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Is Brownback Betraying Pro-Lifers? (Jill Stanek)
WND ^ | 5/7/2008 | Jill Stanek

Posted on 05/07/2008 7:20:47 AM PDT by Pyro7480

On April 24, Kansas pro-life U.S. Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts issued a press release endorsing Steve Howe for Johnson County district attorney....

Phill Kline is currently the appointed district attorney and has been urged to reconsider his decision not to run to retain his seat in November.

Why? Kline is the only DA in the country with a pending criminal case against a Planned Parenthood and is likely the only DA in the country with the intestinal fortitude to stick with such an investigation....

Brownback knows pro-lifers are encouraging Kline to stay. He knows because many influential pro-lifers called him and asked him to wait for Kline to decide before endorsing....

But Brownback, known as a stalwart pro-lifer not only in Kansas but across the U.S. after his recent run for president, endorsed Howe anyway.

...Howe refused to sign a petition to launch a grand jury investigation against Planned Parenthood in his own county. And influential pro-aborts like former Kansas U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker are backing his candidacy. The co-chair of Howe's campaign, Greg Musil, is pro-abortion.

There is no explanation for pro-aborts to support Howe other than they expect him to drop Kline's investigation....

Last Thursday a group of Kansas pro-life leaders paid Brownback a surprise visit in his Washington, D.C., office....

The ladies discussed with Brownback the ramifications to the pro-life movement of his endorsing a DA candidate who would likely ignore Kansas law as it applies to the abortion industry. And the Planned Parenthood case is this close to breaking wide open.

The ladies reminded Brownback his pro-life convictions were what elicited their loyalty and support that got him elected.... They asked him to reconsider his endorsement if Kline gets in the race. He did not commit....

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


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; brownback; kansas; prolife
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Brownback trying to pull a Santorum?
1 posted on 05/07/2008 7:20:48 AM PDT by Pyro7480
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To: wagglebee; Coleus

Pro-life ping!


2 posted on 05/07/2008 7:21:39 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If the angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion." -M. Kolbe)
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To: Pyro7480
...Howe refused to sign a petition to launch a grand jury investigation against Planned Parenthood in his own county.

I have a feeling there is a lot more to this story than is shown here. For example, his refusal to sign a petition is not a direct reflection of his beliefs. If he is trying for a District Attorney position, he is wise to not sign a petition on a possible ongoing case. This would reflect a political bias that could both harm his chances to win but more importantly could hurt the case itself if the defense raises a conflict of interest challenge.

But heck... don't let me stop the knee jerk reactions...

3 posted on 05/07/2008 7:25:11 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: mnehrling

It would certainly seem that there is more to this story than meets the eye.

I would like to know what the rest of it is.


4 posted on 05/07/2008 7:31:03 AM PDT by GulfBreeze (McCain is our nominee. No one else.)
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To: mnehrling

I agree there is more to this story. Just being pro-life does not mean that you are the best candidate for the position if you are soft on other areas of crime. Rick Santorum and Sam Brownback are two pro-life people who also think and have common sense which is missing from a lot of people.


6 posted on 05/07/2008 7:36:00 AM PDT by PhiKapMom ( Broken Glass Republican -- http://democratsforsale.blogspot.com/ -- JUST SAY NO to OBAMA)
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To: mnehrling

Is it not okay to question why Howe has two key pro-abortion supporters?


7 posted on 05/07/2008 7:41:11 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If the angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion." -M. Kolbe)
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To: Pyro7480

It is OK to question why, I just don’t think we should make too many assumptions based on this single issue. Those supporters may support for a variety of reasons, for all we know, they are related to the guy.


8 posted on 05/07/2008 7:45:23 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: Pyro7480

Maybe Phill Kline has made it clear he’s not going to change his mind to run again.


9 posted on 05/07/2008 7:52:49 AM PDT by JohnnyZ (Romney's religion is the only reason he won half the states he did)
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To: Pyro7480

Sam Brownback was NEVER a ProLifer. Period. Ever. 90% of those whom the sold out corrupt power hungry selfish political whores known as “Right to Life” endorse are not pro life either and the “bar” for what it takes to get their mantel is so low that politicians to the LEFT of John McCain are considered 100% Pro-Life.

Sam Brownback was and IS a Panderer. A phony. A counterfeit.

We knew it in Iowa, which is why he got NOWHERE in the Caucus... and dropped out and endorsed McCain.

Bah... it is about time his stain was wiped out.

It is so called Christian Pro Life Conservatives like Brownback who have hurt those three names above the most.

He is further from them than Obama... because at least Obama is not LYING about it.


10 posted on 05/07/2008 8:04:06 AM PDT by RachelFaith (Doing NOTHING... about the illegals already here IS Amnesty !!)
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To: Pyro7480

This doesn’t even bear any resemblance to what Santorum did for the President in supporting Specter. Not even a slight one.

Santorum’s a good man. Brownback’s slime.


