Komen board member contradicts Brinker

[ProSense]

Outcry Grows Fiercer After Funding Cut by Cancer Group

By JENNIFER PRESTON and GARDINER HARRIS

The nation’s leading breast cancer advocacy organization confronted the growing furor Thursday over its decision to largely end its decades-long partnership with Planned Parenthood, with rising dissension in its own ranks and a roiling anger on the Internet showing the power of social media to harness protest.

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Komen’s founder and chief executive, Nancy G. Brinker, held a news conference Thursday and insisted that the organization’s decision had nothing to do with abortion or politics. Rather, she said, it resulted from improved grant-making procedures and was not intended to make a target of Planned Parenthood.

“We think this is the right thing to do from a stewardships standpoint,” Ms. Brinker said.

Her comments directly contradicted those of John D. Raffaelli, a Komen board member and Washington lobbyist, who told The New York Times on Wednesday that Komen made the changes to its grant-making process specifically to end its relationship with Planned Parenthood. Mr. Raffaelli said that Komen had become increasingly worried that an investigation of Planned Parenthood by Representative Cliff Stearns, Republican of Florida, would damage Komen’s credibility with donors.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/us/komen-foundation-urged-to-restore-planned-parenthood-funds.html

[mmonk]

1. All political lies have a cover up or denial component.

[justiceischeap]

2. Oops! They called that one incorrectly, didn't they?

"Komen had become increasingly worried that an investigation of Planned Parenthood by Representative Cliff Stearns, Republican of Florida, would damage Komen’s credibility with donors."

Because they were so "concerned" about their credibility, they went ahead and destroyed it themselves.

Out. Of. Touch.

[Loudmxr]

6. Ohh!! You beat me to it! I had the same thought.

There is nothing that destroys credibility than doing something so gobsmackinly stupid.

Conservative. Yes

Narrow minded Yes

Zeitgeigst perhaps.

Let's see how your coffers are doing in a year baby!!

Buh Bye!!!

[Ecumenist]

3. They can't get their fucking stories straight. Damn, at least stand by your decision and get the

lies straight. Brinker is a lying twit and the fact that it's so transparent is pathetic. you know the saying, "don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining."

[virtualobserver]

5. might be believable if they hadn't hired Georgia nutjob Karen Handel as VP...

....who pledged to defund Planned Parenthood in her gubernatorial campaign.

[Ecumenist]

8. Tell me about it. But remember, we're not supposed notice that tiny bit.

[monmouth]

10. Is she the one that Sarah Palin endorsed? 'Nuf said for me..n/t

[aquart]

4. Yes, I do believe their credibility is damaged.

[malaise]

7. Now isn't that a

euphemism?

[aquart]

9. For what? Public exposure like a pervert on the subway?

They do seem sort of nakedly out there, don't they?

[kestrel91316]

11. Uh huh. They pulled support of PP because they were afraid the RW witch hunt

against PP would make SGK look bad???????

The only folks looking bad in that whole thing are the anti-choice witch hunters.