Here is the press release:
The following is being issued by Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue:A Press Conference will be held at the Washington Press club on Wednesday, March 25, to unveil plans to prevent President Obama from Speaking at Notre Dame’s commencement on May 17.
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Location: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets, the Murrow Room.
Who: Randall Terry, Founder, Operation Rescue.
Go to www.stopobamanotredame.com for background information.
Also, Mr. Terry will release a new interview with Archbishop Burke, a top Vatican official. We will provide a written transcript, as well as a broadcast quality DVD for video and sound.
Archbishop Burke uses searing language on several issues; he refers to President Obama as an “agent of death,” and makes clear that U.S. bishops are required to withhold communion to pro-abortion politicians.
As the New York Times reported on July 20, 2001, “One of his [Terry's] most avid followers in Binghamton was James E. [sic: C.] Kopp, now charged in the 1998 murder of a doctor who performed abortions in Buffalo [New York].” Kopp was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
Randall Terry was last seen in the MSM where he became one of the point men in the Terri Schiavo debacle. This is the kind of guy who becomes a leader on the right.
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Hold on now.
He wants a major university to turn down an address by a sitting President?
Good luck with that.
Some Catholic Universities do turn down high ranking politicians for being pro-choice. Seton Hall in NJ does it. Pro-Choice Supreme Court Justices cannot speak at the law school commencement but Professor Leonard Jeffries is welcomed to the campus. Go figure.
Is Leonard Jeffries one of those liberal professors who has supposedly shaped all of my thinking and yet whom I’ve never heard of before?
Republicans. Mercy.
Randall Terry= Brendan Fraser in Encino Man
SpiderJ: Is Leonard Jeffries one of those liberal professors who has supposedly shaped all of my thinking and yet whom I’ve never heard of before?
Wikipedia:
Randall Terry was one of the major influences in my getting interested in politics.
When Operation Rescue started trying to close abortion clinics by having massive rallies and sending children rushing through police lines (and occasionally through traffic), I decided then and there that whenever I found myself aligned with Operation Rescue, I’d abstain from the matter until I carefully reconsidered the subect — with the notion that anything OR backed was almost guaranteed to be a bad thing.
I wouldn’t quite call him a “terrorist,” though. I’d reserve that for those who actually take part in violence or violent organizations — such as, say, William Ayers. Terry is more of a “community organizer.”
J.
I bet Jay when he wrote that thought, “Haw haw I am just so CLEVVAR!! And I’m such a reasonable conservative aren’t I wonderful?”
“Randall Terry was one of the major influences in my getting interested in politics.”
You say such massively stupid things without even the slightest hint of self-regard as to what a nimrod you are.
Where did you acquire such a powerful skill?
Just out of curiosity, I wonder if there’s been incidents in the past where colleges have rescinded invitations for sitting presidents to speak at their graduation ceremonies. Anyone know of any such incidents?
Randall Terry was one of the major influences in my getting interested in politics.
That explains alot.
I wouldn’t quite call him a “terrorist,” though. I’d reserve that for those who actually take part in violence or violent organization
So by that logic, you don’t consider Osama a terrorist? Got it.
Terry is more of a “community organizer.”
You mean just like President Obama? Well then, since they have so much in common, what’s Terry’s problem?
Do you suppose he’s jealous because Obama was so much better at it that he got elected president and the vast majority of Americans (and much of the world) admires him, while Terry is scorned and ridiculed by the majority as he descends into footnote land?
Works for me.
I wouldn’t quite call him a “terrorist,” though. I’d reserve that for those who actually take part in violence or violent organizations
Free Charlie Manson!
Sheesh.
Operation Rescue has engaged in some truly despicable things. In fact, I’d say that they are pretty much committed to doing despicable things. But I wouldn’t call them “terrorists” — that’s a very, very loaded term, and I don’t like it being diluted by casual use.
No, I’d equate it more with ACORN or the like — despicable, freely committed to doing illegal things to achieve their goals, but hardly terrorists.
