More Sleaze in Trump Orbit

[KeithE]

[KeithE]

Apparently after the “worthwhile cause” (the Miami All Stars) backed out after the type of "golf tournament” became public, the Trump organization has canceled the event. This was announced on the Racal Maddow Show tonight.

[Dave Roberts]

Apparently, even if all the accusations are true, it doesn't matter to his evangelical supporters. The published photo of Jerry Falwell, Jr., and his wife in front of Trump's Playboy cover pretty well said it all. Immorality no longer matters as long as you are opposed to abortion and against gay marriage.

[William Thornton]

...and, apparently, it doesn't matter to Dems if babies are born and set aside to die, their mother's choice.

Many thanks to Dave for the brain-dead, simplistic view of voting patterns. I may or may not vote for Trump in 2020. I will not vote for any of the Dem candidates.

[KeithE]

[Haruo]

[David Flick]

[KeithE]

[Dave Roberts]

[Joseph Patrick]

[Joseph Patrick]

From Gerry Milligan...For you Trump-Lovers out there, how do you explain "I am choosing only the best people to serve in my administration." And, "Birds of a feather flock together."

[David Flick]

[Joseph Patrick]

[Joseph Patrick]

[David Flick]

[Joseph Patrick]

[David Flick]

[Joseph Patrick]

[Sandy]

[Rvaughn]

The recent discussion of “babies born alive” was ignited in part by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, who said, “And it’s done in cases where there may be severe deformities, there may be a fetus that’s non-viable. So in this particular example, if a mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen. The infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that's what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.” Now we can debate just exactly what he meant, but discussion of whether to let an infant die seems definitely on the table in what he said. Nevertheless, this is not some completely new discussion.

Here is old news (1999) about doctors not providing life support to a survivor of a botched abortion:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid= ... 99,3861738

In the following link, Civil Justice Subcommittee in Florida, March 27, 2013, discusses House Bill 1129 born alive bill; the Planned Parenthood rep struggles to answer questions about babies born alive:
https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/VideoPla ... 2013031292

Discussion of Bill starts about 10:50
Questions below start about 39:17

Chairman Boyd: “If a baby is born on a table as a result of a botched abortion, what would Planned Parenthood want to have happen to that child that is struggling for life?”

Alicia Snow of Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood: “Well, we believe that any decision is made should be left up to the woman, her family, and the physician.”
...
Representative: “Along the same lines you stated that a baby born alive on a table as a result of a botched abortion that that decision should be left to the doctor and the family. Is that what you’re saying?”

Alicia Snow: “That decision should be between the patient and the health care provider.”

Representative: “I think that at that point the patient would be the child struggling on the table, wouldn’t you agree?”

Alicia Snow: “That’s a very good question. I really don’t know how to answer that...”

It seems to me that there would be no ethical conundrum of trying to save a live baby lying there in front of you – unless you had already been trying to kill it!

[Sandy]

[KeithE]

[Stephen Fox]

[Rvaughn]

[Rvaughn]