I just received an e-mail with this brilliant plan to show Sarah Palin how the majority feels about her stance on sex ed, etc...Basically, go to http://www.plannedparenthood.
The minimum donation is $5, which I think is WELL worth the message (and laugh). You can spend $5 on a drink at a bar tonight, or you can join hopefully thousands of others who receive this message and send a very poignant message to Sarah Palin and the rest of the backward thinking fools at McCain headquarters (not to mention supporting a good cause)!
And on top of that, the joke is tax deductible!!
Awesome.
Below is the e-mail I received.
Dear Friends,
Many of us have wanted a woman on a national political ticket for
years, but the joke now seems to be on us. Sarah Palin not only
opposes reproductive rights, but is also against sex education in
schools and cut financial support for single mothers in Alaska.
Some of you may already be supporting the Obama campaign financially,
but if you are furious (and terrified) by the Republican party's
selection of Sarah Palin as the VP on McCain's ticket and want to do
more, may I pass along the following fiendishly brilliant idea?
Make a donation to Planned Parenthood. In Sarah Palin's name.
Regardless of the amount you give, when you make a donation to PP in
her name, they'll send her a card telling her that a donation has
been made in her honor. It might not change the election, but it will
support an important organization, as well as help make our voices
heard. (And even if this idea was cooked up by a PP person -- I don't
care!)
If you want to help, go to the Planned Parenthood website:
http://www.plannedparenthood.org .
During the process be sure to check "make honorary or memorial gift,"
and then fill in the name of the person you want to "honor." (Might I
suggest Sarah Palin?) Then fill in the address to let Planned
Parenthood know where to send the Thank You card. If you use the
address for the McCain campaign headquarters, I think they'll get the
message.
McCain's headquarters address:
McCain for President
1235 S. Clark Street
1st Floor
Arlington, VA 22202
Please send this along to all your friends and urge them to do the same.
If you're not convinced this is a good idea, maybe follow this link and read the article there. It seems while Palin was mayor, "the city of Wasilla had the most egregious policy against victims of rape in the state of Alaska, possibly the entire country. The rape kit, a set of items used by medical personnel for gathering and preserving physical evidence following a sexual assault, was charged to the victim. (note: step 6)"
Are you freaking kidding me?!
[update from Steve, Sept. 29, 2008]
Hey! A friend of mine works at Planned Parenthood and I was talking
to her about the Palin donation plan that you'd forwarded to me.
Apparently it is working.
"So far, the scheme seems to be getting a strong response. As of
Friday, Planned Parenthood had taken in $802,678 in donations from
31,313 people, said a spokesman for the organization, Tait Sye. More
than two-thirds of the individuals are first-time donors to Planned
Parenthood, Mr. Sye said, and money came in from all 50 states."--from today's New York Times
5 comments:
Thanks for this valuable information on Sarah. I was undecided, now I am sure who I will vote for: Sarah!
So sad that there are people like you (hiding behind your anonymity) that would vote to actually take rights AWAY from people. This is a woman who has point blank said that she thinks abortion is wrong even in cases of incest and rape. What this means is that she would force a girl who has been raped by her father to bear the child.
This is the kind of INSANE backward thinking you are supporting.
So sad.
man you need to get a life...oh wait I suppose you're too busy taking other's lives to worry about your own. Do all of us health care providers a favor and stay out of our field.
I agree with the above statement. It's pathetic that while so many doctors and nurses are working to SAVE lives 24/7 (I do not consider people who perform abortions doctors or nurses, they do not abide by primum non nocere, thus do not deserve the name of a doctor or nurse), people like you come along and support a HOMICIDE that takes place daily. That is truly "so sad".
I only hope that if either of you are faced with the horrible decision of having to terminate a pregnancy you are presented with the comforts and benefits of a health care system that provides safe and sanitary options. There are so many cases where families who have made all the right decisions still have to face the grim choice of termination a pregnancy because of serious medical concerns.
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