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Posted at 12:11pm on Apr. 3, 2008 A Not Inexhaustible Supply of Credibility

Please Forgive the Double Negative.

By Leon H Wolf

Ross Douthat over at the Atlantic has been doing a fantastic job recently of documenting a somewhat curious phenomenon - ostensible pro-lifers who have, for one reason or another, elected to support Barack Obama. (More here, here, and here). Ross is a more talented and patient writer than I am, so I would encourage you all to read the entirety of his pieces, but if you want the general flavor, Douthat chronicles (with polite consternation) the fact that a number of conservative commentators have overtly decided that the war in Iraq is a greater evil than abortion, and have decided to cast their votes appropriately.

Ross's points are all very well-taken, but I believe that the basic message he is sending should be stated with more clarity and force, which I intend to do below the fold.

More below...

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Posted at 4:40pm on Mar. 23, 2008 Shorter Doug Kmiec

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

My former Constitutional Law professor has written an editorial endorsing Barack Obama for the Presidency. In the editorial, Professor Kmiec makes the following points:

1. He is a small-government, traditional values Republican;
   
2. He knows that Senator Obama disagrees with Professor Kmiec on just about every major domestic and foreign policy issue of importance and substance;
   
3. He hopes that Senator Obama "is not closed to understanding opposing points of view, and as best as it is humanly possible, he will respect and accommodate them."

Why Professor Kmiec believes this is not explained. Indeed, there isn't even an attempt at an explanation or at a reconciliation of his views with those of Senator Obama's. I guess that we are just supposed to believe that Professor Kmiec will eventually be more explicit regarding that reconciliation.

Then again, perhaps this kind of endorsement should come as no surprise, especially when a previous Kmiec endorsement is brought to the forefront of our memories. Like Proust biting into the tea-soaked madeleine, certain mental souvenirs do not easily fade from one's consciousness.

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