Posted on 01/09/2007 10:33:23 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
The newly elected Kansas attorney general fired a special prosecutor Tuesday whom his predecessor had appointed to prosecute the state's most visible abortion provider.
Don McKinney had been hired to investigate Dr. George Tiller, one of the few doctors in the nation to perform late-term abortions. McKinney has previously protested outside Tiller's clinic. His last day will be Saturday.
"You are further ordered to cease and desist any further activity in this matter," Attorney General Paul Morrison wrote in a letter to McKinney.
McKinney said he had been fired to "protect the abortion clinics."
"Morrison said he would fire me because I was not a 'neutral third party.' That's a smoke screen," McKinney said. "Nobody is neutral about aborting late-term babies. A special prosecutor isn't supposed to be neutral, he's supposed to prosecute the defendant." He has said Morrison was beholden to the doctor, who helped finance at least $248,000 in advertising in 2002 and 2006 against the previous attorney general, Phill Kline.
Kline obtained patient records from Tiller and other abortion providers after a two-year legal battle, but his attempt to charge Tiller in Sedwick County late last month failed because of a jurisdiction issue.
Kline alleges that Tiller performed 15 illegal late-term abortions in 2003 on patients ages 10 to 22 and failed to properly report the details of the procedures to state health officials.
Tiller's attorneys say the allegations are groundless. Don Monnat, a Wichita attorney representing Tiller, said patient privacy remains a big concern because McKinney has protested against the doctor.
A legal battle over patient records lasted two years, with Kline obtaining edited versions in October. Kline issued a statement Tuesday saying Morrison "fired an independent prosecutor with a well-respected legal career and terminated a contract that provided that prosecutor with independent authority."
I am rather amused by Non-Seq's positions, he's a very strange fella. In addition to being the biggest Phill Kline hater on FR, he is the biggest unapologetic defender of Soviet stooge Allende's Marxist Paradise in Chile on FR, even after being endlessly schooled on the subject by people who knew infinitely more on how the late, departed hero, Gen. Pinochet, liberated his people and revitalized the economy like no other. More folks like him in the GOP, and we'd be saluting the hammer & sickle flag every mornin'... ;-)
Hillary has one advantage over Morrison and Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker. Mrs. Arkansas Antichrist, though a high school "Goldwater girl'" realized a lot earlier that she had no business calling herself a Republican. NLKB hasn't figured that out yet.
And because Mrs. Arkansas Antichrist is a thoroughgoing leftist maniac without visible exception. Oh, and she is superficially married to the worst president (so far) of our lifetimes and a man who, in office, made Herbert Hoover and even Jimmuh Peanut look a lot better in retrospect.
As to gummint spending, why bother talking about it? It isn't coming down in the foreseeable future. As long as a million plus innocent babies are being slaughtered each year, why does gummint spending even find its way on to the radar screen? I assume you have opposed increased gummint spending as I have. Since John Kennedy's last budget in 1963 ($100 billion/60% of it for defense) we have gotten to a multitrillion dollar (2.7?) budget/less than 20% for defense. As babyboomers age, the spending is not likely to go down. We babybomers are selfish and we vote and we shall, no doubt, vote ourselves other people's money. It isn't pretty but it is the truth. Face facts. Your taxes are going up and their is not much your or I can do about it. To cut government spending is a diversionary issue. We need to keep on the issues that matter and the issues that we CAN affect. If you happen to be a pro-abort, conservatives will be happy to make political war upon you, regardless of your party. If not, 50+ million innocent babies slaughtered is a lot more serious business than 11 states seceding ever was.
BTW, as to my anti-lavender (nothing "gay" about homosexual perversion) "jihad," do you think your taxes will increase or decrease if and when "spousal" benefits are granted to lavender queens and their consorts? Will the cost of your goods and services increase or decrease if and when private companies are forced by gummint bureaucracy to recognize an obligation to pay "spousal benefits" to queer couples? What will that do for the cause of decreasing the size and intrusiveness of government???? Can similar programs requiring dog-lovers' employers to provide for Bowser and cat-lovers' employers to provide for Sylvester be that far in the future????? Fish-lovers' pensions payable to the bereaved surviving guppies???
