Vote in FRC’s straw poll
I will be live blogging beginning Friday from this weekend’s Washington Briefing in DC, hosted by Family Research Council, billed as “the largest gathering of pro-family activists in the nation’s capital.”
David Brody of Christian Broadcasting Network said the Briefing “will have all the social conservative heavyweights in town and it really will, more than any other event so far this year, give a real sense as to who social conservatives will rally around.”…
This is because all 8 major Republican candidates will speak, including late committer, Rudy Giuliani. (All Democrat candidates were also invited but did not respond.)
After the Giuliani campaign announced he would attend, Brody said, “And with those words, all eyes will now be on this event.”
Why? FRC is conducting its first ever presidential straw poll, mentioned yesterday in the Washington Post. Dr. James Dobson will attend the Briefing and is said to be awaiting those results to help determine who he will get behind.
All of that was to get to the point that you can participate in the straw poll online and be a part of conservative decision-making on the presidential candidate by donating as little as $1 to FRC.
Go here and click on this logo:
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
“(All Democrat candidates were also invited but did not respond.)”
So they go to gay and lesbian debates and events, etc, but they can’t show up to a pro-family event?
what a disgraceful party…
So they go to gay and lesbian debates and events, etc, but they can’t show up to a pro-family event?
what a disgraceful party…
Posted by: jasper at October 17, 2007 9:10 AM
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Uh,Jasper…
Last month was the Republican “Value Voters” debate, and not only did none of the top-tier candidates attend, it wasn’t even covered by a network or basic cable network. (Sky Angel?)
Nobody came.
Nobody watched.
All of that was to get to the point that you can participate in the straw poll online and be a part of conservative decision-making on the presidential candidate by donating as little as $1 to FRC.
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I can vote in their straw poll? (she said – recing off to KOS, DU and Huffington Post to share the news…)
Hey! While they’re all in the same place, maybe they can review their “love-the-fetus-hate-the-child” policy:
Leading The News
Dems lash out at activist group on abortion issue
By Jeffrey Young
October 17, 2007
Ten House Democrats who oppose abortion rights have turned the tables on the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), taking the group to task for not backing a bill to expand the State Children
So they go to gay and lesbian debates and events, etc, but they can’t show up to a pro-family event?
what a disgraceful party…
Posted by: jasper at October 17, 2007 9:10 AM
Jasper, the “pro-family” people are not pro gay families are they? They are the disgraceful ones. What do you have against our lesbian and gay brothers and sisters?
So they go to gay and lesbian debates and events, etc, but they can’t show up to a pro-family event?
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Why don’t you ask Mary Cheney, her partner, and their new baby that question? They’re pro-family.
Laura,
Thanx for the post.
The NRLC
So, who can tell me about Brownback??
Fresa,
http://www.vote-usa.org/Intro.aspx?Id=KSBrownbackSamD&gclid=CLGIieHalo8CFRz9Igod1XpKHQ
Do you guys know how the dems want to pay for SCHIP? They want to tax cigaretts more. A good thing if you ask me BUT considering that it would mean that SEVERAL million NEW smokers would be needed to fund it – and of course we DON’T want millions of new smokers how do they expect that to happen? Bush wanted to, yes lower the amount, but take the money from somewhere else to actually fund it everyone was up in arms. Did the media report THAT part?
Umm…no, that doesn’t mean a bunch of new smokers. That means that us smokers have to pay way more per pack of smokes. It’s annoying as heck, but fine with me. It’s a bad habit anyway. You can either quit or cut down when taxes go up, or keep smoking and help fund a program that saves children’s lives. Sounds fine to me. No one is going to force people to start smoking at any larger rate because of this program. That’s just absurd.
No Erin, they used a formula to come up with the figure. They took into account the number of deaths expected of current smokers. I’ll try to find the article and post the link.
Here’s the link…
http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm1548.cfm
It’s not like the Dems are running around saying “smoke!”. You’re propagandizing your agenda.
No one is going to force people to start smoking at any larger rate because of this program. That’s just absurd.
Posted by: Erin at October 17, 2007 4:50 PM
I agree no one is forcing anyone to smoke but how do you expect to pay for the program if that’s where the funds are coming from? There is a serious flaw in the plan.
It’s not like the Dems are running around saying “smoke!”. You’re propagandizing your agenda.
Posted by: Erin at October 17, 2007 4:59 PM
I IN FAVOR of SCHIP. I’d just like to actually be able to PAY for it. I’m not propagandizing anything. I’d say the dems are doing that mighty finely themselves.
If we don’t get new smokers, which I sincerely hope we don’t, where is the money going to come from? The tree in your backyard?
