[Vision2020] Palin Candidacy Helps Planned Parenthood Fundraising

[Tom Hansen]

>From today's (October 1, 2008) Spokesman Review -

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Palin candidacy helps Planned Parenthood fundraising 
Donations made in her name surpass $800,000

WASHINGTON – Planned Parenthood loves Sarah Palin.

Not for her stance on abortion – she's strongly opposed – but because her 
presence on the Republican ticket is helping the group raise money.

An e-mail urging people to donate to Planned Parenthood Federation of 
America "in honor of Sarah Palin" has generated more than 31,000 donations 
totaling $802,678 as of Saturday, the group said.

The e-mail, which has been promoted on some liberal blogs for weeks, asks 
people who are unhappy with John McCain's running mate to donate to 
Planned Parenthood. Donors are asked to list the address of the McCain 
campaign headquarters or the Alaska governor's office, which receive a 
card recognizing any donation made in Palin's name.
 
Calls to the McCain-Palin campaign went unreturned.

A spokesman from Planned Parenthood said the group wasn't the source of 
the original e-mail. 

The spokesman forwarded an entry from the Huffington Post blog in which 
Los Angeles Times columnist and radio host Patt Morrison took credit for 
the idea.

Morrison said she started a campaign in 2001 to protest newly elected 
President Bush's opposition to abortion and raised more than $1 million in 
his name. In her recent blog entry, Morrison said she was delighted that 
her idea had been revived for Palin, who opposes abortion even in cases of 
rape and incest.

Jim Roderick, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of North Texas, said 
the spike in donations "speaks to the tenor of some people's concern about 
our issues," which include not just abortion but emergency contraception, 
family planning and testing for sexually transmitted diseases.

Such issues are especially important in Texas, Roderick said, because the 
state has the highest rate of first-time and second-time teen pregnancies 
in the U.S.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)


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