50+ million innocents slaughtered vs. a little tax increase for Non-Sequitur. No contest. The babies are a LOT more important.
Did you know that Sherman's son, who turned out a lot better than the old man, was a Jesuit priest way back when the Jebbies were still Catholic. The general was not Catholic but Sheridan was. Of course, the Jesuit Sherman and his father were somewhat estranged.
I also thought that Dr. Allende got some small portion of what he deserved (on 9/11) and that Admiral Pinochet was and is the single greatest hero in Chilean history.
I insisted on nothing in regard to Davis. I wanted your arguments on how Lincoln might be "conservative" as you recognize that term while freely massacring the federal constitution (as recognized by his appointed SCOTUS Chief Justice and Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase in post-war decisions). Lest you be tempted, Chase was more abolitionist than Lincoln.
Was the imposition of an unconstitutional federal income tax by Lincoln a lowering of taxation or a lessening of the size and intrusiveness of the fedgov??? Was the institution by Lincoln of an unconstitutional military draft an example of his dedication to smaller and less intrusive government???
Considering what Killer Tiller charges for late term abortions, about a week's income was probably involved, maybe two weeks. 30-60 dead innocents.
Of course you do.
I also thought that Dr. Allende got some small portion of what he deserved (on 9/11) and that Admiral Pinochet was and is the single greatest hero in Chilean history.
No doubt, what with military juntas being such a big part of the Reaganite modern GOP and all.</sarcasm>
I wanted your arguments on how Lincoln might be "conservative" as you recognize that term while freely massacring the federal constitution (as recognized by his appointed SCOTUS Chief Justice and Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase in post-war decisions). Lest you be tempted, Chase was more abolitionist than Lincoln.
So how can you be so down of Lincoln for what you claim was his massacre of the Constitution and such a big fan of Pinochet? And while you're at it how about that post war decision of Chief Justice Chase that showed the southern actions to be what they were, rebellion? Not a fan of that I assume.
Was the imposition of an unconstitutional federal income tax by Lincoln a lowering of taxation or a lessening of the size and intrusiveness of the fedgov??? Was the institution by Lincoln of an unconstitutional military draft an example of his dedication to smaller and less intrusive government???
Wouldn't the same be true of Davis who also implemented an income tax and conscription?
No. The prosecutor is supposed to be the defendent's adversary. Does it make sense for a prosecutor to be neutral on robbery or murder if he is prosecuting a robber or murderer? I don't think so.
I can't remember how many automated phone calls I got telling me that Phill Kline was going through my personal medical records. However, Paul Morrison wanted to keep the government out of my personal medical records. Vote for Kathleen Sebelius and Paul Morrison, who want to protect innocent Kansans from Phill Kline's governmental intrusion.
I also got six mailings from a group funded by George Tiller telling me that my medical records weren't safe. These people know what Kline was really doing, and they know that Morrison has used medical records in his investigations, but they turned it into something it wasn't. I would consider all this a lie.
I also got four mailings from another group warning me that Phill Kline was looking at my medical records. How did I get on that mailing list?
It's nice as a conservative to know that these people used conservative arguments to defeat Phill Kline. If they had told the truth about what they were really doing, then I would feel bad. It's so funny that Kathleen Sebelius wants universal government health care, after a campaign of frightening Kansans about government intrusion into their health care.
If Chase imagined the establishment of the Confederate States of America as "rebellion," that would be understandable in the sense that the American Revolution against the Brits was a very similar rebellion. Such a conclusion is in the nature of "dog bites man," however. It is in the various "confessional" decisions of Chase in which he admits the illegality of various Lincoln Administration policies and warns against repetition by future regimes that Chase assumes the more interesting posture of "man bites dog." There is nothing shameful about legitimate rebellions (See Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum/1893) nor about the attempt to lift the heel of the tyrant.
