2016 Postmortem

Attorney in Texas

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22. Without government support, Planned Parenthood cannot go forward. This is not true of any private

Sat Jan 9, 2016, 02:00 PM

Jan 2016

contributor's financial support of Planned Parenthood.

Any challenge to the continuation of governmental funding is an existential threat to Planned Parenthood.

The alienation of a sizable portion of those who no longer donate directly to Planned Parenthood because of the reckless mismanagement of its PAC might possibly be an inconvenience to Planned Parenthood but it is not an existential threat to Planned Parenthood.

Those of us who have redirected our financial contributions to addressing the existential threat to Planned Parenthood rather than subjecting our contributions to the influence of a mismanaged PAC are providing more of a long term benefit to Planned Parenthood than we were achieving through our previous financial contributions directly to Planned Parenthood.

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Planned Parenthood didn't endorse Clinton, its Political Action Committee did. [View all] geek tragedy Jan 2016 OP

Good to know they are two different enities. -none Jan 2016 #1

two different budgets, two different legal structures etc. geek tragedy Jan 2016 #2

For 80 percent of Americans ... earthside Jan 2016 #3

or maybe they think Clinton would be a more outspoken advocate on women's health issues geek tragedy Jan 2016 #4

Do some Hillary supporters use Bernie avatars? senz Jan 2016 #35

No, but in the real world there are people who are neither 100% Clinton geek tragedy Jan 2016 #38

Thank you.. Historic NY Jan 2016 #78

Came to their defense...by calling the videos disturbing. And later making a statement in support. jeff47 Jan 2016 #86

You have it exactly backwards. geek tragedy Jan 2016 #87

So she got it right, then got it wrong, then got it right. jeff47 Jan 2016 #88

Um, no. geek tragedy Jan 2016 #89

Outdid by saying the videos are awful, but they do good work too!! jeff47 Jan 2016 #90

Since you obviously did not read the first link: geek tragedy Jan 2016 #91

Once again, everything Hillary touches ends up being tainted. questionseverything Jan 2016 #19

yep n/t 2pooped2pop Jan 2016 #26

To bad the circular firing squad has already engaged. nt William769 Jan 2016 #5

not really a circular firing squad--that would imply those doing the shooting geek tragedy Jan 2016 #6

I never even thought of you when I made the comment. William769 Jan 2016 #14

no, I didn't take it personally, cheers nt geek tragedy Jan 2016 #17

Call me a crank if oyu must but..... Armstead Jan 2016 #28

Your position is perfectly reasonable. geek tragedy Jan 2016 #32

I agree with this post totally... Punkingal Jan 2016 #41

makes you wonder PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #8

to be fair questionseverything Jan 2016 #21

Really.. today new Bernie faux outrage topic. Amimnoch Jan 2016 #67

Correction - a Clinton Crony did FreakinDJ Jan 2016 #7

Do you really think Cecile Richards is anyone's crony? nt geek tragedy Jan 2016 #9

Difficult view looking up at the 1% club FreakinDJ Jan 2016 #12

Did you watch Cecile Richards when she testified in front of Congress? geek tragedy Jan 2016 #15

Yup. Very powerful testimony. Agschmid Jan 2016 #24

I love her then, but she pissed me off with this endorsement Armstead Jan 2016 #31

the right to choose is a partisan issue. geek tragedy Jan 2016 #33

I think they shot themselves in the foot with that. senz Jan 2016 #37

So I guess those of us in the Majority should condemn and start attacking Amimnoch Jan 2016 #69

Did I say that? Even suggest it? senz Jan 2016 #72

Holy hell what has this primary season done to me? Amimnoch Jan 2016 #92

Death threats don't mean anything to you? Because everyone at PP is under the literal gun. Hekate Jan 2016 #61

Then they shouldn't be playing Crony games with Hillary FreakinDJ Jan 2016 #64

I'm saying it is not cronyism, and neither has done anything wrong. If you think for one minute that Hekate Jan 2016 #71

You might not be BUT Everyone else is saying CRONY CRONY CRONY FreakinDJ Jan 2016 #80

Question1: have you ever donated so much as a dime to PP? Question2: what kind of advantage... Hekate Jan 2016 #81

