[Vision2020] Palin Candidacy Helps Planned Parenthood Fundraising

[Andreas Schou]

Gary --

What you object to is the right of women not to be broodmares for the
State, not the particular method by which Planned Parenthood is
funded.

-- ACS

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 1:05 PM, g. crabtree <jampot at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> I don't know what Jeff's thoughts on this might be but, objectively,
> if sending money to support the killing of children to express your
> displeasure with a vice presidential candidate isn't unethical you probably
> never had much to begin with.
>
> g
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: keely emerinemix
> To: Jeff Harkins ; Tom Hansen
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Palin Candidacy Helps Planned Parenthood
> Fundraising
> "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:
>> >--===============0315101106==
>> > >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.
>> >
>> >--------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >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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