Ursula,

Same with California, its a sure thing.

Not much here in RED Texas, but I wonder where will the divide come for the GOP, will they back Dewhurst (R) or Cruz (TP) in the runoff for Hutchison's Senate seat?

It's raining money!

Odd. Planned Parenthood is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. As such it must abide by the following rules from the IRS:

To be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, an organization must be organized and operated exclusively for exempt purpose set forth in section 501(c)(3), and none of its earnings may inure to any private shareholder or individual. In addition, it may not be an action organization , i.e., it may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities and it may not participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates.

Source: http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=96099,00.html

So by supporting Obama, it looks like PP will be giving up it's tax exempt status.

In Maine, we are seeing political ads every night. Which is kind of a waste of money because polling shows Obama will certainly win 3 of our 4 electoral votes and Romney may, or may not, win the other.

Independent former governor Angus King will be our next Senator. No amount of advertising is going to change that. The state is sick of partisan-ship and sick of Republicans, that's for sure.

Planned Parenthood up with $1 million ad buy,

Incredible, why not use that money for the good causes that they do.

Don't you wonder how they got that money, and from whom?

let me see why not put part of the video that shows them choosing what gender you want keep or abort.

I'm confused about this as well. Doesn't PP receive Federal money? So now you can use Federal money to campaign against a Presidential candidate? Or is this the same argument as abortion in that "we don't use federal money for campaigning"?

Are we going to see "Solyndra against Romney" commercials soon? What other taxpayer dollars can be used to support the Administration? (20m for Obamacare?)

Money is fungible, what is not used in one place can be used anywhere else.

The ad will run in Des Moines, West Palm Beach, Wasau and La Crosse (ahead of the Wisconsin recall June 5th), and D.C, for three weeks from today through June 19.

Awww c'mon...can't you all leave us alone!! Dang battleground status!! My kids are NOT going to be happy with political ads during reruns of the Simpsons!! ;-)

JAS, Planned Parenthood has an independent 501(c)(4) entity that deals with their political action initiatives.

@JAS1....Just say oops!

So by supporting Obama, it looks like PP will be giving up it's tax exempt status.

So, Snuffy stuck her hoof in her mouth... again...

Thanks for the update Domenico.

Not really Beisty, Your mouth got in front of you again and one of this days you will trip over your own tongue. You are a filthy animal Beisty.

my friend Domenico, stuck himself to safe face for PP. JAS had such a good questions that it took an MSN employee to task. Good for you JAS.

Crossroads does not deal with abortions do they? Which is the sticky point here.

Domenico: Crossroads has a similar set up -- difference between American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS. They have different reporting requirements for donors and what their principal purpose must be.

Donors are one thing. Accepting federal dollars like PP does is another. Does Crossroads accept federal money?

Well, in the same vein, the Catholic Church accepts lots of federal dollars. Like, seriously, Lots. Tons. Billinz.

they also lobby congress and endorse political candidates. Just recently with their War on Religion vs. War on Women errr...War.

So do they, too, have to give up their tax exempt status?

No. Because they have a 501(c)(4) to deal with it. Which is kept in totally seperate accounting books.

"Planned Parenthood up with $1 million ad buy"

Not as Cocky as the Cock (Koch) Bros who have spent $ billions? But truth? - priceless.

Obama/O'Biden 2012

[JoAnna, it's Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the group's political arm.]

WHEW! Another one of the Snuffster's lies cut off at the pass!

Ouch...I hope you were biting down on a stick when you got that one rammed up your big ass, Smiff.

...carry on...

JAS rarely posts accurate information. Just tries to "dazzle" everyone and instead fizzles. Just another day for JAS.

The simple existence of a comment from an author to a very significant point raised by Joanna shows the control over this website. I find it curious the author would not allow his article to "stand on its own" for discussion. Perhaps, however, he simply recognized that something was not clear.

Whether anyone dares to admit it or not, JoAnna was entirely correct to question the funding ... particularly IF an organization was to receive federal funding.

