Karen Handel resigns from Komen for the Cure
Karen Handel, the former GOP candidate for governor, just announced her resignation as a senior vice president for public policy of Susan G. Komen for the Cure – one week after the breast cancer charity reversed itself on a decision to sever financial ties with Planned Parenthood.
Below is the letter. Note that Handel says she is declining the offer of a severance package from Komen — which might have required her to keep silent.
February 7, 2012
The Honorable Nancy Brinker
CEO, Susan G. Komen for the Cure VIA EMAIL
5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250
Dallas, Texas 75244
Dear Ambassador Brinker:
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has been the recognized leader for more 30 years in the fight against breast cancer here in the US – and increasingly around the world.
As you know, I have always kept Komen’s mission and the women we serve as my highest priority – as they have been for the entire organization, the Komen Affiliates, our many supporters and donors, and the entire community of breast cancer survivors. I have carried out my responsibilities faithfully and in line with the Board’s objectives and the direction provided by you and Liz.
We can all agree that this is a challenging and deeply unsettling situation for all involved in the fight against breast cancer. However, Komen’s decision to change its granting strategy and exit the controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood and its grants was fully vetted by every appropriate level within the organization. At the November Board meeting, the Board received a detailed review of the new model and related criteria. As you will recall, the Board specifically discussed various issues, including the need to protect our mission by ensuring we were not distracted or negatively affected by any other organization’s real or perceived challenges. No objections were made to moving forward.
I am deeply disappointed by the gross mischaracterizations of the strategy, its rationale, and my involvement in it. I openly acknowledge my role in the matter and continue to believe our decision was the best one for Komen’s future and the women we serve. However, the decision to update our granting model was made before I joined Komen, and the controversy related to Planned Parenthood has long been a concern to the organization. Neither the decision nor the changes themselves were based on anyone’s political beliefs or ideology. Rather, both were based on Komen’s mission and how to better serve women, as well as a realization of the need to distance Komen from controversy. I believe that Komen, like any other nonprofit organization, has the right and the responsibility to set criteria and highest standards for how and to whom it grants.
What was a thoughtful and thoroughly reviewed decision – one that would have indeed enabled Komen to deliver even greater community impact – has unfortunately been turned into something about politics. This is entirely untrue. This development should sadden us all greatly.
Just as Komen’s best interests and the fight against breast cancer have always been foremost in every aspect of my work, so too are these my priorities in coming to the decision to resign effective immediately. While I appreciate your raising a possible severance package, I respectfully decline. It is my most sincere hope that Komen is allowed to now refocus its attention and energies on its mission.
Sincerely,
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Wynona
February 7th, 2012
10:38 am
GOOD RIDDANCE!!
kandy
February 7th, 2012
10:39 am
Well this is a good start!!!
sue
February 7th, 2012
10:40 am
The first logical decision she’s made! Good!
sue
February 7th, 2012
10:41 am
A wise decision on her part. –May be too little too late!
Ga Values...Ron Paul for Peace & Prosperity
February 7th, 2012
10:41 am
She would have been a less bad governor that that crook Raw Deal
Suzie Simoneit
February 7th, 2012
10:41 am
Good riddens to bad rubbish!! Take you antiquated ideas with you, ALL women’s health should be the focus of Susan B. Komen.
Mahopinion
February 7th, 2012
10:42 am
Too little, too late. Brinker needs to go, too.
Three Jack
February 7th, 2012
10:42 am
SGK lost a great woman, best wishes Karen!
christian
February 7th, 2012
10:44 am
did y’all even read the letter? have you even considered the truth of this news story? Obviously not, based on the answers thus far. Bravo to you Karen for your integrity and stand for what’s right! If the GA GOP had any integrity at all, you’d be Governor right now, and we’d all be better off!
KHC
February 7th, 2012
10:45 am
Buyer beware for her next employer.
GrogInOhio
February 7th, 2012
10:45 am
That’s a good start. Brinker next?
The Snark
February 7th, 2012
10:46 am
When the going gets tough .. blame others!
Stay classy, Karen.
DebofAmber
February 7th, 2012
10:46 am
Apparently we aren’t done yet? She is claiming it wasn’t her – or at least not completely her.
Ruggerducky
February 7th, 2012
10:48 am
Can’t believe it took a whole week. Anyone who really thinks this ultra-conservative did not influence the decision by Komen is a fool. A person who would turn cancer into a political issue is just plain a bad person in my book. But here’s a couple of old ladies telling it like it really is: http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/pink-razors/
Last Word
February 7th, 2012
10:48 am
Dear Karen,
YOU’RE FIRED!!!!!
Sincerely,
The SGK Foundation
Becky
February 7th, 2012
10:50 am
They all need to go from the top down. Then return the foundation to its original purpose instead of a way for ladies who lunch to pull huge salaries from the business of breast cancer.
Jeannie
February 7th, 2012
10:50 am
> As you know, I have always kept Komen’s mission and the women we serve as my highest priority
I guess “the poor” are not part of the women Handel wanted SGK to serve.
Lonnie Walker
February 7th, 2012
10:50 am
Good luck and best wishes to Karen Handel.she is the only Republican candidate i have ever voted for and our state wouldve been thriving had she been elected.I would like to thank her for her amazing show of integrity.God bless her!
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PhillipP
February 7th, 2012
10:51 am
Not good enough. I still will not support them because of all the lies. They are still a right wing Republican organization.
Phillip
February 7th, 2012
10:51 am
She has been a disaster for this organization. I was in Walmart on Sunday and I can’t tell how many products I saw with the Komen Pink Ribbon on it.I made sure the groceries I bought didn’t support this organization with the ribbon on it, and the stuff I used to buy that had it on it I bought its competition. I was standing in line and they had this Energizer battery kiosk where you could buy while in line, and they had actual pink batteries with the KOMEN ribbon on them and I bought DURACELL just so I didn’t support Energizer. Guess Komen has been hounded by its sponsors to get rid of that cancer Karen b/c their products are being affected. I know personally my whole family was boycotting any food/products that had a pink ribbon it. That ribbon has become toxic and they have a lot of work to do to regain the trust of women all around the world. Cancer should not be used a political football to deny any women screening. Cancer is NONPARTISAN and it doesn’t care what political affliation you belong to and for this woman to destroy a 30 year positive organzition for breast cancer, because of her right wing ideology has been a travesty.
kandy
February 7th, 2012
10:51 am
The truth is ALL there is in this story. They decided to withhold funding from Planned Parenthood!
They screwed up and got caught in a lie, as they continued to fund PENN STATE as it was definitely under a CRIMINAL investigation.
She just had her anti-abortion agenda she was trying to put through. Just like all the LW crazies, it seems to be OK to overlook the molesting of a child, but do ALL you can to prevent women from their legal reproductive rights.
Carol
February 7th, 2012
10:51 am
None of what she said is true. good riddance.
sheepdawg
February 7th, 2012
10:52 am
hahahahahahahahahahahaha….now maybe they’ll hire an educated person to set policy. hope we never see her face again in GA, or her obnoxious spokesperson who was sonny’s lap dog for years. hahahahahahaha
bart
February 7th, 2012
10:53 am
I was a supporter of Handel in the Governor’s race, but now I’m glad she lost. I will no longer support her for any political campaign she may wage in the future. I am extremely disappointed that she would put the lives of so many women in jeopardy for purely political reasons. What a shame!
Omega Chick
February 7th, 2012
10:53 am
Thank heavens. I’m sure some lucky Super PAC will snatch her up for more misguided policy-making decisions. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Karen!
MN Jean
February 7th, 2012
10:54 am
So Sorry, wishing Ms Handel the best….planned parenthood needs to raise their own funding, not get it from Susan J Komen that people donate to thinking the dollars go toward cancer cure research & treatments.
kandy
February 7th, 2012
10:54 am
Agree Phillip,
I went out last night to buy my usual Purina Cat chow, but it had this HUGE pink ribbon on the front.
I switched brands!
BYW, I am a breast cancer survivor and have supported several friends in the 60 mile walk.
I won’t be this year!
Matt Hart
February 7th, 2012
10:55 am
I see she expects a big severance package. How many more buckett of chicken must KFC sell to compensate?
GTPHISH
February 7th, 2012
10:55 am
HANDEL’D
Last Word
February 7th, 2012
10:55 am
Um, Kandy, don’t you mean “RW crazies?”
Bemused
February 7th, 2012
10:55 am
Reminds one of the Mary McCarthy line about Lillian Hellman: “Everything she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the.’ “
Debbie Hellman
February 7th, 2012
10:55 am
Go back to Georgia….no great loss!
Dani
February 7th, 2012
10:55 am
Wow, that was the most BS-filled letter I’ve ever read. I love how she tried to turn the tables back on Komen to try and divert the majority of the blame away from herself. No matter what she says, her actions have demonized her in the eyes of most American women. Too late. Handel.
liberalefty
February 7th, 2012
10:55 am
good riddance to this religious pious hypocritical fool
Grasshopper
February 7th, 2012
10:57 am
This debacle puts Komen in a very harsh light. We always knew that Handel was anti-abortion; this situation reinforces that.
But what exactly is Komen’s position? First they want to disassociate themselves from PP because of investigations. Then they bow to political pressure and change their minds.
Handel, at least, doesn’t waffle in her views.
Nathan
February 7th, 2012
10:57 am
Such a shame. Breast cancer should not be a political issue. Komen has revealed itself as a political organization. Best to find another place to send your money to, knowing it will help women fight disease rather than further a political agenda.
17onPink
February 7th, 2012
10:57 am
What an incredible piece of spin. How can women be your highest priority when you alter the rules for grantmaking specifically in an effort to avoid a controversy created by your political allies? There are plenty of controversial groups that Komen works with, including Penn State (criminal investigations), several corporations who produce products with known carcinogens, guns, etc. It is alos rather disingenuous to say that Komen turned the issues into something political. Karen Handel arrived with a well-known political history and by insid accounts, was key to the charge forward. Ms. Handel, if you don’t want to have an abortion, don’t have one. We can agree to disagree on the topic, but, like when you created an illegal system for voter verification in Georgia (known to make it more difficult for people to vote), you should stop using your power to deny people access to ful participation in decisions that affect their lives. You are absolutely invested in a government big enough to control m mothers, sisters, and daughters and that is by no means true or healthy conservatism.
Cindy Lewis
February 7th, 2012
10:57 am
Meh. Typically severance packages are not extended to employees wishing to resign; those are reserved for employers wishing to rid themselves of a perceived human resource problem. Obviously, Handel was forced out and this letter is her weak way of taking the high road out of town. She was canned.
jron
February 7th, 2012
10:58 am
what a lier. A co-worker just released piles of emails from her where she very clearly was LOOKING for ways to specifically defund PP. It was her main goal in life apparently and then she has the gaul to try and claim she was just doing the best thing for cancer. she is a fraud and a lier.
Harold
February 7th, 2012
10:58 am
Karen “Dropout” Handel still doesn’t admit it’s her. It’s always somebody else’s fault isn’t it, Karen. Same reason you dropped out of everything else. THEY DID IT NOT ME! WAH!!! Maybe Mitt has a safety net for her as she falls again.
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Melissa
February 7th, 2012
10:59 am
Her letter is worded exactly as I’d expect an ultra-conservative shill to sound – full of lies and misrepresentation, taking no responsibility and trying to blame everyone else.
John K
February 7th, 2012
10:59 am
Typical Republican. Causing a disaster and then leaving.
kandy
February 7th, 2012
11:00 am
MN Planned Parenthood does not use the money they raise and receive for cancer research.
They DO use it to do mammograms and cancer screenings for women who are without health insurance or access to health care. That is where the money donated goes!
SGK donates money to thousands of other organizations. They just stepped on their dick this time and got caught acting political instead of philanthropical!
Allen
February 7th, 2012
11:00 am
Her craven Palin boot-lick aside – she is what is wrong with politics and politicians.
Nan
February 7th, 2012
11:00 am
Good riddance. She can try to spin it a zillion different ways, but it was all politics, pure and simple.
BC Supporter
February 7th, 2012
11:01 am
I can’t believe that SGK would succumb to such media pressure to support an organization that promotes saving women’s lives out of one side of their mouth but promotes killing babies out the other side. What most people fail to point out is that for every $ SGK gives to PP, that’s one more $ they can allocate towards abortions from other sources. I applaud KH for her stand and even though my wife is currently battling BC, I will not support an organiztion that supports abortion. I do not support United Way for the very same reason.
