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Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#101626: Sep 22nd 2015 at 6:09:34 AM

[up]Considering how much they hate planned parenthood, that's really saying something.

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#101627: Sep 22nd 2015 at 6:22:41 AM

Managing to make the hyena sick kind of points out the poisonous wrongness of what you're peddling.

BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#101628: Sep 22nd 2015 at 7:39:10 AM

@ironballs

I don't know if I am wrong but the last poll that had Walker as frontrunner was a june 14 poll by Public Policy Polling. This poll was a fluke though, it seems.

Even then he was always within margin of error of other candidates and the only time he really seemed to have a "lead" was back in April, a narrow lead at that.

EDIT: Also another Poll "Morning Consultant" has Fiorina at 6%. Fiorina's numbers are all over the place ranging from 22% to 6|%

edited 22nd Sep '15 7:49:12 AM by BAFFU

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#101629: Sep 22nd 2015 at 7:48:25 AM

Fiorina sounds cracked whenever it gets to Planned Parenthood, but she knows how to get in front of other issues in such a way that kinda bitchslaps the rest of the GOP candidates. For example, the "Muslim issue".

She's taking advantage of the others hesitation/equivocation. If the others catch on, then she's in trouble (assuming they can debate worth a damn anyway).

edited 22nd Sep '15 7:49:10 AM by FFShinra

BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#101630: Sep 22nd 2015 at 7:49:56 AM

yea.

Like when she said Planned Parenthood harvest the brains of live babies.

BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#101631: Sep 22nd 2015 at 7:53:51 AM

You Tube is blocked here at work, so what does the video say? I'd be impressed if Fox News really did say that Fiorina was full of crap about Planned Parenthood, considering that even if all the rest of the media was pointing out falsehoods, the Fox crowd would just simply dismiss it out of hand as "media bias" and refuse to listen.

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#101632: Sep 22nd 2015 at 8:15:25 AM

[up]

Her claim was that the video showed a live fetus being harvested for organs (feet kicking, signs of mental activity, etc.), while the video in question has someone merely describing having seen it, which is a pretty massive difference.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#101633: Sep 22nd 2015 at 8:19:59 AM

Haven't seen it myself (not that I'd care to, touches my squick factor a wee bit too much), but according to some nursing acquaintances, the video being hyped is something like footage of a too-premature-to-survive-baby taken for med student purposes or something, and it's being passed off as a "post birth abortion/organ harvesting" video by some shady Pro-Life groups.

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#101634: Sep 22nd 2015 at 8:34:39 AM

I know there have been quite a few organ harvesting cases for babies with Anencephaly or similar conditions where the mothers will carry the child as long as they can in hopes that they can save someone else's baby with the child's organs. That results in very similar scenarios, but not out of malice, but of love.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#101635: Sep 22nd 2015 at 8:37:34 AM

Fox pretty much said that every fact checker out there has said she's wrong about the contents of the video, she says that they are wrong and haven't seen it. Fox then asks her about all the stuff other than abortions that are part of Planned Parenthood (actually showing how little of what Planned Parenthood does is abortions, with it being shown to largely be stuff like cancer screenings and STD/STI checks) and if they should be de-funded (she says no, but doesn't explain how they would be kept if Planned Parenthood was de-funded). Finally they said that the leader of the biggest pro-life group has said that they need a pro-life President and that shutting down the government over planned parenthood will hurt that by getting everyone who doesn't want the goverment shut down (about 80% of Americans I think) angry at the pro-life candidate.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#101636: Sep 22nd 2015 at 8:40:02 AM

well CNN says her statement was half true.

Because, you know. Balance!

edited 22nd Sep '15 8:40:12 AM by BAFFU

JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#101637: Sep 22nd 2015 at 8:40:41 AM

[up][up][up] That makes it even worse, though it does exonerate planed parenthood. At least let the poor thing die in comfort before you harvest it's organs, which you should do because it can save lives.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#101638: Sep 22nd 2015 at 8:42:46 AM

Yes, but you need to hook the baby up to some sort of sustaining measures because organs decay very quickly after death. It doesn't help the baby live longer in most of these cases, but it does keep the organs healthier so other babies can live.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
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Mopman43 Since: Nov, 2013
#101641: Sep 22nd 2015 at 8:50:13 AM

On a somewhat related note, when I went to look at the video, the youtube advertisement proceeding it advertised a coin for sale. The Obombie, with the urban dictionary definition on the back, and the video itself seems rather apocalyptic in style.

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#101643: Sep 22nd 2015 at 9:12:20 AM

I heard Planned Parenthood only performs live abortions and vivisections when they are offering smoking, writhing, bloody paeans to their lord and master Satan every 6th day of a 6th month of a 6th year.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#101644: Sep 22nd 2015 at 9:12:21 AM

[up]X4 Golden Mean Fallacy in action is it not?

edited 22nd Sep '15 9:12:40 AM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#101645: Sep 22nd 2015 at 9:17:31 AM

I googled that Obombie thing- seems to be some kind of silver coin implying that Obama is the Antichrist.

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#101646: Sep 22nd 2015 at 9:22:19 AM

[up] I thought Pope Francis was the Antichrist?

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
Mopman43 Since: Nov, 2013
#101648: Sep 22nd 2015 at 9:25:36 AM

They both are. And who says conservatives can't be generous?

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#101649: Sep 22nd 2015 at 9:28:07 AM

Colbert grills Cruz. Haven't seen it, but the article described it blow for blow, and it sounded glorious.

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#101650: Sep 22nd 2015 at 9:28:16 AM

[up][up][up][up]The bible never said there had to be just onetongue

But what would the plural be?

edited 22nd Sep '15 9:28:36 AM by Skycobra51

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