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O'Reilly Factor Unresolved Problem Segment,
Jan 5, 2007 |
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Also see BillOReilly.com |
O'Reilly: This happened over the
Christmas break: Even more controversy breaking out in Kansas over
late-term abortion doctor, known as Tiller the Baby Killer. 30
misdemeanor charges were filed against George Tiller accusing him of
unlawful late-term abortions and failing to report accurately the
reasons why he terminated fetuses as required by law. But Judge Paul
Clark in Kansas threw the case out almost immediately on jurisdictional
technicality. Also, the very liberal Kansas
City Star and the Wichita
Eagle both were appalled that Tiller was even charged in the
first place.
Joining us now from Kansas City is Jack Cashill, editor of Ingram's Magazine, a business journal based in Kansas City. OK, Mr. Cashill, let's walk through it: Charges are filed against Tiller, there's a long investigation, ... they come down, the judge gets the case and immediately throws it out. Why? |
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Also see JackCashill.com |
Cashill: Well, Bill, it's kind
of complicated. There's a fair amount of money changing hands, as
you probably know. But it's a little deeper than that. The
"good" people, the "cool" people, the
"smart" people in Kansas all want to be on the pro-choice, the
hip side, because they're embarrassed by their state. They're embarrassed
by the notion that pro-life zealots, like Phill Kline, might be
Attorney General. And, it's as much about embarrassment as it is about
the actual receipt of money.
O'Reilly: We know the political correctness that permeates through the Kansas City Star and other papers, but this is a legal matter. This is a criminal matter. You said money's changing hands? What's that all about? |
 Tiller's ProKanDo PAC was the #1 Kansas PAC in 2002 and the #4 Kansas PAC in 2004. In 2006 Tiller was clever in hiding his political contributions via non-profits. Total non-profit figures for 2006 in IRS 990s won't be known till mid- to late-2007. Also see DrTiller.com |
Cashill: Well, Tiller, Dr. Tiller, over the last many years, pumped literally hundreds of thousands of dollars into the political system, directly, also through his ProKanDo PAC, but also through various cutouts and organizations that have the same address as the PAC [Meadowlark note: see Progress Kansas and Kansans for Consumer Privacy Protection], and then these people give to other people, and there's a tight little circle there of people, especially centered around Wichita and cheer led out of Kansas City by the Kansas City Star, who are absolutely indifferent to what's going on in his clinic. [Meadowlark note: see statistics about how the Star suppressed stories about Tiller since 1998] It's astonishing. O'Reilly: Now, are you saying Tiller bought the judge? Do you think the judge was in his pocket? |
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Clark's Journal Entry of Dismissal: |
Cashill: No, it's not that
deep. This state isn't corrupt, like say New Jersey is corrupt --
I grew up in New Jersey, so I know about corruption -- it's not corrupt
in that way. It's corrupt in a more "respectable" kind
of superficial way. And it has a lot to do with just appearances
and wanting to be liked and wanting to be appreciated.
O'Reilly: ... you're telling me the judge didn't uphold the law here? He threw this out because he wanted to be accepted in a social circle? Cashill: I would say it's not that he didn't uphold the law. He didn't want to know about the law. Just like the good people of Kansas don't want to know what's going on at Tiller's clinic. ... The Kansas City Star doesn't want to know. |
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O'Reilly: OK, ... we know about
the press, but it becomes a much more intense problem when you have a
judge confronted with evidence of criminal wrong doing and throws it out
on some technicality because he wants to be liked at the country club.
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Cashill: He's gone one step too far. The DA in Sedgwick County has gone one step too far. These are real criminal charges here. All that Phill Kline wants is to have them aired -- like with any criminal charges. Why not? O'Reilly: Is there a chance they'll be reinstated ... these criminal charges? Cashill: I think they will be. I think the powers that be in Kansas have gone one step too far. Every time, Bill, you talk about this ... or anyone else ... talks about this subject, it sheds light on a topic that no one wants to have light shed on. O'Reilly: We'll continue to follow this story, Mr. Cashill. Thank you very much. |
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