January 7, 2009 7:35 PM
Radio Network Donates Obama Ad Money to Pro-Life Groups
This put a smile on my face! From CitizenLink, a great news source if you only have a little time to read:
Good News: Radio Network Donates Obama Ad Money to Pro-Life Groups Bott Radio Network, an evangelical chain of stations covering 14 states, was obligated to run political ads paid for by Barack Obama's presidential campaign.But it wasn't obligated to keep the money.
And so, in the weeks following the election, Bott distributed the $4,000 to pregnancy resource centers in Missouri and Indiana, which were targeted with the Obama ads, the Baptist Press reported.
"We tried to find a way to take lemons and make lemonade," Rich Bott, executive vice president of the network, told Baptist Press. "We felt we had an obligation to clarify our position to our listeners. We aired editorials at the same time his advertisement was running explaining to our listeners that we were required to air those ads and that we objected to his position on life and gay 'marriage.'
"And, we pledged to our listeners that we would donate the revenue from those announcements to pro-life pregnancy centers."
-- Jennifer Mesko
Of course, the lead story was much more in keeping with the consistently worsening news going on in Washington as Democrats work to keep themselves in power for the rest of our country's life. Seriously, if you haven't had time to keep up with the news, it is REALLY BAD.
House Democrats Change Rules to Silence GOP by Jennifer Mesko, editorShift could create 'the most closed Congress in history.'
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has brought back archaic procedures in order to silence conservatives.
On Tuesday, the full House passed the Rules Package for the 111th Congress, 242-181. The changes limit the GOP's ability to use procedural rules like the Motion to Recommit, which is the last opportunity for the minority party to amend a bill before it passes.
"The new rules consolidate power in the hands of a few and attempt to silence Republican input on key policy debates, in addition to making a mockery of the Democratic leaders' promises of presiding over an open Congress," Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said in a statement.
In the last Congress, Republicans were able to block some of the Democrats' tax increases using a Motion to Recommit.
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