Using Sarah Palin for Fundraising, Planned Parenthood Nets $760k in Donations
Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, currently John McCain's vice presidential running mate for the 2008 elections, is staunchly anti-abortion and is an unlikely contributor to such pro-choice organizations like Planned Parenthood. But thanks to a clever viral e-mail campaign that urged Palin detractors to make a donation in her name, Planned Parenthood have received a donation so far of $763,350 in Palin's name.
Nearly 30,000 people from all 50 U.S. states have donated in her name. Two-thirds of those donating were first time donors to Planned Parenthood.
The e-mail lists McCain's Arlington, Virginia campaign headquarters as Palin's address for donors to use, and asks people to contribute $10 to Planned Parenthood. The e-mail continues, stating: "And here's the good part. When you make a donation to Planned Parenthood in her name, they'll send her a card telling her that the donation has been made in her honor." That's an awful lot of trees too.
Palin, a mother of five children, including an unwed, pregnant teenager daughter and an infant with Down's Syndrome, is against abortion even in cases of rape and incest.
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