Tim Graham, of NRO’s Media Blog caught this gem from Obama’s essay in Parade Magazine about fatherhood. I think Obama’s going to need his teleprompter to even write his essays now too. Here’s what Obama wrote:
That is why we need fathers to step up, to realize that their job does not end at conception; that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child but the courage to raise one.
Uh…Did Obama just say fatherhood starts at conception?
Yup. He did.
So it’s not above Obama’s pay grade to decide when fatherhood begins but when a baby becomes a baby is confusing?
And if you’re a father at conception, what exactly are you a father of? A potential baby? I can hear it now “Congratulations, you’re the proud father of a brand new potential baby!”
I love the whole “potential life” argument I’ve heard so often. Even Bill O’Reilly used it last week when defending his pro-choice stance. A potential life? What the heck is that? And these are the people who say they’re are all about science? Let me check out my old science textbooks and look up “potential life.” I’d bet I’d find something about Mars and that’s about it.
The whole pro-choice argument is a house of cards that depends on catchphrases, slogans and obfuscation to continue.
But, in the end, none of this means anything to Obama. He’s not interested in truth. Just as Pundette said, “What it really means is . . . nothing. Any connection between Obama’s words and truth are coincidental.”
June 24, 2009 at 5:58 am
It's quite a stretch to say that Obama was saying here that life begins at conception. Among other considerations is the fact tht he is speaking rhetorically here to make a quite different though certainly legitimate point.
Pray! Pray! Pray! that Obama comes to see what abortion really is and then Pray! Pray! Pray! again that he has the courage to confront the onslaught of rage he will have to deal with
June 24, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Part of the whole problem here with any discussions by anyone, we should eliminate the word fetus and begin using the correct word, BABY! That eliminates the use of the word POTENTIAL. It is that simple folks. BABY BABY BABY!!!!! BABY = human being! simple solution.
June 24, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Todd said: "He hasn't committed his own money to abortion, and as far as we can tell, has taken a fairly middle-of-the-road approach for a Democrat and a liberal."
Middle of the road? Obama's stance regarding babies who survive abortions is not something I'd term middle-of-the-road, or even liberal….
June 24, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Given his unblemished record of supporting abortion and infanticide on demand, he probably meant the father's responsibility to support the woman's choice.
So, in Obama's view, a father's responsibility would certainly include ponying up cash for the abortion.
-Chris M
June 24, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Sadly I don't think Obama intended to infer that fatherhood starts at conception (and therefore so does life). He clearly just meant that men should be more than sperm donors to their children.