Ron Curtis
February 7th, 2012
11:01 am
What a typical, sniveling, lying right-wing loser she is! Blaming everybody but herself and forgetting where the buck stops – with her! Thank God she didn’t end up as governor of Georgia! Good riddance and don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Now let’s have Brinker’s resignation, along with everyone else inside Komen who thought this was a good idea. I conclude this comment by referring readers to this video link: “What cancer is and is not” youtu.be/2ZwpSwm_4as
beanster
February 7th, 2012
11:01 am
This isn’t good. Now she’s a martyr for the crusade. This will be her only platform for the rest of her political career and could very well win her the Governor’s seat someday.
Becky
February 7th, 2012
11:02 am
I can see her and Sarah Palin hanging out together and planning their next assault on the general public. Some GOP operative will love to have her. Maybe Ralph Reed?
Kerry
February 7th, 2012
11:02 am
Read her resignation letter closely, she blames everyone else. She insists the policy was not her doing. But although the policy wasn’t her doing, she still says it was correct to defund PP. No severance package will be necessary since she will land in a comfortable position that has probably already been found. BTW – does anyone know the specifics of her pay package at SGK?
Joe Mama
February 7th, 2012
11:02 am
No severance, and since she resigned voluntarily, no unemployment.
Get a job, hippie.
vegasgrrl
February 7th, 2012
11:02 am
Now if we can get Komen to donate more of their intake to actual research, I might actually give them money.
Handel obviously had an agenda – having vehemently been against PP in her political stance from the beginning. Now, since Komen saw the light of their mistake, she runs off crying like a baby because they don’t agree with her anymore. Get a grip Handel, you couldn’t possibly believe that what you say has anything to do with the health of ALL women, and has everything to do with your political agenda. Try pushing your ideas on some other organization – Komen has enough problems without all of your b.s.
beth pfohl
February 7th, 2012
11:02 am
Once again, the entire state of Georgia looks like a bunch of morons.
detritusUSA
February 7th, 2012
11:02 am
Don’t worry Karen FOX news will hire you. You’ll have a bigger stage to spread your poison.
HURLCO
February 7th, 2012
11:02 am
The forces of political correctness prevail. That’s too bad. Karen Handell’s resignation is a loss for the health care and screening of cancer for women and a victory for those who’d project their politics of death.
FYI
February 7th, 2012
11:04 am
Nancy Brinker isn’t going anywhere. She’s Susan G. Komen’s sister.
Rose
February 7th, 2012
11:04 am
This is what Karen Handel does best, she resigns. In this case, that’s great!
tom mitchell
February 7th, 2012
11:05 am
Ding Dong the Witch is Dead !!!
MB
February 7th, 2012
11:06 am
Handel should have been fired first thing Monday morning, if not sooner.
ProgressivePeach
February 7th, 2012
11:06 am
Awesome. Another example of Republican efficiency at its finest! And we continue to let these people run our state?
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Hilton Spence
February 7th, 2012
11:07 am
Let’s follow her to her next job, and boycott that company also.
You a miserable human being, Karen, and you will never win against the best
interests of women in this country.
YOU ARE ONE MISGUIDED HUMAN BEING. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ken
February 7th, 2012
11:08 am
Race for the cure or or race to support abortion? Can someone PLEASE tell me why I MUST support abortion through SGK in order to support the primary mission of researching a cure for breast cancer. The answer is that I do not. I will not support SGK any more. I will find an honest organization whose focus truly is breast cancer research and not aborting babies. I applaud you Karen Handel. Two thumbs down to you SGK board of directors.
GaBlue
February 7th, 2012
11:08 am
I hope Ms. Handel has finally learned the lesson she failed to learn two years ago. What do you get when you do the bidding of the GOBIC (good ol’ boys in charge), who seek to control all the power, money, and women within their realm to preserve their own privileged way of life — at the expense of those who really need a strong, capable advocate? Did you really think they would back you up when things got ugly, Ms. H? Bless your heart!
Suggestion:
Next time you want to put your “talents” to use, try fighting for the people who truly need and deserve your help instead of stepping on them to gain favor with those who will NEVER see you as an equal.
Jb
February 7th, 2012
11:08 am
The question of SGK organization that I have is, “being under investigation”..determines termination of donations…isn’t it innocent until proven guilty…..especially being investigated by CONGRESS (LOL) when the investigation hasn’t been completed. But, of course, we are talking about abortion, which has been and will always be the hot button topic, especially in an election year.
catlady
February 7th, 2012
11:08 am
How many lies were told before she finally decided to step up to the plate? Komen has lost my help, for sure.
GenJones
February 7th, 2012
11:09 am
That’s one less Wingnut Welfare Recipient. 27% to go.
Gerald West
February 7th, 2012
11:09 am
Great news! The attempt by right-wing politicians to infiltrate America’s charity and research organizations has suffered a stunning setback.
But please, keep her in Washington. Give her a cushy job with the gun lobby, or Fox News, or an oxymoronic Republican “think tank”.
Don’t send her back to Georgia: we’ve got too many posturing, obstructive politicians determined to advance the unethical treatment of human beings and undermine the Constitutional rights of Americans.
Ron Curtis
February 7th, 2012
11:09 am
Didn’t realize I could have a workable link above so I’m posting this again: “What cancer is and is not” http://youtu.be/2ZwpSwm_4as I suggest everyone whatch as this lady takes Komen to task.
Danny Osborne
February 7th, 2012
11:10 am
I echo the GOOD RIDDANCE comments!!!
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Kat
February 7th, 2012
11:11 am
This is the power of the internet. These people think they can screw over vulnerable populations in society and get away with it, but they can’t do it as long as the internet is an open porthole for unregulated information! This is just another example of why we need to fight so hard against government and corporate control of the internet. We caught this b—- red-handed. There’s still more work to do to take our society back from greedy, heartless imbeciles like her.
Becky
February 7th, 2012
11:14 am
Getting her college degree would be a good place to start.
oolaa
February 7th, 2012
11:15 am
Komen is going down…
James Connah
February 7th, 2012
11:15 am
If you actually followed what has been going on some of your comments might be worth reading. Whether or not you are for Planned Parenthood seems to be what is driving the comments. SGK was
founded to fight breast cancer. Why would they expand to help PP, the poor, Haiti, or the fight against drug abuse ? They were fortunate in having what one would think was an uncontroversial cause and they should be marshalling their efforts to work on that cause ALONE. Only a few know what went on in Board Meetings but I Itend to believe Handel since no one is disputing her take on it.
If you are motivated to fight breast cancer then go for it and don’t get distracted over unrelated matters. You’ll accomplish more……..
James Dobson
February 7th, 2012
11:16 am
Becky, Handel doesn’t have a degree?
Kathy
February 7th, 2012
11:16 am
If it wasn’t political, Ms. Handel would have supported the re-funding of Planned Parenthood. She is strictly anti-abortion and anti-choice and was using SGK to promote that position. For her to say that it is not political, is disingenuous at best. Nancy Brinker also has to go; she can have some sort of honorary title and remove herself from the day-to-day workings of the organization. Ms. Brinker let this debacle happen.
I am a breast cancer survivor and former supporter of SGK; still giving my future donations to Planned Parenthood.
lewisbuzzard
February 7th, 2012
11:16 am
Handel is a frekin loon.
K. Handel
February 7th, 2012
11:17 am
This is an attack on me and all of the other people who believe in the sanctity of life. While I hope Komen will do well, I will continue to work on behalf of those with no voice to eliminate abortion in this country. It is an affront to God and you’re always right to work on His behalf. I am not deterred. I am more determined than ever. I will survive this and come back stronger than ever. Please join me in this fight to de-fund Planned Parenthood. We will win this fight.
AC
February 7th, 2012
11:17 am
Maybe she can now become the GOP Leader.
Good Riddance to bad rubbish.
Now that Brinker lying chick must also go away.
Becky
February 7th, 2012
11:17 am
James Dobson-no she does not and apparently is proud she doesn’t!
oolaa
February 7th, 2012
11:17 am
Stop support of Komen. As long as Komen supports the planned parenthood death camps, save your money. Give to real organizations that help, not people who put politics before care.
Lori Jones
February 7th, 2012
11:18 am
Karen Handel is a woman of integrity who actually does what she says she will do – She was following the criteria her employer had set up – Public Pressure caused Komen to reverse the decision they had made! In return, their cause and name has been tarnished! NOBODY likes wishy washy leaders!!! Bravo Karen for your stand -
honested
February 7th, 2012
11:18 am
Quick, open all the windows.
Even though the source has gone, it will take a while for the stench to air out.
Ed
February 7th, 2012
11:18 am
That entire letter was a steaming pile of nonsense. Trying to distance herself as if this weren’t American Taliban politics.
The Love Handels
February 7th, 2012
11:19 am
She a dam bafoon!
ornej
February 7th, 2012
11:19 am
Had I taken the time to look out for how I spent my charitable contributions, I would never have donated to anyone employing our own Georgia nut, Karen Handel. That’s all the information I would have needed. There’s a problem with any organization that purports to help women, especially poor women who would hire Karen Handle with her very public resume on women’s issues. I’ll be glad to explain to anyone asking for a contribution why I’ll be contributing my hard earned money elsewhere. Watch carefully where this woman lands her next job!!
Fetus on a stick
February 7th, 2012
11:20 am
Komen hates women….
zeke
February 7th, 2012
11:20 am
wonder what her next gig will be?
Southside Girl
February 7th, 2012
11:20 am
NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH! NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH! HEY, HEY HEY! GOODBYE!!
Jon
February 7th, 2012
11:20 am
A liar till the end.Not politically motivated. That is a the biggest lie I have ever heard. She furthered the and did not fetter the cause. An executive with honor and valor would have stood up for ALL women. Instead of just women who have the money to take care of themselves.
The Love Handels
February 7th, 2012
11:21 am
Lori, that’s crazy talk. Karen need to get a Handel on things. Her pryorteas all messed up!
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honested
February 7th, 2012
11:22 am
zeke,
If she had planned a little better, she would probably still have a seat in the republican primary clown car!
The Love Handels
February 7th, 2012
11:22 am
She goin to Planned Parents in the hood next. She be the poster childs for not having the kids.
catlady
February 7th, 2012
11:23 am
The reason it took so long is so she could line up another group to “head.”
Mahopinion
February 7th, 2012
11:24 am
Ken,
Less than 20% of the money that the Kohman Foundation raises actually goes to funding breast cancer research or screenings. The remainder is eaten up by half million dollar salaries for Brinker and the Board as well as other expenses.
Pink stinks.
Mosey Ree
February 7th, 2012
11:25 am
Well, its about time that someone stands up with integrity. I think that she was so polite in turning down the severance pay. It was BLOOD money anyway. And for all you that think I’m out of touch. Sorry to disappoint you. My neice died of breast cancer at age 30, left a husband, two girls 10 & 8 and her doctor contributed the spreading of her cancer to the type of birth control she was on. So do you homework and get educated and stop spreading your Lies to Women.!!!
Dale
February 7th, 2012
11:25 am
Good riddance. Her feigned shock at the politicization of the incident will play well with her radical Republican cohorts, no doubt.
Mr. Jame
February 7th, 2012
11:26 am
good riddence! and now Brinker can go, too
ABC
February 7th, 2012
11:26 am
Good riddance is right. And please don’t come back to Georgia. People already think we are a bunch of backwards, racist rednecks, we don’t need you and Newt to confirm those stories.
GaBlue
February 7th, 2012
11:28 am
Ron Curtis,
Powerful and frightening video. Thanks for posting!
Wrex
February 7th, 2012
11:29 am
I’m amazed at the political tone deafness of Handel, the board at Komen for the Cure, and the right wing in general. Komen changed the way it handed out grants for the sole reason of ridding itself of one of the largest providers of women’s health care in the world. They did this because of the constant attacks by Catholic and other anti-abortion groups. Komen had done very well in spite of those constant attacks, but that changed when it hired a group of political activists to set it’s policy. It made it’s decision in spite of warnings by the very people who were charged with the nuts and bolts of providing the grants. Some of those people resigned. Komen went forward with it’s new policy.
