Sebelius Issues “Laughable” Defense of Secret Party at Gov's Mansion Honoring Abortionist Tiller

LifeSiteNews ^ | 5/29/08 | Tim Waggoner

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WICHITA, KS, May 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In early April, 2007, late-term abortionist George R. Tiller and his entire abortion clinic staff was honored by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius at a lavish secret party held at Cedar Crest, the Governor’s mansion.  In response to photographs published by Operation Rescue this week, Gov. Sebelius’ office has released what Operation Rescue is calling a “laughable” defense, saying that the Tiller party depicted in the photographs was a prize in a charity auction in which Sebelius had no control over who would attend.

OR obtained the set of 27 photographs from a confidential source that told OR the party was held exclusively in Tiller’s honor. Tiller and his staff were the only guests invited to the gala event that featured, according to the source, a menu of steak and lobster.

“According to our source, who attended the event at Cedar Crest, the party was ‘by special invitation only.’ It was obvious to this person that Tiller was on a very friendly basis with Sebelius and took the time to personally introduce each member of his abortion clinic staff to the governor,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “Our source was very specific that the event’s purpose was to ‘honor’ Tiller and his staff. The pictures, especially the ones that include the political t-shirts produced by Tiller, back up our source’s claims.”

“It is laughable for Sebelius to now say she has no control over who she parties with. The Women’s Political Caucus is a radical leftist feminist organization that is providing the smoke and mirrors to cover for the Tiller party,” said Newman. “We don’t buy it.”

Receipts obtained by Operation Rescue from the Governor’s office show that taxpayers paid for the April 9, 2007, event.

OR alleges that "Tiller is a major contributor to pro-abortion candidates in Kansas, giving hundreds of thousands of dollars through a complicated series of political action committees and non-profit organizations".

“Sebelius’ office arrogantly believes that they can keep her strong ties to Tiller a secret, but their efforts to keep the truth from the public have only exposed their corruption,” said Newman. “Sebelius would not be governor today if not for Tiller’s financial support. She owes him her career. Every agency in Kansas that could hold Tiller accountable for illegal late-term abortions, from the Board of Healing Arts to the Kansas Supreme Court to the Attorney General, are all laced with Sebelius appointees. It is little wonder that they all have done nothing but stall and obstruct efforts to prosecute him.”

OR suggests this event is an indication of a broader relationship that the Governor shares with the abortion industry.

Just over a month after the Tiller soiree, Gov. Sebelius celebrated her birthday on May 15, 2007, at a party thrown by Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, while they were still under investigation by the Attorney General’s office and the Johnson County District Attorney. The party featured Planned Parenthood CEP Peter Brownlie leading a conga line in celebration. Planned Parenthood was later cleared by Sebelius’ handpicked Attorney General Paul Morrison but charged by District Attorney Phill Kline with 107 criminal charges related to illegal abortions and manufacturing records.

See all the photos on the Operation Rescue website
http://operationrescue.org/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=4190&am...

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“According to our source, who attended the event at Cedar Crest, the party was ‘by special invitation only.’ It was obvious to this person that Tiller was on a very friendly basis with Sebelius and took the time to personally introduce each member of his abortion clinic staff to the governor,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “Our source was very specific that the event’s purpose was to ‘honor’ Tiller and his staff. The pictures, especially the ones that include the political t-shirts produced by Tiller, back up our source’s claims.”

Disgusting!

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[the invisib1e hand]

sibelius’ words mean nothing. follow the money.

[papagall]

Satan strides boldly across America declaring the democrat party to be the friend of the people ... well, the long since born alive people. The state that elects a woman like this deserves whatever happens to them ... storms, pestilence, murderous chaos, they earn it all by their disattention to their sovereignty. They are responsible for this evil in their midst.

[papagall]

Sibelius is not the only democrat running on blood money. Feinswein, Boxlitter, Harkin, Kennedy, etc. all are taking the money from abortionists and fetal tissue harvesters.

[wintertime]

at a lavish secret party held at Cedar Crest

at a lavish secret party fund raiser held at Cedar Crest

[SaintDismas]

Please don’t say that. I didn’t vote for her

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP - there is a word for people like the governor: EVIL!

[Anti-Bubba182]

MSM does not make an issue of this, so a lot of people don’t know. Kansas is supposed to be a conservative state, but if that is so it it mainly in Presidential elections. Sebelius
would run well in Massachusetts.

[wagglebee]

there is a word for people like the governor: EVIL!

And there is a place for them to spend eternity and it is called HELL!

[Liberty 275]

Just as hussein obama could have slapped the snot out of william ayres when he was within arms reach, sebelious could have taken a swing at baby-killer tiller.

Neither hussein obama nor sebelius have the guts or morality required to do what is right.

[yarddog]

She would never attack him. She is his biggest cheerleader.

[the invisib1e hand]

Well of course, but isn’t this thread about Sibelius?

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[RJR_fan]

The state that elects a woman like this deserves whatever happens to them ... storms, pestilence, murderous chaos, they earn it all

There is a God, and He is not to be trifled with.

[Missouri gal]

Legal opinions, please! Can the governor host a private party for her cronies with state funds? Can a candidate take hundreds of thousands from one individual funnelled through multiple PAC’s? Can an unlicensed anesthesiologist assist an abortion in the state of Kansas? Does the FEC have any authority concerning the donations? What about the US attorney general’s office, since Tiller is and was under criminal investigation at the time of the affair? Since Carhart and the 2 Californian abortionists crossed state lines to attend this possibly illegal function, can they be indicted in federal court? In short, are there any criminal actions here that have any chance of bypassing the filthy corrupt Kansas state government to be brought forward, or do we need more?

BETS, all! Will Kansans allow Kate the Baby Killer to continue the pretense of governing the state, when she clearly has a blind eye to the taxpayers’ sensibilities, if not the law? Can Sebelius still be a VP candidate for Barack the Fool?

[xone]

I thought you were one of the 10000 killed in storms last week in Kansas.