Senator Barack Obama, from last night’s Saddleback Valley Civil Forum on the Presidency:

“We still don’t abide by that basic precept of Matthew that whatever you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me.”

First, it’s not Matthew’s precept. It’s Jesus’ precept, which appears in the Gospel of Matthew (25: 40). Second, the context of Matthew 25 is the Last Judgment at which the Son of Man separates the sheep from the goats, with the latter going to eternal punishment and the former to eternal life. Third, it is telling what Christ in fact says about the goats (v. 41-43 - NIV):

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

When Senator Obama, while in the Illinois senate, had the opportunity to require by law that medical professionals provide nutrition (something to eat), hydration (drink), protection (clothes), and shelter (inviting them in) to the smallest and most vulnerable strangers of all, the true “least of these,” newborns who had survived abortions, Senator Obama stood with the goats.

(Cross-posted)

to adequately describe just how deeply disappointed I am in Professor Kmiec’s uncritical, “gushing” support of Senator Obama.

What will it take for you to see the light, professor? A picture of Obama actually peforming an abortion? Is it not enough that this monster voted to deny children who survive an abortion (i.e., are born alive) basic medical care, and then lied about his reasons for doing so? Seriously, what in the Hell is wrong with you?

Update: Jay has more here.

Absolutely.