As proof that Komen had only political intentions, when their ‘moral’ stances cost them money, they changed their moral stance. It was never about morality, it was always about the ’scorched earth’ politics of the right wing and the anti-abortion groups.
Komen for the Cure will be an example used in public relations courses the world over because of the failure of the stewards of Komen which allowed it to become a tool of the anti-abortion forces. They decided to become part of the political sewer instead of staying on mission and providing help in the fight against breast cancer.
The people who pushed Komen to take sides in the abortion debate are also after the Girl Scouts of America. They lie and distort to demonize anything Planned Parenthood does. We shouldn’t place our trust in liars, regardless of how much they insist they are doing some god’s work.
RAMZAD
February 7th, 2012
11:31 am
I hope we can now find a way to get rid of the smell of the rotten garbage! It will help to move the trash can away from the house and spray some Lysol.
Now you've done it
February 7th, 2012
11:34 am
Georgia’s major and most consistent exports are misery, hate, and stupidity.
Just Nasty & Mean
February 7th, 2012
11:35 am
Karen Handel shows she is a woman of conviction and principle.
She is correct to extricate herself from a vacillating organization with a blurry vision of its charter.
A classy move, Karen. Thank you.
Vote for Pedro
February 7th, 2012
11:37 am
Karen dropped out of the Georgia Gubernatorial race due to her right wing principles, and now she throws Komen under the bus for her right wing principles. She is clearly vying for something, but what? Romney is not right wing enough to appoint her to anything. Neither is Gov Deal.
Karen what are you trying to get for yourself here that you burn down every house you touch, claiming you did it for the greater good? Will Palin appoint to to be Vice Dropout Of Alaska?
Becky
February 7th, 2012
11:38 am
Is there a Mr. Karen Handel?
sheepdawg
February 7th, 2012
11:39 am
Georgia’s major and most consistent exports are misery, hate, and stupidity.
Thanks to our manipulated ignorant electorate who keep drinking the kool aid. Worst example yet is the current thief governor.
John Smoltz
February 7th, 2012
11:39 am
Gov. of Ga – Swing and a miss
VP of Komen – Swing and a miss
Karen, sweetie, you better pay attention. You only get one more chance.
Bob Rock
February 7th, 2012
11:40 am
Can you fault someone for standing strong with their belief’s even when it goes against the majority? If this is why Karen resigned, I would have to commend her, even though I disagree with her stance. If she resigned due to political reasonings then she is trash. Komen on the other hand is permanently damaged. They are done. This is what happens to organizations that exploit serious medical issues. It is disgusting.
@Ron Curtis – thanks for posting that link.
jsh
February 7th, 2012
11:41 am
The damage is done. I will not support Komen again! The Am Cancer Society has a group as well. Komen is only contributing 20% of funds raised to research…it has become what the United Way did..high paying execs who are nonprofit hacks! Komen could careless about the health of women. Komen Foundation also has a cadre of lawyers protecting *cure for* which is crap! I am not paying for this kind of nonsense! Google and learn….there are many great charities out there..Komen is not one of them!
The Love Handels
February 7th, 2012
11:42 am
Yes Becky, there is. He’s called the Karen Handler, although he is not doing a very good job at the present.
Wrex
February 7th, 2012
11:42 am
The Truth from the National Cancer Institute. No significant risk factor in using birth control.
How do oral contraceptives affect breast cancer risk?
A woman’s risk of developing breast cancer depends on several factors, some of which are related to her natural hormones. Hormonal factors that increase the risk of breast cancer include conditions that may allow high levels of hormones to persist for long periods of time, such as beginning menstruation at an early age (before age 12), experiencing menopause at a late age (after age 55), having a first child after age 30, and not having children at all.
A 1996 analysis of worldwide epidemiologic data conducted by the Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer found that women who were current or recent users of birth control pills had a slightly elevated risk of developing breast cancer. The risk was highest for women who started using OCs as teenagers. However, 10 or more years after women stopped using OCs, their risk of developing breast cancer returned to the same level as if they had never used birth control pills, regardless of family history of breast cancer, reproductive history, geographic area of residence, ethnic background, differences in study design, dose and type of hormone, or duration of use. In addition, breast cancers diagnosed in women after 10 or more years of not using OCs were less advanced than breast cancers diagnosed in women who had never used OCs. To conduct this analysis, the researchers examined the results of 54 studies. The analysis involved 53,297 women with breast cancer and 100,239 women without breast cancer. More than 200 researchers participated in this combined analysis of their original studies, which represented about 90 percent of the epidemiological studies throughout the world that had investigated the possible relationship between OCs and breast cancer (2).
The findings of the Women’s Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences (Women’s CARE) study were in contrast to those described above. The Women’s CARE study examined the use of OCs as a risk factor for breast cancer in women ages 35 to 64. Researchers interviewed 4,575 women who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 1994 and 1998, and 4,682 women who did not have breast cancer. Investigators collected detailed information about the participants’ use of OCs, reproductive history, health, and family history. The results, which were published in 2002, indicated that current or former use of OCs did not significantly increase the risk of breast cancer. The findings were similar for white and black women. Factors such as longer periods of use, higher doses of estrogen, initiation of OC use before age 20, and OC use by women with a family history of breast cancer were not associated with an increased risk of the disease (3).
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/oral-contraceptives
Dishonesty and distortion usually doesn’t help a person unless they are a con man or a con servative.
BREAKING: Karen Handel, Komen VP, Resigns in Protest | News
February 7th, 2012
11:44 am
[...] You can read Handel’s entire letter here: [...]
td
February 7th, 2012
11:44 am
This whole thing was never about breast can cancer because none of the clinics listed had the machines to actually do the screenings. All they did was to refer clients for screenings. This issue was about the fact that PP is a abortion mill. Karen found out her foundation was funneling money to PP to perform abortions and made the money go away and then PP, with the help of NOW and the lib media, made up this BS about breast cancer for the poor would be reduced.
P.J.
February 7th, 2012
11:45 am
Ms. Handel is the symbolic example of an extremist idealogy that has plagued this country for decades since Roe v. Wade. Along with a fellow board member, they injected politics into their decision to cut funding for low income women. This is the Party more persistent on protecting the fetus than a human being. This is the Party that controls every aspect of the State Capitol and has yet to produce one jobs bill. This is the Party that has Atlanta on the map per Census Bureau as the highest rated city/town in the U.S. for wealth disparity. This has everything to do with continually suppressing the poor to benefit the few, and Georgia has a long history of this oligarchal mentality.
Kyle
February 7th, 2012
11:45 am
Why doesn’t Planned Parenthood just host there own, “Race for Abortion”? Oh that’s right, because nobody wants to donate their money for something they don’t believe in. But you left wing nut jobs wouldn’t know anything about that.
The Love Handels
February 7th, 2012
11:45 am
Pump the Jam everyone… Pump the Jam.
Amen.
Mr. KnowitAll
February 7th, 2012
11:45 am
Come on home, Karen. Georgia needs a woman of class and conviction. You belong here.
Richard
February 7th, 2012
11:45 am
If this has nothing to do with politics, as she claims in her resignation letter, why is she quitting?
Kathy
February 7th, 2012
11:47 am
Oh yes, and thanks Ms. Handel for bringing this whole controversy up again and keeping it going. Ms. Brinker, you can wait another week or so before resigning so it will keep the controversy going longer. More people will be exposed to the reality of SGK Foundations politics and lack of principles.
td
February 7th, 2012
11:48 am
P.J.
February 7th, 2012
11:45 am
Ms. Handel is the symbolic example of an extremist idealogy that has plagued this country for decades since Roe v. Wade. Along with a fellow board member, they injected politics into their decision to cut funding for low income women.
How many breast screening did these PP clinic do? Maybe it could be that you lefts extremist ideology of using abortion as a form of birth control is the real issue here.
kfp
February 7th, 2012
11:49 am
How about firing the person responsible for hiring Handel?
Becky
February 7th, 2012
11:52 am
Ever notice it is always the ignorant males that profess to know what is best for a woman? Stay out of my uterus.
JAWJA
February 7th, 2012
11:54 am
Ha ha, the witch is dead! However more heads will need to roll for Komen to settle its credibility issues. Until the issue is resolved, I will send my contributions to Planned Parenthood.
Ron Curtis
February 7th, 2012
11:54 am
@ GaBlue, Bob Rock You’re very welcome. Here’s the link again for those who may not have seen it yet: “What cancer is and is not”: http://youtu.be/2ZwpSwm_4as A very powerful statement by a woman who has been through breast cancer hell.
Abortion - The Truth
February 7th, 2012
11:54 am
It is astonishing to read the comment from Planned Parenthood supporters. The ignorance portrayed on a daily basis is evidence as to why they would put their reproductive health in the hands of such a deceptive organization. Why anyone supports this organization is proof of organizational conspiracy to decieve the public to put money in their pockets. Planned Parenthood has become a criminal enterprise, participating in a criminal conspiracy – namely, “accessory after the fact” – by covering up statutory rape, pedophilia, child-prostitution, and more. Why are people so blind? Please make sure that the individuals providing you or your loved ones “health care” at a Planned Parenthood clinic is qualified to do so. There are better facilities to entrust with your health and life then Planned Parenthood. Do some research before you take your daughter/s for treatment at any of these cesspools called medical clinics. Not that your daughter needs you to know about who is handling her “reproductive health” when she seeks it without your knowlege. Visit Live Action http://liveaction.org/ and watch the undercover videos. If you care about yourself and your loved one, don’t subject them to the type of care Planned Parenthood serves up. Oh, don’t forget to ask Planned Parenthood for a free lollipop condoms before Valentine Day! I would get a couple and double wrap, cause they are made to fail. For the love of intellegence people, get a clue!
ali
February 7th, 2012
11:55 am
It’s a shame – Handel not only tainted SGK, she is also tainting other cancer organizations. This weekend I worked to raise funds for Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. I cannot tell you the number of times people said that if their donation would be given to SGK that they would not donated. I spent the day assuring people they are two separate organizations.
The Goobernator
February 7th, 2012
11:55 am
Dang Karen, You couldn’t stand up to Nathan Deal and now you can’t stand up the alleged false characterization of you PP input with SKG. When are you going to get some Big Boy Pants and stand up for yourself? … or have you been seduced to the ‘dark side’ of lobbyist?
Xx
February 7th, 2012
11:56 am
The level of hate, bigotry, and intolerance on display here by you left wing tards is so predictable…..
James Dobson
February 7th, 2012
11:56 am
Becky, those are men with the really small ones…secure men don’t feel the need to control a woman’s reproductive organs.
P.J.
February 7th, 2012
11:58 am
Sure, td. They did more than 750,000 last year. To address your poorly constructed run-on sentence, birth control is necessary for women for a variety of reasons. First, it helps to control the discharge during a menopausal cycle. Second, it eliminates having all of us pay for an uninsured kid who goes to the emergency room. Finally, sticks and stones only break thee bones but words will never hurt thee. Hey td, Fascist, Racist, Homophobe…. No, you did.. No, you did… Actually, I kind of like playing the name games.
Charles
February 7th, 2012
11:58 am
This looks like a setup at SGK. This woman passes a new donation criteria and then they discover there is an (politically motivated) investigation of Planned Parenthood. SGK could lose a lot of support over this indiscretion.
Tom
February 7th, 2012
12:01 pm
liveaction is nothing but a bunch of moonbats like Dan “Barren Von” Becker.
td
February 7th, 2012
12:02 pm
P.J.
February 7th, 2012
11:58 am
You are telling an outright lie. At the 19 clinics that this organization donated money too NOT a single screening was done. You my friend are a typical lib. When you know you can not win an argument then you resort to name calling. What should one expect from an intellectual light weight.
Kiteman
February 7th, 2012
12:03 pm
Karen “I passed my GED” Handel is a sorry excuse for an “executive”. I think it’s hilarious that the cameras snapped a picture of her rabbit teeth. Not only is she stupid, she is butt ugly, too.
One good thing to come out of this is that it exposed the Komen “chairty” for what it is: a business meant to enrich its executives at the expense off donors/suckers.
Karen Handel Exits Susan G. Komen: The Resignation Letter - Forbes
February 7th, 2012
12:04 pm
[...] Atlanta Journal Constitution got its hands on Handel’s resignation letter to CEO Nancy Brinker in the wake of the scandal, [...]
