[Vision2020] Palin Candidacy Helps Planned Parenthood Fundraising

[keely emerinemix]

"Tasteless" and "tawdry" are your opinions and are thus subjective.  Tell me -- objectively -- why this is unethical.

Keely
http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/


> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:36:03 -0700
> To: thansen at moscow.com
> From: jeffh at moscow.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Palin Candidacy Helps Planned Parenthood Fundraising
> 
> 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 -
> >
> >--------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >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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