Aspiring Pol Changes Name To Pro-Life

Idaho Strawberry Farmer Vying For Larry Craig's Senate Seat Trumpets Abortion Stance

(AP)  A Senate candidate has legally changed his name to Pro-Life and will appear on the ballot that way this year, state election officials say.

As Marvin Pro-Life Richardson, the organic strawberry farmer from Letha, 30 miles northwest of Boise, was denied the use of his middle name when he ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2006 because the state's policy bars the use of slogans on the ballot.

Now, though, officials in the Idaho secretary of state's office say they have no choice because Pro-Life is his full and only name. He says he will run for the highest state office on the ballot every two years for the rest of his life, advocating murder charges for doctors who perform abortions and for women who obtain the procedure.

"I think it's just and I think it's proper to have Pro-Life on the ballot," he told the Idaho Press-Tribune of Nampa. "If I save one baby's life, it's worth it."

Pro-Life, 66, says he hopes to get 5 percent of the vote as an independent running for the seat held by Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, but not everyone who shares his views is thrilled about his campaign.

David Ripley, executive director of Idaho Chooses Life, says he knows and respects Pro-Life but fears some voters may think Pro-Life is a position rather than a candidate and mistakenly mark their ballots both for him and for another anti-abortion candidate for the Senate, thus nullifying their choices.

"I'm pretty concerned about it," Ripley said. "I think that could cause a lot of confusion out there ... (Its) more likely to undermine the pro-life movement by having a lot of pro-life votes discounted."

Others running for Craig's seat include Lt. Gov. Jim Risch, a Republican who also opposes abortion, and pro-choice former Rep. Larry LaRocco, D-Idaho.

Craig is not seeking re-election to a fourth term after being arrested in June in a restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. An undercover police officer said Craig tapped his feet and swiped his hand under a stall divider in a way that signaled he wanted sex.

After news of his arrest and guilty plea to disorderly became public, Craig denied wrongdoing and his lawyers have asked a court of appeals to vacate his guilty plea.

[llandar]

"If you''re so pro-life why aren''t you linking arms and barricading cemetaries? Let''s see how committed you are to this bullsh*t idea."

RIP
Bill Hicks

[lywelyn]

1] Man changes name to Pro-Life.

2] Same man advocates for ''murder penalty'' for the Doctor who performs an abortion, under the not-proven assumption that life begins at conception (Many people believe that life begins at birth, or that life begins when the child can naturally survive outside its mothers womb, or even some Native Americans believe the soul is not seated until the child is 1, etc - it is a religious belief without proof - what it depends upon is what you believe in your faith).

3] A Doctor who has performed multiple abortions would be guilty of multiple murders.

4] Idaho has the death penalty.


5] Pro-Life therefore advocates doctors be put to death. How Pro-Life is that?.


Hmmmm.

[nishiak]

It makes sense that someone would stand up for life for the innocent, and prefer to save death for those who give up their own right to life by taking the lives of the innocent.
Fascinating that there are so many pro-lifers out there (and here in my neighborhood) who privately fund the resources that help the abortion-inclined, often desperate women saving the babies AND the moms, and no one seems to notice that part! And so many anti-white, pro-black groups who say that they would rather see a black child grow up in the (tragic) foster system than with whitey, while there are MANY white and racially mixed couples who go through every hoop imaginable to adopt orphaned black children. Who stands up for THEM? They can''t rescue these poor kids because of arrogant racists, and the children grow up never knowing they were wanted. Come on, would you rather have parents of a different color, or be a throwaway child? Members of the liberal legal establishment work hard every day to keep minority children out of loving homes.
Most of the help given to unwed mothers comes not from the state, but from private groups. Millions and millions each year.
And which groups are out in the jungles and inner cities, saving the lives of people of all colors? At their own expense, without waiting for bureaucrats to rescue them? That''s right, the pro-lifers!
How sad that people rant and rave without getting the facts. They just need someone to hate.

He should have renamed himself Fetus Fetishist, that would be most accurate.

3000 children die every day from malaria and other easily preventable disease, but nobody seems to care when those children are brown instead of white.

Start giving a *** about "postborn" life, and maybe his concerns about "preborn" life would be taken seriously.

[michellem99-2009]

I am a sp needs person. Frankly why that name which is not a person name at all. It is a means to stand out. I can see changing it to John or Mary. A human name. Pro Life..givr me a break..My friend used Heavy Duty and he told me there was no way they would change to that name . list it in the phone book. It is not a name. Barbara aka Michelle.

