Former Susan G. Komen VP Karen Handel: Planned Parenthood "Hijacked This Great Organization"

SGK said over and over that the decision was due to the (trumped-up) investigation , not disagreement with Planned Parenthood's mission. Ms. Handel now says that was a lie. CEO Nancy Brinker said repeatedly that Handel wasn't involved in the decision. According to Handel that too was a lie.

Meanwhile Handel doesn't understand the difference between a "shakedown" and the concept that actions have consequences. It also seems that she feels no accountability to donors because SGK is a private, non-profit organization. That's troubling to say the least.

I'm afraid SGK can take a long "walk for the cure" off a very short pier as far as I'm concerned. Let's leave greed, corruption and name calling to the professionals in Congress.

Yes, Komen has every right to decide on the standards they want, just as donors have every right to decide where they want their money to go.

Before you donate to ANY charity look at what the CEO makes in salary. 1.American Cancer Society $ 2.2 million, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center $2.5 Million,Jimmy Fund $1.2 million, Red Cross $1.0 Million. It goes on and on...donate to a local shelter or to a family directly. Screw these organizations. Remember what happened after 9/11 with collected private donations. Someone decided that they would give the most money to who "deserved" it the most.

Out side pressure...Isn't that little like the pot calling the kettle black when you consider that the Komen laywers spend millions on suing small non-profits for using the words "race for the"..How many small non-profits must komen close down...

Health and Politics should not be in the same bed.

You pay the $35 dollar fee to walk around and raise money for breast cancer. Then these women walk around in $8,000.00 designer dresses and hob nob in exclusive restaurants and then decide to become a political organisation instead of funding breast exams which is what you paid the $35 for.

No mention of the fact that Nancy Brinker was paid $511,000 last year. Thats lots of breast exams.

ya know, i've been saying for awhile now that breast cancer awareness took a much less serious turn and became more of a fad, so to speak. we have pink shirts, pink flowers, pink shoes, hats, buttons, walks, pink stripes in people's hair, and it just got blown way out of control. it's hard NOT to imagine this organization or a branch of it wanting to have a slice of that kind of a gold mine. money is indeed the root of all evil.

She continued. "The last time I checked, this is a private, non-profit org that has every right -- every right -- to set its standards the way they choose to set it in the best interests of this organization."
She's right on that score - And it's our right to not give to SKG either. I wonder how their going to pay their half-million dollar salaries without any donations?

75% of their revenues never reach women with breast cancer ? It is sickening that the CEO makes 400k per year, a sum that needs to be reduced by at least 60%.

To all reading my comment: Better to donate your money and time to helping those who have fallen on hard times who are unemployed, have no money, no home and need the help. These organizations are bloodsuckers who are out for themselves instead of helping the victims of these diseases. I have seen far too many of these execs. from places like PP, Komen and United Cerebral Palsy living lavish lifestyles with the best of everything and laughing all the way to the bank on YOUR MONEY.

Less about curing cancer than brand recognition and exclusive contracts $500,000 salary for the Pink queen!

Wait, is she actually blaming Planned Parenthood for the donor backlash at a decision that the Komen board made? In everything that I have read on this Planned Parenthood didn't call for an outcry, they simply said that was unfortunate that Komen pulled their funding. The people rose up and cried out on their own. Komen has a choice as to who and what they give their money to. I respect that. The donors to Komen also have that same choice. Its called a Free Market and a conservative like Karen Handel should know that. Then again she really isn't a true conservative.

The good thing is that so much has been exposed about the Komen organization. Now, we can make better informed decisions regarding our donations.

If you don't agree with Komen's decision, stop funding. When the funds go away, so will everyone else.

Everybody, Komen is not unique. The MAJORITY of the non-profit sector engages in the very same practices with the very same code of ethics...the grand majority of them are hustles and tax shelters. ALWAYS ask how much really goes to the affected group. You'll be shocked.

I will never support Komen again. Brinker pays herself 500k a year, now that's charity!

The NFL will distance itself from Komen in the future, as will many more sponsors. Too much drama.

I'm guessing that before this most poeple didn't know there was even a connection betweeen the two organizations. Now everyone knows and I expect to see Komen's donations decrease drastically. PR nightmare.

The fact that Karen Handel was making hundreds of thousands of dollars shows you how screwed up the non-profit situation is!