And I knew that if I said that Operation Rescue and Randall Terry as major influences, and THEN explained how it was entirely a negative influence, at least one person would skip the context and try to imply that I was in any way a supporter of them. Thanks, Jaim and Zython — I didn’t dare hope for two.
J.
And I knew that if I said that Operation Rescue and Randall Terry as major influences, and THEN explained how it was entirely a negative influence, at least one person would skip the context and try to imply that I was in any way a supporter of them.
That’s as good a cover as any for your poor written communication skills, I guess.
fafaroo, I’ll admit my second paragraph was a bit of a runon, but it was hardly unclear. The only way someone could misinterpret “…anything OR backed was almost guaranteed to be a bad thing” was if they wanted to.
J.
Shorter Jay: Yes, I am incapable of writing beyond a fifth-grade level. ZOMG ACORN!!!
“The only way someone could misinterpret …”
Ya, Jay Tea. It’s not you. It’s us. Stick with that.
Simple question, Jay. What “illegal things” has ACORN done as an organization? After all, they’ve
Well, Jesse, how about fomenting voter registration fraud on a massive scale? Or, more recently, breaking and entering into foreclosed homes? (Google up their “Home Defense Campaign.”)
Annoying? Illegal? Worthy of a RICO investigation? Absolutely. Terrorist? Please.
Operation Rescue has never deliberately set out to kill or injure anyone in the course of achieving their agenda. They have never tried to use violence to achieve their aims. They’ve broken quite a few laws in the process, and I wouldn’t mind a thorough investigation into them (up to and including RICO) and would like to see them shut down or go away, but they ain’t terrorists.
On the other hand, the Weather Underground WERE domestic terrorists. Fortuntately for us, the only times they tried to kill anyone, their either failed or managed to kill themselves. (No great loss.) But the intent and the attempts were there.
J.
how about fomenting voter registration fraud on a massive scale?
Stupid lies. Where are the charges against ACORN if they did this?
I’d also to be curious to know exactly what laws ACORN has broken. And no, saying “ZOMG Google this!” doesn’t count. And a non-lawyer non-reality based hack like Jay calling for a RICO investigation is just precious beyond words.
Fer Christ’s sake, ACORN is an organization that helps poor people understand that they have a right to vote. And it’s not their fault that any poor person with half-a-brain would vote Dem before they’d ever vote Republican, the party of the trust fund millionaire.
Jay Tea, will you apologizing for lying once again?
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/acorn_accusations.html
What’s the word for making false claims against a person or organization?
Oh yeah! Libel!
Jay doesn’t do facts, just whiny victimhood masquerading as “conservative” “thought.”
Michael, thanks for the link showing that neither ACORN nor its volunteers have ever been convicted of voting fraud.
Of course, that wasn’t what I accused them of, so it’s utterly irrelevant, but it’s a very nice link nonetheless. (Pat on head)
I said voter REGISTRATION fraud, and there have been numerous convictions of ACORN staffers for that charge. For example, last year in Lake County, Illinois, ACORN submitted over 5,000 registrations. County officials waded through over 2,100 of them without finding a SINGLE valid one, and just trashed the rest.
Here’s a pretty good summary of ACORN convictions for voter registration fraud: /pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-complete-guide-to-acorn-voter-fraud/
So, Michael, what’s the term for claiming I said something I didn’t say?
J.
Jaim, here are a few examples:
Source: http://www.rottenacorn.com/activityMap.html
Since we don’t have another election for a little while, they’re keeping busy with organizing breaking and entering:
Source: /wjz.com/local/acorn.foreclosure.2.939119.html
Unsurprisingly, the woman ACORN chose to be their public face of this new move was less than candid in how she explained how she was foreclosed upon:
michellemalkin.com/2009/02/23/document-drop-the-truth-about-acorns-foreclosure-poster-child/
No, they’re not terrorists. But wouldn’t a RICO investigation be appropriate? Wouldn’t it have been appropriate years ago? Wouldn’t it be a good thing before they start applying their screening standards — sharpened in countless voter registration drives over the years — to helping hire Census workers?
