Time magazine White House correspondent Mike Allen is a real reporter. I’ve been following his work for a long time, and he’s generally a serious guy who, more often than not, does solid work.<\/p>\n
Which is exactly why this<\/a> was so disappointing.<\/p>\n Appearing on the January 17 edition of CNN Headline News’ Glenn Beck, Time magazine White House correspondent Mike Allen claimed that “probably” most people who watched Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) “say[] at the [2004 Democratic National] Convention, ‘We worship an awesome God in the blue states, too,’ ” are unaware that “Senator Obama had 100 percent [rating] from Planned Parenthood when he was in the state legislature.” <\/p>\n Allen’s comments referenced a January 17 Associated Press article noting that Obama’s “eight years as an Illinois state senator are sprinkled with potentially explosive land mines, such as his abortion and gun control votes.” Allen did not explain why voters might be surprised that Obama both claimed to believe in “an awesome God” and received a perfect score from Planned Parenthood as an Illinois state senator.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As Atrios put it<\/a>, “Only atheists support family planning and reproductive health. Just shoot me.”<\/p>\n