And you, SeekingSanity, are simply resorting to a personal attack instead of commenting on the substance of the article.

jim - if you were paying attention, JAS's comment was not significant as it doesn't pertain to Planned Parenthood since the add is through the Planned Parenthood Action Fund - which JAS could have found out had she tried. The fact that you put me down because JAS, as usual, posts nonsense is your problem. Not mine!

Read the article as posted, genius, and show me where the Plannned Parent Action Fund was mentioned. I sure as hell didn't see it in the title .... or anywhere in the first few paragraphs. Can you give me a specific paragraph and line reference, or would you prefer to merely PRETEND .... that you know what you are talking about.

Planned Parenthood up with $million ad buy is the title of the article ...... RIF !

I agree. Also, if you notice, MSN is extremely biased toward the Republican candidate. I have yet to read an article that didn't take a jab at Romney, and constantly heap praise on Obama. Hell, this site is littered with "Have dinner with Obama" ads. Nope, nothing discriminatory about this site..................

technisan - and these billions of dollars the feds give to the catholic church are for what purpose and have been reported where?

Domenico - In other words PP is doing and end run around the regulations. Interesting... of course can we expect FR to report on this egregious policy.

Seeking sanity - So, joanna posts an actual regulatory law questioning the appropriateness of PP actions as reported by FR and you are stupid enough to try denigrating her by your post 1.18 and 1.20. Apparently you have only succeeded in showing everyone that the real clowns on FR are yourself and mickey of NY to name just a couple. BTW , the lead paragraph states...

Planned Parenthood has bought at least $1.2 million in ad buys -- with more to come -- in Iowa, Florida, Wisconsin, and Washington, D.C., ad tracker SMG Delta confirms

oooo you got served Joanna. And now, it’s on.

I question the legality of using separate entities to pursue political action when there is no discernible difference between the political arm and the main body of the organization. I assume this is how the Mormon Church has maintained its tax exempt status despite funding pro Prop 8 organizations. I don’t know how to regulate this other than banning all political advertisements and becoming more like France where candidates are given a set amount of TV time to campaign. Either way, sure seems like there are better ways to spend $1B.

Romney has said several times that he wants to do away with Planed parenthood to appease the far right wing nuts of his party. The assistance that Planned parenthood provides to middle and poor class working women is exactly why there is the so called war on women. Romney Care nothing for the Middle class Poor people of this country unless your stupid enough to vote for him. Voting for Romney of any of the Republicans is like A Chicken voting for KFC and its not in there best interest.

Obama/Biden 2012

That's right LR. The entire Conservative Movement has put PP on notice that the organization will be summarily executed should the GOP gain sufficient power. You can't blame them for using the tools legally available to them to fight back.

I've seen the ad. It's fact-based, accurate, stated in an appropriate manner, and quite frankly far less ridiculous than most of the other negative advertising being thrown out here by organizations like Crossroads.

Can we get fewer anchor babies and welfare babies?

Yes, with proper access to contraceptives...something that Conservatives oppose.

Ironic, isn't it?

Everybody has access. It's paying for it that's at issue. And there's only one 100% method, even though they can't teach it in schools. I mean, who would profit from that, right?

Amazing how libs can take the simplest fact of biology and turn it into a political shibboleth. Don't want a kid? Don't screw. I don't recall the Constitution granting anyone Freedom from Consequences.

A proven method to be sure...that is to say a method that's been proven to be perfect in theory and completely useless in the world of real humans.

And what of married couples who simply aren't ready for a child, or have all they feel they can responsibly care for? Should they "don't screw"?

Oh, and if Conservatives have their way it WON'T be available universally...that's what the "conscience clause" bills popping up in legislatures throughout the nation are all about.

Never mind, it's a perfect Conservative solution. Say something preachy and judgemental, work to prevent reasonable alternatives, and then blame others for the results.