What does that have to do with the Price of Rice in China and Clinton Cronyism FreakinDJ Jan 2016 #83

So you have no answer except that you are repeating RW lies. Good on ya. Hekate Jan 2016 #84

It is absolutely offensive Geek, that you have to write an Op clarifying an endorsement seabeyond Jan 2016 #10

so you are saying... 2pooped2pop Jan 2016 #30

Any time someone starts with "so you are saying..." And then starts telling a story, seabeyond Jan 2016 #42

well, don't you have any more room on your blocked list? 2pooped2pop Jan 2016 #44

My lock list is empty. as is ignore, or whatever other choices we have. I don't care. seabeyond Jan 2016 #46

hmmm. so are mine 2pooped2pop Jan 2016 #47

hmmm. seabeyond Jan 2016 #50

logic has no place here! (nt) a2liberal Jan 2016 #65

Excellent post cali Jan 2016 #11

The better approach is to donate directly to candidates who support Planned Parenthood rather than Attorney in Texas Jan 2016 #13

PP gets less than half of its revenue from the government nt geek tragedy Jan 2016 #16

Without government support, Planned Parenthood cannot go forward. This is not true of any private Attorney in Texas Jan 2016 #22

Private donations kept the door open when Komen pulled the rug out. How soon people forget. MADem Jan 2016 #18

The PP PAC is not "mismanaged." It did the right thing. SunSeeker Jan 2016 #34

Not mismanaged? So you think that this is all going well for Planned Parenthood? So the PAC's Attorney in Texas Jan 2016 #43

Nope. Picking the best candidate is not mismanagement. SunSeeker Jan 2016 #48

How would you react if Planned Parenthood endorsed George Pataki? Attorney in Texas Jan 2016 #49

Pataki indicated that he would defund PP ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #68

Rec & Kick. Good post. MerryBlooms Jan 2016 #20

Admittedly I haven't looked, but I haven't actually seen MH1 Jan 2016 #23

Bingo. I don't agree with the endorsement of Clinton, but I understand geek tragedy Jan 2016 #25

K & R SunSeeker Jan 2016 #27

Thanks -- however, I wonder if the charge that Sanders' supporters are "defunding" is itself a smear karynnj Jan 2016 #29

it quite often happens that a number of Sanders supporters say such obnoxious shit that the geek tragedy Jan 2016 #36

True of almost all large groups -- there have been at least as many obnoxious posts that karynnj Jan 2016 #39

those who got along before the primaries will get along after the primaries geek tragedy Jan 2016 #52

Thanks for the post stevil Jan 2016 #40

Right, that's just like the distinction between the NRA and the NRA-ILA (the political entity). aikoaiko Jan 2016 #45

Thank You! RandySF Jan 2016 #51

Thanks for pointing that out BainsBane Jan 2016 #53

This defending thing started on Reddit. joshcryer Jan 2016 #54

unfortunately, there's nothing so stupid that it won't get some support geek tragedy Jan 2016 #57

just another goddamed thing that's causing insanity joshcryer Jan 2016 #58

Good point, thanks for making it. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #55

Actually that's a good idea. PFunk1 Jan 2016 #56

Cecile Richards IS that group. On about page only Cecile and Laura Tucker listed. madfloridian Jan 2016 #59

That's probably true, but as you pointed out there's geek tragedy Jan 2016 #70

It says a LOT about the current climate at DU that your statement brought tears to my eyes Hekate Jan 2016 #60

You Can't Have It Both Ways marksda Jan 2016 #62

Whoosh. nt geek tragedy Jan 2016 #66

Then perhaps it is incumbent on PP to make this arguement blackspade Jan 2016 #63

Never have I seen a group of voters more prone to rationalizations... highprincipleswork Jan 2016 #73

I'll bet none of Hill's largest donors give a whit for PP. senz Jan 2016 #74

You'd lose that bet. nt geek tragedy Jan 2016 #75

Whole lotta big banks up there before you get to Emily's list -- the single outlier. senz Jan 2016 #76

. geek tragedy Jan 2016 #77

You would lose that bet. Hekate Jan 2016 #85

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Which "mistake" they are vociferously defending at "Democratic" Underground. Hekate Jan 2016 #82

My Chevy didn't get me across the country; its seat belts did. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2016 #93