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Does the base know about this? Romney raises $$ at home of "morning after" pill exec

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Mitt Romney raising money at home of 'morning-after pill' exec - CSMonitor.com


Mitt has bent over backwards to pretend he's a "severe conservative" and has publicly backed so-called "personhood" bills and other measures designed to whip the anti-abortion base into line.

What will happen when they get wind of this? Is it another flip-flop? A deceit?

Can't be good for Mitt.



Mitt Romney is criss-crossing Florida Wednesday and Thursday, mostly for routine fundraisers. But one event Wednesday evening has caught the attention of activists on both sides of the abortion debate: a $50,000-a-plate dinner at the Miami home of a pharmaceutical executive whose company makes a kind of “morning-after pill.”

The pill, called Plan B One-Step, is produced by Teva Pharmaceuticals – and it is Teva’s chairman, Phil Frost, and his wife who are hosting the Romney fundraiser at their home on Miami’s exclusive Star Island. Anti-abortion activists sometimes refer to emergency contraception as “abortive pills,” a phrase Romney has used. Planned Parenthood says this characterization is false. ​
 
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They're really scraping the bottom of the barrel, aren't they?
 
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tessaesque said:
They're really scraping the bottom of the barrel, aren't they?
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Only if the pill doesn't work. ;)
 
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AdamT said:
Only if the pill doesn't work. ;)
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I actually cringed. Then I laughed.
 
Re: Does the base know about this? Romney raises $$ at home of "morning after" pill

Well, I wouldn't be surprised if the Republican base gets heartburn over this, just as I'm not surprised that Obama's Democratic base doesn't get heartburn over his similar hypocrisy.
 
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In addition to Plan B, Teva also makes several medications that (most people would say) benefit society greatly....like treatments for MS, Parkinson's, and cancer treatments.

I just don't see the controversy here.
 
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leftofabbie said:
Oh, they do, they do.
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Really?

I didn't see that in my thread on the topic.
 
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Mycroft said:
Really?

I didn't see that in my thread on the topic.
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Well, you need more than one for any disagreement to be played out on a web site. Perhaps one or fewer libs visited your thread. Is there a link?
 
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leftofabbie said:
Well, you need more than one for any disagreement to be played out on a web site. Perhaps one or fewer libs visited your thread. Is there a link?
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Here's the link: http://www.debatepolitics.com/gener.../126118-perfect-example-obamas-hypocrisy.html

What's actually remarkable is that conservatives supported Obama's hypocrisy...somewhat...while the forum liberals and progressives stayed away. Now, I don't blame them for that...since it's hard to defend Obama's hypocrisy and they can't use the usual "but Bush/Republicans do it too" comeback. Until now, that is.

Anyway, my thread doesn't support your contention.
 
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another thread... its gotta be record....
 
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Money talks ideology walks. We seriously need campaign finance reform...
 
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Wait...are we trying to say that Romney somehow tacitly endorses the use of Plan B because a guy who hosted a fund raiser for him is high up in a Pharm firm that makes Plan B (and a wealth of other drugs, including those for BPD, Schizophrenia, and AIDS maintenance)??

Because then I'd have to say we must assume Obama tacitly endorses anti-American, anti-white sentiments from his former pastor and anti-american, terrorist sentiments from Bill Ayers, and must tacitly endorse tax evasion given his cabinet appointments, etc., etc., etc.

But what's that you say? Those people don't necessarily reflect on Obama's views, and perhaps his association with them didn't involve all that nasty stuff?

I see.
 
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holy double post, batman.
 
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Mycroft said:
Here's the link: http://www.debatepolitics.com/gener.../126118-perfect-example-obamas-hypocrisy.html

What's actually remarkable is that conservatives supported Obama's hypocrisy...somewhat...why the forum liberals and progressives stayed away. Now, I don't blame them for that...since it's hard to defend Obama's hypocrisy and they can't use the usual "but Bush/Republicans do it too" comeback. Until now, that is.

Anyway, my thread doesn't support your contention.
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Actually, it does. There is one self-identified socialist on the thread and he agrees that there's hypocrisy on both sides (Quote: "Welcome to US politics!")

There's also one self-identified communist. Of the socialist agreeing, he asks "why wouldn't he".

Neither argued that hypocrisy doesn't exist on the left.
 
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leftofabbie said:
Actually, it does. There is one self-identified socialist on the thread and he agrees that there's hypocrisy on both sides (Quote: "Welcome to US politics!")

There's also one self-identified communist. Of the socialist agreeing, he asks "why wouldn't he".

Neither argued that hypocrisy doesn't exist on the left.
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The point is...those were the only two. We have a boatload of Obama supporters on this forum. The huge majority of them didn't comment. So my questioning of your contention stands. But, hey...maybe this forum is not a good representation of Obama supporters. Maybe you could find some other source of his supporters getting heartburn over his hypocrisy?
 
