It gets better. I had wondered when the reich wing whinging would begin. It did not take more than a couple of hours. I wish these people would own up and take responsibility instead of blaming everything else but their own behavior:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72570.html Handel: PP 'vicious attacks, coercion' By: Mackenzie Weinger February 7, 2012 02:55 PM EST Karen Handel, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure official who resigned Tuesday, accused Planned Parenthood of vicious attacks and coercion against her. Last time I checked, private nonprofit organizations have a right and a responsibility to be able to set the highest standards and criteria on their own without interference, let alone the level of vicious attacks and coercion that has occurred by Planned Parenthood. Its simply outrageous, Handel a former Georgia Republican governor candidate who joined the breast cancer organization in 2011 as a vice president of public policy, told Fox News Megyn Kelly. Handel also addressed her role in the controversial and since-rescinded decision by Komen to yank funding from Planned Parenthood, saying that I clearly acknowledge that I was involved in the process, but to suggest that I had the sole authority is just absurd. She said Komens questioning of funding Planned Parenthood had existed long before she came to the breast cancer organization. I think everyone can agree if you have a grantee where there is this type of controversy surrounding it, Komen was doing its level best to move to neutral ground. And I will say, I was asked to look at options for doing that, some alternatives for doing that. I was asked to do it, I looked at it and I did, she added. Calling Komen a great organization, Handel said she decided to step down once she became the focus of the controversy. I resigned because it was clear that all of this had gotten to a point where it was ratcheted too high, she said. I was too much of a focal point. During the interview, Handel pushed back against those that said she wanted to use her post at Komen to push her own political agenda. Komen hired Handel after she made an unsuccessful bid for governor on a platform that included opposition to abortion and defunding Planned Parenthood. For Komen, for myself, the mission was always foremost in everyones mind. The mission and the women that we serve. The only group that made this issue political has been Planned Parenthood, she said. Handel said she declined a severance package from Komen because she wanted to do the right thing on my own terms. Look, this is a nonprofit and Im very much aware of that, she said. I was doing my job, Megyn, and I wasnt interested in having a paycheck or a written check for myself to just simply go away. I wanted to do the right thing on my own terms. Handel was pegged by activists as responsible for the decision to cut off grants to Planned Parenthood and wrote in her resignation letter, I openly acknowledge my role in the matter and continue to believe our decision was the best one for Komens future and the women we serve. Last week on MSNBCs Andrea Mitchell Reports, Komen founder and CEO Nancy Brinker denied the suggestion that Handel had played an significant role in the controversial decision. This was decided at the board level and also by our mission, Andrea. Everything that we get up and do every day is about the mission, to provide women, vulnerable populations, with care, treatment and screening, she said. We are not defunding Planned Parenthood. ---------------------------- Funny part of the 3rd last paragraph was that multiple people within the foundation independently said that Handel was behind the effort to defund Planned Parenthood. On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oops! You must have misposted in the wrong thread. > > This thread is about the lack of transparency in grants within the Susan G > Komen foundation. > > > > On Feb 7, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204369404577206692451108960.html >> >> . >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> It looks like that Handel is out - she's the former GOP candidate who >>> was instrumental in the Komen Foundation's decision to defund Planned >>> parenthood. >>> >>> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72550.html >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346442 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
