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I have some simple questions to ask Doug Kmiec, Catholics United, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, Catholic Democrats, the editors of The National Catholic Reporter (most particularly Michael Sean Winters, a prominent liberal writer for them), and any high-visibility Catholic professor, pundit or blogger who claimed, time and time again last year, that Barack Obama would actively work to reduce the number of abortions.

They said he was the “pro-life” candidate. They said where republicans only paid lip service, Obama would deliver results. They said we, who did not believe his token promises, were guilty of undermining our best chance to “find common ground” on this issue since Roe v. Wade.

414 day in office and counting, and Obama hasn’t done squat to reduce the number of abortions in this country.

In fact, under his watch, the faith-based council has just punted – again – on this issue:

President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships presented policy recommendations to him today – notably missing: Any mention of the life issue.

Pro-life groups had hoped to hear the council’s plan to reduce abortions. CBN White House Correspondent David Brody said that did not happen.

“This council, in essence, basically punted the abortion question down the road,” he said.

Brody said the council has attempted to take a pass on the hot-button issue. 

Frank Page, a member of this council, tells it like it is:

The Southern Baptist leader was also unhappy that the council did not spend more time addressing how to reduce abortion. Page recalled that when the office launched, President Obama said abortion reduction was among the priority issues the council would tackle. But Page said the contentious issue was “quickly taken off the table.”

Instead, Obama has been busying himself with pushing a health care plan that includes money for abortions, and will siphon billions of dollars into organizations like Planned Parenthood which run the abortion mills in this country.

I’ve written before that one of the most important virtues to have in politics is memory. We must remember what others have said, what arguments they have made, and then evaluate their long-term consequences. Through this process, we can come to an accurate evaluation about the trustworthiness of individuals and the arguments they make.

So my simple questions to the individuals and organizations mentioned above is: why were you wrong? Why has Obama done exactly what I (and others) predicted (nothing) and why has he not even tried to do what you promised he would do if we voted him into office?

Were you the ones duped, or was it the ones who believed and followed your guidance when they entered the polling booth?

Please, refresh my memory.

update - just to highlight the relevance and urgency of my questions, we should keep in mind that these same groups I have named above are now actively pushing Catholics to support the current pro-abortion health-care legislation, arguing that it is the pro-life thing to do.

Well, if I had an investing agent who kept steering me to buy stocks whose value plummets as soon as I purchase them, I’d want some more proof before I let myself get sold on his next hot idea. 

I hope other Catholics are sick of being sold this bogus bill of goods.