Breaking News On Keith Olbermann "Romney said: Planned Parenthood We are going to get rid of that

[Justice wanted]

along with Am Trak National Endowment of the arts etc

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Peanuts to deal with the deficit

If he said Defense I'd haf way pay attention.

(Oh and I forgot pp that's playing to the ideological base)

[lordcommander]

2. Election over

You might as well give the election to the President.

[southernyankeebelle]

9. Women are going to show up at the polls in droves. Republicans won't know what hit them.

We democratics can't sit on our butts. But honestly I think President Obama is going to get reelected. Of course we know republicans cheat at the polls.

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. They'll know when Obama reads them their last rites in November

Women will turn out en masse to rebuke these fools.

[southernyankeebelle]

13. You are so right. I wouldn't be surprised even wives of republican politicans won't vote for their

husbands. They won't have an idea because they can't go into the booth.

[niyad]

3. didn't mittens say he wanted to eliminate planned parenthood months ago?

[Justice wanted]

4. I'm not sure about that BUT Keith showed the footage of the interview with him saying those

words.

[kepler88]

5. romney romney romney...

he's gonna get rid of obama care and planned parenthood.. lets just cut all health care, welfare and any social care we got while you are at it.. does he just want to fuck over the general public or what..?

[indepat]

6. Copy that and add: further enrich the already uber-wealthy

[TBF]

12. I think he pretty much just wants to be president -

it's the only thing his money hasn't bought him so far. He will say whatever he thinks will get him there.

[Auntie Bush]

14. He wants to F**K over the people and give it all to his rich friends.

How that kind of a platform can win an election is beyond me.

[Ian David]

18. Welcome to DU. What's the significance of the "88" at the end of your name? n/t

[Dawson Leery]

7. Obama's greatest asset is a horrific Republican field.

[Glimmer of Hope]

16. Yep - And they are just feeding Obama's team some juicy ad material.

[Raine]

8. I think I'll vote for Sanctimonium since I'm in CA and can

cross party lines. Everyone KNOWS Santimonium is a nut but Rmoney tries to fly under the radar, Obama will make mincemeat out of little Rickie.

[zappaman]

11. Me and you both, my friend. n/t

[wiggs]

15. I'm beginning to catch on to the point Lakoff makes about the purpose of this kind of talk that

seems to be suicidal for candidates. On the surface, one might say their extremism is some kind of modified southern strategy wherein they will give up the women who see value in planned parenthood because they weren't as likely to vote RW anyway and going to a cultural values battle will help fundraise and will motivate volunteers and voters. And there may be something to that.

But I think one of Lakoff's points is that four years ago no one thought there was a problem/issue with planned parenthood or with birth control or with religious freedom. There simply wasn't two sides of the coin then. Now, it's an issue....and you have pundits weighing in on both sides and debating this and that aspect. The conversation ion has been pulled to the right. And moving the center may mean that this candidate or that one will fall on his sword on election day for being too extreme...but he's clearing the way for more extreme discussion down the road, when today's radical candidate finds himself in a more acceptable election position.

And hasn't this happened over and over? Who could have thought that torture would actually be a debatable issue? Or preventative war? Or the loss of habeus corpus? Or that teachers, union workers, or postal workers would be demonized? That some of the most successful social safety net programs in our history would be commonly perceived as not worthwhile or even evil? Or a congressman calling a president a liar during a POTUS speech?? All these things, and more, have happened...are now part of national discourse...have cleared the way for more and more insane positions that ignore science, public opinion, truth, honesty, and reality.

Rachel has done some interesting pieces on this, tracking the rightward movement of our politicians on the left and right.

See much more at:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/santorum-strategy_b_1338708.html

[nobodyspecial]

17. Planned Parenthood is NOT a government agency

so I don't see how they get rid of it. Are they going to outlaw it? They can pull any remaining funding, but that would just hinder it, not shut it down. I have a feeling many would try to help fill the void to see that important services are provided.