Disgusted American Male
February 7th, 2012
12:04 pm
I find it interesting that some women on here..(right wing weirdos) are ALL to EAGER to GIVE UP the GAINS women have made in the last 40yrs…..are you that stupid? Do you think for one minute – that Men would allow you to Tell US..what to do with Our Penis and Testicles? As my late WW2 generation mother said…”When men can Push a 10lb baby out thier ass, then and ONLY then..can they have a say on Birth….until then STFU”! Im amazed how easily you women who didn’t HAVE TOO FIGHT for YOUR RIGHTS….are so easily mislead and ready to GIVE THEM UP????
Tom
February 7th, 2012
12:05 pm
td, “screenings” not + “mammograms”. The Planned Parenthood affiliates that received SGK grants passed funds thru to healthcare facilities that had mammography equipment in cases where a mammo referral was indicated.
You really need to do like I did and investigate for yourself how the SGK grant application and review process is set up and how the PP affiliates that was granted funds used them, instead of simply parroting the moonbat hysterical hyperbole and outright fabrications like so many others do.
Wife, mother, grandmother & independent voter
February 7th, 2012
12:05 pm
Let me see if I can get this right. Little Richard, Newt Gingrich, and Nancy Handel are all from Georgia. If this is, indeed, true than, in my humble opinion, Little Richard remains a Georgia peach and the other two are just the pits.
TJ
February 7th, 2012
12:06 pm
DONOR BEWARE!!! If any organization is thinking of exercising their “freedom of choice” to donate to Planned Parenthood and then at a future date decides to no longer contribute, then see how the self-appointed spokespersons for “choice” (aka Planned Parenthood) will demonize you and conduct a scorched earth policy for exercising your choice. These spoiled brats seem to have the “I am entitled to your money” atttitude. FUTRE DONORS SHOULD STAY FAR FAR AWAY FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD!
Real News
February 7th, 2012
12:07 pm
Liberal media and clebs forced her removal. Planned Parenthood shouldn’t have ever gotten any money from them in the first place. Planned Parenthood is a liberal DNC contributor with Federal dollars. Just another liberal organization that is full of CORRUPTION. Abortion = Planned Parenthood = Murder.
P.J.
February 7th, 2012
12:08 pm
td, That’s demonstrably false, and you should be ashamed of yourself. It’s “lightweight” and not “light weight.” How many other butcherings of the English language are you going to make? Oh, let’s see. Independent audits already have verified that more than 750,000 mammograms were done last year alone and all two of your brain cells believe Planned Parenthood’s 19 clinics are used as abortion factories — another lie from the Right who love to deny the poor access to health care.
StoptheWaronWomen
February 7th, 2012
12:08 pm
Don’t waste your time or money with Komen; donate directly to breast cancer ressearch at the National Breast Cancer Coalition.
td
February 7th, 2012
12:09 pm
Disgusted American Male
February 7th, 2012
12:04 pm
I find it interesting that some women on here..(right wing weirdos) are ALL to EAGER to GIVE UP the GAINS women have made in the last 40yrs
You call being given the ability to murder nearly 100 million innocent lives “GAINS”. I guess you are also calling the “(right wing weirdos)” fascist?
Lisa Hartman
February 7th, 2012
12:10 pm
Why on earth would funds I donate to a breast cancer organization be then donated to Planned Parenthood? If I wished to donate to Planned Parenthood, I’d donate to PP. I will now be boycotting anything with pink ribbons on it.
Becky
February 7th, 2012
12:12 pm
And ignorant men think women get pregnant by themselves.
James Dobson
February 7th, 2012
12:12 pm
td, you don’t actually know what a breast screening is do you?
Sandra
February 7th, 2012
12:12 pm
Bottom line is this: If abortion was seen for what it really is — and abolished, EVERYTHING in this country would improve on all levels for all sides. This evil begets all other evils…………..
Lex
February 7th, 2012
12:13 pm
Brinker also needs to go. But if even a small portion of what Handel says is true, so does the entire board. And I suspect that’s what’ll be overlooked in the celebration of her well-deserved departure.
Janette
February 7th, 2012
12:13 pm
You folks that are glad she resigned are very hard-hearted. Whether you agree with abortion or not, and, don’t kid yourselves, that is your focus, she is an honorable woman who did a great job. I agree with BC supporter … and Planned Parenthood symbolizes all of those hypocrites who support breast cancer research and the killing of babies (future women!!) at the same time. HYPOCRITES!
Becky
February 7th, 2012
12:13 pm
I can’t wait for the news conference.
Disgusted American Male
February 7th, 2012
12:13 pm
Hey Td- just out of curiousity – HOW MANY UNWANTED CHILDREN HAVE -YOU- FOSTERED, MENTORED OR ADOPTED? Please do tell……..its loudmouths anti-choice nitwits like you that make me sick.
DJ Johnson
February 7th, 2012
12:14 pm
Don’t you fools know that there is a link between abortion and breast cancer? PP doesn’t even do mammography! Too many of you sound like the KKK of abortion. Go get them babies! Rip ‘em out! Who do they think they are? (Tongue-in-cheek for those who don’t recognize sarcasm.) Wow. When did so many women get to be haters of babies? It is so sad to read so many hateful opinions on a woman who only wants to PROTECT the new life who has just as much Right to Life as any of you. You are an embarrassment to women.
Tom
February 7th, 2012
12:15 pm
Anyone here on the pill?
LuLu
February 7th, 2012
12:15 pm
Planned Parenthood was not holding up its side of the bargin. The facts showed that it was not arranging for breast screenings according to the agreement when it accepted the money. The money was raised to fight breast cancer. It was not being used that way by Planned Parenthood. That is the real story, but the Korman fund didn’t want to trash Planned Parenthood and now one intelligent, caring woman is taking the fall for doing the right thing. If you honor women, you will take the time to get the facts straight. Let’s care about both of these organizations and…one woman at a time.
Disgusted American Male
February 7th, 2012
12:16 pm
ahh Sandra…another nitwit….and you Sandra…HOW MANY UNWANTED children have you Mentored, Fostered or adopted? huh? How many????
rex dogma
February 7th, 2012
12:16 pm
she got called out! Good job ajc.
hnbc
February 7th, 2012
12:16 pm
Karen Handel will never accept responsibility but will always find a way to blame someone else for her troubles … this decision was made before I joined the board, no one objected at the November meeting, blah blah blah.
If no one objected, why did board members resign over the Komen decision? Handel wants to end abortion rights for women, she doesn’t care who that might hurt.
Thankfully she is not the governor of Georgia although we don’t have one who is a tremendous improvement.
Just stay hidden, Karen. That suits you.
Becky
February 7th, 2012
12:17 pm
You know, when you can’t spell and can’t use grammar and punctuation, your opinion is moot. Go ahead and look it up!
jimh
February 7th, 2012
12:18 pm
We voted for Karen twice in the runoffs for Gov. We have walked (as a family) three years running for Komen and my wife organised our last two walks with her employer. Looking at the way this diabolical was misHANDELd we are considering going back to the March of Dimes. Oh yeah, I want to thank those of you who voted for Deal — I could not imagine how our state would be run with her at the helm!
Bob Ferrer
February 7th, 2012
12:18 pm
“… the need to protect our mission by ensuring we were not distracted or negatively affected by any other organization’s real or perceived challenges …”
How ironic.
Joseph Anthony
February 7th, 2012
12:19 pm
That’s what you get when you mess with Planned Parenthood. Partner with Planned Parenthood, and they own your soul forever.
Ron Curtis
February 7th, 2012
12:21 pm
Right-wingnuts and cons believe that life begins at conception and ends at birth. They want to force women to give birth rather than have an abortion but after the baby is born they want nothing more to do with it. Typical cons.
Peace
February 7th, 2012
12:22 pm
Learn from this lesson: If you donate to the SGK ‘for the cure of breast cancer’, you’re giving indirectly to Planned Parenthood and supporting the murder of innocent babies. Might as well direct your generosity to the U.S. Treasury.
The Love Handels
February 7th, 2012
12:24 pm
Lisa makes a good point. Why is SGK even giving their funds away to other organizations?
P.J.
February 7th, 2012
12:25 pm
Janette,
Do you throw a few coins out to the poor each year and say to yourself, I feel like I’ve done the right thing? It seems you’re more concerned with protecting a fetus’ life than an actual human being. You can read many accounts of women who took advantage of Planned Parenthood’s free mammogram screenings. You falsify your characterization of Planned Parenthood when only 3 percent of its services went to abortions.
Tom
February 7th, 2012
12:26 pm
Peace, you’re simply not very bright, are you?
The Love Handels
February 7th, 2012
12:28 pm
Roddy White – no he ain’t so brite.
Yeah c’mon.
P.J.
February 7th, 2012
12:28 pm
I second that Tom. Peace, you’re not very bright.
Matt Smith
February 7th, 2012
12:29 pm
If you want the Komen foundation to “refocus its attention and energies on its mission,” you might consider NOT adding fuel to the media fire… NOT releasing your resignation letter to the public… NOT meeting with reporters this afternoon in Atlanta.
Just a thought.
tman
February 7th, 2012
12:30 pm
It is amazing so many people and organizations are under investigation by the do nothing Congress. i may be under investigation. They can’t manage thjemselves or the country. This is a womens right and health issue and people were trying to impose their personal agenda. She had no rigth being there in the first place Ms Handel watch where she goes and the next move she makes. The republicans have been most disrespectful to women not saying Democrats aren’t either but the republicans are blatant with it and don’t even try to hide it it is shameful. Women beware.
honested
February 7th, 2012
12:31 pm
Now, how many other ‘charity brands’ need a good dose of sunlight?
yellowdog.
February 7th, 2012
12:32 pm
o yes, there is a god…….somewhere……….Amen to this decision
GoodJobKaren
February 7th, 2012
12:33 pm
Very proud of Karen for stepping up and ridding herself of Komen. Komen showed themselves to be cowards and allowed themselves to be bullied by those who want to continue to murder unborn children. Komen has lost all credibility and has forever lost any chance of receiving donations from the conservatives in our state, who make up the vast majority of the population and ever greater majority of donors to charitable causes.
Planned Parenthood is an abortion factory, I will continue to pray for those misguided liberals who support and enable the culture of death for our Lord to show them the truth.
Peace
February 7th, 2012
12:35 pm
Tom, PJ – I guess PP wasn’t around when you were conceived.
Denny
February 7th, 2012
12:36 pm
Guess it’s okay to lie in a resignation letter. The best thing about this resignation letter is,.. well, she resigns.
gnomeboy
February 7th, 2012
12:36 pm
well, The liberals got their way as usual, by using the “mob mentality.” I guess “Democracy” does work!
Kiteman
February 7th, 2012
12:36 pm
Gotta admire those people who think they know when “life” begins. Science is not sure. Life, by every definition, cannot begin until the organism can support its basic functions on its own, save nutrition. By that definition, 21-22 weeks gestation is about when life begins. So, clearly, a fertilized egg does not mean “life” although it has some features of it. It still needs the womb of the mother to keep it alive.
Better yet, let’s point to the hypocrisy of the evangelical Retardican position on welfare mothers having babies and more babies while receiving government aid. A true conservative would say that should be prevented. No more mouths on the taxpayers’ nickel. Isn’t abortion the most practical, cost-effective way to resolve that? Adoption is not a realistic answer because not everyone would want the child, so he ends up in an orphanage anyway. Such an upbringing encourages delinquency, so by outlawing abortion, we have contributed to the crime problem.
Clearly, anti-abortion people have not read the great book Freakonomics and the section on what is responsible for the relative decrease in crimes 35 years after Roe vs. Wade. I would suggest that anti-abortion pseudo-conservatives read it to get some perspective.
A true conservative wants as few people on the public dole as possible. Then we want to outlaw the public dole, eventually, after all have been properly weened. Anything contrary to that philosophy (like the Retardican anti-abortion message) is not conservative by any means.
td
February 7th, 2012
12:37 pm
Disgusted American Male
February 7th, 2012
12:13 pm
I have been a foster parent, so have you?. How many is none of your business. As far as unwanted children, is it more important to be able to protect the right for someone to not be have to be responsible for ones actions at the expense of a death sentence to a human being? That is a sick choice in my opinion.
