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Javaman

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62. to them, that doesn't matter...

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 03:36 PM

Feb 2012

they were donating to planned parenthood.

all is blind to them as long as they believe "SOMEONE IS SUPPORTING ABORTIONS!!!11!11"

They have done things like this in minor ways before, this is their first real big public score.

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Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In [View all] kpete Feb 2012 OP

"the rule was adopted in order to create an excuse to cut-off Planned Parenthood." Skinner Feb 2012 #1

The real questions is "Who made the decision to hire Karen Handel?" MicaelS Feb 2012 #8

On NPR this morning they were talking about how the founder of Komen is a big GOP supporter. Skinner Feb 2012 #11

How nice leftynyc Feb 2012 #26

Yup, yup and yup. I'm with you. n/t SusanaMontana41 Feb 2012 #31

it's donquijoterocket Feb 2012 #38

I contacted every person leftynyc Feb 2012 #42

Well this looks like this fish stinks straight from the head.. MicaelS Feb 2012 #27

So they get their $$ from shitty chain restaurants supernova Feb 2012 #34

No wonder they are toeing the right wing line lark Feb 2012 #51

I thought everyone knew that Irishonly Feb 2012 #53

Check this out. avaistheone1 Feb 2012 #67

Honey, you are the POSTER child for birth control- BeHereNow Feb 2012 #76

She's eveil to the core Alcibiades Feb 2012 #106

Yes, I found this out a while ago and discontinued my generous support. Fla Dem Feb 2012 #108

She very well might have downplayed her views, or outright lied to get the job. MsPithy Feb 2012 #36

It's HER foundation -- she is the CEO and Founder obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #104

The other REAL question is, "How are Handel and Stearns related?" The Doctor. Feb 2012 #59

GOOD!!! I'm sooooo freakin happy. Now perhaps they get this rule off the book and KOmen can go Justice wanted Feb 2012 #2

The right-winger didn't resign, someone resigned in protest Lex Feb 2012 #14

I stand corrected. I'm sorry I was getting confused with the names. Me Bad. They needed to Justice wanted Feb 2012 #17

I think you may have them mixed up with another org obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #105

So, single-handedly, Karen Handel has made pink the new brown. truthisfreedom Feb 2012 #3

so do "Chili's, Maggiano's, and Macaroni Grill" ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2012 #19

Hold on their TTF texshelters Feb 2012 #81

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2012 #4

Let'sJust Deport These Christians TheMastersNemesis Feb 2012 #5

These "christians"-i use the term loosely- are just as dangerous in not more so than radical muslims Justice wanted Feb 2012 #6

Make no mistake: these "Christians" are **far more** dangerous than radical Muslims. baldguy Feb 2012 #16

Deport citizens? leftynyc Feb 2012 #29

Gosh, this sure sounds like bait xfundy Feb 2012 #41

I have a better idea atreides1 Feb 2012 #73

Oh .... and their god wins .... Trajan Feb 2012 #93

I'm too angry to form words right now dmr Feb 2012 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Occupy_2012 Feb 2012 #9

Thank you for your concern. aquart Feb 2012 #54

k & r Thank you for you, and for sharing this with us. Stuart G Feb 2012 #10

I have supported Komen in the past and thought I would again. Raster Feb 2012 #12

"I do not support the mission of Planned Parenthood" means.... LynneSin Feb 2012 #13

The anti-choice, anti-woman crowd was NEVER pro-life. Raster Feb 2012 #15

Brilliantly said. avaistheone1 Feb 2012 #63

. baldguy Feb 2012 #18

I LOVE this! tallahasseedem Feb 2012 #28

Hear, hear. Lex Feb 2012 #35

oh that is GOOD n/t renate Feb 2012 #69

I have given my last jeaps Feb 2012 #20

How long before we learn that the dirtbag R Rep who launched the PP "investigation" stopbush Feb 2012 #21

Just what I was thinking gopiscrap Feb 2012 #110

Ask congress to investigate Komen, then they will defund themselves -nt NAO Feb 2012 #22

Perfect! deurbano Feb 2012 #44

Brilliant! Call congress RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!! Critters2 Feb 2012 #87

I have a feeling that this won't end well for Komen... Javaman Feb 2012 #23

I don't understand.... MicaelS Feb 2012 #61

to them, that doesn't matter... Javaman Feb 2012 #62

OK, I see your point n/t MicaelS Feb 2012 #64

There are other places that fund breast cancer screenings and research texshelters Feb 2012 #82

