Sen. Bond Warns Palin Crowd That Obama Wants Judges Who Empathize With “The Gay”
(CBS)
(CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO.) - Taking the stage as one of the pre-program speakers at a Sarah Palin rally here in Rush Limbaugh’s hometown, Sen. Kit Bond, R-Missouri, fired up the crowd by warning them about Barack Obama’s judicial philosophy.
“Just this past week, we saw what Barack Obama said about judges,” Bond said. “He said, ‘I’m tired of these judges who want to follow what the Founding Fathers said and the Constitution. I want judges who have a heart, have an empathy for the teenage mom, the minority, the gay, the disabled. We want them to show empathy. We want them to show compassion.’”
Bond then seized on Obama’s comments to Joe The Plumber, saying the Democrat wants to redistribute wealth.
“He thinks this country should be a government—not a government of laws, but a government of compassion and empathy, not of laws,” Bond said.
Bond was referring to Obama's answer to "Joe the Plumber's" question earlier this month "Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn't it?"
"It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too," Obama said on Oct. 12 in Holland, Ohio. "My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody ... I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."
Palin is scheduled to take the stage in just a few minutes, but there are still thousands of people in line outside waiting the Show-Me Center.
After this event, Palin heads to Erie, Pennsylvania, for a closed national security roundtable and a rally. She’ll end her day with a rally in Williamsport, home of the Little League World Series.
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See all 83 CommentsKit Bond is a LIAR
I wonder how the last 8 years of judges have viewed the preferences of Elliot Spitzer, Larry Craig, Bob Allen, Jim West, Mark Foley, Rev Ted Haggard to name a few?
Mr. Obama was speaking about the ''everyday'' average citizens who don''t get preferential treatment like the above politicians.
As for introducing Ms. Palin, is Mr. Bond also a sympathizer to her AIP organization?
You know that''s the trouble with ''pointing fingers'' ....they get pinched when when their owner twists the truths.
p.s.....Hope you got together with Limbaugh while stumping in his home town....you two have a lot in common.
Shame on you!
Just another angry bigoted OLD man. Does Kit Bond wear boxers or briefs? Answer Depends.
What a heinous Senator.
Personally I am having a lot of trouble rapping my head around the fact that he is somehow able to think of this as a bad thing. This statement troubles me in so many ways I just don''t know where to begin. Do I begin with the idea that maybe what this country needs is more compassion and empathy for its people. Or do I begin with the fact that this view carries the underlying message that people are inherently bad and need laws in order to keep them in line. Taking that one step further to the fact that this message of needing laws (people are inherently bad) to keep people in line resinates so clearly with the people he is speaking too, the majority of voters in Missouri, the ones who put him in office.
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