So expecting consenting adults to be responsible for their own actions is "completely useless," "preachy and judgemental," and unreasonable? Spoken like a true Liberal. I know, let's throw someone else's money at the problem. That always works.

Nice try at side stepping the issue. I used plain language, here's some more. Use of contraception IS a means of being responsible for your own actions. Now the American Taliban is working to take that away also;

Yet in the past six months, social conservatives have widened their offensive, and their new target is clear: Not satisfied with making it harder to obtain legal abortions, they want to limit access to birth control, too..

"Contraception is under attack in a way it really wasn't in the past few years," says Judy Waxman, the vice president for health and reproductive rights at the National Women's Law Center. "In 2004, we could not find any group—the National Right to Life Committee, the Bush campaign, anyone—that would go on the record to say they're opposed to birth control," adds Elizabeth Shipp, the political director for NARAL Pro-Choice America. "We couldn't find them in 2006 either, and in 2008 it was just fringe groups. In 2010, 2011, and this year, it's just exploded."

The first sign of the new assault came last October, when Mississippi activists and congressional Republicans pushed legislation on the state and federal level, respectively, that would have treated zygotes—a.k.a. fertilized human eggs—as legal "persons." If the definition of legal personhood is changed so that it begins when sperm meets an egg, hormonal birth control or barrier devices that prevent zygotes from implanting in the uterine wall could become illegal, making using an IUD tantamount to murder. Yet some 40 percent of House Republicans and a quarter of their allies in the Senate back bills that would do just that.

That's not all. Earlier this year, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a rising conservative star who's considered a possible pick for the 2012 GOP vice-presidential nomination, introduced a bill that could cut off birth control access for millions of women by allowing even non-religious employers to refuse birth control coverage as long as they cite a religious reason. In other words, if your boss doesn't want to cover birth control in the company health plan because he says it would offend his religious beliefs, he wouldn't have to—even if his Cialis was still covered. Rubio's bill could also allow states to refuse to provide birth control through Medicaid, which provides family planning services to millions of poor women.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/republican-war-birth-control-contraception

Yeah, preachy, judgemental, and unreasonable.

Good points.

So you've been donating some time and energy to the Democrats, yeh? Working with OFA, helping your local politicians, etc?

If not, get on it! :)

I have, I am and I will.

Obama/Biden 2012

And so I vote you up :D

I've been working with OFA in Indiana. Better watchout all you teapublicans!

Obama/Biden 2012

Joe Donnelly for Senate!

All that rant, and yet no mention of Obama's "kill list"? Get a job-you won't have so much free time!

I can not understand how anyone would want another 4 years of the failure of Obama.

No net job gain.

Higher average gas prices

War on Babies

Immature blame game when things go wrong, and the quick pats on the back when something goes right.

This President is the worst catastrophe that America has ever suffered. No more of his failure.

Romney/ anybody would be better then Biden '12

LOL, the FR libs above are such idiots and fools. Obama has been CinC ever since jan 2009, any deaths since then are the democrats and as 13BVET pointed out you sure don't have a problem with a public kill list.

As far as controlling a womans body, I see you all have no problem with the democrats wanting to control everyones body.

Yep, Obama must have taught the right well when it comes to "My way or the highway" Who can forget obams pet declaring " Just sign it, it's good". If it was so good why is the SCOTUS reviewing key parts?

Repressing the vote?? LMAO! A photo ID is required to buy booze and smokes and the left thinks that voting isn't important enough to have the same consideration?

Americans first now claims that deficit spending was created by the republicans, how droll and how stupid on her part. History must never have been her strong point.

Romney on jobs, really AF you can't produce the links that prove your points that Mass. had a net lose of jobs during his administration as governor or that bain capital didn't create a net gain of jobs while he was CEO? How droll... At least we know that obama must be personally responsible for destroying the lives of 400 individuals, their families and solyndra suppliers when solyndra went belly up. That is if one believes your thoughts.

Where are the jobs AF? It must be such a chore for you to read what they actually said prior to the midterms. You know, have the government encourage growth rather than have obamas policy of creating thousands of new regulations and increased tax rates vs tax reform.