Oh, I don't think it'll go bankrupt... JHB Feb 2012 #65

Good point. nt Javaman Feb 2012 #102

Yeah, but won't make much difference for people who do actual work n/t JHB Feb 2012 #107

Fight breast cancer without supporting Komen. hay rick Feb 2012 #24

On Planned Parenthood's xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #40

$650,000 in donations to PP in past 24 hours per MSNBC HockeyMom Feb 2012 #52

I just donated to Planned Parenthood. Raster Feb 2012 #100

Even better. hay rick Feb 2012 #56

just donated angel823 Feb 2012 #58

The Avon Foundation for Women Breast Cancer Crusade Critters2 Feb 2012 #88

I encourage everyone to go to their... tallahasseedem Feb 2012 #25

This adds another layer of sleaze to this awful decision. Wow. What hackery. myrna minx Feb 2012 #30

Looks to me like they knew what they were doing tularetom Feb 2012 #32

Yep, and they're also purging all the decent people from the organization. GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #74

Check out this tweet kpete Feb 2012 #33

"cry me a freaking river" renate Feb 2012 #70

Here's the crux of it. Handel said... truth2power Feb 2012 #37

Cecile Richards, Planned xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #39

Link to Corporate Sponsors of Susan G. Komen avebury Feb 2012 #43

Three sources with direct knowledge of the Komen decision-making process told me rocktivity Feb 2012 #45

VA debating bill to end state subsidies for poor women to abort fetuses w/ serious birth defects wordpix Feb 2012 #46

The so-called investigation is simply bogus n/t LostinRed Feb 2012 #47

Bank of America Iliyah Feb 2012 #48

since i live in Georgia, Glad i didn't vote for her. MACARD Feb 2012 #49

So once the investigation is over, did they say they will resume the funding? AmericaIsGreat Feb 2012 #50

The "investigation rule" is just a ruse. Lex Feb 2012 #60

Right, but if the rule is that they can't fund an org when it's under investigation AmericaIsGreat Feb 2012 #85

Stunning... SoapBox Feb 2012 #55

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #57

PP is a symbol to them, they want to kill it and mount its head on their wall. JHB Feb 2012 #66

Sometimes the lion eats the hunter. nt Lex Feb 2012 #68

Now SHE did the right thing. Keep the heat on, kpete. Thanks. freshwest Feb 2012 #71

"Bush Family Planning," Hubert Flottz Feb 2012 #72

Victims speak out about North Carolina sterilization program... Hubert Flottz Feb 2012 #75

Native Americans Secretly Sterilized - George H.W. Bush Hubert Flottz Feb 2012 #77

Just Sent Komen Foundation an email.... Chakaconcarne Feb 2012 #78

That the Komen organization wants to make this political is an outrage. Planned Parenthood helps still_one Feb 2012 #79

No more pink for me texastoast Feb 2012 #80

Hold on texshelters Feb 2012 #83

Oh, hell yeah texastoast Feb 2012 #94

Great photo texshelters Feb 2012 #111

Let's not confuse texshelters Feb 2012 #84

K&R Raffi Ella Feb 2012 #86

Women's rights Fiber Lady Feb 2012 #89

Congress needs to investigate Komen fantomas Feb 2012 #90

Not Another Pink Cent, Komen. Not From Me. (n/t) Paladin Feb 2012 #91

What the .... WRONG PERSON WHO NEEDS TO RESIGN! Spock_is_Skeptical Feb 2012 #92

The teabag war on the poor and women rages on workinclasszero Feb 2012 #95

I am a big supporter of Planned Parenthood Badsam Feb 2012 #96

Sisters be doin' it for themselves!! nolabear Feb 2012 #97

CONTACT Komen here: SoapBox Feb 2012 #98

Of course this rule was created as an excuse. Did the SGK foundation really believe people wouldn't spicegal Feb 2012 #99

As I have said previously, conservativism is a cancer Doctor_J Feb 2012 #101

Interesting comment posted on Brinker's/Komen's youtube video... stillwaiting Feb 2012 #103

My last dollar to the Race for the Cure has been given....... Swede Atlanta Feb 2012 #109

Perfect ending to a troubling story! A big K&R! Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #112