So, Obama Did Speak At Planned Parenthood

He was scheduled to speak there. Then, Gosnell.

So Jay Carney said the other day the trip was cancelled, claiming that Obama wished to spend more time with the victims of the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion.

That was the claim. I guess to he claimed this simply to put out the word to the press that there would be no inconvenient optics so they shouldn't bother covering them.

Not that they would, anyway.

Trouble is, he actually did show up there.

So why did Jay Carney claim he'd be spendin' time with the folks of West, Texas, instead? Correction: Commenters including Lauren are telling me I misinterpreted Jay Carney's statement, and say he always said the scheduled Thursday speech would just take place on Friday.

President Obama vowed Friday to fight with Planned Parenthood against what he said were efforts across the country to turn women's health back to the 1950s.

Obama's comments were the first to be delivered by a sitting president before the abortion-rights group. He lauded the group's nearly 100 years of service to women, providing cancer screenings, contraceptives and other health services.

"When politicians try to turn Planned Parenthood into a punching bag, they're not just talking about you," he said. "They're talking about the millions of women who you serve."

In related news, Gosnell regularly delivered babies upon an operating table and then severed their spines to kill them.

Obama refuses to comment on this matter, claiming he can't comment on an active legal proceeding.

Apparently this concern did not prevent him from doing his typical We Got Him victory dance last Friday, when local police found and chased and captured Dzhohkar Tsarnaev.

posted by Ace at 02:03 PM

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