Thanks for the chuckle of the day, AF.

Hey American, where do you get off calling people idiots. I'm a liberal, and I don;t like being called an idiot! Got that, you stupid $%#%^*(. As for being stupid, I'm a college grad and a retired Marine. Did you ever get out of the eighth grade?

As far as his way or the highway, that seems to be the mantra of the Tea Party. And what about Mitch McConnell stating the primary job of the Teapublican Party is to get rid of Obama. That is really in the interest of the American people?

As for as repressing the vote, what is wrong with the way its being handlI guessed now. Voter fraud is extremely low, but the Teapublicans say things need to be changed. Sorry, but the ballot boxes aen't being stuffed, but will be with the changes the Teapublicans wan

I guess all of the deficit spending began in Jan. 2009. You are such an idiot. Did you forget the unfunded wars initialized by GWB?

There is plenty of evidence of Romney's failure to created jobs in Mass.

As far as jobs, isn't that what the Tea Party promised two years ago? Where are they? Tell me, I would really like to know.

esantaclaus, Did you post above mine between 2.0 and 2.6? Then I guess I didn't call you an idiot now did I?

With regards to your intelligence, being a college graduate or even a marine does not guarentee one the ability to think. Without denigrating our servicemen and women and their desire to serve the US I always considered basic training as the means to minimize independent thought and forge a unity of purpose. After basic, those bright enough to both think and preserve a unity of purpose advanced up the chain of command. Apparently you weren't one of them.

So obamas always threatening a veto if congress didn't pass what he wanted shouldn't be considered to be a "My way or the highway" attitude. As for the teaparty they didn't exist politically prior to the 2010 midterms. The republicans from 2009-2010, I find it amazing that obama and the democrats chose to ignore them, must be something about being 1 vote shy from a filibuster proof senate that gave them a sense of invulnerability. Interesting on how the American public responded in 2010. Both parties lost incumbents.

LOL, and not everyone underage goes out and buys tobacco and booze, yet an ID is still required. I had no problem with showing my photo ID when I voted in 2010, it was just a means of showing the validity of my right to vote within that precinct that day.

For a professed college grad you sure are ignorant or perhaps just stupid on public debt and their related deficits. America has always carried debt except for possibly a few years around 1840. So yes, republicans can hardly be viewed as the originators of deficits.

As for unfunded wars, yes it was lame of bush2 to not seek the revenues to pay for them. Then again, if your are indeed a college graduate the same can be said for any military conflict we became involved in. cWhat's your point? Did your marine commanders tell you to not respond to an unexpected attack until they were sure funding was paid for? Since our public debt has increased by about $5 trillion since obama took office, where is his accountability after all your reasoning suggests that it is appropriate for obama to do it, but not bush2.

Please do share with us the state of mass. dept of labor numbers for when romney took office and when he left. Do the numbers show an increase or decline? Surely as a college graduate you can do this simple task with the appropriate mass. state links.

How droll, don't you listen to obama? we are adding jobs every month. Isn't it amazing that with the DC gridlock between congress and the WH and no job bills by anyone that private sector job growth is going forward? Looks like what the right was saying in 2010 about keeping government out of the way of business during a recession is working. We may have beltway gridlock, but the private sector just keeps chugging along.

Obama offered us "hope and change" To bad he has shown us he can't deliver anything but blaming someone else. Of course with your college education you can enlighten us on any past potus who made as many excuses as obama for not moving us forward or for kicking the can down the road.

President
Barack Obama and his aides are considering a temporary cut in the Social
Security payroll tax — this time on the employers’ side. The potential new tax
break would be on top of a $111 billion cut in workers’ payroll taxes that took
effect in January.

It's a reminder that despite Republicans’ portrayal of
him as someone determined to raise taxes, Obama has a solid record as a tax
cutter since taking office.