JennaSmith
February 7th, 2012
12:37 pm
After reading some of these comments, I just felt like pointing out that whenever Planned Parenthood receives money, it doesn’t just go into one giant account to be used willy nilly wherever PP wants to use it. There are multiple accounts each with their own rules and regulations as to how it can be dispersed. Grants from Komen, for example, were used (at our affiliate) to provide breast cancer screenings and referrals for further breast health care. To get a mammogram down here, you have to be referred. If you do not have a doctor, health insurance, or money to have that initial screening, you cannot simply pick up the phone and set an appointment for a mammogram. The PP affiliate that I worked for utilized the grant money to provide these screenings and referrals to women who would otherwise not be able to afford or access them elsewhere.
As for other monies, donations are earmarked for specific programs. One of those programs was a “reproductive equity fund” which went solely to subsidizing the cost of an abortion for low-income women. A donation that was not earmarked went into the general fund but the general fund did NOT go toward subsidizing abortion costs. To pretend that Komen giving a grant to PP means that PP can use other monies to pay for abortions is incorrect and grossly inaccurate. If PP does not have the funds in its specific accounts for breast screenings/referrals, then it simply cannot provide that service unless the woman can pay it off ahead of time. Likewise if the reproductive equity fund is empty, then the woman must find a way to cover the full cost of her procedure herself. The general fund is not used to provide abortions, nor are monies received from grants that very often have stringent requirements as to how they can be used as well as accountability measures to ensure the money is being utilized as intended.
Basically, PP getting a grant for breast screenings/referrals does not increase the amount of money PP can use to help women subsidize an abortion. It just doesn’t work that way. There are regulations regarding every dollar that comes in and how it can go out again. Only those dollars specifically earmarked to the reproductive equity fund can be used to subsidize abortions and very often, they do not have enough money for the demand. The majority of women who choose an abortion typically end up spending quite a bit out of their own pocket whether they have it or not.
Tom
February 7th, 2012
12:40 pm
Peace, how are grants made specifically directed to breast screenings and mammogram referrals to non-PP facilities paid for with grant proceeds “supporting the murder of innocent babies”? And don’t parrot the moonbat hysteria, give us specific instances in which SGK grant funds funded activities related directly to abortion services. Lemming.
Tom
February 7th, 2012
12:41 pm
Jenna, prepare for some “liar! liar! pants of fire!” and “burn in hell baby-killer!” replies.
Gwen McArthur
February 7th, 2012
12:42 pm
Instead of a heartfelt apology, this comes across as “I’m sorry that you (the public as a whole) have a problem, but…”. I also find it interesting that she feels the need to broadcast that the decision regarding Planned Parenthood was an agreed upon and vetted corporate decision that was made with a flagrant disregard for potential fallout. Let this debacle serve as a lesson to you, Ms. Handel and your (now former) cohorts, weighing “personal opinion” against the greater good will ultimately fail.
Ann
February 7th, 2012
12:42 pm
Bye bye, Karen Handel. And take your lies with you!!!!!
gsueagle
February 7th, 2012
12:42 pm
Komen lost a great person. may God continue to bless her and Komen.
yogabird
February 7th, 2012
12:43 pm
In response to MN Jean Komen does not only raise money for “cancer cure research & treatments” they raise for screening, education and awareness as well — Planned parenthood was providing breast cancer screening to those most in need — the poor and uninsured. You make it sound like PP was using the Komen funds for something else– (and we all know what that is) PP provides a continuium of care to some of the most vulnerable women. Yes it includes abortion but alsoincludes clinical breast and gynecological care, family planning and contraception. As a survivor I walked sixty miles and raised a lot of money, but have watched them continue to slap their name on any product just to earn money — often those products are not healthy for women (pink buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken) See http://www.thinkbeforeyoupink.org Don’t get me started on the executive pay –paste this into your browser and get an education: http://ww5.komen.org/uploadedFiles/Content/AboutUs/Financial/KOMEN%20PARENT%20PDC%20wout%20PW.pdf
td
February 7th, 2012
12:46 pm
Kiteman
February 7th, 2012
12:36 pm
Better yet, let’s point to the hypocrisy of the evangelical Retardican position on welfare mothers having babies and more babies while receiving government aid. A true conservative would say that should be prevented. No more mouths on the taxpayers’ nickel. Isn’t abortion the most practical, cost-effective way to resolve that? Adoption is not a realistic answer because not everyone would want the child, so he ends up in an orphanage anyway. Such an upbringing encourages delinquency, so by outlawing abortion, we have contributed to the crime problem.
The most cost effective solution would be voluntary sterilization in return for support. If people would be held accountable for their actions (like paying the state back for supporting their children) then you would see a great deal more responsibility with people.
quake
February 7th, 2012
12:46 pm
Too bad Komen didn’t have the guts to fire her, given that they had the stupidity to hire her in the first place. And because of that, Komen loses, and women lose. I hope Handel is proud of herself. Total fail.
marty
February 7th, 2012
12:50 pm
To this, I say ‘Hooha!’ If this decision was not political, as she has claimed, then what is the ‘controversy’ that she refers to each and every time she names Planned Parenthood?
PS–the SMALLEST part of what Planned Parenthood provides to women is abortion. And–those who choose to have them are making their own decision about their own lives–not YOUR life. So, please get over it.
GaBlue
February 7th, 2012
12:50 pm
yogabird,
Well stated. I had problems with SGK before the PP scandal hit. Like, how much does it cost to run radio ads every 15 minutes in morning drive time? Seriously? Their advertising/marketing budget is HUGE, and yet, we’re still getting our tatas slammed between two hard slabs and nearly twisted off just to get a picture that might indicate a lump in there. They’re no closer to identifying the cause of this horrid curse, let alone really curing it. They’re STILL treating it by nearly killing a woman just to kill cancer cells, and women are still dying horrible, painful, long-suffering deaths by the “drugs” they help push on us with a hefty dose of false hope.
Like yeah, the bucket o’ fried chicken is going to help? Geebus, we really have to be stupid to believe that.
Marvin Gardens
February 7th, 2012
12:50 pm
“Neither the decision nor the changes themselves were based on anyone’s political beliefs or ideology.”
Conservatives rationalize lying the same way cults do. It is called “Heavenly Deception.”
Disgusted American Male
February 7th, 2012
12:51 pm
GoodJobKaren ……another one, HOW many children have YOU ADOPTED,or FOSTERED or MENTORED? HUH? How many??????? …..and remember they all can’t be blue eyed,blond and WHITE!
jonny bakho
February 7th, 2012
12:53 pm
How much did this charity pay her? It should be an honor and privilege to serve on a charity board. Charities should not give money intended to help those in need to wealthy people who don’t need or deserve it. Our governing elites are failing to serve and take take take from the rest of us.
delores jones
February 7th, 2012
12:57 pm
One down, one to go …. when will Brinker do what is best for Komen?
Kiteman
February 7th, 2012
12:58 pm
Ah, td, voluntary sterilization is not COST-EFFECTIVE. Voluntary sterilization (tubal ligation or partial salpingectomy for the woman) costs approximately $4000, including surgeon and OR costs. Abortion costs about $750. Which do you think the welfare queen is going to get? Be realistic. The good news is that the more abortions the welfare queen gets, the more likely she will make herself sterile because of intrauterine adhesions, a condition known as Asherman’s syndrome.
Lastly, the big hole in your argument comes when the utopia we true conservatives want is finally realized (ie, everyone is self-supporting). If the former welfare queens–now good, productive workers–are in a good position to procreate and want to have another child, your voluntary sterilization program would prevent that and perhaps cause a decline in population and, subsequently, national productivity. National trade deficit. That’s another discussion.
honested
February 7th, 2012
12:59 pm
Just another example of ‘republican leadership’ in action.
These are the sort of people GA elects to attend to important business.
Sad.
Peace
February 7th, 2012
1:01 pm
Tom, it doesn’t matter if a donation to SGK results in a direct grant to PP for the purpose of subsidizing abortions…or for supporting their ‘breast screenings and mammograms referrals’. We now know for certain that a contribution to SGK does not mean that the funds will be used “…to find a cure for breast cancer.” There are many other charitable organizations that stay true to their stated mission, without involving groups such as PP in the mix. Lemming? And that coming from an overgrown fetus.
Josh
February 7th, 2012
1:03 pm
I can’t believe there’s a glaring grammatical error in the first sentence. It should read, “for more *than* 30 years”, not, “for more 30 years.”
Bob
February 7th, 2012
1:04 pm
Good for her. Komen should be ashamed for redirecting money to these scumbag women haters and baby killers.
Mahopinion
February 7th, 2012
1:05 pm
Td,
Do you have even the remotest idea of how a breast cancer screening is done? It begins with the physical exam, which is done at all PP clinics. If warranted,the next step is a referral to an imaging center, where the actual mammogram is done. These are the same steps carried out at every private doctor’s office, too. GYN’s and GP’s don’t have these expensive machines sitting in the back room of their offices. Now, try getting a mammogram done if you don’t have the referral from your doc or PP…or worse, imagine trying to get it done without any insurance.
Several PP clinics (Austin is one) pooled their donations and bought a mobile mammography unit to travel to poor neighborhoods to do mammograms for women who would never have had them any way.
THAT’S what the money is used for. Please learn a few facts before spewing your bull. Otherwise, we will all know that TD stands for Totally Dumb.
TheCoolCookie
February 7th, 2012
1:06 pm
YES!!!! Good riddance! NOW, we need to know if the “investigation” process being used by the Rep. Cliff Stearns and whether or not Handel had ties to him and the possibility of collusion between the two.
Amy
February 7th, 2012
1:06 pm
The decision she pushed through to cut PP’s funding was absolutely political and it was also self-aggrandizing. She is an anti-gay bigot and a disgrace. Good riddance and good on SGK for getting rid of her. Maybe she can go work for The John Birch Society or the Aryan Nation or something, that would probably be right up her alley.
Ignorant no more
February 7th, 2012
1:09 pm
So….when you make a contribution to SGK or buy anything with a pink ribbon YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE MURDER OF BABIES!!!
Good to know.
Mahopinion
February 7th, 2012
1:11 pm
So, how many of you right wing nut, anti choicers would still fight for the rights of that embryo if you knew it was going to be a homosexual?
Aquagirl
February 7th, 2012
1:13 pm
Td,Do you have even the remotest idea of how a breast cancer screening is done?
I have been amazed at all the men opining on breast cancer screening this last week or so. Lack of the slightest clue never slows down their flapping gums.
Oh, look, Prop 8 is unconstitutional. Maybe we should go easy on td, it’s a rough day for wingnuts.
james
February 7th, 2012
1:16 pm
Folks- all organizations are political I don’t care what they
say…. Susan B. just blew millions of donations by there pulling
out of PPH and then reversing their decision…. Nobody is happy
no matter what side of abortion you are on….. Idiots…
truthpaste
February 7th, 2012
1:16 pm
And people voted for her?
Lauren Voyles
February 7th, 2012
1:17 pm
I guess “Everyone Deserves a Lifetime” except the unborn. Bravo to you Karen!!!! I hope the Federal Probe into Planned Parenthood quickly reveals what a seedy organization it really is. Karen, if you would like to start another charity for cancer, I’ll be watching. That is where all of my future donations will go. (And I’m a survivor that has donated a lot!) Komen, you made your stand and picked the wrong side. Karen….run for Vice President!!! We need people like you that aren’t afraid to draw a line in the sand.
TheCoolCookie
February 7th, 2012
1:18 pm
JennaSmith – I agree with whet you say.
The problem is that the vast majority (and I mean majority) of Americans do not work for non-profits, nor are they Trustees in local organizations that apply for grant money.
Grant money almost never – and I do mean NEVER – given without a business plan submission, and it is never doled out without oversight from a third party funding agent, or CPA. Furthermore, Grant money is also almost never given to covering general operating expenses. The money almost ALWAYS has to go for a specific project and the funds can never be comingled into operating funds.
If you are a historical society and you need new money for a boiler, you have to prove that the money is a for a boiler, that the boiler was bought, installed and that the funds covered that boiler.
