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Daily Dolt: I Thought Abortion Rights Groups Were Too Divisive?

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Laesch and his people attack the Planned Parenthood endorsement of Bill Foster:

Down the thread:

The endorsement that we worked hardest for was the AFL-CIO’s and that means a lot to our campaign.

Additionally, I did have words with PP in 2006 that dated back to a 2004 race.

When I worked for Dr. David Gill in 2004, Planned Parenthood endorsed, but was nowhere to be seen when it came to real support.

I couldn’t believe that they didn’t want to fight to get a progressive, single-payer Doc who actually volunteered for Planned Parenthood elected.  During my first run, I didn’t feel the need to chase an empty PP endorsement.

Beltway thinking will get you beltway results.  Main Street thinking and campaigning will get you results that benefit Main St.

John

But let’s remember this quote:

Laesch is making his own campaign more difficult by depriving it of some of its traditional channels of support. Even though Laesch says he is pro-abortion rights, he refuses to accept donations from pro-abortion rights political action committees.

“It’s too divisive,” he said.

Errr…pissing on someone’s leg and telling them it’s rainiing….

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Someone Else’s Good Predictions from Comments a While Ago

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Here 

We’ve seen the stages before because we’re from here, but it’s fun to watch the national press go through it all over again.

1. Holy shit, you’ve got to hear this guy speak.
2. Holy shit, this guy was the first African American editor of the Harvard Law Review. Everyone we talk to says he’s really smart.
3. Holy shit, in his book he talks about doing blow, this could hurt him big time.
4. Holy shit, the right is going bonkers (He’s not really black because he wasn’t decendant from slaves – Keyes, His middle name is Hussein – tv right, Holy shit he’s in our church – religious political right, He’s a false messiah and the anti-Christ – nutjob right)
5. Holy shit, everywhere you look people are wild about Barack Obama. Don’t they know he did blow and HIS MIDDLE NAME IS HUSSEIN?
6. Holy shit, he won huge.
7. Holy shit, I can’t believe I lost like that. But at the end of the day I can’t really be too upset about it because I like the guy. (Dan Hynes 2004, Hillary Clinton 2008)

Not McCain though, we all know how he gets when Barack steals his thunder. (see Ethics, WATB)

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Who Else Voted Present?

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The 1997 Bill:

Those voting present were: Sens. Miguel del Valle, D-Chicago; Jesus Garcia, D-Chicago; Robert Molaro, D-Chicago; Barack Obama, D-Chicago and Margaret Smith, D-Chicago.

The 2001 Bill:


The Associated Press State & Local Wire

April 6, 2001, Friday, BC cycle

BYLINE: By The Associated Press

SECTION: State and Regional

LENGTH: 269 words



The Illinois Senate voted 39-7 Friday for SB562, a measure requiring parental notification before minors obtain abortions. Voting “yes” were 30 Republicans and 9 Democrats. Voting “no” were 7 Democrats. Voting “present” were 1 Republican and 10 Democrats.

REPUBLICANS VOTING YES

Bomke (Springfield); Burzynski (Sycamore); Cronin (Elmhurst); Dillard (Hinsdale); Donahue (Quincy); Dudycz (Chicago); Geo-Karis (Zion); Hawkinson (Galesburg); Wendell Jones (Palatine); Karpiel (Carol Stream); Klemm (Crystal Lake); Lauzen (Aurora); Luechtefeld (Okawville); Robert Madigan (Lincoln); Mahar (Orland Park); Noland (Blue Mound); O’Malley (Palos Park); Parker (Northbrook); Peterson (Long Grove); Petka (Plainfield); Philip (Wood Dale); Radogno (LaGrange); Rauschenberger (Elgin); Roskam (Glen Ellyn); Sieben (Geneseo); Sullivan (Park Ridge); Syverson (Rockford); Thomas Walsh (LaGrange Park); Watson (Greenville); Weaver (Urbana)

DEMOCRATS VOTING YES

Clayborne (East St. Louis); DeLeo (Chicago); Demuzio (Carlinville); Munoz (Chicago); O’Daniel (Mount Vernon); Shadid (Edwards); Viverito (Burbank); Lawrence Walsh (Elwood); Woolard (Carterville)