The lame-duck deal with congressional Republicans which
he agreed to and signed into law last December cuts taxes by $374 billion this
year and by nearly $900 billion over 10 years.

And some of the provisions in that law benefit the
wealthy — like extending until the end of 2012 the low tax rates on dividends
and capital gains signed into law by George W. Bush.

1. Other political news of note

AP

Archive
of Palin emails online at msnbc.com

Updated 10
minutes ago 6/11/2011 1:06:42 AM +00:00 A
free, searchable, online archive of emails from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
is available through msnbc.com. Bill Dedman reports.

1. Obama's
   tax cutting in face of GOP criticism
2. Palin
   vs. the GOP establishment
3. Never-Ending
   Discussion: The week in review
4. NJ:
   Rick Perry's moment to step in 2012 field?

Of course, it wasn’t Obama’s preference to extend the current income tax
rates, with a 35 percent top rate, on upper-income people. He had to agree to
do that in order to get any deal at all in December.

Video:
Pa. congressman proposes penny tax debt plan (on this page)

Other provisions in that tax deal benefit people who live
from paycheck to paycheck — for example, an increase in the size of the child
tax credit for low-income workers.

Stimulus included tax cut

The 2009 stimulus, which Republicans love to deride, was
in fact a significant tax cutting bill. There were more than $300 billion in
tax breaks, preferences, and credits in that legislation — including the Making
Work Pay Credit which was essentially a big tax cut for workers earning less
than $75,000 and couples making less than $150,000 a year.

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And even though Obama’s fiscal year 2012 budget proposal,
unveiled last February, won’t be enacted into law, it stands as an official
statement of what he wants to do: increase taxes for those making above
$250,000, and enact major tax cuts for many people below that level.

The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center said in its analysis,
“Relative to current law, the entire package of (Obama FY 2012) proposals would
reduce taxes in 2013 for about three-quarters of all households and raise taxes
for about 6 percent … On average, taxes would drop an average of nearly $1,700
in 2013.”

Obama has come some distance from where he started in his
first budget blueprint in 2009, when he proposed a new $80 billion-a-year
greenhouse gas permit system that would operate like a tax. That idea died in
the Senate last year.

'Taxes have been lowered'

“In practice, taxes have been lowered during the president’s
term, and part of that has been at his behest, because the 2009 stimulus tax
cuts were something he wanted,” said Roberton Williams, a tax expert at the
nonpartisan Urban Institute in Washington.

Last December’s tax bill “was a compromise deal, but in
any case, he wanted to cut taxes below what they would have been this year, he
just would have been cutting them for 98 percent of the population, instead of
100 percent of the population,” Williams said.

Republicans, of course, will be quick to remind voters
that Obama has signed some significant tax increases, especially those
contained in last year’s health care overhaul. Most notably among them: a $210
billion increase over seven years in Medicare taxes on high-income people.

But with the exception of relatively trivial items like
the tax on indoor tanning (worth $200 million this year — practically pocket
change considering the $3.7 trillion federal budget), and small revenue raisers
like a tax on pharmaceutical firms (which will net $2 billion this year), most
increases in the overhaul will not take effect until 2013 at the earliest.

The penalty on people who choose to go without insurance
doesn’t take effect until 2014. And the tax on high-cost “Cadillac" health
plans isn’t scheduled to take effect until 2018.

Mostly — but not always — Obama has been true to his
stated belief: try to raise taxes on upper-income people and cut taxes for the
middle class and those below.

While that doesn’t fit the view of most budget hawks —
including those on the president’s own deficit reduction commission — that
almost everyone will need to pay higher taxes in order to avert a debt crisis,
it is his record.

Only half of us pay income taxes. We need to get that to 100%.
Obama has pumped up the national debt to $15. We can not possibly ever pay that.

22% of us are retired...how much are those freeloaders underpaying?

Man the Barricades! And after I take a dump in your park, would you please pay off my student loans?

Hey esantaclaus--

You're a Jarhead AND an Idiot. Bully for you.

