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Yup, it had seemed a good

Saladin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:43:19 +0000

In reply to Last week, the Komen org was

Yup, it had seemed a good group to me. Now it's on its way to becoming the liberal equivalent of Acorn.

She looks just a bit more

DF — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:24 +0000

She looks just a bit more hackish today after a couple dozen Democratic Senators got involved. There are a lot of issues where I think the Dems fall short, but generally this is not one of them.

Last week, the Komen org was

DF — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:08:10 +0000

In reply to Not sure if this old news

Last week, the Komen org was extremely popular and generally not perceived as a political organization. A lot of people are seeing things differently today.

Not sure if this old news

Saladin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:00:08 +0000

In reply to Susan G. Komen Foundation's Epic Fail

Not sure if this old news here, but I just came across this and thought I would share it:

http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/federal-campaign-giving-history-for-susan-...

From the link:

The Federal Campaign Giving History for Susan G. Komen Founder & CEO Nancy G. Brinker

By Abe Sauer @ 11:30 am

Sen. Richard Santorum (R-PA)

Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN)

Rep. Robert "Bob" Inglis (R-SC)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)

Eric Cantor (R-Hell)

Anyway it goes on...

Not to dodge the ACORN

rmrd0000 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:26:22 +0000

In reply to The Congressional

Not to dodge the ACORN question. Did Democrats behave as cowards? Yes. What Democrats need are people in the streets and in their face to make sure that they see strong and visible support for important issues. ACORN had support in the blogosphere, but not the type of on the ground support we see as the public opposes Republican Governors.

More pressure on Democrats in Congress would have been useful with ACORN. Pressure on Komen leadership is the appropriate response now.

The Congressional

rmrd0000 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:18:59 +0000

In reply to As we know, these things are

The Congressional investigation is a distraction. An organization that receives funding for issues related to women's health has taken funding away from poor women. In essence, the foundation is willing to put the health of poor women at risk. The pressure needs to be applied directly on the Komen Foundation. The foundation can either be used as a tool of Conservatives, or they can focus on breast cancer prevention. Congress has zero role in getting the Komen Foundation to live up to it's stated goals.

Thanks, Teresa for posting

CVille Dem — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:24:16 +0000

In reply to Susan G. Komen Foundation's Epic Fail

Thanks, Teresa for posting this and starting this conversation. Among the many things that I find offensive about this is the DAMNED IF YOU DO DAMNED IF YOU DON'T right-wing stance about health care. which goes something like this:

It should not be the government's job to have any invovlement with keeping its citizenry healthy because charities and certain private-sector organizations really should do that. BUT!!! If an organization DOES provide help for those who need it, screw them if they are not in line with the far right's view on their wedge issues that keep them alive.

As we know, these things are

erica20 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:10:45 +0000

In reply to If the Democrats were

As we know, these things are not always a straight up or down vote, and a lot of stuff gets done behind the scenes. I am surprised that we're even having this conversation.

I'm pretty sure that if any high-ranking Democrat on the subcommittee had REALLY wanted to make the case that the "investigation" was a political move or that it would be a waste of public money to undertake it, it would not have happened. And I've got to believe that in the many years that all kinds of private foundations have been doing business, nobody has ever rewritten their rules in this way and then been shocked, shocked to see that the organization that was causing them trouble is in trouble with Congress.

I believe we've seen lukewarm Democratic support for an inconvenient organization before, and then that organization disappeared. ACORN, anyone? Oh, whoops, we seem to be out of ACORNS--and we were so hoping to have an ACORN appetizer tonight....

I know I must seem highly cynical about this, and there's no doubt that preventing a private foundation from acting this way might be beyond the mission of a subcommittee, but I'd really like to see proof that the Democratic subcommittee members didn't roll over on this investigation. And I do think that the investigation is a waste of public money.

(It's not like the Democrats haven't softpedaled this stuff before--remember when the nuns had to come to the rescue of politicians on women's health a few years ago?)

Oh Taylor Marsh, et al: I

tmccarthy0 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:02:34 +0000

In reply to Marsh has a point. I agree

Oh Taylor Marsh, et al: I know it's the Democrats fault that Komen founder Nancy Brinker has strong Republican ties, in fact GW Bush appointed her ambassador to Hungary. Damn Democrats and their inability to stop SGKomen from appointing more wingers. Democrats, damn what were they thinking, letting a private business do this, had they won the 2010 election this never would have happened! But most definitely it is the 2010 election that caused this and it is the Democrats fault, all of it, forever.

I think it is also the Democrats fault that the decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood according to the Washington Post column linked to above, comes shortly after Komen unveiled a new partnership that strengthens its ties to the George W. Bush Institute.

Oh those Democrats, how could they, it's their fault, it is also their fault Republicans have been running investigations targeting Planned Parenthood since 1986 or so, but it is all the fault of Democrats, for sure and the 2010 election, because this all began in 2010, before that everything was just great.

Thanks to Taylor Marsh for setting us straight. #notaylormarshisntcorrectsheiswrong

I have always gone out of the

trkingmomoe — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:39:18 +0000

In reply to Susan G. Komen Foundation's Epic Fail

I have always gone out of the way to buy products when grocery shopping that had pink ribbon on them. It was a way I could support. Now I won't.