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NARAL reeling from Obama endorsement
Politico ^ | 5/16/08 | BETH FRERKING

Posted on 05/17/2008 3:13:05 PM PDT by Dawnsblood

With the clock running down on a long-fought primary, NARAL Pro-Choice America leaders sent state affiliates reeling this week by endorsing Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. It was seen as a gratuitous slap in the face to a longtime ally, and it sparked a fear even closer to home: that the move will alienate donors loyal to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.

Many on this week’s conference call were stunned on learning the news, making urgent pleas for the group to remain neutral until after the June 3 Democratic primaries.

“It’s created a firestorm,” said NARAL Pro-Choice New York President Kelli Conlin, who was on the conference call. “Everyone was mystified ... saying, ‘What is the upside for the organization? And, frankly, [there was] a lot of concern about the donor base. ... There was real concern there would be a backlash.” There was a backlash, and it was swift, starting with NARAL’s own website. At last count, there were more than 3,300 comments in an electronic chat about the endorsement, the overwhelming majority of them negative. “Shame shame shame!” read one, with many correspondents threatening never to support NARAL financially again. “No more donations from me!!!” wrote another.

In Washington, two dozen women members of Congress who support Clinton held a quickly organized press conference to tout her abortion-rights record Wednesday night. Ellen Malcolm, founder of the abortion-rights women’s fundraising group EMILY’s List, sharply rebuked NARAL for its endorsement. Two former members of Congress (and Clinton supporters) — Geraldine Ferraro and Pat Schroeder — jabbed at NARAL for endorsing before the general election. “Looks like some higher ups at NARAL are trying to get jobs in the new administration ... nothing else makes sense to us,” they wrote in a joint letter.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008endorsements; abortion; backlash; clinton; nazismarchinskokie; obama; proaborts; womensvote
The Democrats love their identity polotics!
1 posted on 05/17/2008 3:13:06 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
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To: Dawnsblood
POPCORN! Get your popcorn here! Fresh, just-popped buttered popcorn!
2 posted on 05/17/2008 3:16:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary or Obama can!)
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To: Dawnsblood

“frankly, [there was] a lot of concern about the donor base.”

DING!! DING!! DING!!
Eventually, we ALWAYS learn what concerns a liberal the most...


3 posted on 05/17/2008 3:18:54 PM PDT by tcrlaf (VOTE DEMOCRAT-You'll look great in a Burka!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh, I’ll take the Jumbo bucket.


4 posted on 05/17/2008 3:20:35 PM PDT by benjamin032
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To: Dawnsblood
it sparked a fear even closer to home: that the move will alienate donors loyal to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York

Let us pray.

5 posted on 05/17/2008 3:20:43 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You got caramel popcorn in there? I know it takes longer to make but this could take awhile.


6 posted on 05/17/2008 3:23:22 PM PDT by allmost
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To: Dawnsblood

You think these people are upset now, wait until they find out that NARAL kills babies.


7 posted on 05/17/2008 3:26:26 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (NOW can we drill for oil?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ditto! These baby killers are now all going after each other.

Once McCain got the nomination, I never thought I’d follow politics again. But these dems have been more entertaining that I could have possibly imagined.

And thanks to Rush for Operation Chaos, of course!


8 posted on 05/17/2008 3:28:56 PM PDT by Joann37
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To: Dawnsblood

Hillary was just aborted.


9 posted on 05/17/2008 3:30:35 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: Bender2

Hillary: "You thinkin' what I'm thinkin?"

Bill: "Those b*tches."

10 posted on 05/17/2008 3:34:27 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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To: Joann37; All

Operation Chaos: Why Rush Limbaugh Was Right
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011242/posts


11 posted on 05/17/2008 3:39:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary or Obama can!)
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To: Dawnsblood
NARAL reeling from Obama endorsement

I thought the title was backward until I read the article. In reality, the Obama campaign should be reeling. NARAL's endorsement is just what Obama needs to convince average Americans that he's not liberal. </sarcasm >

12 posted on 05/17/2008 3:41:19 PM PDT by giotto
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To: big'ol_freeper

You nailed it with that pic and caption, big’ol_freeper .... just nailed it.


13 posted on 05/17/2008 3:43:54 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Dawnsblood; informavoracious; larose; RJR_fan; Prospero; Conservative Vermont Vet; ...
+

Freep-mail me to get on or off my pro-life and Catholic List:

Add me / Remove me

Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of interest.

14 posted on 05/17/2008 3:45:00 PM PDT by narses (...the spirit of Trent is abroad once more.)
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To: Dawnsblood




15 posted on 05/17/2008 3:45:40 PM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: Joann37

It just gets better and better (bitter), Rush has once again proven his astute ability to strike the soft underbelly of the Rat party.


16 posted on 05/17/2008 3:54:47 PM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: Dawnsblood

This is perfect for NARAL.

With Obama at their side, now they can start pushing infanticde instead of just abortion.


17 posted on 05/17/2008 3:56:08 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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To: BlessedBeGod

Up until the sixth trimester right?


18 posted on 05/17/2008 4:01:18 PM PDT by allmost
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There’s not enough popcorn in the entire world to supply our needs between now and November!


19 posted on 05/17/2008 4:24:00 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie
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To: Dawnsblood

Vote for me. I want to kill more babies than _____.


20 posted on 05/17/2008 4:28:45 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: Question Liberal Authority
You think these people are upset now, wait until they find out that NARAL kills babies.

Yea, and the kill girl babies, too.

