http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72615.html Left blogs rip Handel for attacks on PP By: Tim Mak February 8, 2012 01:46 PM EST
Liberal bloggers are savaging former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive Karen Handel not only for her role in the past weeks controversy over funding for Planned Parenthood, but for the way she handled her resignation. Handel resigned Tuesday with issued a strongly-worded letter before appearing on cable television to defend herself and trash Planned Parenthood for vicious attacks and coercion. Progressive blog LittleGreenFootballs described her exit and resignation letter as angry, while BlueMassGroup characterized her as a far-right GOP extremist. Her resignation letter, liberals said, would not calm the fires that threatened the cancer organizations image over the past week. The resignation letter is an indignant defense of the decision to defund, and her associated martyrdom I dont believe anyone thinks this will mollify those who see the Planned Parenthood situation as one where Susan G. Komen showed their true colors, wrote David Dayden at FireDogLake. Handel resigns, and in doing so, calls the CEO a liar on the way out the door You see, when you tell the truth about them, they call it a vicious attack. Theyre simply used to doing what they want and to hell with everyone else, so when someone pushes back, it shocks them, added John Cole at Balloon Juice. Many in the blogosphere also questioned Handels motives for quitting, arguing that she did so in order to make herself a martyr for the pro-life cause, and to cash in on her newfound reputation. Expect a big Facebook post from Sarah Palin, who endorsed Handel in 2010 and who never passes up a good culture war, wrote Chris Bodenner at the Daily Beast. No surprise that Handel refused a severance package, which would have kept her from talking about the controversy in public. In particular, a writer at The Nation had back-handed praise for Handel, saying that her exit strategy was reflective of evil brilliance. Handels very public resignation letter shows a political acumen and sophisticated grasp of cultural narrative, wrote Ilyse Hogue. Weve not heard the last of Karen Handel. And when she surfaces to tell her story, people should remember: shes not the victim, shes a sophisticated political operator who may have g ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:346516 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
