Planned Parenthood Received over $1 Million in Honor of Sarah Palin
Gretchen Peters wrote the beloved, hit song, ‘Independence Day.’ What we saw a great deal of during the 2008 presidential election, was the RNC using inappropriate hit songs on the campaign trail; most notably we heard Heart’s ‘Barracuda’ during an event to introduce Sarah Palin, but the one misstep that did the most damage to the RNC and helped Planned Parenthood immensely was when ‘Independence Day’ was used by the RNC at an event promoting the McCain/Palin ticket. They most definitely should have thought twice about using a song that was written by a pro-woman woman when introducing one of the worst examples of a “feminist” to hit a political ticket; but what Gretchen said herself can sum up the entire Republican train wreck we saw during this past presidential campaign–The verse is the story, the verse is the message and when have we really seen the Republican party to do their homework?
When Gretchen heard that Independence Day was used on the campaign trail by the RNC, she decided to do something remarkable that would help literally millions of people–She donated all of the proceeds she received from ‘Independence Day’, from the time Gov. Palin took the stage the day Peters’ song was used until Election Day, to Planned Parenthood.
Because of Gretchen Peters’ bold statement and unfailing generosity to help the women, men and teens who walk into Planned Parenthood in need of health care, Planned Parenthood invited her to join their Board of Advocates which consist of prominent individuals united by their commitment to reproductive freedom and sexual health. She was also invited to perform ‘Independence Day’ at a Planned Parenthood event hosted by actors Julianne Moore and Olympia Dukakis in New York City on November 6, 2008. Yes, I know I am ridiculously late with this, but I haven’t seen this video posted on any of my regular-read blogs and am so inspired by this story and decided to post it, so watch the Planned Parenthood event and Gretchen’s performance:
The statement that Gretchen Peters made was truly amazing since over $1 million was donated to Planned Parenthood in honor of Sarah Palin.
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