Where are the women groups on the rape kits issue?

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The Obama campaign is unwilling to touch this issue.

Where is NOW? Why are the womens groups so silent? Palin should be exposed for the extremist that she is.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/did-palin-consider-rape-kits-form-of.html

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1. They probably have press releases. Just because you have press releases doesn't mean

the press will pay attention. They don't have millions to throw away on ads.

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2. Emily's List for one has the money to drum up awareness

The point is not to mount a large scale advertising push on this, but simply to drive the media attention.

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3. Read this

PALIN BIOGRAPHY

Name: Sarah Heath Palin.

Age: 44; born Feb. 11, 1964; Sandpoint, Idaho.

Experience: Alaska governor since December 2006; unsuccessful run for Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 2002; chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2003-2004; served two terms as Wasilla mayor and two terms on city council.

Education: Graduated University of Idaho, 1987, journalism.

Family: Husband, Todd; five children.

Business: Worked as sports reporter for two Anchorage television stations; owned with her husband a snowmobile, watercraft, ATV business from 1994-97. Husband is a North Slope oil field worker.

Source: Associated Press.






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WASILLA, Alaska — In 2000, Alaska lawmakers learned that rural police agencies had been billing rape victims or their insurance companies $500 to $1,200 for the costs of the forensic medical examinations used to gather evidence. They quickly passed a law prohibiting the practice.
According to the sponsor, Democrat Eric Croft, the law was aimed in part at Wasilla, where now-Gov. Sarah Palin was mayor. When it was signed, Wasilla's police chief expressed displeasure.


WASILLA LIBRARY: Palin did not ban books as mayor

"In the past, we've charged the cost of exams to the victims' insurance company when possible," then-chief Charlie Fannon told the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, the local newspaper. "I just don't want to see any more burden put on the taxpayer."

Now that Palin is the Republican nominee for vice president, Democrats such as former Alaska governor Tony Knowles — who signed the rape-kit bill into law and was defeated by Palin in 2006 — are raising the issue to question Palin's commitment to women's issues and crime victims. Palin appointed Fannon after firing his predecessor shortly after she took office in 1996.

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PALIN BIOGRAPHY

Name: Sarah Heath Palin.

Age: 44; born Feb. 11, 1964; Sandpoint, Idaho.

Experience: Alaska governor since December 2006; unsuccessful run for Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 2002; chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2003-2004; served two terms as Wasilla mayor and two terms on city council.

Education: Graduated University of Idaho, 1987, journalism.

Family: Husband, Todd; five children.

Business: Worked as sports reporter for two Anchorage television stations; owned with her husband a snowmobile, watercraft, ATV business from 1994-97. Husband is a North Slope oil field worker.

Source: Associated Press.






Yahoo! Buzz Digg Newsvine Reddit FacebookWhat's this?By Ken Dilanian and Matt Kelley, USA TODAY
WASILLA, Alaska — In 2000, Alaska lawmakers learned that rural police agencies had been billing rape victims or their insurance companies $500 to $1,200 for the costs of the forensic medical examinations used to gather evidence. They quickly passed a law prohibiting the practice.
According to the sponsor, Democrat Eric Croft, the law was aimed in part at Wasilla, where now-Gov. Sarah Palin was mayor. When it was signed, Wasilla's police chief expressed displeasure.


WASILLA LIBRARY: Palin did not ban books as mayor

"In the past, we've charged the cost of exams to the victims' insurance company when possible," then-chief Charlie Fannon told the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, the local newspaper. "I just don't want to see any more burden put on the taxpayer."

Now that Palin is the Republican nominee for vice president, Democrats such as former Alaska governor Tony Knowles — who signed the rape-kit bill into law and was defeated by Palin in 2006 — are raising the issue to question Palin's commitment to women's issues and crime victims. Palin appointed Fannon after firing his predecessor shortly after she took office in 1996.

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