11 posted on 05/07/2008 9:02:26 AM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: Dr. Sivana

Calling Dr. Sivana, calling Dr. Sivana, please pick up the nearest courtesy phone....


12 posted on 05/07/2008 10:35:49 AM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: Pyro7480
First off, for the record I am pro-life. Always was, and always will be.

That said, a District Attorney's job is to enforce the law in a proper fashion. Is Kline doing that? Is Howe a legit DA, or a weasel like his old boss Paul Morrison? I don't know anything about Howe.

Why? Kline is the only DA in the country with a pending criminal case against a Planned Parenthood and is likely the only DA in the country with the intestinal fortitude to stick with such an investigation.

Kline has filed 107 charges against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, which operates an abortion mill in his county, for illegal late-term and minor abortions and fraudulent documentation.

Is this a case of a fishing expedition? Is this a case of using the DA of politics? Or is this a valid case of Planned Barrenhood breaking the law, and not just being bad people. I really hope it is a valid case. If Kline did not dot his i's and cross his t's here, this is going to backfire on the entire pro-life movement in a big way. Prosecutions are much different than legislative attacks.

There is no explanation for pro-aborts to support Howe other than they expect him to drop Kline's investigation.

My support for a DA hedges on whether that DA does a good competent job or not. If there's a legitimate case of PP breaking the law that can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, then go for it. If it is a fishing expedition or a Mike Nifong case of politics, than I can not support this even if it against an organization I despise. I'm not convinced one way or the other on which case it is.

Now to my complaint with the article. As for Brownback, I didn't vote for him in the primary, but something like this doesn't make me consider him a traitor to pro-life views. A DA's job is to follow the law and enforce it. Period. It should be the least political position in county government. If PP IS breaking the law, then enforce it. If they are just being jerks, that still isn't a crime thanks to Blackmun and company.

13 posted on 05/07/2008 10:55:41 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in - Michael Corleone)
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To: RachelFaith
Sam Brownback was NEVER a ProLifer. Period. Ever.

It is a calumny for you to make a statement like that without facts to back it up. Brownback made pro-life more of an issue than he had to to earn and keep his seat. If Brownback is not pro-life, who is? Is Chris Smith pro-life? George W.? Ron Paul? Bob Casey Jr.? John McCain? Norman Coleman? Bobby Jindal? Various arguments can be made for and against on some of these guys.

You are right in saying not everyone who says "pro-life, pro-life" is part of the pro-life community. You have a moral obligation to give reasons when you believe that a man like Brownback who speaks and votes that way is not, and never was.
14 posted on 05/07/2008 11:56:01 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (Not a newbie, I just wanted a new screen name.)
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To: RachelFaith
To repeat:

You are an embarrassment to yourself and a testament to the appalling inadequacies of liberal trollops. You are on the wrong road: seek truth, not deception. You'll sleep better.

In your present state, you are nothing but an abysmal metaphor for the Obama campaign.

15 posted on 05/07/2008 2:13:31 PM PDT by mtntop3
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To: Dr. Sivana

I think the post to which I am responding above speaks for itself, thanks.


16 posted on 05/07/2008 2:22:24 PM PDT by RachelFaith (Doing NOTHING... about the illegals already here IS Amnesty !!)
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To: mtntop3

I’m sorry, what are you saying... I dosed off and yer whine woke me...


17 posted on 05/07/2008 2:25:48 PM PDT by RachelFaith (Doing NOTHING... about the illegals already here IS Amnesty !!)
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To: RachelFaith
I think the post to which I am responding above speaks for itself, thanks.

Until you can demonstrate that Howe is pro-abort, it does nothing of the kind. If Sam Brownback is not a pro-lifer, then we are down to approximately zero pro-lifers in the senate. That may be the case, but half a story is not enough to make the case that a man with a Zero rating from Planned Parenthood is a pro-abort.
18 posted on 05/07/2008 3:02:20 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (Not a newbie, I just wanted a new screen name.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

How about no!

How about we redefine what is means to BE prolife and require more than words and occasional lip service?

How about we demand that NO ONE is called “Pro Life” unless we are absolutely, via an honest record of clear and without compromise work is actually done on the subject.

That we have been losing this debate for 40+ years and that we have but ONE... just the ONE... District Attorney who is actually doing something about it, says what the reality is...

FEW ARE PRO LIFE to any degree that actually matters in a measurable result.

As for Sam Brownback, he’s a two faced impostor on this and a host of other issues, sufficient to give me more than enough doubt on his entire character!


19 posted on 05/07/2008 3:28:04 PM PDT by RachelFaith (Doing NOTHING... about the illegals already here IS Amnesty !!)
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To: RachelFaith

Uh, voting 100% pro-life IS more than lip service. I’m a pro-lifer, and don’t know about this two-facedness you talk about. Your posts are long on insults and short on facts. I like the D.A. as well, but if he is not running, then he’s not running. I am willing to give Brownback a hearing on the matter.


20 posted on 05/07/2008 4:13:54 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (Not a newbie, I just wanted a new screen name.)
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