Its no different for PP. Like any other nonprofit, it has to pay qualified staff members, train volunteers and it cannot use grant money to do this unless the money has been allocated in the grant for that purpose. And if an organization misaapropriates grant money, then the grantee can demand a whole or partial return of the amount.
People who don’t get this have no expirience in being a nonprofit employee or volunteer (on a Board). They are simply people who want to believe what they choose to believe and no amount of rational thought is going to change their minds.
VoiceOfReason
February 7th, 2012
1:21 pm
You can’t trust SGK. Are they for abortion or againist? One thing they are for…profit! My advice defund and shut down both SGK and Planned Parenthood.
Anonymous
February 7th, 2012
1:22 pm
GOOD RIDDANCE.
Tom
February 7th, 2012
1:25 pm
Peace, maybe you should take a look at the websites of the various SGK affiliates around the nation and review the lists of the organizations that receive funding from Komen.
Here’s the current grants from Komen of Central Ga
Also, to those who want to insist ANY monies going to PP “support abortion”, you need to take an accounting course that deals with “fund accounting”. PP is a not-for-profit which, like government entities, uses fund accounting. The audits of non-profits focus primarily on the integrity of the individual funds and the assurance that fund-specific monies cannot be co-mingled. That will result in an adverse or qualified auditing opinion quicker than anything short of embezzlement.
Celia Stone
February 7th, 2012
1:26 pm
I still can’t get over the mind-boggling mindset of a “health” organization that basically says, “we are going to destroy a world-leader in cancer research, a private organization, if it does not donate money to us.”
Molly F
February 7th, 2012
1:29 pm
This link shows what SGK should have been all about. What a kick-ass lady!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZwpSwm_4as&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Tom
February 7th, 2012
1:29 pm
Cookie, there will always be a faction of people who will simply refuse to let facts get in the way of godd ol’ fashioned hyperbole and lies.
Bernie
February 7th, 2012
1:44 pm
Lets be honest, Karen was not qualified for the position from the very start. Karen certainly lacked the education, experience, objectivity and leadership for the position of Vice-President of Public Policy of such a prestigeous organization. A qualified Vice-Pressident of Public Policy would have never let such a policy see the light of day. It was a matter of time for this or something like this to happen based on that fact alone. The damage she has inflicted and allowed will forever change the fund raising capability from now on. Fewer donations, fewer participants, fewer volunteers, fewer walkers. Komen has learned a valuable lesson here…political appointees are no longer welcomed. Karen’s decling a serverance package was the least she could do based on the amount of damage inflicted, it was the right thing for her to do. As a matter of fact, it is she that owes Komen for giving her the opportunity that no other organization would ever do.
Valley Bob
February 7th, 2012
1:45 pm
“If we just say it’s about investigations, we can defund Planned Parenthood and no one can blame us for being political.”
Ignorant *and* stupid.
cmbless
February 7th, 2012
1:46 pm
Whatever, Karen Handel. You thought that you were going to run with your poor decision, but the people spoke loudly against the stupid move that you had a hand in. Susan G. Komen will be better off without you. Goodbye!
Liberal Rage
February 7th, 2012
1:46 pm
Never saw so much trash talk in my life. Fine examples of liberal “tolerance”. How did the baby killers get their issue mixed in with saving women from cancer? News Flash: Not all womens issues deserve equal support.
mahopinion
February 7th, 2012
1:49 pm
@liberal rage-
Hmmm…complains about trash talk, but then calls pro-choice supporters baby killers. Hypocrite, much?
News Flash- You don’t get to decide which women’s issues I do or don’t support.
Get Real
February 7th, 2012
1:51 pm
Very interesting liberal spin on this blog….so predictable…
Katherine
February 7th, 2012
1:51 pm
The “righteous indignation” just oozes from this Sarah Palin wanna-be. Not my fault…you guys gave me permission. Lame Karen…beneath your capability. Watch while Karen uses the Komen fiasco to further her Tea Party political ambitions.. Not having severance means no confidentiality clause…can you say “political blackmail.” (Hopefully the rest of the non-profits now realize she’s political kryptonite.) Well I got news for you girlfriend…breast cancer survivors beat Tea Party zealots any day of the week…we’ve faced death, survived it and wouldn’t wish it on any women no matter how poor…Those of us that know you, know what you will do for political gain….game on.
Proud American
February 7th, 2012
1:55 pm
I agree Becky. I can’t understand how she can get these great, I mean great jobs and never set foot in a college.
Maafa21
February 7th, 2012
1:56 pm
This is what happens when you don’t bow down at the altar of Planned Parenthood. The cult leaders are laughing all the way to the bank while killing more black babies.
Keppler
February 7th, 2012
1:57 pm
Having now shredded the Koman brand, destroying its credibility on both the right and the left, Ms. Handel now graciously resigns, leaving the organization to twist slowly in the wind. This is non-profit management at its very best.
Proud American
February 7th, 2012
1:57 pm
When she ran for Governor last year it was revealed that Karen Handel only have a high school diploma
Bernie
February 7th, 2012
1:57 pm
Even her resignation letter shows a lack of attention. The very first sentence of her resignation letter demostrates her lack of knowledge of basic correct sentence structure. The entire letter screams of “its not my fault and do not blame me”. But if the Vice President of Public Policy is not to Blame then Who?,Karen.
Liberal Rage
February 7th, 2012
2:01 pm
“Pro choice” is PC talk for killing babies. Not tissue, not a non-viable fetus, we’re talking about real live human beings. I’ll bet most of you would be appalled if you saw a dog being mis-treated, but never utter a word in defense of the unborn. Now back to the real issue, saving women from the horrors of cancer. SGK is a wonderful organization that has apparently been invaded by the far left; so sad.
Vote for Pedro
February 7th, 2012
2:04 pm
Komen would have did better with Kardashians than Karen.
‘Course we all knew that but they didn’t I reckon
Don’t they check resumes at Komen? Or are they too busy shoving money into their own pockets?
Brenda Bonturi
February 7th, 2012
2:07 pm
Wow…the venom of the left is very evident here. No one is allowed to stand by their convictions UNLESS they are liberal-leaning and pro “choice”. Not surprising, and par for the course. If its not politics, then why did she resign? Seriously?! Anyone willing to look could see why. Who would want to be a leader in an organization which spent serious time and consideration to redesign their criteria, based on several different considerations, and then it couldn’t even stand by them once some OTHER organization puts its’ POLITICAL pressure on them. SGK has the RIGHT to fund or not fund whomever they choose….or they used to. Obviously, not anymore. Not when a MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR business like planned parenthood decides they don’t like losing ANY of the money they take in.
Good for you, Karen, for standing by your good convictions. And, as some people on both sides have said, SGK is permanently damaged by this. Good. They aren’t the only ones out there.
Proud American
February 7th, 2012
2:09 pm
Interesting, I would like to see Karen Handel’s resume. They should have asked most people in Georgia that we saw it during the Governor’s race that Karen Handel was not qualified for this position, in this organization.
GaBlue
February 7th, 2012
2:12 pm
Liberal Rage,
SGK “invaded” by the left? Boy are YOU late to the party! They were already invaded by corporate shills, USING the pink ribbons in widespread marketing campaigns to push products that have nothing whatsoever to do with curing cancer!. Q: How do a t-shirts, tote bags, sun visors, water bottles, or buckets of chicken cure cancer? A: They don’t, but they make lots of money for the organization to pay their top execs nice cushy salaries, sit in plush offices, and increase their advertising budgets in every market! These are not “leftist” behaviors, Mr. Rage. Nor have they brought a cure any closer to our aging, toxin-absorbing, ever-more-vulnerable bodies.
Proud American
February 7th, 2012
2:13 pm
Thinks about it people. SGK have funded Planned Parenthood all of these years and all of a sudden they stop when Karen Handel comes on board. It quacks like a duck. Don’t you hear it quacking. She tried to do this for political reasons and she got caught. Liar.
Harold
February 7th, 2012
2:15 pm
If Karen Handel has such strong convictions about Planned Parenthood why did she ever take the job with Komen? Your convictions get way stronger when the public is watching you huh Karen!
Good Riddance!
February 7th, 2012
2:18 pm
Severance pkg suggest she was asked to walk. She turns around and tries to say it was a decision made before she got there, but she “admits” to her part in it. Which is it? The damage has been done. I will not support SGK again. How does SGK rectify giving money to Penn State and pull grants from PP? I would love to see the balance sheet to see how much money actually goes to BC vs. how much goes to board members. Liberal Rage – in your small mind you can define pro-choice however you want. It does not change the fact you have no right to tell me what to do with my body as much as you being anti-choice doesn’t give me the right to tell you what to do with your body.
Joe Mama
February 7th, 2012
2:18 pm
B. Bonturi — “No one is allowed to stand by their convictions UNLESS they are liberal-leaning and pro “choice”.
Wrong.
If you choose to carry to term, I don’t believe you’ll find a single liberal in here who will try to dissuade you.
When we say pro-choice, we mean pro-choice. What we’re opposed to is the people on your side who want to eliminate that choice for *others.*
Max
February 7th, 2012
2:20 pm
We should not hold this against Komen. Surely they thought bringing Karen Handel on board would get their grubby pink hands into some deep Antebellum pocketbooks. It seems the Komens are Northerners and do not understand the South. This is the obvious result. Listen to Handel squeal like a stuck pig. What a fitting metaphor. Stick your snout in some other trough, Karen Handel!
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Proud American
February 7th, 2012
2:22 pm
mail piece twice makes this point:
This what was written about Karen Handel during the Governor’s race.
“Handel has never served a complete term in office. She’s jumped from one office to another. Handel has sought three different offices within the last six years. You can’t be a ‘reformer’ if you never finish the job.”
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February 7th, 2012
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mahopinion
February 7th, 2012
2:28 pm
@ GaBlue- don’t forget the pink handguns. Nothing speaks being pro-life like a pink .45!
Proud American
February 7th, 2012
2:29 pm
I don’t understand SGK organization anyway. How could they just let someone new like Karen Handel come into an organization like SGK, which have existed for years, and make a monumental decision like this? I just don’t understand.
Proud American
February 7th, 2012
2:29 pm
This what was written about Karen Handel during the Governor’s race.
“Handel has never served a complete term in office. She’s jumped from one office to another. Handel has sought three different offices within the last six years. You can’t be a ‘reformer’ if you never finish the job.”
cynthia
February 7th, 2012
2:39 pm
GO AND JOIN FOX NEWS – YOU WOULD BE HAPPY AND THEY WITH YOU. YOU WERE AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR THE KOMEN FOUNDATION.
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Rod
February 7th, 2012
2:44 pm
Where’s Brinkers letter of resignation? She needs to resign todam-day.Glad Handel did the right thing but she is one of many that need to write this letter. I still have to request my donation back from December because they have lost my support period.
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Tim
February 7th, 2012
2:47 pm
You know it was Karen’s doing. Anybody else would have decreased funding to Planned Parenthood over the next few years citing budgetary issues if they were not trying to make a political statement. This smells far too strongly of idiot Handel. Maybe the decision to do something was made prior to Karen’s employment, but what got done and how it was executed rest squarely on MisHandel.
Come on guys
February 7th, 2012
2:56 pm
Karen Handel is standing behind her convicitons concerning women’s rights, abortion and Planned Parenthood – however misguided it is, she is staying true to herself. The only right thing for her to do was to resign. SGK used her. They new what she was all about when they brought her on board. Come on. SGK has as much blame as anyone else in this mess. They wanted to cut funding to PP, used Karen to get to the goal and then flip flopped on the issue due to the public outcry and the possibility of losing out on their own funds being generated. SGK has egg all over their face and used Love Handels as a scapegoat. Screw Komen! Well, not the actual deceased Susan Komen, but the organization as a whole. Right or wrong, stand up for what you believe in and quit using people!
Erick
February 7th, 2012
2:57 pm
Lying agenda driven bitch…..they will say anything to make themselves sound righteous….
Come on guys
February 7th, 2012
2:57 pm
knew not *new*
Come on guys
February 7th, 2012
2:59 pm
Love Handels and Komen deserve each other.
Johnny boy says
February 7th, 2012
2:59 pm
“…because everyone deserves a life”….
Except the unborn
tardawg
February 7th, 2012
2:59 pm
What does PP have to do with breast cancer the last time I went in to talk with PP they told me that abortion was okay and didn’t mention anything a breast cancer,I’m 40 plus wonder where that money for help with BC screening went?
