Re: They call him Pro-Life. Yup. That's his name

On Mar 31, 10:57 am, Harry Hope <riv...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Move over Larry Craig - a staunch Idaho Republican has got his eye on
your Senate seat, and he's got a winning strategy to take it over.

Meet Pro-Life, formerly known as Marvin Richardson, who intends to
send a message to Idaho voters in a most unusual way.http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/19/national/main3949353.shtml?...

A Senate candidate has legally changed his name to Pro-Life and will
appear on the ballot that way this year, state election officials say.

As Marvin Pro-Life Richardson, the organic strawberry farmer from
Letha, 30 miles northwest of Boise, was denied the use of his middle
name when he ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2006 because the
state's policy bars the use of slogans on the ballot.

Now, though, officials in the Idaho secretary of state's office say
they have no choice because Pro-Life is his full and only name.

He says he will run for the highest state office on the ballot every
two years for the rest of his life, advocating murder charges for
doctors who perform abortions and for women who obtain the procedure.

Clever stuff.

Unfortunately, not all anti-choice activists are thrilled with
Pro-Life's candidacy.

David Ripley, executive director of Idaho Chooses Life, says he knows
and respects Pro-Life but fears some voters may think Pro-Life is a
position rather than a candidate and mistakenly mark their ballots
both for him and for another anti-abortion candidate for the Senate,
thus nullifying their choices.

"I'm pretty concerned about it," Ripley said.

"I think that could cause a lot of confusion out there ... (Its) more
likely to undermine the pro-life movement by having a lot of pro-life
votes discounted."

Wait a minute - so David Ripley is concerned that Pro-Life's candidacy
will "undermine the pro-life movement by having a lot of pro-life
votes discounted."

But he's not concerned that having someone who is clearly mad as a
fucking hatter running for U.S. Senate under the legal name "Pro-Life"
will damage the pro-life movement.

Just want to make sure I've got that straight.

By EarlG
Democratic Undergroundhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/

Harry

Lord help us, NOBODY has a sense of humor.
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