[Vision2020] Palin Candidacy Helps Planned Parenthood Fundraising

[Jeff Harkins]

A tasteless and unethical action.

Typical taudry behavior from the left.

At 05:57 AM 10/1/2008, you wrote:
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> >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
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>WASHINGTON ­ Planned Parenthood loves Sarah Palin.
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>Not for her stance on abortion ­ she's strongly opposed ­ but because her
>presence on the Republican ticket is helping the group raise money.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Calls to the McCain-Palin campaign went unreturned.
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>A spokesman from Planned Parenthood said the group wasn't the source of
>the original e-mail.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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
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>"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!)."
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>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
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