You’d think somebody with Mitt Romney’s bankroll could have paid Donald Trump enough to endorse his opponent. You’d think an organization like the Susan G. Komen foundation would employ someone smart enough to put the kibosh on an enormous political gamble that offered zero political gain.
But these things confirm what I’ve long suspected. The power elites, most of them, aren’t smarter than you or me. They just think they are. Frequently, in fact, they’re a lot more stupid.

Donald the kingmaker.

Rep. Cliff Stearns
Dave,
You’re my go-to guy for all things that defy reason or explanation.
Miss you guys.
Jim
Thanks, Jim. I think. 🙂
Now the headlines are claiming that Korman has reversed its decision and will continue to fund Planned Parenthood. But wait. Read a litle further. Komen’s apology is not a promise to renew Planned Parenthood grants. It’s a promise to “continue to fund existing grants” to the organization — which it was already planning on doing — and to make it eligible for future grants. At no point in the press release did its founder, