Hotline has the scoop.

MA. Sen. John Kerry said last night that if Dems retake the House, there’s a “solid case” to bring “articles of impeachment” against President Bush for allegedly misleading the country about pre-war intelligence, according to several Dems who attended.

Kerry was speaking at a holiday party for alumni of his WH ‘04 bid.

About 100 campaign vets gathered at Finn McCool’s bar in D.C. to hear him. In a short speech, Kerry praised Dems who were working on Senate and House campaigns, and then said, according to one listener: “If we take back the House, there’s a solid case to bring articles of impeachment against this president.” Another listener heard a slight variation: “If we win back the House, I think we have a pretty solid case to bring articles of impeachment against this President.” Kerry then quickly added, according to several in the audience, “Don’t tell anyone I said that.”

Kerry Comm. Dir. David Wade, in an email, said his boss was joking. [MARC AMBINDER]

There are two things wrong with this Reuters story.

First, this.

U.S. officials typically rely on photo-reconnaissance satellites to gather intelligence from space on hostile governments and foreign terrorists. It would be unusual to use such a satellite domestically.

I’m sure.

And then this.

Theories have persisted that a group of white supremacist bank robbers with ties to Elohim City may have played a role in the bombing. But prosecutors have rejected such theories.

“White supremacist bank robbers”? What about Muslim terrorists?

There is a highly intriguing scandal bubbling below the surface of the blog world… and that is “what happened to Michelle’s BlogAds and why are there no PJM ads in their place?”

Well, for all of you out there looking for some real excitement, it’s not to be found this time.

James Joyner explains, quoting an email he received from Michelle.

It’s a very simple technical issue. I’ve been waiting for Pajamas Media to send me the coding to put the ads up on my site. There are a lot of PM bloggers waiting. I’m in line like everyone else–but I think all the tinfoil-hat-rattling is going to get me bumped up.

GMail finally has added an automatic responder feature (ie. out of office, or vacation responder) to their email. Now life is complete and I can go on vacation!

Way cool Jesus for teens?

Hah.

Bainbridge says “told ya so.”

As has been noted before in other places (via Annie), Planned Parenthood has been accused of covering up felony crimes, particularly rape.

Here is another example, dug up by the American Life League, and posted by Chris Short over at Jawa and Conservative Thinking. This article has been removed from PP’s website, but Wayback, of course, has the cached copy.

It Keeps Us Safe

I was raped at 11, by my 17 year old boyfriend. I chose not to tell my parents because I didn’t think their involvement would help, that was the right choice for me. Planned Parethood helped me deal with the aftermath of the rape allowing me to deal and cope as best as I could in my own way. I was 14 when I decided to start having sex, the day I made that choice I made an appointment to get birth control pills. I’m 17 now, I’ve been with my current boyfriend for about two years. During that time i’ve been HIV and STD tested four times. Right now I’m sitting in the waiting room while my boyfriend gets the results for his HIV test. We love each other so we’re responsible and Planned Parenthood helps us to do that.

- name withheld -

Even if this story were not true, Planned Parenthood posted it on their website as an example of “shared stories.” Truly astounding. Or maybe not so astounding, but truly sickening.

GOP Bloggers adds:

As if it’s not bad enough that parents rights are being attacked by organizations like Planned Parenthood in regards to abortion and parental consent for minors, but now we learn they’re also protecting rapists by not reporting the crime to the authorities, and once again denying parents their rights, as parents, to know when their minor child has been the victim of a sex crime.

Dawn Eden has more.

“It Keeps Us Safe”? Safe from what? Safe from parents finding out their little girls were raped? It certainly doesn’t keep children safe from rapists.

To recap: An 11-year-old girl walked into Planned Parenthood, saying she had been raped. Not just statutory rape, either; forcible rape.

Planned Parenthood assured the girl that it would not contact her parents, and it was true to its word. Likewise, it must not have contacted the authorities either, otherwise the parents would certainly have been notified.

Thanks to Planned Parenthood, the rapist remained at large, still free to attack other little girls.

Regular Guy:

So, even in cases of forcible rape, Planned Parenthood can be relied upon to keep a rapist on the streets, and then boast about it on their website.

Not to mention providing prescription contraceptive drugs — without her parents’ knowledge — to a girl who can’t legally consent to sex.

Rob at Say Anything:

If I knew more about the situation I might agree with the girl that her parents shouldn’t have been told (at least not at first, what kind of parents let their eleven-year-old daughter date a guy who is seventeen?), but nobody even contacted law enforcement? Rape is a crime, and so is pedophilia. Thanks to Planned Parenthood the schmuck who took advantage of this little girl is out on the loose somewhere.

What’s worse, the group is bragging about this. As though it is something to be proud of.

What a bunch of monsters

Via ProLifeBlogs, here is what the FRC has to say:

According to California state law Planned Parenthood may be criminally negligible for not reporting the crime and there is a chance the statute of limitations still applies for the rapist. In the guise of protecting an 11-year-old child, Planned Parenthood has instead further made her a victim, while protecting her rapist. According to California state statistics almost 70% of teen births are children of adult men, and teenage girls are twice as likely to have sexually transmitted diseases as teenage boys. Who is watching out for the children? This is standard operating procedure for Planned Parenthood and in this case California’s attorney general needs to investigate and, if necessary, prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.

HyScience:

Jim Sedlak, executive director of American Life League’s STOPP International, says, “People may be skeptical when pro-life groups accuse Planned Parenthood of violating the law and protecting rapists, however, when Planned Parenthood itself seems to brag on one of its official web sites, about doing just that - it is time law enforcement agencies in every state address the situation.”

Others: Curt Jester, Anywhere but Here, The Dark Side, Soccer Mom, House of Wheels.

UPDATE: Here is Google’s cached version of the story. And here’s Google’s cache (Dec 19, 2004 ) of the main page listing this article. And here’s another cached version (Dec 11, 2005).

What are the odds these cached copies will go away soon?

Regan Lauscher makes a convincing case that she was dq’d unfairly, but learns the ultimate lesson.

The time came for that trite and ritualistic lesson, that sober second thought that comes to every athlete after every performance - the no-gimmicks, no sugar-coated, sans-sympathy, what-did-you-learn lesson.

Mine was this: add super-glue to my shopping list.