A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure

I agree, perhaps OWS actually made a few more people realize that their voices matter after all! The support shown for PP in this instance was astronomical! They have always had a solid base of support, but this time that support seemed to really make sure they were heard!

Well, jim, I think the politics do matter for an organization that has always presented itself as totally wholesome and above the fray. It hit a lot of women out of nowhere. They responded from the gut. Now they're going to start thinking.
I think Brinker stopped this as quickly as possible to try to avoid folks digging further into the nuts and bolts of Komen. Charitible non-profits are not as pretty as they pretend to be, and Komen is not one of the better performers.

Okay. If people had not perceived this to be a political move they would have been just fine with Komen revoking funding for P.P.

Not what I said. Overt, unsavory politics made it much worse. It still would have been a big deal without the politics. But it's arguable that without the politics none of this would have happened at all.

Exactly!

I know what you meant. The point of my first post was about the warning other organizations can take from this. That it does not really matter if Komen did it for political reasons or not (which they obviously did) because the perception of political activism is enough to cause an organization grief. As I stated, there are lessons to be learned here. One, you can't unring the bell. Komen is in a public relations nightmare no matter what the reason for their actions. Two, jumping on the far right bandwagon might not be a good idea for any organization. Three, the far right agenda, especially their attacks on P.P., may not be playing as well with the rest of America as the right may have believed before this backlash. Hopefully it will make Republican lawmakers rethink their attacks on P.P. if they believe it could cause them the same trouble as it did Komen, but I doubt it. I should add that Komen would have probably received protests from the right had they decided to increase P.P. funding. I have my doubts the protests would have been quite so severe though.

Yep.Yep.Yep. All excellent points. No argument here.

They have a long road ahead with me too, but we take every victory we can.

I hope the people that need a shot of hope today get a chance to see it!

Yep. And a tip 'o the cap to Brinker for responding to the uproar and shoving the whole mess right back at the GOP. As you mentioned elsewhere, there are still issues to be addressed with the charitable foundation business, but that's another day. Today, the correct head rolls. Enjoy.

I am not completely convinced that Brinker was not on board with this. How else did someone like Handel get the job, when she had already made her intention to defund PP very public? Brinker, in my book, is not that far removed, ideologically, from Handel. Screw them both and their pink ribbons.

No argument. I just believe that if someone responds correctly we give them the benefit of the doubt for the moment. Her reversal included the words "right and fair" which suggests to me that she does have empathy but has gone too far in the "ends justify the means" equation. Yes, the pink ribbons and the trademarks bug me too. In my view, charitable non-profits engage in marketing charity for some corporate donors who might want "moral washing". Oderous.

"corporate donors who might want "moral washing"

there is nothing they won't use to their own advantage. have to agree with the oderous

You and rerushg basically posted the thoughts that have been rolling about my head on this subject since logging off last night! Thanks guys!

Watched Keith's comments on this from the homepage as I was getting ready to log off, and as usual, he nailed it more than any of us. I am so sick of the GOP agenda, the lies, the manipulations, their callous attitude towards the poor, and all of it tucked neatly under their umbrella of self-righteous, God talk pontification. Fed up, and glad to know I am not alone!

I expect we may hear from people who do want the door to hit her before the days out!

No, no. Don't let the door hit her ass on the way out. We don't want her ass prints on the door as a reminder that the hypocritical bitch worked there.

Oh god, I hope not either. I mean, what if there is semen on the knob (angry pro-choice male) and she gets pregnant by accident! Then she'll have to break the wretched fetus's neck and crush the brains too (abort the little bastard). Shitttt..if she does, Muthafuckah better let my eat dat shit straight from da dripping placenta/blood soaked cunt CuZ (What you call a fellow CRIP).

Now if you don't mind, I must get my daily dose of viewing gory-death/peverted-sex videos online.

get a grip

Will do! I will be happy to share this with others who have also been following this story.