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NARAL Begins Search for New President to Replace Michelman
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| October 7, 2003
| Steven Ertelt
Posted on 10/08/2003 12:13:57 PM PDT by Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
NARAL is beginning its search for a new president to replace Kate Michelman, who has announced she is stepping down next spring to work to defeat President George. W. Bush and care for her ailing husband.
Michelman says she wants to stay on board in order to lead the organization's effort to put on a national march for abortion in April 2004. An exclusive LifeNews.com report in August revealed that the AFSCME labor union is lending support to the pro-abortion march organizers.
However, the fact that Michelman will not step down from the position until late April is due in part to the fact that the organization will need six months to find Michelman's successor, as there is no heir apparent.
Sally Patterson, chair of the NARAL Pro-Choice America board of directors, said that it will be "very difficult to fill Kate's shoes." She added that the organization has begun a national search for a new president who has "the stature and accomplishment to build on (Michelman's) work and take us into the future."
A Democratic official who is close with NARAL authorities says the organization may try to find a nationally-known political figure, such as a member of Congress, to replace Michelman.
However, representatives of other pro-abortion groups say NARAL is looking for the "next Michelman," -- a 40-something year-old woman who is old enough to know the political ropes, but young enough to lead the organization for the next decade or longer.
According to a recent article in Roll Call magazine, some observers have speculated that two leading candidates include Gloria Totten, a former NARAL Pro-Choice America political director who is currently the executive director of the pro-abortion political group Progressive Majority, and Cecile Richards, former member of the NARAL Pro-Choice America board and former chief of staff to pro-abortion House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Richards now leads the organization America Votes.
It is not known whether either woman is interested in the position.
On Saturday, Michelman told about 100 Georgetown University students gathered for a pro-abortion rally that the April march will "play a key role in sending a message to America's leaders."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: katemichelman; naral
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there is no heir apparent
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posted on
10/08/2003 12:14:53 PM PDT
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she is stepping down next spring to work to defeat President George. W. Bush and care for her ailing husband.
Interesting goal conflict....
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posted on
10/08/2003 12:18:30 PM PDT
by
alisasny
(I SCORED AT A DEANLINK MEETUP)
To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
Susan Smith. Who else knows more about what NARAL is best at?
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posted on
10/08/2003 12:20:10 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
("If my country calls, I will answer. Unless I'm screening."--Homer J. Simpson)
To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
How about just putting a huge tree chipper or some such device in charge. (Sorry for the visual, but it would probably get the general public to pay more attention.)
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posted on
10/08/2003 12:20:58 PM PDT
by
leadpencil1
(Kill your television)
To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
If the YWCA can hire Patricia Ireland, why can't NARAL hire a pro-life Conservative?
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posted on
10/08/2003 12:21:22 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Life isn't fair. It's fairer than death, is all.")
To: alisasny
she is stepping down next spring to...care for her ailing husband. Let him die. His quality of life isn't worth continuing on. He is part of the excess population. (Just kidding, but trying to reflect Michelman's views on such things.)
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posted on
10/08/2003 12:21:51 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
(Well...there you go again.)
To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
I understand Gray Davis is available.
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posted on
10/08/2003 12:22:31 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
(Well...there you go again.)
To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
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posted on
10/08/2003 12:23:02 PM PDT
by
mikeb704
To: Pan_Yans Wife
Care for her ailing husband? Doesn't she have Dr. Kervorkian's number?
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posted on
10/08/2003 12:24:22 PM PDT
by
marlon
To: Pan_Yans Wife
To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
They should be able to find an Episcopalian bishop to fill the role. Very progressive.
To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
How many trimesters will it take to find a replacement or will they abort the search?
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posted on
10/08/2003 12:33:23 PM PDT
by
Young Rhino
(Do the French know the meaning of the words soap, water, and deodorant?)
To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
I don't know, but it just seems to me that, given how much NARAL hates fetuses and unborn children, the next President of NARAL should be someone who never was a fetus or an unborn child.
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posted on
10/08/2003 12:34:12 PM PDT
by
chs68
To: leadpencil1; Pan_Yans Wife; My2Cents; mikeb704; marlon; Steve_Seattle; Young Rhino
Composite of your posts.
WANTED:
Huge Mengeleian tree chipper operated by Gray Davis, under the supervision of an Episcopalian bishop.
Please reply within a trimester, or search will be aborted by a pro-life Conservative
To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
LOL...sounds more reasonable than what their actual search criteria are.
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posted on
10/08/2003 12:53:43 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
(Well...there you go again.)
To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
VERY creative (and funny)! LOL
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posted on
10/08/2003 1:05:43 PM PDT
by
leadpencil1
(Kill your television)
To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
I didn't realize Satan could just up and quit like that.
To: Rutles4Ever
Clones...he has the technology.
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posted on
10/08/2003 6:37:17 PM PDT
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