No one wants to take a swing at how much all those retired losers should pay in taxes?

Oh, I'm sorry, Conservativeland is a fact-free zone.

Obama aligned groups have almost spent as much as Romney aligned and he is running unopposed. Guess it didn't help much when he almost lost to a felon, uncommitted (anyone but Obama), and an unknown Democrat.

Yeah....in west virginia (wher he won't spend a dime), arkansas (where he won't spend a dime) and tennessee (where he won't spend a dime).

Err...one would almost think that Obama isn't even going to try with those 3 states because he has no intention of winning them.

And, shocker, they didn't vote for him.

OHMYGOSH CALL THE PRESS!

...I think the more serious issue is that Romney could only hit 67% in AK and TN.

ABR?

Does the "Rich" also include the likes of George Soros, The Kennedy's, John Kerry, Hollywood's Liberals-the list goes on, and on. How many "poor" Democrat politicians do you know? Please name just one.

There's no doubt that Democrat politicians have gotten rich, too. Heck, just their salary is well into the six figures, with tons of other benefits. Your point being?

Your list omits my person favorite, John Corsize...no way that wouldn't be splashed all over MSN were he a crony of a Republican president. What a joke...

JFK-2112 - you really are one sick person. Let's see, less than 3% of the money for Planned Parenthood goes toward abortion. The rest is spent on women and children's health issues. But, we all know how you hate women and children!

right after they show the video of the starving old people, who were cut off from SS & Medicare when the Ryan budget kicks in.

You mean that were cut off of social security because it wasn't reformed and will run out in less than 20 years.

And by all means JFK, we need a video of children not getting proper nutrition, health care or early childhood development.

Oh, and a video of all the kids left without a parent due to that Iraq war thing!

Those are the videos I'd like to see.

TeaPeople like to pretend caring about the UNBORN.......not the BORN!

somebody has to care for the unborn, they have no voice.

Just the fact, How about a video of Illinois legislature passing medicare cuts last week throwing Grandma over a cliff and putting autistic kids on the street after their largest tax increase in history did not solve their spending problem.

Whatever happend to the 'personal responsibility' thing, small government, blah, blah...Last I heard, abortion is legal. I'm sure no woman makes that decision without thought.

somebody has to care for the unborn, they have no voice.

.....before caring for the born?

I would say I care for both equal, if all women thought abortion was a good idea, there would be no born to worry about. Keep hating!!

if all women thought abortion was a good idea,

It is not about good vs bad idea........

It is about a womans' right to choose based on her own situation/circumstances.

Planned Parenthood has probably prevented more abortions last year, than the Right to Life movement has in their whole existence..........

Obama/Biden 2012

Such a vague statement from you .... "yada yada yada HAS PROBABLY ...... yada yada yada some more.

Care to provide some evidence or support for your vague assertion ?

Care to provide some evidence or support for your vague assertion ?

No, but good family planning that PP offers prevents more unwanted pregnancies than spending all your time whining about killing fetus's. Seems to make sense. Or, we can overturn Roe v Wade and just go back to the "Coat hanger" method of birth control

Support Planned Parenthood!

Obama/Biden 2012

So you CANNOT back up your vague assertion .... I did not think so ! Lots of words from you, no proof.

Hey "Slingblade" Commen sense is my assertion, and common sense usually wins the day, unless you're dealing with a RWNJ. Then anything goes.

Common sense and Democrats are two words that do not get a long together.

GT, Go ahead and support PP, cut them a check today and encourage your friends to do so as well.

Last I saw of their annual statement they only receive 7% of their revenue directly from the federal government outside of medicare/medicaid reimbursements. For a discretionary program and at just 7% funding, the government needs to just eliminate funding to it completely. After all, all you and others would need to do is start giving your "fair share" of support to PP. 7% isn't that much to make up from the private sector. That is of course if you really do support PP. Just think, then that 7% government savings could be used as a means to pay (in part) the interest payments on public debt. Heck GT it might even be a tax right off.