Oh, that’s right. They’re very reliable Democratic allies, so that makes it all OK.
J.
Jay I’m interested in taking a look at this issue.
Could you provide an actual non-biased link please?
Peace Be With you
I’d start posting examples of republican voter fraud, but they would take up much more space on Oliver’s site than JT has.
So I’ll just leave one example.
Steve, send the asshole to jail. Same response to ANYONE who screws around with elections.
I got a front-row seat of that kind of bullshit in 2002, when the New Hampshire Republican Party was caught hiring a telemarketer to jam the Democrats’ “get out the vote” phone lines on election day. Eventually, several GOP officials went to prison and the state party was fined pretty heftily. I thought they were treated too leniently.
I’m consistent. ANYONE who asses around with elections needs to spend time in Poundass Prison. Sproul, NH Republicans, and ACORN scumbags.
Is that the best you got — “we shouldn’t talk about ACORN’s crimes, because some Republicans have broken laws, too?”
Grumpy, the sources I cited all gave enough details to individually confirm each of their allegations. I doubt I could find a source that you’d consider “unbiased,” but I spot-checked a couple of the allegations and they held up.
J.
Jay Tea, you tool, STFU you typing chimp!
To check the veracity of this idiot’s post go to factcheck.org.
Did a sentient being actually link to Pajamas media to make an argument here?
Funny, I thought it was 2009.
Jack J., let me explain it to you. I’ll even try to use small words.
I said that ACORN had committed massive (I’m sorry) a lot of VOTER REGISTRATION fraud. That means that they had turned in a lot of voter forms that were filled with made-up stuff.
Michael Over There gave a link to Factcheck.org that showed that ACORN had not been convicted of VOTER fraud — that’s people voting when and where they shouldn’t.
I thanked him nicely for the link, then showed a bunch of times ACORN had been caught turning in false voter registration forms — just the thing I said that they had done.
I also found one case where ACORN DID help someone commit VOTER FRAUD, but I chose to let that one go — I felt bad enough for Michael already.
If you need it made any clearer, step away from the computer and find a grownup to explain it to you.
J.
So your complaining about voter registration fraud? A completely victimless crime. Especially, as has been shown, ACORN goes out of it’s way to mark every single invalid registration as invalid but still has to turn them in to the government because it’s illegal to tamper with voter registrations once they’re filled out.
You’re a liar Jay Tea. Do you have any non-biased links where ACORN the organization was convicted of voter fraud and not just dishonest volunteers looking to scam ACORN. See, that’s the lie. You’re a liar who gets all of his talking points from dishonest talk radio and terrible misinformed blogs.
Sheesh, Michael, you’re certainly in love with “the L word.” You toss it around like a hot potato — which is especially ironic, considering how far you had your head up your ass the first time you tossed it around. You remember — it was when you decided to rewrite what I wrote, and then call me a liar for something I didn’t say. Less charitable folks than me would call you a “liar,” but I’ll just say you’re a stupid asshole and say that you were too dumb to see the difference.
And since when is voter registration fraud a “victimless crime?” Who pays the salaries of the public officials who have to wade through thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of bogus registrations?
Let’s go back to Lake County. ACORN dumped over 5,000 voter registration forms on them right before the deadline. County workers spent hours and hours plowing through them, checking each and every one, until they had reached about 2,100 bogus ones and NOT ONE SINGLE VALID ONE. Did ACORN offer to pay the county for their wasted time and efforts?
I thought not.
ACORN has set up a mechanism that not only tolerates voter registration fraud, but encourages and subsidizes it. Just because they don’t spell it out, they have created an “attractive nuisance” and need to be held liable for their actions.
And just because their machinations benefit Democrats, that doesn’t mean they should get a pass. It probably does, but it shouldn’t.
J.
Jay Tea, were ACORN charge with anything ILLEGAL?
The mechanism you speak of is the same mechanism that ANYONE COLLECTING VOTER REGISTRATION must abide by. You legally must submit all filled out voter registration forms. THAT’S THE LAW.
