Reply #124: Where to start... where to start...

[LittleClarkie]

How about here:

Planned Parenthood Action Fund Announces Historic Endorsement of Sen. John Kerry
http://www.ppaction.org/ppvotes/KerryRelease.html

Endorsement of Kerry/Edwards ticket:
http://www.ppaction.org/ppvotes/EdwardsRelease.html

Kerry's positions on choice based on Planned Parenthood questionaire:
http://www.ppaction.org/ppvotes/person-position.html?person_id=2040

Voting Record:
http://www.ppaction.org/ppvotes/person-vote.html?person_id=2040

Kerry Reaffirms Commitment to World's Women; Bush Policies Continue to Fail Women and Families
http://www.ppaction.org/ppvotes/release10202004.html

Planned Parenthood Action Fund President Applauds Senator Kerry's Unwavering Commitment to Women's Reproductive Rights
http://www.ppaction.org/ppvotes/release10142004.html


As for "giving up on us" the proof otherwise is plentiful. The money hes's given for recounts, statements he's made about making sure every vote counts followed by actions in court. Not public enough for you, perhaps, but to say he's not there at all is just untrue. No magic. Just the truth. If he had "given up" he wouldn't be involved. And he IS involved.

Money from his treasury doled out on the cheap? Four years ago, Gore had 8 million left and it was considered not enough for recounts. Kerry keeps about 15 million behind for recounts and such, and he's a miser. He's given funds to help recounts in Washington and Louisiana. And whatever money he doesn't use now for the recounts is earmarked for future candidates.

How is he not backing up his voting record? He's not trying to reverse Roe vs. Wade, just trying to get the emphasis off of the negative and onto the positive. We are pro-life too. We are against unnecessary wars. That's pro-life. We are against poverty. That's pro-life. We are for health care. That's pro-life.

God knows we're not pro-abortion. No one is standing outside Planned Parenthood with pom poms and an "I heart terminated pregnancies" t-shirt. So why let the other side spin us as pro-abortion. We don't want an increase in unwanted pregnancies. We want a decrease. And the best way to get that is through prevention. We need to emphasize prevention. We need to emphasize proper health care and sex education.

IT'S. A. FRAMING. ISSUE.

Kerry likes to do this once in a while. He did the same in 1992 with Affirmative Action, asking his fellow liberals if it was the best way to handle the job discrimination issue. I'm glad he's willing to navel-gaze once in a while and bring us with him.

We need to wake up and smell ourselves once in a while to stay healthy as a movement. I once heard someone refer to the sixties as a time for doing just that. It's healthy. It's good to challenge our thinking on occasion. So... do we pass the smell test, and if not then what do we need to do about it.