Stop Funding Alec completely!Stop Funding CrossRoads Completely!!! Stop Funding Republicans Forever!!!

PP is the largest provider of abortions in the US. 300,000 in 2009. Anyone not staggered by that number is @!$%#ed up.

The fact that abortions only represent 3% of their budget simply indicates depth of their pockets.

And it's perfectly legal. I can't help it you have a problem with that.

Then I'm a fool, but I guess I was a fool before also when I voted for Obama.

We all make mistakes (especially Obama), but the difference between you and Obama, is that you understand the Law of Navigation (and unfortunately, Obama doesn't). Look at your mistakes and correct them in the future. Good for you CC...Anyone that thinks they can tell you what is in your best interest (and thinks they know better for you) is a manipulating piece of @!$%#.

concern citizen- makes me a fool too.

concerned citizen; sorry I don't believe you. especially when you show your conservative talking points. example your avatar.

Please keep in mind, if in fact President Obama is the "worst president ever". what does that make w? Again, I really don't expect anything different from conservatives like you. lies, distortion, selective memory......

To Chis@slc,

I could care a rat's a-- what you believe or don't believe. I don't have to believe you either and with friends like the ones you have, tells it all. Look, you can ask your friends, but I did vote for Obama the first time because I like the hope and change that he ran on. I'm a female/black/Hispanic that does not feel threaten by you or anyone else. I also voted for him because it was time to get representation of a Black or Woman in the House.

I would have like Hillary better and so would other Independents like me. I did not like Nutt, Paul, or Michelle, Rick (forget it) and the rest. I do believe that Mitt is really middle of the road, business save, and he also governed. He seems to be a good family man. We will have a tight race. As for my avatar, I wanted to show how disappointed and let down I have been for the last 2 years. Comprendes little Chis.

only an ignorant moron would play the "worst president ever" BS

So pottsie, the next time we hear Democrats attacking Bush, saying he was the worst President ever .... we can all tell them they are "ignorant morons" because gpotts-1106111 SAID SO !!!

gpotts, I would have to agree. Someone like Concern Citizen-856329 is FULL BS.

Jim, excellent point...

Concern Citizen, very nice rebuttal. Chris and gpotsi must enjoy trying to play the bully, I am sure obama would be so impressed.

American,

You know...all that talk about Romney being a bully? Gee...it turns out we have our own batch here...they just bully people with words...

JK, I know... but it is still important to point it out on their double standards.

I wasn't the perfection of humanity when I was romney's age at the time of his descretion, but people do change and usually for the better. Regardless, have you ever met a teenager or someone in their 20's who didn't think they knew everything or even that they weren't right?

Yepper, I don't see them turning away the ads. General elections must be for them like Christmas is for retailers.

Didn't know you needed a prescription for a rubber. Its called personal responsibility...

Amen, JFK. Tell that to my brother, who has 7 children and won't wear one. Neither will he get a vasectomy. And his wife has tried using various methods--obviously with varying degrees of success. Both of them are responsible, but it's a lot easier for a guy--just put on a condom. Women usually have to take something that messes with their hormones.

In any case, anything we can do to make contraception more available, less expensive, etc. will help with reducing unwanted pregnancies and thus, abortions--right?

(I would say: "Put your money where your mouth is" here except it might sound a little creepy.)

Bethie - you're arguing with a rock. Don't bother. Since making a decision about having a child is something JFK will never do, just give it up. He doesn't care about the children going to bed hungry or those who have no bed to go to - through no fault of their own. He just wants more and more of them. And, what does he propose for the men who fathered these children? Nothing. Just high fives to the boys!

Seeking Sanity, too funny. Not only have I had a vasectomy, I have also had it successfully reversed. So tell me Sanity, how much money do you give to charity? The Church? Foreign Countries like Somalia? Of course you haven't, not your responsibility...its the Governments, because you care so much!!!

Actually I give quite a bit to charities including Doctors without Borders. I give to groups that help locally and I also give my time at least once a month. What else ya got?

