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Karen Handel made an appearance recently at Patrick Henry College. The show is embedded above, or you can read part of it here. There were few surprises, except maybe towards the end where Mrs. Handel said something that PG agreed with… “Not every aspect of a moral society can be legislated. You have to create a moral society.”
The Komen foundation appears to be naive. They were surprised by the reaction to the decision to curtail funding to Planned Parenthood. The events of last February were a textbook study in bad damage control. It also appears that the SGK foundation had made a few enemies over the years, and they were happy to get revenge. Meanwhile, Mrs. Handel whines “Komen was simply a breast cancer organization facing Mafia-style shakedown tactics by Planned Parenthood holding Komen hostage. Komen did not have the bandwidth to fight that. “
The issue of abortion, for better or worse, is heavily politicized. Whether this political activity saves the lives of babies is a good question. Mrs. Handel said that the reaction to the SGK foundation “was political, and it was about their pro abortion agenda, and thats a fact.”
It is reasonable to say that the anti abortion crowd chose political activism as a tactic in their struggle. For them to politicize an issue, and then complain about the other side playing politics, is laughable. When you sow the wind, you reap the whirlwind.
One thing that Mrs. Handel says is that SGK had one person to work on social media. “Komen has one person who does social media. One. We are a breast cancer organization, not a social media organization.” SGK does have a lobbying department. This is one of the things that leaked out during the February firestorm. As Chamblee54 wrote at the time:
There have been unflattering things about the SGK foundation coming to the public’s attention. Many of the people who have donated money to the pink cause are surprised to find out what their money is going for. Rawstory has a feature, Komen Foundation ousted their Democratic lobbyist just before hiring Karen Handel , that is just downright fascinating.
“It wasn’t until 2008 that the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, a 501(c)3, founded the Susan G. Komen For The Cure Advocacy Alliance, a 501(c)4 non-profit that, under IRS rules, can spend unlimited donor funds on lobbying. It’s that arm of the Komen Foundation that former Secretary of State and failed gubernatorial candidate Karen Handel (R-GA) was hired to run in April 2011, … She’d been serving “as a consultant” to the organization since January 2011… Finally, in 2009, Komen hired Jennifer Luray to run it’s advocacy shop directly and be their top lobbyist in Washington…. When picked to head Komen’s political arm, she was working as a lobbyist for Abbott Pharmaceuticals, a drug and device company that, among its many products, offers a breast cancer screening protocol. … But, according to lobbying disclosure records filed with the House of Representatives, Luray ended her tenure as a lobbyist with Komen in the third quarter of 2010, joining pharmaceutical device manufacturers Becton, Dickinson & Co. instead. IRS filings by Komen indicate she was given a $134,000 severance package upon her departure, which was almost a full year’s salary. “
So, while SGK has one person doing social media, they have a lobbyist getting a $134,000 severance package. Maybe they are a lobbying organization, not a breast cancer organization.
Mrs. Handel discussed her run for Governor of Georgia. She said that someone went on TV and said that she “was a barren, desperate woman. The $93,000 visit from Sarah Palin is not mentioned. Mrs. Handel got a personal endorsement from the most popular politician in America, and lost.
Pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives,Georgia State University Library”.
HT to Peach Pundit.