Bitterly stung by the furious backlash against its defunding of Planned Parenthood, the Komen director has accepted Karen Handel's resignation.
An insider informant revealed that Handel had been the major force pushing for this and that she had even made the statement that, if they said it was because PP was "under investigation," no one could blame Komen.
That was not only a wrong-headed policy decision, but it was just plain stupid as a public relations and political tactic. It may very well have inflicted irreparable harm to the reputation of a non-profit that has done immeasurable good in the fight against breast cancer.
Beware of hiring politicians to work in non-profit organizations. They have the wrong sensibilities for it. At least the conservative ones do. Al Gore and Bill Clinton seems to be doing all right with their non-profit work -- not to mention Jimmy Carter.
Ralph
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