DEMOCRATS VOTING NO

Cullerton (Chicago); Halvorson (Crete); Lightford (Chicago); Ronen (Chicago); Shaw (Chicago); Silverstein (Chicago); Trotter (Chicago)

REPUBLICANS VOTING PRESENT

Myers (Danville)

DEMOCRATS VOTING PRESENT

Bowles (Edwardsville); del Valle (Chicago); Hendon (Chicago); Jacobs (East Moline); Emil Jones (Chicago); Link (Highwood); Lisa Madigan (Chicago); Molaro (Chicago); Obama (Chicago); Welch (Peru)

Do people really want to start down the road of attacking Madigan and Jones too?

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He’s So Unprincipled

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Hysterical once I realized who was on the Illinois side of the attack….the Hull campaign staff and Bonnie Grabenhofer the President of Illinois NOW. You know, the Bonnie Grabenhofer of Illinois NOW who came to the defense of Blair Hull after allegations of spousal abuse with this:

IL NOW pres. Bonnie Grabenhofer “said the six-year-old
allegations are troubling, but there are still reasons to
support Hull.” Grabenhofer “said voters need to balance those
private allegations with Hull’s public commitment to women’s
issues” (Chicago Sun-Times, 2/28). Grabenhofer: “The whole
thing raises some troubling questions. Just that it happened.
But I don’t know if this one incident that happened a number of
years ago undoes what he has done.” Grabenhofer “cited Hull’s
work supporting abortion rights groups financially and his
support of his daughter’s Supreme Court battle to preserve Title
IX” (Krol, Arlington Heights Daily Herald, 2/29).

Now, my primary criticism of Hull for that fiasco was not getting it out early, but at the same time there was something absurd in Illinois NOW’s defense of the incident.

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Yepsen Can Bite My Ass

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Perhaps the single worst thing to come out from Democrats this cycle is the whining from two candidates that Iowa College Students who are originally from out of state will taint the vote.

As someone who went to school in Iowa, but still voted absentee in Illinois, this is bullshit and I have no idea what David Yepsen is babbling about:

At first glance, Clinton may have more luck with her strategy than Obama has with his. Only 5 percent of the likely Democratic caucus-goers are under age 25, while 50 percent are over age 55. Also, the Jan. 3 caucus date comes when many students are on break and may be out of town, which is why Obama is making an effort to get students who are not from Iowa to vote here.

The problem with this formulation is that college students from other states are just like anyone else who has moved into a state. By this formulation I shouldn’t be voting in Missouri now.

Iowa by tradition has encouraged college students to participate, caucus, and vote there during college.  It’s part of the reason Iowa is special.  I’m not sure why he’s trying to change that.

Finally kudos to the Clinton campaign for supporting students caucusing after what was likely a misstatement by Clinton.  Dodd, we are waiting…

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Peas in a Pod

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Via Rich

The Blagojevich Administration:

The Blagojevich administration issued a written statement blasting the lawsuit as the work of “Republican activists.”

“It’s unfortunate that two prominent Republican activists would go to court to take health care away from families,” Blagojevich spokeswoman

Rebecca Rausch said in the statement. “President Bush wouldn’t even go to those lengths. Every Democratic leader in Illinois should join us in fighting this lawsuit and help protect the hardworking people who rely on us for health coverage so they can keep seeing a doctor.”

Actually Bush tries to do exactly what Blagojevich is doing through signing statements. He signs a law, and then he says it means the exact opposite. So Blagojevich signed a budget and now thinks he can change it at will.

There can be legitimate arguments about the Constitutionality of JCAR. I don’t find them terribly persuasive, but there are legitimate points. That said, if JCAR is ruled unconstitutional the rulemaking process will be made much, much more complicated.

Then there is the issue of Blagojevich expanding the power of JCAR by signing a bill that did that earlier in his administration.

George Bush and Rod Blagojevich are peas in a pod.

Impeach him, impeach him now!

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