{"id":4072,"date":"2005-08-11T11:34:03","date_gmt":"2005-08-11T11:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/from-a-readeri-was-reading.html"},"modified":"2005-08-11T11:34:03","modified_gmt":"2005-08-11T11:34:03","slug":"from-a-readeri-was-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/from-a-readeri-was-reading.html","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

From a reader:<\/p>\n

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I was reading the NYTimes story linked on Drudge in re: the NARAL ad
attacking John Roberts. I saw this and noticed something funny:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(More after the jump because cutting and pasting made the spacing all weird and I don’t have time to fix it.)<\/p>\n

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\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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<beg>
Within the larger liberal coalition of which Naral is a part, there was
considerable uneasiness about the advertisement, although leaders of
other groups generally refused to speak on the record. One who did,
Frances Kissling, the longtime president of Catholics for a Free Choice,
said she was "deeply upset and offended" by the advertisement, which she
called "far too intemperate and far too personal." <\/p>\n

Ms. Kissling, who initiated the conversation with a reporter, said the
ad "does step over the line into the kind of personal character attack
we shouldn’t be engaging in."
<end><\/p>\n

Did you see that last sentence "who initiated the conversation with a
reporter".<\/p>\n

She’s cold calling reporters now. Of course, that’s her whole career
isn’t it, with the fax blasting and whatnot.<\/p>\n

It just gives me an image of Quissling standing in the shadows outside
the Times building, waiting to pounce on the first reporter she sees,
"I’M RELEVANT! COME TALK TO MEEEEEEEEE!!!!"<\/p>\n

LOL, just thought that was funny.<\/p>\n

Oh, I forgot to add this tidbit:<\/p>\n

<beg>
She added: "As a pro-choice person, I don’t like being placed on the
defensive by my leaders. Naral should pull it and move on."
<end><\/p>\n

OK, isn’t it a little creepy to see that "by my leaders" phrase. I know
it’s entirely truthful, and appropriate, but it just kills me that she
identifies with NARAL as one of her leaders (and yes, I know that
nothing about that woman should shock me anymore).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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