will the Bush abortion story have "legs" now, in light of the SCJ

[villager]

nominee, and expected battle over the future of Roe v. Wade? Any chance -- now that the Junta is a bit weakened by Traitorgate -- to get the media to pay attention to this part of Bush's "portfolio?"

[tk2kewl]

1. we should definitely be stoking that fire if the nominee is anti-choice

[villager]

5. apparently, as we've just learned

he is

[tk2kewl]

6. indeed

[villager]

7. so can the story be corroborated?

that's the task now...

[tk2kewl]

8. dunno

:shrug:

[villager]

10. here's something from five years ago:

http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/elec22.htm

[erpowers]

14. Yes; it seems that it can

Larry Flint claims to have tracked the woman down. She was a cocktail waitress and now lives in a $500 thousand house. I do not have a link, but he did an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now. However, I do not think the story will grow legs. In addition, if it does Bush will just claim it was one of his youthful discretions.

[KansDem]

15. Cocktail waitress? $500,000 house? Must tip well where she works!

I thought she was married to an FBI agent.

With Bush Focused on Outlawing Abortions, Will the Media Report on Bush's Own Illegal Abortion?
23-Jan-03
Bush Abortion
In 2000, Bartcop reported, "In the winter of 1971 Bush was dating a woman named Robin Lowman (now Robin Garner). Miss Lowman became pregnant by Smirk and he arranged for her to have an abortion - which in the great state of Texas in 1971 was very illegal! The unnamed source of this story, was a friend of Robin Lowman's and the girlfriend of the man who arranged the abortion. His name is Robert Carl Chandler Miss Lowman's abortion at the Twelve Oaks Hospital in Houston, TX (now the Bayou City Medical Center). The source overheard the call by Mr. Chandler to arrange the abortion and the source visited Robin Lowman at the Twelve Oaks Hospital after the procedure. The source meanwhile, is afraid of coming forward, saying that she was threatened by Chandler and another Bush friend and supporter named Jim Bath. Bath has longstanding intelligence connections, and played a role in the BCCI scandal. Robin Lowman (now Garner) is married to Jerry Lee Garner who is an FBI agent."
http://archive.democrats.com/preview.cfm?term=Bush%20Abortion

(also has more Bush abortion information)

on edit: Hmmmm "Bath, James Bath..." Wonder where I heard that name before...???

[Canuckistanian]

2. Where is Al Goldstein's "proof" anyways

Didn't he say he'd have it by now?

[villager]

11. it was Larry Flynt, and yes...

...we're still waiting for the slam-dunk evidence!

[Canuckistanian]

17. Sorry, I always confuse my porn moguls

[villager]

20. think of the one shot by rightwingers and in a wheelchair,

as opposed to the one (Goldstein) in and out of rehab and bankruptcy!

[Amelie]

21. IIRC

The woman refuses to talk, and will not go public. Considering she lives in a $500K house, I imagine they're paying her well.

[AndyTiedye]

3. Nope. The Media Won't Mention It

[Memekiller]

4. Baseless rumors and innuendo used against Dems only...

The fact that there's ten times the evidence of Bush's abortion than there was for the Swift Boat Vet claims won't stop the conservative media from the double standard though.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

9. What did I miss? n/t

[ComerPerro]

12. Only if some neocon freak writes a book about it

[villager]

13. yeah, that'd be pretty freaky, in neocon terms...

n/t

[mandomom]

16. We should extend our hearts and solidarity with any woman

who has endured an abortion. It is a woman's right to do without interference from a man, a judge or a president. Why is Judge Roberts apparently so anti-woman?

[Norquist Nemesis]

18. Laura and Barbara will rally to his side though

and say he had nothing to do with it. It was LadyX's choice which was within the Law of the Land. (They're pro-choice, btw)

[lynne]

19. If that story was going to grow legs -

- don't you think it would have grown them BEFORE the election?