{"id":7303,"date":"2012-03-04T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T08:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7303"},"modified":"2012-03-04T00:01:38","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T08:01:38","slug":"handel-lies-to-spin-komen-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/04\/handel-lies-to-spin-komen-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Handel Lies to Spin Komen Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The controversy involving the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, and their attempt to politicize their charity, making it a Republican tool to wield against women, has barely faded from the news.&#160; However Karen Handel, failed Republican candidate for the Georgia state house, and Sarah Palin\u2019s Teabagger prot\u00e9g\u00e9, is already telling lies and spinning the controversy to make it appear that they are the victims of Planned Parenthood, not the other way around that really happened.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"4Handel\" border=\"0\" alt=\"4Handel\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/4Handel.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"214\" \/>Former Georgia Secretary of State and Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation vice president Karen Handel appeared on the 700 Club [pseudo-Christians delinked] today where she blamed the controversy of Komen\u2019s decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood\u2019s clinical breast cancer screenings and mammogram referrals\u2026on Planned Parenthood. Handel, who as an unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial candidate in Georgia <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100921093610\/http:\/blog.karenhandel.com\/2010\/07\/karen-handel-on-life-and-planned-parenthood\/\">pledged to defund Planned Parenthood<\/a>, <strong>acknowledged her role in convincing the organization to break ties with the women\u2019s health group, but claimed that she was not the sole authority behind the decision<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking with the Christian Broadcasting Network, Handel tried to blame Planned Parenthood for the controversy&#8230; [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/karen-handel-plays-victim-interview-attacking-planned-parenthood\" target=\"_blank\">Right Wing Watch<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here\u2019s the video.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DziJ5T0NPJ0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If you remember, CEO Nancy Brinker, another Republican activist, who sucks up <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Susan_G._Komen_for_the_Cure\" target=\"_blank\">over $459,000<\/a> of people\u2019s donations annually as her salary, originally denied that Handle had anything to do with it, so Handel is probably telling the truth that she was not alone in the decision.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">However, the notion that the reaction to Komen\u2019s decision was a top down effort, organized by Planned Parenthood, is patently absurd.&#160; It was a grass roots, bottom up, effort.&#160; I know, because I was part of it.&#160; Planned Parenthood was the beneficiary, not the instigator.&#160; The only political conspiracy involved was between&#160; Komen and the Republican Party in their ongoing war on women.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Do not believe Karen Handel\u2019s lies.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The controversy involving the Susan G. 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