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Obama as Victims' Advocate?

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Jonathan Martin has this story at Politico. Barack Obama's campaign earlier this month sought to find a rape victim to appear in a campaign commercial, according to an e-mail obtained by Politico. Kiersten Steward, director of public policy at the Family Violence Prevention Fund, served as a conduit between the campaign and victims and women's advocates. The notion of Barack Obama as victims' advocate borders on ludicrous. Violent crime is mostly a state and local matter, not one the President deals with directly. There is, however, one presidential function that has more impact on violent crime than all others put together. That is the appointment of federal judges. From what they have said about appointments so far, along with their political philosophies generally, there is not a shadow of a doubt that President Obama's appointments would be more criminal-friendly and President McCain's would be more victim-friendly...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on October 01, 2008 (boomark / email).