{"id":19936,"date":"2012-08-09T07:22:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T11:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=19936"},"modified":"2013-04-03T23:52:14","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T03:52:14","slug":"obama-using-fear-to-garner-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/obama-using-fear-to-garner-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama using fear to garner support"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s election season. Soon political signs will line the street corners, phone will ring with recorded political messages, and campaign ads will air attacking the other candidate. Oh wait, that last one has already started.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Barack Obama has released ads attempting to \u201cfrighten\u201d people into voting for him. These ads try to convince voters that certain \u201crights\u201d are going to be taken away. For example, his ad released on Saturday entitled \u201cImportant<\/a>\u201d opens with a women stating, \u201cMitt Romney is out of touch with the average women\u2019s health issues.\u201d It goes on to explain how important contraception is. The ad makes it sound like Mitt Romney will make contraceptives illegal. Hmmm, I don\u2019t remember that as one of his campaign promises.<\/p>\n

Another ad on the BarackObamadotcom YouTube channel<\/a> features Elizabeth Banks praising Planned Parenthood<\/a> and taking a statistic out of context. \u201cWhat is it, 95% [of services offered by Planned Parenthood] don\u2019t involve anything controversial. So for that little 5% that Mitt Romney decides he doesn\u2019t agree with, he is going to take away cancer screenings … he is going to take away people\u2019s access to health care close by.\u201d<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t see anywhere that Mitt Romney is promising to pass laws denying women the ability to have cancer screenings or access to health care. There will be no ban on women going to the doctor. There are certainly other doctors beyond those who work for Planned Parenthood. As for the 95%\/5% breakdown of services, the Washington Post<\/em> reported<\/a> that Planned Parenthood was responsible for 329,000 abortions last year. That is a lot of children missing from the world.<\/p>\n

It is fascinating to see how Obama is making Planned Parenthood a part of the elections. The economic situation isn\u2019t exactly healthy, but Obama chooses to rely on fear. According to Ryan Williams<\/a>, spokesman for the Romney campaign:<\/p>\n

President Obama’s allies continue to use discredited and dishonest attacks in a contemptible effort to conceal the administration’s deplorable economic record. After 42 months of unemployment above 8 percent, it is clear that the president and his campaign do not have a rationale for reelection.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We are three months away from elections. Take a good look at the ads and ask yourself if a reasonable point is being made or if misrepresentation is being used to perpetuate fear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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