[estabwary]

How many babies in Iraq was this guy worried about?

[kansas1946]

This guy calls himself ''''pro-life'''' but wants murder charges for doctors who perform abortions, and for the women who get them?How many babies did this guy adopt? How many poor children did he pay to fund their education? This guy isn''''t pro-life, he''''s pro-NUTS!

Posted by nolalou at 10:13 AM : Mar 19, 2008
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I find it very interesting that the so called pro-lifers are the same ones that are always voting to cut funding for programs that benefit children, single mothers, the foster care programs, etc.
They never want to put their money where their mouths are. Being pro-life is easy. You can imagine saving all of the pretty pink little babies and never let the truth of the matter get in the way of your fantasies. If Americans are so enamoured of babies, why do we have hundreds of thousands of babies waiting for a safe a loving home??
Are all of these pro-lifers foster parents. Have they all adopted a special needs child? Have they demanded that money be allocated to help sinle you mothers with day care, emotional support, etc.

A perfect example of the idiot Republican take on this was a number of years ago when the Republicans had gathered up the Catholics on this issue, and then sent forth a bill that any girl under 18 that got pregnant wouldn''t be eligible for welfare. Well that got squashed when the Catholics got wind of it. They are hypocrites.

[michellem99-2009]

Wow I hope he is happy with his new legal name. Sir, I dislike yer choice. It is shove it yer face name. How does yer family feel ye dumped yer family name.
I have hurt my family when I legally changed my full name years ago. I went to court to legally change it back to my full birth name. I am so grateful I did.
Barbara

[randynason]

Is this where Alfred E. Nueman vanished? This makes me want to change my name to Gay Rights Now.

[honestabe8]

I guess "widestance" was already taken.

[holdenlitgo]

If you want to save a baby''s life, end the war in Iraq. Stop the argument about when a baby becomes a life and stop killing babies of all ages - civilian and soldiers alike - in your wars based on lies and greed. If all life is sacred, stop the killing "for the sake of peace".

[tomanyt]

prometheus41...Look who''s calling the kettle black!!!

[nabi2]

"So, it''''s wrong to kill children, but okay to wait eighteen years then shoot them in other countries?"
Posted by Fornicario at 10:36 AM : Mar 19, 2008

It''s people like you that make me sick, Fornicario. Comments such as yours above are typical of self-righteous, bible-thumping, uneducated (in world affairs - not school education) fools that live in the country I served and sacrificed 22 years of my life and some of my abilities to protect. I''m surprised others have not jumped square in your fantical @ss for that stupid remark. But then again, mine will probably either be censored by CBS or jumped all-over by other posters.

An American Disabled Veteran

BTW - I never shot any babies during my 22 years nor did I abort any as well.

[tomanyt]

Outlaw abortion and make all pro-lifers adopt the children.

[fornicario]

So, it''s wrong to kill children, but okay to wait eighteen years then shoot them in other countries?

[greeneyes222]

It''s a stupid stunt that will come back to haunt him.

Most voters want a candidate who shows common sense and addresses a number of issues. This one doesn''t have it.

[naucoming4u]

"David Ripley, executive director of Idaho Chooses Life, says he knows and respects Pro-Life but fears some voters may think Pro-Life is a position rather than a candidate and mistakenly mark their ballots both for him and for another anti-abortion candidate for the Senate, thus nullifying their choices."


OH PLLLEASE DO!!!

Please vote for both candidates... I mean... the stance (no pun intended)... and another candidate.

Nullifying the votes of fascists around the country is the first step in making America great, if not greater than ever before!

[singingrick]

Another nutjob extremist trying to get into government.

[nolalou]

This guy calls himself ''pro-life'' but wants murder charges for doctors who perform abortions, and for the women who get them?How many babies did this guy adopt? How many poor children did he pay to fund their education? This guy isn''t pro-life, he''s pro-NUTS!

[easeup-2009]

"They''''ve been coming out since Jr. first got into office in 2001. They all knew this was their chance to shine and they''''ve come out in droves spewing out their hatred for anything that doesn''''t look and sound like them.
But in a way it''''s a good thing. Young people get to see what rightwingers are all about and will decide to move as far away from them as possible.

Posted by closethippy1 at 09:50 AM : Mar 19, 2008"

yeah and all of the atheists on these boards are SO open & compassionate....