GOP 'pro life' Candidate Who Paid for Abortion Asked to Quit Race

The GOP primary race for retiring Rep. Darlene Hooley's (D-OR) seat took an interesting turn early this week when it was revealed one of the two self-proclaimed "Pro-Life" candidates paid for a girlfriend's abortion. America, are you paying attention to the lessons in hypocrisy brought to you by the social conservative wing of the GOP? Today, Oregon Right to Life is calling on Mike Erickson (R) to quite the race. But Oregon Right to Life knew about this during his 2006 campaign and sat silent, even after determining the woman's story was "credible."

PolitickerOR had the initial story:

"I was surprised to see that the Mike Erickson, who in 2000 was having wild parties involving cocaine use on his house boat, was running for office," the e-mail states. The author said she was driven to speak out by campaign literature that discussed Erickson's pro-life stance. According to the Mannix campaign, the woman wrote "where were these ideals in the year 2000 when he drove my friend (whom he impregnated) to an abortion clinic in NE Portland, handed her some cash, and left her at the door."

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/05/16/gop-candidate-who-paid-abortion-asked-quit-race

as hedge issues. They only care about power.

Amazing hypocrisy, not only with him, but with the 'Pro life' organization that
stifled the story.

The hypocrisy is just stunning.