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"Tasteless" and "tawdry" are your opinions and are thus subjective. Tell me -- objectively -- why this is unethical.<br><br>Keely<br>http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/<br><br><br>> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:36:03 -0700<br>> To: thansen@moscow.com<br>> From: jeffh@moscow.com<br>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Palin Candidacy Helps Planned Parenthood Fundraising<br>> <br>> A tasteless and unethical action.<br>> <br>> Typical taudry behavior from the left.<br>> <br>> At 05:57 AM 10/1/2008, you wrote:<br>> >--===============0315101106==<br>> > >From today's (October 1, 2008) Spokesman Review -<br>> ><br>> >--------------------------------------------------------------<br>> ><br>> >Palin candidacy helps Planned Parenthood fundraising<br>> >Donations made in her name surpass $800,000<br>> ><br>> >WASHINGTON Planned Parenthood loves Sarah Palin.<br>> ><br>> >Not for her stance on abortion she's strongly opposed but because her<br>> >presence on the Republican ticket is helping the group raise money.<br>> ><br>> >An e-mail urging people to donate to Planned Parenthood Federation of<br>> >America "in honor of Sarah Palin" has generated more than 31,000 donations<br>> >totaling $802,678 as of Saturday, the group said.<br>> ><br>> >The e-mail, which has been promoted on some liberal blogs for weeks, asks<br>> >people who are unhappy with John McCain's running mate to donate to<br>> >Planned Parenthood. Donors are asked to list the address of the McCain<br>> >campaign headquarters or the Alaska governor's office, which receive a<br>> >card recognizing any donation made in Palin's name.<br>> ><br>> >Calls to the McCain-Palin campaign went unreturned.<br>> ><br>> >A spokesman from Planned Parenthood said the group wasn't the source of<br>> >the original e-mail.<br>> ><br>> >The spokesman forwarded an entry from the Huffington Post blog in which<br>> >Los Angeles Times columnist and radio host Patt Morrison took credit for<br>> >the idea.<br>> ><br>> >Morrison said she started a campaign in 2001 to protest newly elected<br>> >President Bush's opposition to abortion and raised more than $1 million in<br>> >his name. In her recent blog entry, Morrison said she was delighted that<br>> >her idea had been revived for Palin, who opposes abortion even in cases of<br>> >rape and incest.<br>> ><br>> >Jim Roderick, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of North Texas, said<br>> >the spike in donations "speaks to the tenor of some people's concern about<br>> >our issues," which include not just abortion but emergency contraception,<br>> >family planning and testing for sexually transmitted diseases.<br>> ><br>> >Such issues are especially important in Texas, Roderick said, because the<br>> >state has the highest rate of first-time and second-time teen pregnancies<br>> >in the U.S.<br>> ><br>> >--------------------------------------------------------------<br>> ><br>> >Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> ><br>> >Tom Hansen<br>> >Moscow, Idaho<br>> ><br>> >"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college<br>> >students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<br>> ><br>> >- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >---------------------------------------------<br>> >This message was sent by First Step Internet.<br>> > http://www.fsr.com/<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> >--===============0315101106==<br>> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>> >MIME-Version: 1.0<br>> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit<br>> >Content-Disposition: inline<br>> ><br>> >=======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > http://www.fsr.net<br>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> >=======================================================<br>> >--===============0315101106==--<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/' target='_new'>See Now</a></body>
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