Corrente Boldly shrill ... http://www.correntewire.com/node/12658/atom/feed 2008-08-06T19:49:17-04:00 Anti-abortion crusader loses bid to become urban DA http://www.correntewire.com/anti_abortion_crusader_loses_bid_to_become_urban_da 2008-08-06T19:49:17-04:00 2008-08-06T19:49:17-04:00 Sarah From the invaluable McClatchy service comes word that Phill Kline, famous for his drive to shut down Planned Parenthood clinics and subpoena the records of patients in a search for women who had had abortions, has lost his bid to become the DA in a Kansas City suburb.

What's significant here is that outsiders spent six figures -- maybe more -- in an effort to boost Kline's candidacy.
Abortion played a key role in the race because Kline is the first prosecutor since Roe v. Wade to file criminal charges against a Planned Parenthood clinic.

Abortion opponents from outside Kansas are thought to have spent more than $100,000 to keep Kline's candidacy alive. says part of the story linked above.

Is the tide turning? Are one-issue, special-interest, big-money groups beginning, at long last, to FAIL in pushing the conservative agenda (family values such as misogyny and homophobia) down the nation's throat at last?

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