@Kristin: We could always start taxing the crap out of alcohol in addition to cigarettes. :)
Rae
NOOOOOOO!!!!! :)
How about we tax alcohol INSTEAD of cigarettes. They are already 7 dollars a pack, with 5 of that going to taxes. Taxes which were supposed to be used for education here in Illinois. Expect the paper today says that Illinois schools got an “F”…
Hmmmmmmm…
Actually, make that cook county, not all of Illinois.
But Kristin, alcohol is the devil’s plaything (or was it cheese?).
Alcohol is one of the worst drugs out there…it’s more destructive than pot and heroine for crying out loud, yet its legal. Why is beyond me. Why people enjoy killing their brain cells is beyond me (goes for both drugs and alcohol).
I honestly don’t see a problem with taxing alcohol like we tax cigarettes and gambling. I say tax porn too. Sin taxes can generate TONS of revenue.
Rae, I agree really. I drink very rarely, but do like the occasional glass of pinot noir. (You know for the heart benefits.) I would totally support that.
And the whole “tax the porn” stuff. I think that’s the best idea yet!
Amen. I buy way more smokes than I buy porn.
Hehe. And people say I’m just a dirty, dirty liberal. I find porn demeaning, degrading and overall just disgusting. I would have no qualms about taxing the daylights out of it.
The one thing that has really prevented me from ever having the desire to drink was my psychology professor’s description of a hangover, “The sharp pain in your head? Yeah, that’s your neurons exploding from being poisoned by alcohol.”
Yeah. That killed any interest in drinking I had.
O_O
So that’s what was happening to me on Sunday morning…
Tee-hee.
He went on to say that the dull throb you get for the rest of the day (once the major headache passes) is the rest of your neurons wailing in agony for their fallen brethren.
He was an awesome professor. It’s a shame he ended up getting liver cancer about a year or two ago, I’m not even sure he’s still alive anymore, I hope he is though, because he was one of the best teachers I ever had.
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Isn’t this just how Phil Kline lost his job as the Kansas State Attorney General? (i guess he doesn’t want his current pissy little job, either…):
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
JoCo DA accuses Planned Parenthood of illegal late-term abortions
From The Star: Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline has charged the Overland Park Planned Parenthood clinic with more than 100 criminal counts, including performing illegal late-term abortions.
According to court records, Kline filed 106 complaints against Planned Parenthood. The agency is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 16 in connection to the complaint.
Kline spokesman Brian Burgess said he could not comment. Court documents in the case have been sealed. Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri did not immediately return a call for comment.
Hippie I have long said that the many in the Rep. party just pander to the prolife lobby to get a few extra votes.
Good for you, Hippie – absolutely right.
Doug
Rae, alcohol is already taxed to a heinous degree.
Erin, I remember people saying, “I’m gonna quit (smoking) whey they get to fifty cents a pack.”
Doug
How about we tax alcohol INSTEAD of cigarettes. They are already 7 dollars a pack, with 5 of that going to taxes. Taxes which were supposed to be used for education here in Illinois. Expect the paper today says that Illinois schools got an “F”…
Hmmmmmmm…
Posted by: mk at October 17, 2007 5:38 PM
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To bad. When I attended school in Rockford it was one of the highest rated school systems in the country. I had basic algebra in grade school as well as foreign language. I had actual college courses in loo of ‘honor’ classes in high school. I’m sorry that llinois is doing so badly in the area of education. Sorry for all of my great neices and nephews getting such a poor education there. What are you doing about it MK? Opposing abortion is going to make education better in Illinois? I don’t think so.
I think that you are saying that taxation does not make effecient schools and I agree.
Amen. I buy way more smokes than I buy porn.
Posted by: Erin at October 17, 2007 5:46 PM
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I buy my smokes on the res. Grown, processed and sold on the res with no taxes added. Kinda cool that the Native Americans are the only ones with the ability to produce and sell a product with the patriotic concept of no taxation without representation.
I quit smoking 20 years ago. I remember going to buy some cigs and the clerk said $1.02 and I stood there in shock and disbelief. I just kept saying incredulously, “a dollar? a dollar! a dollar for cigarettes?” I bought them but quit soon after. I am just way to cheap. I even wash diapers.
Sally,
loo – is a toilet
in lieu – means in place of
learned a lot in those there college classes, huh?
It’s now official.
George “‘Dumbya” Bush is a TOTAL MORON!:
HHS APPOINTMENT
Birth-Control Foe To Run Office on Family Planning
Wednesday, October 17, 2007; Page A15
The Bush administration again has appointed a chief of family planning programs at the Department of Health and Human Services who has been critical of contraception.
Susan Orr, most recently an associate commissioner in the Administration for Children and Families, was appointed Monday to be acting deputy assistant secretary for population affairs. She will oversee $283 million in annual grants to provide low-income families and others with contraceptive services, counseling and preventive screenings.