21 posted on 05/17/2008 4:29:45 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: Dawnsblood

Yes they do, it’s now the only liberal game in town.

NARAL screwed up here - alienate the blacks, alienate less that 15 % of the population - but women are a slim majority of all. Hillary and her feminist pals, especially Ferraro, should beat the hell out of NARAL staff for this one.


22 posted on 05/17/2008 4:32:07 PM PDT by Baladas (M)
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To: Dawnsblood

Hungry women love a thin man.


23 posted on 05/17/2008 4:32:19 PM PDT by plangent
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To: plangent

Can we say NARAL has cut the cord (umbilical) with Hillary?


24 posted on 05/17/2008 4:45:14 PM PDT by doosee
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To: Dawnsblood

I can only pray that a GREAT deal of money will now avoid going to NARAL.


25 posted on 05/17/2008 5:00:39 PM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: Dawnsblood

First the Blacks now the Abortion Lovers

Hillary has to be going crazy

I don’t know how she keeps smiling


26 posted on 05/17/2008 5:02:07 PM PDT by uncbob
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To: Dawnsblood

I guess NARAL folks are going to wind up on street corners with a sign saying “Will Abort for Spare Change”.


27 posted on 05/17/2008 5:03:58 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: Dawnsblood

It is predictable that the current debate within the Dem party is: “Who is the biggest supporter of killing babies?”


28 posted on 05/17/2008 5:13:35 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: allmost
If you go for the carmel, please brush thoroughly after-wards as you surely be asking for more, because it is not over until Denver!
29 posted on 05/17/2008 5:16:56 PM PDT by Cenobite (Can't spell unethical without the U.N.)
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To: Cenobite

I was thinking of washing it down. Beer, wine, hard liquor, all of the above? Will they not maintain and cleanse my delicate system?


30 posted on 05/17/2008 5:20:11 PM PDT by allmost
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To: Dawnsblood; narses

Obumpa


31 posted on 05/17/2008 5:45:55 PM PDT by Dajjal
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To: All
As a side note, this post (<-click) exposes how corrupt justices began using FDR's politically correct license to ignore the 10th A. to unlawfully stifle traditional family values, including the USSC's scandalous legalization of abortion in Roe v. Wade. Note that the post first references two non-abortion cases in order to show Roe v. Wade in a different, troubling perspective.
32 posted on 05/17/2008 5:52:51 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Dawnsblood

The abortionists had to endorse Obama so no one will find out they want to wipe out the “inferior races.”


33 posted on 05/17/2008 5:56:10 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Two Exxxtra Large over here, please!!!


34 posted on 05/17/2008 5:58:57 PM PDT by TradicalRC ("...just not yet.")
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To: Dawnsblood
Looks like some higher ups at NARAL are trying to get jobs in the new administration ... nothing else makes sense to us,” they wrote in a joint letter.

They read each other well. Whores are whores whatever the price.

35 posted on 05/17/2008 6:14:55 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Dawnsblood

Then I guess they better abort their endorsement.


36 posted on 05/17/2008 6:16:23 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Just because you're running for President doesn't mean that you are the center of the universe")
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To: big'ol_freeper


Yo, Slick -- bad move, buyin' that rug from a conservative toupe' shop!

(Or are you just going for that uber-hip "Jim Traficant Look"?)

37 posted on 05/18/2008 12:27:39 AM PDT by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: Dawnsblood

NARAL is an organization that promotes infanticide and they’re worried about a “backlash”?
Too much.


38 posted on 05/18/2008 12:34:59 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Dawnsblood; wagglebee
Pinged from Terri Dailies

8mm


39 posted on 05/18/2008 3:03:46 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

This is part of the managed media drumbeat to make sure Obama has a female running mate (and guess who?), or at the least stop attacks on Hillary while the campaign goes on.

As Clinton’s candidacy fades, supporters’ hope for equality fades with it
The Buffalo News | May 18, 2008 | Jerry Zremski
Posted on 05/18/2008 2:03:56 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017776/posts

Gender Issue Lives On as Clinton’s Hopes Dim (NY SLimes Triple Barf Alert)
NY Slimes | 19 May 08 | JODI KANTOR
Posted on 05/19/2008 3:37:24 AM PDT by SkyPilot
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017969/posts

Geraldine Ferraro, calling Barack Obama “sexist,” may not back him
Los Angeles Times Blogs | May 19, 2008 | Don Frederick
Posted on 05/19/2008 1:23:42 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Edited on 05/19/2008 1:26:23 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018262/posts

Obviously, Howard Dean has stock in Orville Redenbacher. ;’)

Clinton-Obama Grudges Linger For Some Voters
(You want “bitter”? This is BITTER!)
Washington Post | May 19, 2008 | Krissah Williams
Posted on 05/19/2008 12:48:40 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017952/posts

Clinton: ‘This is Nowhere Near Over’
ABC News | May 19, 2008 | Eloise Harper
Posted on 05/19/2008 4:04:36 PM PDT by mdittmar
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018334/posts

Operation Chaos Continues
Vote for Hillary if you live in Oregon and Kentucky tommorrow
vanity | May 19, 2008 | the eagle has landed
Posted on 05/19/2008 8:44:43 PM PDT by TheEaglehasLanded
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018484/posts

Clinton closing in Oregon polls
[4-5 points with 8 percent undecided and 6 percent no comment]
Boston Globe ^ | May 19, 2008 | Foon Rhee
Posted on 05/19/2008 7:57:46 AM PDT by Zakeet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018079/posts


40 posted on 05/19/2008 11:24:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
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