You’re the one using the word ILLEGAL. It’s in your first post. That is the lie. Voter fraud is illegal. Voter registration fraud isn’t even a concept really. Where has ACORN, the organization, been convicted of anything ILLEGAL? Your word. Not mine.
Can anyone contradict the following statments?
* The vast majority of unplanned pregnancies are the result of people consensually engaging in the activity that leads to pregnancy.
* The vast majority of new AIDS infections are the result of the victims engaging in activity that they know puts them at risk of infection.
* The vast majority of people facing mortgage foreclosure willingly signed voluminous piles of documents specifying precisely what the mortgage entailed and outlined the penalties for defaulting thereof.
* The vast majority of current members of the military currently serving in Iraq either signed up after the Iraq invasion or re-enlisted since.
In each case, there is an element of personal choice involved in it. And in each case, there is a howling from certain circles to deny those people the right to be responsible for those choices.
At no point did I advocate any kind of “penalty” or “punishment” or any consequence whatsoever for those choices. Nor do I. I just thought it important to acknowledge that, in the vast majority of cases, these circumstances were not akin to being struck by lightning or spontaneously combusting. There were choices made by those individuals that contributed to their current circumstances.
J.
Crap, wrong thread… sorry about that last comment showing up here.
J.
Michael, how about this example, which I didn’t quote earlier:
ACORN was using convicted felons as voter registration workers, in contradiction of the law.
Sheesh, you must be part Weeble. I keep knocking down your bullshit arguments, you keep popping back up with new ones.
J.
Apparently your incapable of linking to things your quoting so that someone can do the most basic of due diligence. Hm, I wonder why that might be.
My apologies, Michael. I didn’t place a link on the last one because it was the same source as the prior list — I thought the same format would give it away. My apologies for overestimating your intelligence.
Here you go:
http://www.rottenacorn.com/activityMap.html
Better now?
J.
But back to the subject at hand: can anyone cite ANYTHING that puts Operation Rescue in the “terrorist” category?
J.
I googled that for you Jay Tea and found that you quoted it from a website that specializes solely in attacking ACORN:
http://www.rottenacorn.com/activityMap.html#wi
Hm, and they don’t show any sources either. Further searching leads only to sources that are only quoting rottenacorn.com or have been disproved in the factcheck.org article I linked to. Simple questions arise such as, who are these 2 people? Are the 2 people the convicted felons? Did the felons lie about being convicted? Not much you can do about that besides turn them in once ACORN figures it out. Also note that ACORN the organization itself isn’t being charged with anything in this example.
Your previous comments have led me to question the veracity of everything you write Jay Tea and it seems I’m right to do so. Your partisan sources have been incredibly wrong before.
Gee, I’m so ashamed. You busted me, Michael. I tried to sneak that past you, and I did manage to sneak the “rottenacorn.com” in the URL past you TWICE, but your Google Fu has foiled me. Drat and curses.
So, let’s see… here’s a news story about ACORN hiring felons to register voters: wcco.com/local/felon.voter.registry.2.830275.html
And no, ACORN has not been formally charged as of yet. And it’s not likely to, considering how close they are to the current administration. That’s why I’m calling for a RICO investigation.
I also linked to the story about them organizing and training people to break and enter into foreclosed homes. Nothing to say about that?
You’re awful long on saying nasty things about me, but short about finding substantive rebuttals, Michael. While you’re Googling, look up “Sound and Fury.” Fits you to a tee.
J.
That article is incredibly short on details and has no back up on the accusation of two people being charged. You act as though your incredibly biased sources are decent even though they’ve been incredibly wrong before. When you make terrible accusations against organizations that are attempting to protect powerless Americans with out any backing up then you are a liar. You’ve yet to show a single illegal charge against ACORN the organization. You’ve also yet to show a credible source for any charge you’ve made.
That’s why I’m calling for a RICO investigation.
Are you now? Let me know how that goes, senator.