Tom
February 7th, 2012
3:08 pm
tardawg, all SGK grants made to PP ove the years have gone solely to breast cancer screenings and education programs in their own facilities and mammogram referrals performed at non-PP facilities but paid for or subsidized by PP.
Christianalltheway
February 7th, 2012
3:08 pm
What does breast cancer have to do with abortion? Everything as studies point to the higher incidence of breast cancer among those who have aborted their children. Why support an organization that provides 25% of the nation’s abortions? Why not support PP with the stipulation that the money will be granted only if they do not provide abortions? People who are so concerned with women’s health fail to realize that a pregnancy is not a hazard to their health, only to their lifestyles. What about the in-utero baby girl who is being killed by PP? So much for her health, huh? Karen was a class act who did well to separate herself from an organization that flip flops and spins like a weathervane to placate those who are anti-life. Our family will NEVER support Komen ever again, in any way, shape or form, even if costs more to buy competing products. So disgusted by them. I hope this is the beginning of the end of them and another more worthwhile organization will step in who truly cares about women, both born and pre-born.
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Updawg
February 7th, 2012
3:13 pm
I don’t think some of you fellow bloggers are quite getting it. Karen resigned because she doesn’t want to be associated with an organization that presents itself one way, yet channels donations toward some other organization that has nothing to do with what you intended for your money to go toward!!! Karen would make an outstanding Governor. Her integrity would clean up alot of our city’s corruption. Yes, I said it, and if you would look deeper you would realize everything that I’ve just said is true.
Tom
February 7th, 2012
3:13 pm
No support has been found for an abortion-breast cancer link. It’s a hypothesis promoted as a fear tactic by anti-abortion organizations and activists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion%E2%80%93breast_cancer_hypothesis
Lynx
February 7th, 2012
3:19 pm
Cry me a frickin’ river, Karen. She makes Beverly Hall look honest and apolitical.
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honested
February 7th, 2012
3:22 pm
To ms. handel, the taste for abject defeat must be becoming normal.
Goodbye, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out!
schrutebeets
February 7th, 2012
3:23 pm
Woof on, Handel bashers.
You can’t help it.
How can a soulless mongrel, whose existence pivots on a food bowl and bathroom walks, be expected to see beyond the word, “abortion,” to the pre-birth human being who has been slaughtered with metal tools?
How can a moral eunuch, who has neither integrity nor spiritual acumen, be expected to grasp the desire to remove the shackles of evil from a righteous cause?
You can’t help it.
Just like I can’t help envisioning paying you (i.e., non-elderly men only) back for your extraordinarily cruel remarks by sinking the palm of my hand into your diaphragm or cracking your temple with my elbow.
Tim
February 7th, 2012
3:23 pm
Karen as governor would clean up city corruption? As the Governor of…. Atlanta? Savannah? Macon? Columbus? Which city should she be Governor of? I would love to see her run! Hopefully that is her big plan.
LMAO
February 7th, 2012
3:25 pm
What a pathetic woman.
GaBlue
February 7th, 2012
3:29 pm
Christianalltheway,
“I hope this is the beginning of the end of them and another more worthwhile organization will step in who truly cares about women, both born and pre-born.”
You can start by doing what Karen Handel SHOULD have done in the first place: stand up and fight for the weak, poor, sick, and vulnerable in our society, including women who find themselves “in trouble” for any one of the thousand reasons they might be in that condition. Cutting funding for food, medicine, and educational opportunities does NOT qualify as “truly caring” about anyone. Karen Handel realized she could enjoy the spotlight and money of politics if she’d just do the bidding of the elite class of rich white men who use religion as one of their many rationalizations for keeping others down — for NOT being their brother’s keeper, for NOT doing unto others, for NOT caring for the sick, poor, imprisoned, and downtrodden. She trusted and worked for the WRONG people.
You really want to help? Stop judging, put yourself out there, and buy some medicine for a poor single mom whose man up and left her. Then watch her baby for her all day while she finishes school. Make sure the child gets a healthy lunch. Be kind and encourage her without judging (it’s not your place!) Are you ready to do that? If not, then you do your moniker a disservice.
Maine Independent
February 7th, 2012
3:31 pm
For those “pro-life” posters that claim taxpayer money should not be spent on abortions, I’d like to see you protesting at the Pentagon rather than women’s clinics. The military kills more people with taxpayer money and it doesn’t discriminate: woman, children, babies and elderly men, teens and all others. Oh I forgot, they’re a different color than you, so OK for them to be killed, right?
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February 7th, 2012
3:33 pm
[...] Handel noted in her letter of resignation to Nancy G. Brinker, Komen’s chief executive and founder, that she was unhappy that she had been [...]
Sam the Sham
February 7th, 2012
3:37 pm
Much ado about nothing. Donors were free to split their donations between the two if they truly believed in the benefits of both organizations. It’s easier to become angry at the actions of others rather than taking the steps needed to fix things yourself.
Joe Mama
February 7th, 2012
3:38 pm
It is surely just a phenomenal coincidence that there is also a news story about a 900-pound rabid cow in rural north Georgia.
robruss
February 7th, 2012
3:45 pm
All the “passionate” abortion lovers are glad she’s gone. I’m NOT one of them. Hang in there, Karen.
Tim
February 7th, 2012
3:57 pm
Where is the LIKE button for Joe Mama’s cow comment. LIKE!
Junasie
February 7th, 2012
4:05 pm
No one ever talks about the reason Ms. Handel was hired in the first place. It certainly was not for her experience as the GA Secretary of State. Her political activism was well known, and she was hired as a lobbyist to represent Komen in Washington. It was clearly a political position, and I can see how she would feel like they are throwing her under the bus now to save face.
Komen’s dishonesty about the political nature of this whole debacle is probably going to be the nail in the coffin for them. I can’t see how they can ever regain trust after showing their true colors. As misguided as she is, at least Ms. Handel was always open about where she stood, and people could made up their own mind about it. Not so in the case of Komen, who tried to keep their agenda hidden. Interesting that Handel has declined a severance package, in light of the fact that Koman spent over $1.9 million on severance to eight high-level employees in 2008-2010, most of whom had short tenures there (http://themoderatevoice.com/137410/komen-severance-bill-estimated-at-1-9-million-for-2008-2010/). Unlike the other executives, Ms. Handel does not appear to be bound by a non-disclosure agreement.
Caroline Mast
February 7th, 2012
4:06 pm
Hurray for Karen….she doesn’t belong in this left wing liberal organization now…they are just advocates of abortion with PP…I only hope she finds a better place to voice her high standards and respectability. I have heard so many young men state that the women of today are tough, selfish and haven’t the slightest know how to love. I believe this is true because if any woman that can kill her own child cannot love. Mother of 5 sons…..
Johnny boy says
February 7th, 2012
4:06 pm
…”because evryone deserves a life”
Except a Fetus (Latin for unborn child)
Karen Handel Resigns From Komen - I Hate Paypal » I Hate Paypal
February 7th, 2012
4:07 pm
[...] You can read Handel’s letter here. [...]
Harold
February 7th, 2012
4:09 pm
Ms Handel must think she will make more off the book deal than the severance would have been worth. If only she had gradutated and cooed right the farst sin tense core wrecked
MeatIsMurder
February 7th, 2012
4:14 pm
Outlaw abortion. Let the babies be born and then starve to death! That is much better. By the way meat is murder so unless you’re a pro-Life Vegan you are kind of wrong in the head.
cal damage
February 7th, 2012
4:39 pm
As randi Rhodes said, a malignancy has been identified and removed, and we hope the patient recovers completely.
Let me add, since it takes five years for cancer patients to be declared cancer-free, I’ll send Komen a check in five years, assuming they don’t suffer a pro-birth malignancy again by then.
RAMZAD
February 7th, 2012
4:41 pm
@Becky
I am a man, and I checked. You don’t have any uterus. It got pushed up into your mouth.
Steven John
February 7th, 2012
4:48 pm
If the Komen board “signed off” on this decision months ago (as Ms. Handel asserts) , Ms. Brinker and her team have no choice but to resign. This was bungling and foolishness of the highest order and the so-called Komen “brand” doesn’t have a chance without fresh leadership. Unless that happens, I predict that corporate sponsors will slowly walk away.
Terri
February 7th, 2012
4:56 pm
Boy is she full of #$^()*&^. Good bye and good riddance and crawl back into your prehistoric hole.
J
February 7th, 2012
5:04 pm
GOP women continue to set ALL women back to the stone age. Komen will suffer greatly from this decision, even with a reversal, they already showed their hand. But as usual, when money & power is up for grabs, Republicans ALWAYS stampede to get their grubby hands on the biggest piece of pie.
Stef
February 7th, 2012
5:05 pm
Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.
Dee (American for Choice)
February 7th, 2012
5:15 pm
Woohooooo! Smackdown of the intolerable right! The right (Wrong) must be stopped. They are ruining our country and taking away all our rights.
Sharon
February 7th, 2012
5:17 pm
This woman still doesn’t seem to understand that cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood prevents poor women from receiving cancer-prevention care. When she says “the women we serve” she should say “the rich and middle class women we serve”–she cares not a jot for the poor. Like so many conservatives, she seems to believe in the old concept of “the undeserving poor”–as if to say “if you’re poor, it’s your fault–you don’t deserve our support.” I’m glad the Komen organization has been exposed as the elitist, politically-driven organization it is, but I wonder if Susan Komen was an elitist conservative, or if she was just a good-hearted woman who died of breast cancer? If it’s the latter, then I’m very sorry her name has been besmirched by the ill-considered and heartless behavior of these misguided executives.
Debbl
February 7th, 2012
5:24 pm
If Komen’s withdrawing support for PP would have “indeed enabled Komen to deliver even greater community impact” as Handel’s letter stated, they sure did an awful job of explaining how that would have happened before their reversal. Also, it is tremendously easy for Komen to stipulate, as I’m sure they did/are/will, that their support to PP be used ONLY for breast cancer screenings. They can certainly stay away from the more controversial (but still necessary) services that PP offers. Some idiots seem to think the Komen $ would ONLY be used for abortions or -heaven forbid- even birth control! The RW just doesn’t want to offer anything at all to poor women. Glad saner voices have prevailed.
Judith L. Swearingen
February 7th, 2012
5:30 pm
I hope all of the employees of SGK have Karen Handel’s home address. They will need it to send her a thank you note when this organization collapses, which it most certainly is destined to do in
the next six months to a year. Don’t mess with women’s health unless you are willing to deal with
the awakened tigress.
Karen Handel Resignation Letter | Susan G. Komen for the Cure
February 7th, 2012
5:35 pm
[...] Tweet Karen Handel Resignation Letter Below is the text of the resignation letter, courtesy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, of former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive, Karen Handel.February 7, 2012 The Honorable Nancy [...]
MLA
February 7th, 2012
5:37 pm
MN Jean: Are you serious? You would deny poor uninsured women their yearly mammograms??? How do you think they would afford to have the medical care they need to make sure they don’t get breast cancer or have it detected early??? I am a breast cancer survivor who quit giving money to Komen a couple of years ago when they started suing other cancer fighting organizations who used the words “…for the cure” in their events. So SERIOUSLY??? My donations going to lawyers??? Get real.
Lydiaolydia
February 7th, 2012
5:39 pm
If Brinker goes, how will she make up the $5 million annual salary we’ve all been helping to support?
Komen Vice President Karen Handel Resigns – Nationwide Outcry Successful | ProgressWomen
February 7th, 2012
5:48 pm
[...] acknowledged that she had supported Komen’s decision to pull funding for Planned Parenthood in a resignation letter obtained by The Atlanta Journal Constitution. However, she said the decision-making process began [...]
Miguel
February 7th, 2012
5:48 pm
Guess what people, Planned Parenthood is controversial and considered guilty of genocide by millions of people. They also provide minimal cancer screening services, and that money could have gone to other good causes. Moreover, it would have enabled Komen to receive donations from millions of prolifers would want to contribute to breast cancer research but don’t want their money to go to the nation’s largest provider of abortions. KOMEN WAS TRYING TO EXTRICATE ITSELF FROM THE CULTURE WARS, but the ABORTION THUGS ARE WILLING TO HOLD BREAST CANCER VICTIMS HOSTAGE TO THEIR INTERESTS. Shameful. This is clearly the letter of an honorable woman, and it is only too bad that her organization was too spineless to keep the right decision. They will continue to suffer by forgoing much support from people quite willing to give it.
