's achievement [for an] anti-abortion ad." (embedded at right)
Back in December, you may recall, slapped around a Catholic priest and parochial school principal for pulling an Obama book off the shelves out of concern that it may push values contrary to Catholic moral teachings. Tomaso quipped that at least the priest didn't conduct a book burning.
In his January 21 item, Tomaso snarked that the argument by the pro-life ad group CatholicVote.com ad that, "Every fetus is precious, because you never know who will grow up to be president," was "the same argument" you could make about anyone.:
If Tim McVeigh's mom had had an abortion, might those 168 people in Oklahoma City still be alive?
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Screwed! I'd say they
January 21, 2009 - 15:19 ET by Clear thinkerScrewed!
I'd say they were even at this point... Obama Kills Pro-Life
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LMAO!!!!
January 21, 2009 - 15:20 ET by mizflame98It just ticks them off when their own rhetoric is used against them. Great job pro-life group. That is the most powerful commercial to date IMO.
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GMTA, mizflame....that was
January 21, 2009 - 15:38 ET by motherbeltGMTA, mizflame....that was my thought exactly.
They are furious because they have no sense of irony.
Complaining that the President of the US is being "exploited" is too funny for words!
Maybe he should copyright his image to ensure that it's not used in any other "nefarious" ads....
It is......delicious.
Well...
January 21, 2009 - 17:59 ET by mizflame98If the liberals doesn't want us to use Obama's story as an argument against abortion, then someone should have told him not to milk his single-parent childhood during the campaign.
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Tomaso's counter argument,
January 21, 2009 - 15:37 ET by ForeverOnTheRightTomaso's counter argument, "If Tim McVeigh's mom had had an abortion, might those 168 people in Oklahoma City still be alive?" is ubsurd. With that as a counter argument you could argue that we should all be sterilized because you never know if your child will grow up to be a Tim McVeigh or another Charles Manson etc. But then again you don't know the child you may have had could also grow up to be president so we shouldn't sterilize ourselves. I am confused. Tim McVeigh or president is all in the parenting.
Pretty good job
January 21, 2009 - 16:18 ET by Smoking HotNo doubt it exploits Obama's story to make a point the majority of his supporters wouldn't be happy to hear. It's tasteful though, thoughful too. I wonder what the reaction is like in the other camp.
The moment I saw it, I said,
January 21, 2009 - 21:08 ET by GrannyGrump42The moment I saw it, I said, "I can just hear the veins popping as Democrats have apoplectic fits."
Ha. Maybe they're pissed
January 22, 2009 - 00:55 ET by soulpileHa. Maybe they're pissed that it points out the fact that Obama's father deserted his child. Note: His grandparents raised him more than his mother did. Why does no one point this out?
Also, isn't it better to point out the good things that could be accomplished? Isn't the new "thing" now hope?