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Mycroft said:
The point is...those were the only two. We have a boatload of Obama supporters on this forum. The huge majority of them didn't comment. So my questioning of your contention stands. But, hey...maybe this forum is not a good representation of Obama supporters. Maybe you could find some other source of his supporters getting heartburn over his hypocrisy?
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Thanks for your response. I see a lot of not just heartburn, but genuine outrage, over the NDAA, marijuana, drones and other issues.
 
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leftofabbie said:
Thanks for your response. I see a lot of not just heartburn, but genuine outrage, over the NDAA, marijuana, drones and other issues.
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Well, that's cool and all, but those issues really bear no relation to the issue in this, your thread, or in my thread...which are very similar.
 
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leftofabbie said:
Mitt Romney raising money at home of 'morning-after pill' exec - CSMonitor.com


Mitt has bent over backwards to pretend he's a "severe conservative" and has publicly backed so-called "personhood" bills and other measures designed to whip the anti-abortion base into line.

What will happen when they get wind of this? Is it another flip-flop? A deceit?

Can't be good for Mitt.



Mitt Romney is criss-crossing Florida Wednesday and Thursday, mostly for routine fundraisers. But one event Wednesday evening has caught the attention of activists on both sides of the abortion debate: a $50,000-a-plate dinner at the Miami home of a pharmaceutical executive whose company makes a kind of “morning-after pill.”

The pill, called Plan B One-Step, is produced by Teva Pharmaceuticals – and it is Teva’s chairman, Phil Frost, and his wife who are hosting the Romney fundraiser at their home on Miami’s exclusive Star Island. Anti-abortion activists sometimes refer to emergency contraception as “abortive pills,” a phrase Romney has used. Planned Parenthood says this characterization is false. ​
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Romney will shake his Etch-A-Sketch to make this disappear.
 
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Travis007 said:
another thread... its gotta be record....
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Moderator's Warning:
If you dislike the thread don't post in it, simple.


leftofabbie said:
Still afraid you'll catch the gay if you watch Maddow?
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Troll and bait again and you may find yourself removed from your own thread
 
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This is humerous - I mean, truly laughable.

Who gives a **** about political record and how certain views might affect the nation and the world - hell - let's criticise the fundraising venue. :roll: Seriously people? That's all there is to say, hmm?
 
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leftofabbie said:
Mitt Romney raising money at home of 'morning-after pill' exec - CSMonitor.com


Mitt has bent over backwards to pretend he's a "severe conservative" and has publicly backed so-called "personhood" bills and other measures designed to whip the anti-abortion base into line.

What will happen when they get wind of this? Is it another flip-flop? A deceit?

Can't be good for Mitt.



Mitt Romney is criss-crossing Florida Wednesday and Thursday, mostly for routine fundraisers. But one event Wednesday evening has caught the attention of activists on both sides of the abortion debate: a $50,000-a-plate dinner at the Miami home of a pharmaceutical executive whose company makes a kind of “morning-after pill.”

The pill, called Plan B One-Step, is produced by Teva Pharmaceuticals – and it is Teva’s chairman, Phil Frost, and his wife who are hosting the Romney fundraiser at their home on Miami’s exclusive Star Island. Anti-abortion activists sometimes refer to emergency contraception as “abortive pills,” a phrase Romney has used. Planned Parenthood says this characterization is false. ​
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From what I understand the morning after pill prevents conception, it does not terminate a conception.This would be no different than using birth control pills,sponges,condoms and any other male and female prophylactics. So this would not be hypocritical for someone who claims to be pro-life to raise money at the home of a morning after pill executive.

Now if it was at the home of the RU-486 or abortion pill executive that would make him a hypocrite. It would amount to taking dirty money. If Romney believed that the morning after pill is the same as RU-486 then that would make him a hypocrite for actually being at the fund raiser of a morning after pill executive.It would still amount to taking dirty money.

But if you actually knew any thing about Romney. Then you would know what makes Romney a hypocrite on the issue of abortion is his appointment of liberal judges and his own words stating he supports abortion. Die-hard party-tards who always vote republican don't care if he is not really that ideologically different than Obama, just like die hard party-tards who always vote democrat don't really care what Obama does or what he is hypocritical on.
 
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jamesrage said:
From what I understand the morning after pill prevents conception, it does not terminate a conception.This would be no different than using birth control pills,sponges,condoms and any other male and female prophylactics. So this would not be hypocritical for someone who claims to be pro-life to raise money at the home of a morning after pill executive.
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Unclear. Recent evidence suggests that some morning-after pills don't prevent implantation, but it's unproven. Another kind of morning-after pill can induce abortion after implantation. Emergency contraception - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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