Howard Dean -- Planned Parenthood "Doctor"

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[miltonim]

lol

[MHGinTN]

Reagan

[Mo1]

Does anyone really believe that Howard Dean actively sought a hitch with Planned Parenthood and DIDN'T perform an abortion?

I'm sure there is a pretty good bet that he did .. I'm also pretty sure if he did? .. a couple of dem canidates will make sure to dig up the truth if they can

[onedoug]

By his own words, Dean at least procured abortions, according to an interview with Tim Russert, long since pulled (conveniently?) from MSNBC's website.

[BroncosFan]

Yeah, but how do you play it if you're a fellow Dem? In that primary, performing abortions is a plus, although it will be a, um, killer in the general election. Look what happened to Joe Lieberman this week. Even though he has solid pro-abort credentials, the entire leftie establishment jumped on him when he made an off the cuff comment about medical science pushing back the time when an unborn baby can live outside the womb. From the way he back-peddled, you'd thought he made a pro-UBL remark (oh, wait . . .). Basically, whoever attacks Dean on abortion slits their own throat in the primary while providing Karl Rove with a killer piece of direct mail fodder to gin up evangelical turnout in November.

[RightWingMama]

He was doing his residency at Planned Parenthood. So for that time he would be doing OB-GYN procedures.

[SC Swamp Fox]

While Dean may not find his Planned Parenthood connections too politically damaging in Iowa and New Hampshire, site of the nation's first two major political contests, he could face some fallout in the crucial Feb. 3 Democratic primary in South Carolina, where voters are more culturally conservative.

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[Salvation]

Everyone needs to read this!

We do not want Dean for President!!!!

[BroncosFan]

. . . through fighting the effects of too much Saturday night fun, I forced myself to watch that Russert interview live. My God, Dean was awful. We WILL see footage from that in the fall. He stumbled and fumbled on abortion and defense in particular (and got caught telling whoppers on each). I thought that was going to be the end of his boomlet, but Joe Trippi cleverly spun it as an attack by the eeeeevil reactionary establishment on a lonely rebel and his internet minions rallied.

Read some of the Deanocrat blogs after his MtP interview. You'd think Russert worked for Dubya instead of Rummy O'Moynihan. A Democrat could splice a nice ad from that material to show Dean as a liar who's not ready for prime time. Fortunately for Dubya, I think they're all too scared to since attacking Dean on his statements about abortion or defense might cause primary voters to infer that the attacking candidate is -- gasp -- pro-military, or -- shudder -- pro-life.

[Mo1]

Yeah, but how do you play it if you're a fellow Dem?

Good question and I'm not really sure

Maybe in the same way Kerry is attacking Dean over his stance against the Iraq war and wanting to raise taxes .. which is basically what Kerry has called for himself

Dean has the Lefts base sewn up from what I can see .. and they count for a big portion of Dem voters .. the other dem candidates will have to do something to Dean to take the lead

[Lancey Howard]

CNSNews.com has also learned that Dean continued as a physician at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Burlington after his internship ended.....Dean further served on the organization's board of trustees between 1980 and 1984 as well as on PPNNE's medical advisory committee. On his presidential campaign website, Dean declares that he is "proud to have served as a Board Member of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.

Obviously, this guy Dean just loves the abortion business.

[BroncosFan]

. . . though we do want him as the nominee! I feel the facts presented above will get sufficient exposure under the radar come fall. By that I mean, the GOP establishment is (wrongly so, IMHO) scared to raise the abortion issue in national fora because they are wedded to the idea that abortion is a deciding issue for upper middle class suburbanites when they step into the voting booth. The numbers give lie to that belief, but it's a consequence of living in the Beltway and raising money in NYC. And the NYT and WashPost WILL crucify them for bringing it up.

Consequently, these facts will appear in places like: Christian radio in the South, direct mail pieces to the regulars, and through proxy Bushies on talk radio, etc. These facts will never pass Bush's lips or appear anywhere near the major media markets. No matter, though, since they could make all the difference in states with strong pro-life movements who might be feeling less than motivated otherwise. For instance, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

[Lancey Howard]

As governor -- Dean was the state's chief executive between 1991 and 2003 - he helped secure $350,000 a year in taxpayer funds for the Planned Parenthood chapter, according to Hahn Beerworth and the state's financial support of Planned Parenthood continues in 2003, she said.

"Blow it out your behinds, you chumps," Dean laughed as he climbed into his limousine and drove away from a group of Christian taxpayers who objected to their tax dollars being used to fund abortions.

[Cheapskate]

Oh that's great! Was that card actually on the market, or is it a photoshop job?

I see we both have sheep in our taglines.

[gooleyman]

Reagan

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I assume you meant that Reagan was the one who said:

"Everyone who was FOR slavery was free and everyone who is FOR abortion was born"

Thanks, I didn't know he was the one who said it. I gain more and more respect for him everyday. As if I could respect him any more than I do. He was the best and I miss him greatly. He would have beaten this Congress into shape and halted their spending.

I think someone had this quote as their tagline on the forum here but didn't attribute it to anyone. I happen to remember it because abortion is my hot-button issue more than anything else. That quote will forever be with me.

[gooleyman]

He was doing his residency at Planned Parenthood. So for that time he would be doing OB-GYN procedures.

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Doing a residency, wouldn't you want to perform as many of the procedures as possible so you learn as much as possible. I know when I worked with the Electricians during my co-op work sessions, I wanted to do everything they did so when I got my Engineering degree I'd know what it was like to fit something in the field. That's what the old-timers told would help me the most. And they were absolutely right.

No one will convince me that Dizzy Dean passed up on the chance to do an abortion or two. He probably had no alternative. He had to do what he was TOLD during his residency.

[oldironsides]

Yes. There are many MDs working in the system that do routine exams, pap smears, giving birth control advice and RX. Not every MD that is on the PP payroll does abortions. Some just do exams and diagnostic work for STD's etc. PP is an affordable place for females to get tested for diseases. That is very important. I just wish they were not in the abortion business. Womans GYN health issues are so very important.

[MissAmericanPie]

The Bush camp has to be doing hand stands over the apparent Demonrat presidential candidate. Dean is a base man, the lowest human denominator on the food chain. A clumsy and obvious charlatan without the charming scoundrel element of Clinton to pull it off.

Even non-thinking voters wouldn't buy a used car from this putz.

[epow]

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England honored Dean in 1992 while he was governor by awarding him the organization's Margaret Sanger award, named for the group's founder.

That would be Margaret Sanger, the strident eugenicist who publicly advocated eliminating the American population of blacks, Asians, poor white southernors, Catholic Irish-Americans, and other "undesirables" by means of forced infanticide (abortion) and sterilization. She founded the American Birth Control League in the early 1900s to promote eugenics, and it was later re-named Planned Parenthood.

Dean must feel really honored to recieve an award named for a woman whose racial views were approximately the same as Hitler's.

[Mamzelle]

re: Does anyone really believe that Howard Dean actively sought a hitch with Planned Parenthood and DIDN'T perform an abortion?)))

I can believe it--as it is also a "class" issue among doctors. Lowdown types are abortionists--even the pro-abortion doctors know this and want to avoid the stigma. NOKD, you know.

I can also believe he's lying.