With no sarcasm whatever, a communist doctor like Allende elected by 34% of the Chilean public when the quislings of Chilean conservative politics ran a Gerald Ford (RINOlike) quisling type as a third party candidate allowing Allende to negate 66% of the vote and who (Allende) had prepared for the communists there to overthrow his own government to eradicate democracy and establish a communist dictatorship, deserved to die. He had armed the communist rank and file, stashing weapons caches all over the country for use in the uprising. He was killed manning a machine gun at the presidential palace he occupied. Fuller justice against Allende might have been obtained if Pinochet's loyal Chilean military had gotten to Allende when he could still live to be interrogated before his execution. At least he wound up thoroughly ventilated. Che Guevara got his in Bolivia. Unfortunately Castro and Ugo Chavez still live.
Does Admiral Pinochet stand in better stead with Ronaldus Maximus and the modern Republican Party and conservative movement than communist scum like Allende??? You bet. Pinochet does and did. Are the elitist morons queasy when such as Allende are ventilated. Of course. Down at the yacht club and polo club, Muffy and Skipper are more susceptible to the fantasy that communism is just another economic theory than are the sort of people whom Ronaldus Maximus brought to the GOP to replace Muffy and Skipper.
I am still not getting your answers to the last two of my questions that you are evading with the usual irrelevant tactics. Quelle surprise!!! The questions are about your views about Lincoln and Lincoln's track record. Understandably your answers might be too embarrassing on a conservative forum.
When he died Pinochet was about to be indicted by the Chilean courts for embezzling millions while he was in office. Considering your admiration for the Davis regime I can understand while you view Pinochet as 'admirable'. I can't reconcile it with Reagan Republicanism, though.
It's not "new."
But who woulda thunk that GWB would ignore every crime perpetrated by X42's gang?
X42 certainly didn't contribute to GWB's election, did he?
When he died, hmm ? Courts that were no doubt populated by pro-Allende stooges aligned with the current Communist bitch Chilean President.
"Considering your admiration for the Davis regime I can understand while you view Pinochet as 'admirable'. I can't reconcile it with Reagan Republicanism, though."
If you think President Reagan would've backed a Soviet pig dictator whose regime would've resulted in deaths into the 6 figures and the displacement of millions over Pinochet, your delusion is complete. Grow up.
Whaddya think then? Time for another coup?
If you think President Reagan would've backed a Soviet pig dictator whose regime would've resulted in deaths into the 6 figures and the displacement of millions over Pinochet, your delusion is complete. Grow up.
Perhaps you can point out the words of praise that President Reagan had for Pinochet and his tactics?
It occurs to me, after reading several posts, that your interlocutor is three beers short of a sixpack.
Why go on?
Where else is he going to be able to praise military dictators or unelected despots except here or the civil war threads?
Nice dodge. Something you're good at.
"Perhaps you can point out the words of praise that President Reagan had for Pinochet and his tactics?"
Why bother ? Even when facts are slapped in your face with the subtlety of an anvil dropped onto ones genitals from a great height, you still deny or dodge. Again, we get it, you love Communist dictators and loathe freedom fighters. Why are you even on this website ? DU calls.
Because I meet the most interesting people here. Now if you'll excuse me I think I'll go see if I can interest the commander of the Kansas National Guard in doing an Allende on our governor and attorney general. Viva la junta!!!
You voted for both GilliganSebelius and Morrison, didn't you ?
Nope. I voted for Jm Barnett for governor, Rod Thornburgh for Secretary of State and Lynn Jenkins for Treasurer. I didn't vote for AG.
Of course, Kline's reelection was of paramount importance, as he was our best hope of getting a Conservative Republican Governor in 4 years. After all, there hasn't been one elected there since Bill Avery in 1964. Your non-vote was as good as a vote for the fraud Morrison, I'm sure you realize that.
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