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Republicans Finally Admit Planned Parenthood Did Nothing Wrong, Investigation Was A Sham

by Colin Taylor • October 9, 2015

After months of hurling vile slander and gruesome accusations at Planned Parenthood, Rep. John Chaffetz (R-UT) announced that his investigation of the beleaguered healthcare provider has, predictably, turned up no wrongdoing of any sort. During a judiciary committee meeting, he admitted that “did I look at the finances and have a hearing specifically as to the revenue portion and how they spend? Yes. Was there any wrongdoing? I didn’t find any.”

It is a bitter vindication for pro-choice advocates. Planned Parenthood, an organization which was granted its federal funding by Republicans, has had their good name and vital work dragged through the mud. They have been slandered in heavily edited, illegally recorded videos that give false impressions. They were called out on national television by opportunist and reprehensible gender-traitor Carly Fiorina who demanded that we “watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.” The footage used belonged to a miscarriage, and did not take place in a Planned Parenthood, let alone in the United States.

The GOP’s relentless witch-hunt led to the president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, being summoned to Congress for several hours to withstand an insulting barrage of outrageous misogyny and ignorance that even pro-life activists condemned as a “circus.” The Huffington Post described it like this: “It went mostly like this: Republican asks question. Richards starts to respond, and Republican interrupts and asks question again. Richards starts to respond, and Republican interrupts and demands answer. Richards starts to respond, and the chairman, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), interrupts to move to next questioner.”

After all of this wasted time and effort and counterproductive libel just to deny women access to reproductive healthcare, and the delusional GOP comes up with nothing. This whole affair would be a farce if the consequences weren’t so significant. How many Americans will now believe these stupid lies? How long will it be before we have this same fight again?

Planned Parenthood deserves an apology and a public declaration of innocence. The work that Planned Parenthood does every day has a much more tangible impact on the lives of the American people than anything our do-nothing Republican Congress does. The complete disregard of facts and truth, the sheer rudeness, the absurd sob stories from Chaffetz, and the obvious foregone conclusion all combine to make one of the most disgraceful smear campaigns that our nation has ever seen.

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

Now, if you can cite a source of this information who isn't a dyed in the wool liberal Democrat you may be on to something.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Surprise :thumbup:

JMHO Loc: Utah

Link please?

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Try this one.
http://www.occupydemocrats.com/breaking-house-republicans-vote-to-strip-planned-parenthood-of-funding-over-video-hoaxes/

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

Hard to believe someone would cite a source that doesn't even mention what the source is supposed to say

JMHO Loc: Utah

occupydemocrats.com??? Are you serious? Do you actually believe this hogwash? If so, I have some ocean front property just outside of Bakersfield CA I'll sell you. You libtards cease to amaze me with your stupidity and gullibility.

I bet you believe everything those grocery shelf tabloids print too?

missinglink Loc: Tralfamadore

Yet another propaganda mill reference. :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

PaulPisces Loc: San Francisco

I can't comment on all of the content of this post, but everyone can see for themselves the way the Republicans comported themselves during the testimony. Just go to youtube and search for any on the clips of the testimony..the evidence is there. It seems pretty clear to me that the Republicans had more interest in stirring things up and leveraging the ensuing emotional heat for their own political purposes than in getting answers to their questions.

If it looks like a duck (political jerk), talks like a duck (political jerk) then it's probably a duck (political jerk).

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

What you cite is an opinion - one that you have every right to hold - and surely one that if true is far from a single instance of politicians playing politics - meanwhile, what was posted was something that alleged to be a fact - something that quoted a specific individual as having said a specific thing - now, you can have your opinion but surely you oppose creating a fact.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Republicans, with an S? As in plural, like two or more.

Rep. John Chaffetz? One (as in singular) f*cking republican RINO with an ulterior motive. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

What this jerk admitted is that he is an ignorant asshole.

PaulPisces Loc: San Francisco

Yes, the political motivation behind the way the Republicans comported themselves is my opinion.

But the facts of how they comported themselves are not opinion; they are documented reality. Anyone with a lick of sense can see that if Democrats treated NRA testifiers in the same way there would be (in my opinion justified) outrage from the right.

This is the only portion of the post I am commenting on:

“It went mostly like this: Republican asks question. Richards starts to respond, and Republican interrupts and asks question again. Richards starts to respond, and Republican interrupts and demands answer. Richards starts to respond, and the chairman, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), interrupts to move to next questioner.”

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

Because someone claims Chaffetz said something does not mean that Chaffetz said that -

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

There has been political grandstanding in Congress from day one and it has been done by both sides - but if you think otherwise - so be it.

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

You are so right about the jerk part when you throw in something written by Colin Taylor, Paul. I looked up the source of Moldy's post and read it before I knew where he got all that so good stuff. Now it is time for you to select just one of your sources about what occurred in those hearings. Are you willing to do that or do you really think none of us will look, just in case?