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Tag: Palin

A Win Win for conservatives

By Lex Rex, Section News
Posted on Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 09:11:39 PM EST
Tags: Jay Riemermsa, Congress, Palin, Conservative, Going Rogue, Republican, Politico.com, Ben Smith, Grand Rapids Press (all tags)

Jay Riemersma announced this morning he's giving away a signed copy of Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, to the 85th online donor of $10 and up.

Then the story got picked up by Politico and the GR Press. Smart play all around.

I'd encourage right Michigan readers to support this strong conservative candidate for Congress, and get a chance at an autographed copy of Going Rogue. Just be sure to let me know if you're number 84...I've still got a few names on my Christmas list that would love this book. You can donate here.

From the Riemersma campaign via email this morning:

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News you can use: parents of disabled children feel enriched

By Theblogprof, Section News
Posted on Fri Oct 23, 2009 at 08:14:49 AM EST
Tags: abortion, Palin (all tags)

One of the more ghoulish arguments for abortion is that children deemed in utero to be unable to live a "normal" life shouldn't be allowed to live. This includes diagnoses for especially Down syndrome, and also for other conditions such as spina bifida, anencephaly, Klinefelter or Turner's syndrome, and the list goes on and on. This is becoming the new form of eugenics where those deemed "undesirable" are simply terminated. Recall that Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger (or am I thinking Ruth Bader Ginsburg?), a true disciple of Molech, was a eugenics supporter and started her organization for the express purpose of killing off minorities. Especially black people. That continues to this day as Planned Parenthood butcher shops are propped up not in well-off suburbs but rather minority urban settings. Abortions based on defects, no matter the uncertainty (not that that matters anyway), is being mainstreamed by pro-aborts as "compassionate." Nothing could be further from the truth. Here are the abortion rates for babies diagnosed in utero with the following:

Down syndrome: 90%
Spina bifida: 70%
anencephaly: 80%
Klinefelter or Turner's syndrome: 58%

One of my childhood friends has had a baby with Down syndrome a few years back now. Initially, it was devastating to them. But the baby girl is 6 years old now and is nothing short of a joy to be around. She has, by their own admission, enriched their lives. In fact, one of the secrets that pro-aborts don't want you to know is that children with disabilities tend to enrich the lives of parents far more than they burden them. Last week, I wrote a post about Rick and Dick Hoyt, who do marathons together with one caveat...

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