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No Vested Interest

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27. I don't care that Republicans haven't apologized for the Iraq war -

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 04:25 PM

Jul 2015

I just want them to PAY for it.
The bills are still coming in, and Republicans have walked away from stepping up and taking responsibility for the actions they brought forth.

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Planned Parenthood apologizes for exec's 'tone' in video [View all] Freddie Stubbs Jul 2015 OP

Planned Parenthood just committed suicide Kelvin Mace Jul 2015 #1

Oh no. They apologized? DirkGently Jul 2015 #6

Agree...you come out strong and talk straight, no BS facts. Period. haikugal Jul 2015 #28

Cecile Richards makes few mistakes mountain grammy Jul 2015 #2

never should have apologized. nt msanthrope Jul 2015 #3

Absolutely. She never talked to her lawyer(s). nt COLGATE4 Jul 2015 #4

Are you serious? B2G Jul 2015 #7

She didn't listen to them, then. The apology was a huge COLGATE4 Jul 2015 #9

Optics B2G Jul 2015 #13

Yeah. That'll certainly make the RW-generated kerfluffle COLGATE4 Jul 2015 #17

I doubt "talking to a lawyer" would prevent any issues also. LanternWaste Jul 2015 #29

you mean she didn't listen to them. Any lawyer who advised her to make this apology msanthrope Jul 2015 #12

Exactly. nt COLGATE4 Jul 2015 #18

Why should she be consulting with a lawyer? marshall Jul 2015 #40

PR issues have a way of turning into legal issues. COLGATE4 Jul 2015 #41

Goddammit. Brickbat Jul 2015 #5

That's NOT an apology and... TreasonousBastard Jul 2015 #8

She said she personally apologized so she admits the critics are justified. Kablooie Jul 2015 #52

Most of America is so ignorant. dballance Jul 2015 #10

+1000 jen63 Jul 2015 #21

++++++++ haikugal Jul 2015 #30

I don't know why ALL affiliates aren't on high alert for just such "interviews." CTyankee Jul 2015 #11

Entrapment requires that it be conducted by, or on behalf off a law enforcement agency 24601 Jul 2015 #35

I meant it in the dictionary sense, e.g. lure someone into a trap... CTyankee Jul 2015 #36

Setting aside the government involvement requirement for entrapment, the other fundamental 24601 Jul 2015 #37

No, you've fallen for the anti-choicers lie...exactly what they were hoping... CTyankee Jul 2015 #38

I've fallen for nothing. Instead, I've read the transcript. These are Dr. Nucatola's words 24601 Jul 2015 #39

but they can't make a profit and keep their 501(c)(3) tax status... CTyankee Jul 2015 #42

Hence the controversy. I really didn't mind her tone at all - it came across to me as clinical and 24601 Jul 2015 #43

Again, that was your interpretation and again, the filmers wanted us to get that CTyankee Jul 2015 #44

Tone isn't really the right word since I have no interest watching the video. I mean the context 24601 Jul 2015 #46

I'm asking you to at least consider the source...the filmmakers, then the ganging up CTyankee Jul 2015 #47

Exactly why I have no interest in watching sound bites that are cherry-picked and instead 24601 Jul 2015 #54

Let me know what you find... CTyankee Jul 2015 #55

Cherry picked statement, Cecile flatly denied the charge, the tone comment was past the midpoint bigbrother05 Jul 2015 #14

it may have been medically correct restorefreedom Jul 2015 #15

The sad thing getting lost in this is that PP prevents more abortions than any other CTyankee Jul 2015 #22

as well as cancers restorefreedom Jul 2015 #23

but no other single organization is doing the constant work, day in and day out, of CTyankee Jul 2015 #24

which is why this stupid imo mistake in sensitivity restorefreedom Jul 2015 #31

yep, that medical director should have had more training in this kind of "interview". CTyankee Jul 2015 #32

especially since these "stings" have happened before. nt restorefreedom Jul 2015 #34

It was spoken with all the compassion of parting out an old Toyota. Throd Jul 2015 #33

Smart move cosmicone Jul 2015 #16

Reasonable people can differ. But usually in these things COLGATE4 Jul 2015 #19

ok, ok, ok. So where is the outrage that NOT one republican has apologized for the Iraq war which still_one Jul 2015 #20

+1000 nt freebrew Jul 2015 #25

I don't care that Republicans haven't apologized for the Iraq war - No Vested Interest Jul 2015 #27

Absolutely Novara Jul 2015 #48

Here's the original video OnlinePoker Jul 2015 #26

PP doesn't even do the majority of abortions in this country. Novara Jul 2015 #45

I think this was the right thing to do. DCBob Jul 2015 #49

I think we can all agree that women deserve and need to have access to contraception CTyankee Jul 2015 #50

entrapment to speak in clinical terms really shocks the laymen. surprize!U have been Brebarted by RW Sunlei Jul 2015 #51

A slick interviewer, and a few glasses of Cabernet ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2015 #56

PP has been a rightwing target for quite a while now. ananda Jul 2015 #53