Jeannette
February 7th, 2012
5:48 pm
Since she mentions a severance package, it looks like she was about to be fired!
Vote for Pedro
February 7th, 2012
6:09 pm
Deal creates needs-based scholarships for Georgia.
Handel needs a brain. Maybe she will be first in line! She better be. It’s going to be a very, very long line, dumb as people are here. Everyone here needs some learning.
Harold
February 7th, 2012
6:11 pm
If Komen wanted out of controversy they would have quietly cut funding over a period of years citing budgetary concerns. Instead they cut funding completely and yelled nah nah nee boo boo stick your head in doo doo. Yeah, they wanted out of controversy. Riiiiigth.
Johnny Boy says
February 7th, 2012
6:16 pm
..because everyone deserves a life.”
Except for the unborn….babies, (especially poor people’s babies) need to be exterminated. They will starve and cause problems….How else do you propose to control overpopulation by undesirables ?
Do it like China and 3rd world countries, kill the baby when you find it, womb, home, wherever, just do it !!! Support PP !!!
Irving and Ann Wolsky
February 7th, 2012
6:23 pm
Should have never gotten that job with her Anti beliefs. I somehow feel this was more of a “mutual agreement” resignation with all the backlash.
Bulldog
February 7th, 2012
6:31 pm
I won’t be sending any money to Komen anymore either and have given them about $300 per year. I had no idea that money was going to Planned Parenthood. It appears Komen’s reversal is just as political as their initial decision. I doubt this organization will survive as pro life supporters won’t fund them and pro choice supporters are still upset from their initial withdrawal of the PP funding.
Juish Holbangian
February 7th, 2012
6:35 pm
It is appalling to read all the insanely hateful comments on this page from the lefties. Hate, hate, hate. Thank goodness you’re all such fans of abortion. That means there will be far fewer of you in the future.
After Outcry, a Top Official Resigns at Komen | Cancer Kick
February 7th, 2012
7:19 pm
[...] have changed their mind over cutting off funds to Planned Parenthood. Ms. Handel noted in her letter of resignation to Nancy G. Brinker, Komen’s chief executive and founder, that she was unhappy that she had been [...]
babs hirschorn
February 7th, 2012
7:32 pm
In an interview, Susan Komen’s sister, a board member, affirmed the board’s move to end funding for Planned Parenthood. I think we should all re-evaluate the Komen Fund. Their agenda is not supportive of women. Anti-choice is the tool of the political agenda, especially for poor women.
It’s time we stop making sex punitive and realize restricting pro-choice is anti- women’s rights.
Diane Downs
February 7th, 2012
7:43 pm
Good riddance to bad rubbish!
Bulldog
February 7th, 2012
7:50 pm
Hmmm…supporting funding to cure breast cancer should also support pro-choice organizations? Good luck on fund raising, my donations will be excluded.
GoodGuy
February 7th, 2012
7:51 pm
I thank Karen Handel for sticking to her belief that life is sacred. She is a brave woman. I am sure her decision was long in coming and that it did not happen overnight or even within the past month. Good luck with your future endeavors. With the integrity you have displayed I am sure you will succeed in whatever you decide to do going forward.
David
February 7th, 2012
7:53 pm
I’ve never seen so many mean spirited people in all my life. You will reap what you sow.
GoodGuy
February 7th, 2012
7:56 pm
BTW, my opinion will obviously be in the minority in these comments and I said what I did not to upset anyone or even to advocate a particular side of this very complex issue of choice. The point I want to make perfectly clear is that when someone believes something so deeply that they give up their job it should make all of us pause to consider why and respect that person for their beliefs – especially if those beliefs differ from our own.
Slinking Toward Retirement | Karen Handel, Top Komen Executive, Resigns [Updated] — Daily Intel | News, Travel, Opinion and Just Odd and Funny Things...
February 7th, 2012
7:58 pm
[...] Handel, a former GOP candidate for Georgia governor, has stepped down as senior vice-president for public affairs of the Susan G. Komen foundation. Her resignation follows a week in which the foundation first rescinded funding for Planned [...]
jytdog
February 7th, 2012
7:59 pm
Ummm why did they hire her in the first place??
Tanya
February 7th, 2012
8:35 pm
Koman supposed to help find a cure for Cancer. As a Mom who recently saw her child sucking her thumb on a 3 dimentional ultrasound monitor at the end of the 1st trimester of life I am horrified that Koman hands over donations to Planned Parenthood who has dismembered alive over 340,000 unborn kids last year alone, half of them being unborn women who should have a right to their own body. You have to be totally devoid of conscience to mindlessly support Koman at this point who give money to such an organation who does not even do mamagrams. Love PP? At least have balls to watch first trimester child dismemberment at abortionno.com so at least you see what you coldly support.
After Outcry, a Senior Official Resigns at Komen » Health News Live
February 7th, 2012
8:36 pm
[...] Handel noted in her letter of resignation to Nancy G. Brinker, Komen’s chief executive and founder, that she was unhappy over having been [...]
David
February 7th, 2012
8:38 pm
babs hirschorn says, “It’s time we stop making sex punitive and realize restricting pro-choice is anti- women’s rights.”
Babs you have a mental disorder.
WiseGal
February 7th, 2012
8:38 pm
I hope you all get what this article is saying. She has resigned because of the Charity reversing its decision to end funding to Planned Parenthood. She believes that the decision to end the funding was the right one and when Komen caved to political pressure and reversed its decision, she feels it was contrary to their Mission and that they went against their own policies and best interest by reinstating the funding to Planned Parenthood. I very much agree with her and I applaud her backbone and her convictions, virtues that are very rare today. God bless her. But apparently, if Komen is going to give up all its integrity to political pressure from those who love abortion, then she wants no part in it. Good for her.
I think those who love abortion should remember that they are only here because they managed to escape it.
Karen Dittman
February 7th, 2012
9:06 pm
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Rose
February 7th, 2012
9:20 pm
Very interesting comment from Handel “…Komen’s decision to change its granting strategy and exit the controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood and its grants was fully vetted by every appropriate level within the organization…” So she is admitting that the granting strategy was indeed changed just so they could “exit the controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood”. This is in direct opposition to the statements made by Komen when the news of the defunding hit the media. Then, the story was in essence…. ‘we changed our funding policy, and now Planned Parenthood doesn’t qualify for our grants! sooo sorry! This has nothing to do politics, or pressure from right wing politics…!
So Karen, were you lying then, or now?
SallyBGood
February 7th, 2012
9:21 pm
Boohoo. This is me crying you a freaking river. I’m 61 years old and therefore remember life before Planned Parenthood. There is no way of calculating the number of lives this fine organization has saved.
WTH??
February 7th, 2012
9:23 pm
In the whole grand scheme of things, the funding that Komen was giving to PP was not going to shut the organization down. While significant, it was a drop in the bucket of their overall budget.
This was all political. Much ado about nothing.
WTH??
February 7th, 2012
9:26 pm
Why is it necessary that Komen provide the grant to PP? Why not some other organization? When you give your money to these organizations, you are giving up the right to decide where it ultimately goes. You’re better off sponsoring an individual – at least 100% of your money is spent on that human. Komen will never recover and that’s probably a good thing.
After Outcry, Karen Handel Resigns From Komen Rhonn Mitchell Rhonn Laighton Mitchell
February 7th, 2012
9:52 pm
[...] Handel noted in her letter of resignation to Nancy G. Brinker, Komen’s chief executive and founder, that she was unhappy over having been [...]
Jawaralal Klapzoom
February 7th, 2012
9:56 pm
She was wise to shun the severance package. Rather, she should have given the organization her entire wealth to make up for her perfidy and rightwing destructioinism. Don’t let the swinging door hit her in the too_ _ _ on the way out, eh?
Letuscount
February 7th, 2012
9:57 pm
I wonder how many babies have been aborted since this thread started?
Luis
February 7th, 2012
10:34 pm
Unfortunately, this is just one of many issues wrong with the SGK for the Cure. I will continue to send my money to other organizations, and not to a group that has allowed itself to become a political organization. I encourage other people to find an organization that is truly out to benefit women. Healthcare should not be politicized.
The Lesson of the Komen/Planned Parenthood Brouhaha – شبكة النيل الإخبارية
February 7th, 2012
10:38 pm
[...] whole event has “unfortunately been incited into something about politics,” wrote Komen’s domestic executive Karen Handel this morning, resigning since she had finished zero wrong [...]
The Real Lesson of the Susan G. Komen Fiasco – شبكة النيل الإخبارية
February 7th, 2012
10:38 pm
[...] whole event has “unfortunately been incited into something about politics,” wrote Komen’s domestic executive Karen Handel this morning, resigning since she had finished zero wrong [...]
Planned Parenthood Ought to Get Over It, the Writing is on the Wall by Macsmind – Politics, Culture and Breaking News and the 2012 Presidential Election!
February 7th, 2012
10:50 pm
[...] Parenthood thinks it scored a victory with the Koman reversal and the resignation of Karen Handal, but the fact is that the writing is on the wall for Planned [...]
Shorter Karen Handel: Whinewhinewhinewhinewhine « Blog on the Run: Reloaded
February 7th, 2012
10:52 pm
[...] vice president for public policy of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. And her resignation letter has to be read to be believed. Commenter BGinCHI at Balloon Juice called it ”masturbation for people who are too [...]
After Outcry, Karen Handel Resigns From Komen
February 8th, 2012
12:56 am
[...] Handel noted in her letter of resignation to Nancy G. Brinker, Komen’s chief executive and founder, that she was unhappy over having been [...]
After Outcry, a Senior Official Resigns at Komen | Cancer Kick
February 8th, 2012
1:20 am
[...] Handel noted in her letter of resignation to Nancy G. Brinker, Komen’s chief executive and founder, that she was unhappy over having been [...]
After Outcry, Karen Handel Resigns From Komen | Essential Health Insurance
February 8th, 2012
2:05 am
[...] Handel noted in her letter of resignation to Nancy G. Brinker, Komen’s chief executive and founder, that she was unhappy over having been [...]
Happy thoughts
February 8th, 2012
2:21 am
SHE made it about politics and in turn almost ruined everything the foundation stands for. Her leaving is the best thing that could happen to the Susan G. Komen foundation.
Of course the downside is that she’s going to play the victim roll and milk it for all it’s worth, fooling not so bright republicans into thinking she’s some sort of martyr and use it as a platform for her next escapade. Unfortunently, the only loser in this situation is the fight against breast cancer, as Karen ‘the victim’ Handel will make it about everything other than that.
After Outcry, Karen Handel Resigns From Komen | Health Insurance Advice
February 8th, 2012
2:23 am
[...] Handel noted in her letter of resignation to Nancy G. Brinker, Komen’s chief executive and founder, that she was unhappy over having been [...]
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February 8th, 2012
3:13 am
[...] From AJC.com: Karen Handel… just announced her resignation as a senior vice president for public of Susan [...]
After Outcry, Karen Handel Resigns From Komen | All Pregnancy Tips
February 8th, 2012
3:15 am
[...] Handel noted in her letter of resignation to Nancy G. Brinker, Komen’s chief executive and founder, that she was unhappy over having been [...]
After Outcry, Karen Handel Resigns From Komen | Kids Health Blog
February 8th, 2012
4:14 am
[...] Handel noted in her letter of resignation to Nancy G. Brinker, Komen’s chief executive and founder, that she was unhappy over having been [...]
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February 8th, 2012
6:00 am
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February 8th, 2012
6:33 am
[...] Handel noted in her letter of resignation to Nancy G. Brinker, Komen’s chief executive and founder, that she was unhappy over having been [...]
Nancy
February 8th, 2012
8:59 am
The focus may now, at last, be on Planned Parenthood, a deserving organization instead of the controversy attached to Karen Handel!
Another Pro-Life Martyr Is Born | Quotes About People
February 8th, 2012
9:29 am
[...] surprise that Handel refused a severence package, which would have kept her from talking about the controversy in public. Weigel [...]
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February 8th, 2012
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