Obama Supports Winning Against McCain

[JohnnyCougar]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/5856997.html

CHICAGO — Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday he disagrees with the Supreme Court's decision outlawing executions of people who rape children, a crime he said states have the right to consider for capital punishment.

"I have said repeatedly that I think that the death penalty should be applied in very narrow circumstances for the most egregious of crimes," Obama said at a news conference. "I think that the rape of a small child, 6 or 8 years old, is a heinous crime and if a state makes a decision that under narrow, limited, well-defined circumstances the death penalty is at least potentially applicable, that that does not violate our Constitution."

The court's 5-4 decision Wednesday struck down a Louisiana law that allows capital punishment for people convicted of raping children under 12, saying it violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

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Good for you, Barack! I'm glad you support winning in November instead of shooting yourself in the foot! I'm glad you expressed earlier support for not just winning, but keeping that idiot McCain out of office!

[bowens43]

1. fuck principles win at any cost!! Give us more of the same!!!

[WeDidIt]

2. The Death PEnalty was the primary reason George H. W. Bush won in '88

Like it or not, this is a nation that overwhelmingly supports the death penalty and will not tolerate a presidential candidate who does not support it.