GMA's Disillusioned Republican Woman Not Really So Republican (FR mentioned, I'm famous!)

newsbusters.org ^ | September 19, 2006 | Brent Baker

[lowbridge]

related thread:

ABC's GMA Highlights Southern Republican Women...Who are Voting for Democrats

Picking up on a Friday NewsBusters posting by Megan McCormack about the ABC story, Free Republic poster "lowbridge" dug up some information about the women ABC showcased and posted an item Friday.

"Lowbridge" found a PDF of the newsletter of the Memphis Regional Planned Parenthood that lists Robin Rasmussen's name on the Board of Directors.

Of course, it is possible there is more than one Robin Rasmussen in Memphis.

The information on Herbison is more definitive since I found a picture of her online that matches her appearance on GMA. "Lowbridge" located a letter Herbison wrote in 2005 to liberal New York Congressman Carolyn McCarthy. It began: "Hello...My name is Janna Herbison, and I am a wife and mother from Tennessee, who is also a former television news reporter and former Democratic Press Secretary for the TN Legislature. I have recently written a book entitled 'Southern in the City' -- a manuscript about my experiences in Manhattan/New York over 20 years as a Southerner."

Shucks, tweren't nothin' :-)

[Lekker 1]

What is this "Good Morning America" of which you speak?

[Echo Talon]

doh. :)

[NormsRevenge]

Has Oprah called yet? :-D

[TexanToTheCore]

I don't understand how the networks expect to hang on to audience when so much of their news is raw fiction.

[Enterprise]

You are hereby nominated for induction into the Secret Order of the Buckhead.

[the anti-liberal]

Good job!

Is it even possible to be on the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood and be a Republican? Are they not diametrically opposed?

[jwalsh07]

Good job!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Yeah, but did you get a pic of her with underwear on her head?

[dfwgator]

They are as "Republican" as this guy.

[jwalsh07]

You deserve more than just a "good job". :-}

[lowbridge]

update (relax, this is a one time update ping. You havent been added to yet another ping list)

[mrsmith]

No, no... "credit where credit is due". You're too good for us now.
You're obligated to start a blog and be obnoxious and self centered to the point of nausea like everyone else.

But seriously, one thing the media has learned to do is not to use Democrat donors listed on the FEC website as their phony dissaffected "Republicans"- like we used to catch them doing in the old days. It takes extra effort like yours to catch them at this old trick.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"... Don't say they're aligning themselves with the terrorists because they disagree with you. That's un-American.""

Alright. How about because:
- they wanna close Gitmo
- make it harder to interrogate terrorist detainees
- eliminate or otherwise severely hamper NSA international call snooping
- cut 'n run
- prohibit profiling
and on and on it goes...

[Iowa Granny]

bumping for a later read

[lowbridge]

update (got the transcript of the retraction yet?) :-)

[MNJohnnie]

WHOOOOO! HOOOO! All our emails paid off. Move over Buckhead, you got company!

Dun dun dun dun The name is Bridge, Low Bridge.

Way to go!

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[MNJohnnie]

If you got a pinglist you can add me.

[HKMk23]

You can only call it "fiction" if the folks you're talking to didn't actually see it fresh out of the bull and don't know any better.