Karl Rove Got Planned Parenthood Its Komen Money Back & Wants You to Fund It Too

[txradioguy]

Karl Rove clearly, well, and truly does not want Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% elected President of the United States. And he also does not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded.

People forget one important snippet from the saga of the Susan G. Komen Foundation cutting off funds to Planned Parenthood. Having cut off the funds to Planned Parenthood and facing public backlash, Nancy Brinker at Komen reserved course. Georgia’s former Secretary of State, Karen Handel, had been involved in the decision and Brinker with to Handel who documented this in her book:

    Nancy’s reply stunned me. “Karen, I’ve talked to a lot of people. And even Karl says we have to backtrack. There’s just no other way.”

    “Karl? Who’s Karl?”

    She looked at me strangely as if I should know exactly who she was talking about. She said, “Karl Rove!”

    I started laughing. Just when I thought things could not get more bizarre. What in the world did Karl Rove have to do with anything?

    Handel, Karen. Planned Bullyhood: The Truth Behind the Headlines about the Planned Parenthood Funding Battle with Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Kindle Locations 2969-2973). Howard Books. Kindle Edition.

That’s right. Karl Rove encouraged Susan G. Komen Foundation to start feeding the death machine again. Now he is in the Wall Street Journal demanding Republicans keep funding the butchery.

He claims it is self-promotion. Interestingly enough, Rove is being joined by National Right to Life committee, which you will recall in 2003, the Rove and Bush White House got to come out in support of expanding Medicare. National Right to Life went so far as to decrease the pro-life ratings of Mike Pence, Jim DeMint, Marilyn Musgrave, and others for standing firm in favor of limited government.

Rove, in his Wall Street Journal piece, also cites Quinnipiac University polling.

Only 41% of Americans support cutting off taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood, and 51% oppose it, according to an Aug. 25 Quinnipiac University poll. Only 22% favor a government shutdown over Planned Parenthood funding; 69% oppose the idea. When pollsters asked who voters would blame more for such a shutdown, 41% said Republicans in Congress and 33% President Obama and Democrats.

What he fails to mention is that the GOP is presently more unpopular than either during or after the government shutdown. Likewise, with President Obama’s popularity decreased after the government shutdown, his popularity has been trending up since the GOP took over the Senate.

During the 90’s, Republicans shut down the government and got a balanced budget out of the deal. Ever since they’ve been listening to Karl Rove, they’ve gone down to 12% popularity and gotten exactly hemorrhoids in their dealings with the Democrats.

How’s that permanent Republican majority working out for Rove anyway?

http://www.redstate.com/2015/09/23/karl-rove-got-planned-parenthood-its-komen-money-back-wants-you-to-fund-it-too/

[Belle]

With an agreeable Congress, it looks good that Karl Rove will get his wish.  The Senate spending bill that would defund Planned Parenthood failed 47/52.  Eight republicans joined ranks with the Democrats.

Breaking ranks:  Kelly Ayotte, Susan Collins, Tom Cotton, Dean Heller, Mark Kirk, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul & Ben Sasse.

In a cloture vote which would end debate and bring the full measure to the floor, eight Republicans broke ranks voting against the measure at a vote of 47-52, thirteen short of the 60 votes needed to pass.

Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) could now bring a short-term funding bill to the floor which does not include defunding Planned Parenthood. No further votes are expected until Monday at 5:30 pm, when the “clean” CR will then be brought to the floor for an expected passage vote.

http://www.talkradionews.com/top-stories/2015/09/24/senate-rejects-funding-bill-that-would-defund-planned-parenthood.html

Mitch McConnell has a long history of funding the abortion industry.

(1) In 1992, McConnell voted to allow taxpayer-funded research using body parts from aborted babies.

2) Also in 1992, McConnell voted to overturn the so-called "Reagan Rule" that prohibited Planned Parenthood from using taxpayer dollars for pro-abortion counseling.

(3) In 1997, McConnell again voted against a targeted ban on federal funding for research on body parts from abortions.

4) McConnell has voted for at least 15 bills that provided funding for Planned Parenthood dating back to 1998.

http://www.senateconservatives.com/site/post/3243/mitch-mcconnell-has-been-funding-the-abortion-industry-for-years

[FlaGator]

And Rand wonders why he polls so low with conservatives.