Susan Orr, named head of HHS family planning programs, had worked at the conservative Family Research Council. (Department Of Health And Human Services)
In a 2001 article in The Washington Post, Orr applauded a Bush proposal to stop requiring all health insurance plans for federal employees to cover a broad range of birth control. “We’re quite pleased, because fertility is not a disease,” said Orr, then an official with the Family Research Council.
Critics panned the appointment last year of Eric Keroack, a physician who worked at a Christian pregnancy-counseling organization that opposed the use of birth control. He resigned in March.
“We have another appointment that just truly politicizes family planning,” said Mary Jane Gallagher, president of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. “The last time I looked, both Republicans and Democrats used contraception in America.”
HHS spokesman Kevin Schweers said Orr’s “breadth of programmatic and managerial experience makes her highly qualified to serve as acting director.”
— Christopher Lee
Just what this administration needs – more ignorant, self-righteous Luddites..
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Bush Family Planning Appointee Called Contraceptives Part Of The
Laura,
What’s the problem? Bush appoints who he thinks is the right person. There are a lot of us on this blog that agree with the appointment. I expect Obama, if he ever had the chance, to appoint (maybe) Steve Trombley. And I’m sure a lot of others would agree.
Stop whining.
lly,
loo – is a toilet
in lieu – means in place of
learned a lot in those there college classes, huh?
Posted by: Anonymous at October 17, 2007 7:32 PM
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Thanks sweetie! Must have needed the loo at the time. Glad I didn’t type Lou. That would be another story.
I’ve never attended college. Why would you think that I have? I raised children rather than attending college.
While I was reading at the college level in the 5th grade, I have never been able to spell for crap. interestingly enough my father and his sister could speak and understand their parents language but couldn’t write it. Doesn’t seem like a good excuse for lack of comprehension of the word spoken or meaning intended I guess when you have nothing of import to say but need to say something, anal exploration is your best bet for avoidance of meaningful dialogue.
Sally,
And I quote:
“I had actual college courses in loo of ‘honor’ classes in high school.”
THAT’S why Anon said you learned a lot in the college classes. Your short term memory is shot along with your spelling.
Sally,
And I quote:
“I had actual college courses in loo of ‘honor’ classes in high school.”
THAT’S why Anon said you learned a lot in the college classes. Your short term memory is shot along with your spelling.
Posted by: Kristen at October 17, 2007 8:38 PM
Oh good grief. You folks are moronic lint collectors. What college are you attending little girl?
Sally, you won’t get a rise out of me for the “little girl” comment. I consider it a compliment coming from an old coot like you.
I’ve attended several universities both before and while raising my children. I enjoy school immensely and know the difference between the “loo” and “in lieu
Sally, you won’t get a rise out of me for the “little girl” comment. I consider it a compliment coming from an old coot like you.
I’ve attended several universities both before and while raising my children. I enjoy school immensely and know the difference between the “loo” and “in lieu
From Kristen:
What’s the problem? Bush appoints who he thinks is the right person. There are a lot of us on this blog that agree with the appointment.
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Oh, you mean like Dr. David Hager? The guy who said that the symptoms of PMS and menopause were best cured by prayer? The same Dr. Hager – THE GYNOCOLOGIST – who claimed he had been anally raping his wife BY MISTAKE?
You probably agreed with this appointment, too:
Bush Administration Appoints Veterinarian as Head of Women’s Health
September 18, 2005 – 9:27am
Headline: The Bush administration’s love affair with animals
Clipping:
The FDA had an opening to fill in the Office of Women’s Health because its last director, Susan Wood, quit in protest over the agency’s dithering and delays on the morning-after pill. Wood’s acting replacement is Norris Alderson. Alderson has a bachelor’s degree in animal husbandry from the University of Tennessee and graduate degrees from the University of Kentucky. He has worked at the FDA for more than 30 years, more than 20 of which he spent in the agency’s Bureau of Veterinary Medicine.
Oh, and Kristen, let’s not forget your and you’re. That’s the worst!
Vote in FRC’s straw poll II
This is a prequel to the live blogging I’ll begin tomorrow afternoon from the FRC Washington Briefing. I am in DC and saw Gary Bauer yesterday, who gave me permission to blog his thoughts. Bauer is the former head of…
Laura
Alderson has a bachelor’s degree in animal husbandry from the University of Tennessee and graduate degrees from the University of Kentucky. He has worked at the FDA for more than 30 years, more than 20 of which he spent in the agency’s Bureau of Veterinary Medicine.
We’ve been tryin’ to tell you that half the country is acting like animals.
let’s not forget your and you’re. That’s the worst!
Bobby, true. I certainly make typos, but it still makes me cringe, really a visceral reaction.
Kinda like pronunciation. Nuke-u-ler. Jew-leh-ree. Chim-ley. Col-yume (for “column”). Ree-la-tor (for “realtor”). And so on….
Doug
Ah, Doug, good stuff.