WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of senators wants to know whether the $823,000 spent on the lavish...
Top Pro-Abortion Activists to Headline Obama Fundraiser
Next month, some of the top pro-abortion activists will headline a fundraiser for the re-election campaign of pro-abortion President Barack Obama. The fundraiser is no surprise given the close relationships the president has maintained with them.
The fundraising will include First Lady Michelle Obama and, in her first appearance for Obama, pro-abortion activist Gloria Steinem. They will be joined at the fundraiser in New York City held at a Park Avenue location on September 20th along with Emily’s List president Stephanie Schriock and Cecile Richards, the president of the Planned Parenthood abortion business.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the pro-abortion congresswoman Obama recently installed as the chair of the national Democratic Party, will also be on hand for the event, which the Huntington Post reports will have tickets starting at $500 and going on up to $38,500. Wasserman Schultz and Steinem, along with the Emily’s List pro-abortion political action committee, supported Hillary Clinton over Obama during the 2008 Democratic primaries, but all three switched to Obama after Clinton lost to the former Illinois senator.
The event is geared towards women and mothers and daughters are encouraged to attend, though the liberal news web site indicates it is not a part of the official “Women for Obama” effort that is officially tied into Obama’s re-election campaign.
“Women are a really important constituency for us,” said an Obama campaign aide. “Their involvement and support was integral in 2008 and we are not taking their support for granted in 2012. The idea behind this fundraiser is engaging women, on a wider scale, to get involved and energized about the political process and the 2012 election”...
- Login or register to post comments
- Email this page
Printer-friendly version
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|