SS--you've got a point there; he's completely ignored my point about contraception availability helping to limit abortions.

In my opinion, we need both private charities and publicly funded agencies to help provide adequate health services to women.

Bethie - Tell us again on how a condom is not an effective form of contraception? Doesn't PP pass them out?

Your wish list is very telling and compassionate, but you are suggesting that only government is capable of controlling humanity and/or protecting us from them. JFK's point goes to the heart of the matter, individual responsibility is the key, not governmental control.

Read my posts again, American. I think condoms work great--if worn! My point is that many men, including my brother, refuse to wear them! Then it is all on the woman to protect herself from getting pregnant. I don't think it is the government's responsibility to provide contraception--please read what I said carefully. I do think that making contraception more accessible (less expensive, covered by insurance when applicable, etc.) is a good idea, especially if one is concerned about lowering the number of unintended pregnancies and abortions.

If you want to prevent abortions, just making it against the law is not going to work. Some desparate women may turn to unsafe methods to terminate their pregnancies. Wealthy women will fund a black market for them. I truly feel that the key to reducing them is to make sure women have access to health care; in addition, charities need to step up their efforts to provide alternatives (ways to help women keep their babies or give them up for adoption). Public agencies like PP help by providing some annual exams and some contraception at a low cost.

I totally agree on the point of personal responsibility--but the point I was making to JFK was that if one wants to spend money to try to reduce abortions, investing in charities/health clinics is much more effective than making scary films.

Bobby, Most of the Liberals and Obama have NO MORALS!!! Obort babies, men marrying men , etc. When Obama says he went to all 57 states, called a Navy Corpsman a Corpse man, said he didn't speak "Austrian" and lied about his mother not having insurance and when a book was written about his mother the author found out she was FULLY COVERED by her employer and the WH was called and they said they could NOT deny it. Google "Obama Lies" and he has over 50!! I don't believe anything this man says and very little what he does. We can send this Saul Alinsky loving Socialist back to Chicago in Nov. and he can sign up and get his Progressive/Marxist card he carried in the 1990's back!!!

RcTx3 - what a joke coming from the totally amoral GOP. You have no integrity or intelligence and it shows. We will be sending Romney back to wherever it is he calls home in November. Then maybe you guys will crawl back under your rocks. The snakes miss you!

Now attacking the intelligence AND the integrity of another poster ! Then you have the audacity to reference snakes ..... you who pour out so much venom !! LOL !!!

The poster you attack is making comments about Obama and certain "issues" that might be related to Planned Parenthood. You are simply unable or unwilling to "debate the issues", resorting instead to another personal attack.

Do you ever git tired of all the personal attacks ?

Jim, how can she be tired? she draws strength from fiesty, bev and americans first.

UAW - You poor "SHORT, FAT, WHITE BALD GUY". You need to keep a hat on that fat bald head of yours, because think the sun is getting to you. "LOL"

Good advice GT! :)

I agree. That's why we're voting Obummer out in 2012.

ANYONE BUT OBAMA IN 2012. DO IT FOR YOUR KIDS.

The only thing surprising about this story is that you heard about it. Had it been Bush, it would have made the late-night circuit, SNL, The Daily Show, etc. Don't tell me we don't have a liberal media bias. I'm no fan of Fox News, but at least they don't hide their agenda.

Plus, it's easy to target, cuz it's the only high-profile conservative source out there.

Being a Lib is a walk in the park. One of the gang...no scrutiny...no responsibility. Plus, all the cool kids are Libs!

who said they were against women's access to health care? You are not honest. Republicans do not approve of federal funding to PPH because the are perform millions of abortions a year. Not to get rid of PPH but just to not send federal tax dollars to it.

You and the rest of the liars need to get it straight.....NO ONE IS LIMITING ANYTHING....you libbys can send your entire pay check to PPH and fund the baby killing machine all you want.

What war on women?

When your next installment? I so love contemporary fiction.