Without your contributions, I would not know this disappointing, but important information.

…and haven’t done their homework. Of course that would mean they are more concerned with politics than protecting life. That’s the conclusion I would draw from this.

Oh, and I would make sure not to support Ga Right to Life with any donations if they are going to be lazy.

Erick, the difference between the vote cited in your latest opp dump and Karen Handel’s vote? Deal’s occurred roughly 20 years ago. Handel’s? 2005.

This is getting pathetic. Please let us know if you have something on Nathan that occurred within the last decade or so.

The facts are these: After joining the GOP in 1995, Nathan Deal has an unimpeachable pro-life voting record.

While Karen Handel was voting to send taxpayer dollars for “family planning services” to Planned Parenthood–in 2005–Nathan Deal was being honored by Concerned Women of America, Family Research Council, and National Right to Life for his pro-life record.

Regarding the provably false argument that Handel’s vote merely allowed money to flow to “cervical cancer screenings” (In fact, the vote before the County–featured in the minutes as “family planning services”), National Right to Life writes, “While federal money comes with restrictions prohibiting its use for abortion (some state money does not), every dollar Planned Parenthood receives from the government frees up other funds for the performance and promotion of abortion.”

Oh, and Nathan Deal voted for the Pence amendment, which prohibits–not sends unfettered–any funds from going to Planned Parenthood.

Erick, in yesterday’s AJC you said the Deal campaign would throw “social conservative dirt” at Handel during the runoff. I have no idea whether that’s true. But do you remember a few years back–before the tv show, the book, and your role as Palin’s puppeteer: you used to care about “social conservative dirt.”

You’re really pulling out all the stops in this race, Erick. And you seem have lost your soul along the way.

to “Does Sarah Palin Now Support Only One Exception?”

This organization National and State affiliates lost their way. They had a cause but was corrupted by their quest for a seat at the table. They want to make sure they are on the winning side and do not make an enemy. They are no longer feared by candidates and therefore ineffective. RTL-INO’s!

DEPARTMENT: Health and Wellness
SERVICE/COMMODITY: Expanded Family Planning
BID #: 20050002YB
TOTAL AMOUNT OF PURCHASE: $425,568
PRIME CONTRACTOR: Planned Parenthood of Georgia
(Atlanta, GA)
REQUESTED ACTION OF THE BOC: Approval of contract
with Planned Parenthood of Georgia to provide family
planning services in an amount not to exceed
$425,568 for the period from date of award through
December 31, 2005.

The motion carried by a unanimous vote of 7-0-0.
Commission Chair Handel, Vice Chair Darnell, and
Commissioners Pitts, Riley, Lowe, Boxill, and Edwards
voted yes.

Frankly it seems to me that both candidates have fairly strong pro-life credentials with a minor black mark or two. So why are we having this discussion at all? Why is this the battleground on which we are playing? If both sides are equally not-exactly-pure-but-close, why is this the field on which the fight for the nomination is being played?

Why aren’t Handel supporters, Erick included, simply bypassing this discussion and slamming Deal for his ethics violation while in Congress? He left Congress early to avoid censure because he was wrongly using his office to generate thousands of dollars in business for his family’s auto salvage company. That’s not Rangel-like corruption but it’s getting there. Handel doesn’t have anything on her record remotely approaching that kind of abuse of office. Why not just run with that? If Deal abused his position as congressman, what’s to stop him from doing the same thing as the chief executive of Georgia?

As happens surprisingly often in political campaigns, we’ve ended up with two candidates who aren’t entirely perfect. They’ve each cast bad votes, one much more recent than the other, one for vastly more money than the other. Perhaps its best to look at what their positions are in the present instead of the past, given that each have imperfect pasts? My personal bias is in favor of the outsider vs the establishment, and thus I like Erick and Sarah’s endorsement of Handel. But certainly we should examine both their stands on the issues, none more important than Life. Based on what Ive read so far it seems like both candidates are pretty strongly Pro-Life in terms of their present positions, so perhaps Georgia Right to Life should be saving their money for use against people that actually support abortion? I think I read somewhere there’s an election coming up in a few months, and there just might be one or two candidates who support abortion and need defeating. It’d be nice if they still had money left to spend on those races, instead of wasting it on a Pro-Lifer vs Pro-Lifer fight. Just a thought .

While in congress as a Republican, Deal helped create this bloated mess we call the budget. He voted for Medicare expansion. He voted for the $26.5 Billion “No Child Left Behind”. He is a birther and called fellow citizens of Georgia “Ghetto Grandmothers”. WE DON”T NEED DEAL!

As a poster on another site said: “Sorry, No Deal!”

Beware RTL!

After their screwup in (N)(S) Dakota several years ago, it occured to me that they are in business for a reason. Allegedly, that reason is to stop abortion. But, stop and think for a moment. They’ve had 35 years of a secure job, a steady income, and lots of money and power to “manage”. So, what happens when Roe v. Wade is overturned?

C’mon: what happens?

There are other, ethical groups who are fighting abortion and it’s allied atrocities and would welcome your support.