May 12, 2008 - 2:27pm
Days before primary, Mannix accuses pro-life opponent of paying for abortion
By Lauren Lafaro
Category: HouseTags: primary, Kevin Mannix, Mike Erickson, abortion, pro-life, OR-5, paid for abortion, accusation, young woman
Rumors of drugs, sex and an abortion: the Republican primary in the 5th Congressional District got ugly eight days before the primary.
Today Kevin Mannix went public with accusations that his opponent Mike Erickson impregnated a young woman and then paid for her abortion. The campaign based the accusations on an e-mail from a friend of the young woman in question that details a list of offenses by Erickson.
"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."
Despite attempts to contact the e-mail's author, these claims could not be verified by PolitickerOR.com.
Mannix's campaign released a letter which the Republican candidate intends to send to voters discussing primary opponent Mike Erickson's credibility and pro-life credentials. Mannix's letter starts off stating that "recently, I have been presented with extremely disturbing information about...Erickson, and the disrespectful way he treated a young woman."
Mannix noted that he was reluctant to release the information and the campaign did so only investigating the claim.
"The email is verified and sheds light on the character of Mike Erickson who claims he is pro-life yet he paid for an abortion and left the woman at a clinic," said Amy Langdon, Mannix's campaign manager. "It is critical to share this woman's story with the voters of CD 5 as they make the decision as to who will be the Republican nominee."
PolitickerOR.com has contacted the Erickson campaign and is waiting for a response.
UPDATE, 3:39 p.m.:
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This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. The one thing that has been true about Erickson his entire life is that he has trouble telling the truth. He will say anything in order to get elected.
He claims he is pro-life, and yet he gets a girl pregnant and then drives her to the abortion clinic, hands her a wad of cash and takes off. That isn't pro-life at all.
Regardless of whether you are pro-life or pro0choice, this should bother you, because it is clear that Mike Erickson is a liar who cannot be trusted.
This is so sad and cheap and
This is so sad and cheap and pathetic to have this brought up only eight days ahead. Nothing smells stronger of a LIE, a desperate, cruel and ugly LIE. Disgusts me, makes me want to vote for Mike just to get to that creep who orchestrated this.
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