How words can be a bit deceptive

Go visit this site, just to see how easy it is to manipulate words and meanings to create an image of someone that simply is not accurate.

http://www.jamesdobsondoesntspeakforme.com/. I wanted to punch through a window after reading this last night. Obama's folks have set up some nice Dobson vs. Obama comments into simple columns that make you think that they actually have relevance to each other. Here is my favorite:

JAMES DOBSON: Claim #5
“I'd just like to ask your viewers if they've heard a single comment made by the three Presidential candidates on any occasion that even mentioned the well-being of this most basic, social institution (family)” (CNN).

BARACK OBAMA SAYS:
“Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation… But if we are honest with ourselves, we'll admit that what too many fathers also are is missing – missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it” (Father’s Day Speech, Apostolic Church).

First off, let's look at the timing of the statements. Dobson's comments came when there were still 3 candidates left in the race, so this statement was made prior to June 7, 2008, when Hillary withdrew from the race. Obama's comments came at a minimum 8 days later, on June 15, 2008, when he was speaking to a Father's Day crowd at a Chicago church. So what does that prove about Dobson's statements in the past? Its easy to throw up a statement after the fact and claim that has been his position the entire time!! But what do I know. Obama's only been doing this the whole campaign.

Now let's analyze what Obama said. He claims the foundation of families are weaker because of missing fathers. But how do his policies reflect that statement? He doesn't believe in empowering families, he believes in empowering government. More social programs, more taxing, more government powers to wield, creating even more of a nanny state than we already have now. He is enabling family and individual dependence on government rather than self-reliance. And if our government can solve all ills, why would anyone, fathers included, want to take any responsibility for their actions? Hell, the government can fix it, I don't have to. He is not enabling family development, he is disabling it.

You can argue that these social programs and his other "change" mechanisms will provide relief to those in need, but sometimes the struggle is what makes us the best that we can become. Its a father's duty, not the federal govt's, to provide for their families, and fathers and husbands need to feel the urgency in that. I am embarassed for Obama and his crew that they think that they can throw statements up like the one above and we will all just believe because we are supposed to. This man is a manipulator of our ill-informed society that believes everything it hears.