from Huffpo
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney thrust himself into the the Susan G. Komen controversy on Monday when he said in a radio interview that he agreed with Komen’s decision to cut Planned Parenthood funding.
When Minnesota radio host Scott Hennen asked Romney whether Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the leading U.S. anti-breast cancer charity, should continue to give Planned Parenthood grants for cancer screenings and mammogram referrals, Romney said, "I don’t think so."
"I also feel that the government should cut off funding to Planned Parenthood," the former Massachusetts governor added. "Look, the idea that we’re subsidizing an institution which is providing abortion, in my view, is wrong. Planned Parenthood ought to stand on their own feet, and should not get government subsidy."
Romney could not have picked a worse time to associate himself with Susan G. Komen’s anti-Planned Parenthood agenda. The cancer charity is roiling in a massive backlash for announcing it would defund Planned Parenthood because of a congressional investigation. Karen Handel, Komen’s staunchly anti-abortion vice president for public policy, was the main force behind the decision and the attempt to disguise it as nonpolitical, The Huffington Post reported on Sunday. Komen leadership last week reversed its Planned Parenthood decision and apologized.
Romney has a long way to go to convince conservatives of his anti-abortion credentials. He emphasized in the interview on Monday that he is a "pro-life individual" and was a "pro-life governor." Nevertheless, he sought Planned Parenthood’s endorsement during his 2002 gubernatorial campaign, attended a Planned Parenthood fundraiser, and answered in a Planned Parenthood questionnaire that he supported state-funded abortions.
"Talk about the extreme other side of the pendulum," said Tricia Wajda, spokeswoman for the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.
More I read about Mormonism, more I think it is a cult like Dennis Rodman said over a decade ago. I am getting tired of the war on religion bullshit. There is no war on religion by the President. There is a war on women and women’s health. Good to see Prop 8 was overturned. Come to think of it, what did Weinstein do about that while he’s been raging his Condom Pogrom? I would think in terms of AHF and its focus he should have been on the stump for this. Of course maybe the Prop 8 folks know his rap and told him to shut his mouth.
Weinstein and other exponents of AID$ Inc. try to distance themselves from gay agenda politics as much as possible. They want to come across as the custodians of public health for everyone, and to do so they must do their best to disassociate HIV from gays.
They frequently employ the mantra that heterosexuals are at just as great a risk of contracting AIDS as anyone else. Of course, the CDC has reported for years that MSMs (men who have sex with men) are the only group that have shown increase in HIV infection since the early 1990s, but hey, why confuse the issue with facts. Unless we’re all afraid — Your grandmother’s gonna catch AIDS! — these public health terrorists lose. That’s why they want ubiquitous/mandatory condom use; it’s an essential part of highly profitable AIDS fear and hysteria.
Weinstein is only concerned with filling his pockets and getting involved with Gay rights does nothing for him to increase his $$$ so why would be get involved?
Bingo. Not only doesn’t it help him, it HURTS in that it links AIDS with gays. These terrorists win when we’re ALL scared, regardless of sexual preference.
If anything, Weinstein has been antagonistic and extremely paternalistic with regard to issues around gay sexuality. It’s no coincidence that AHF is headquartered far from San Francisco.
This guy is backed by huge money, just like Obama.
I am no fan of Romney but he’s right on this one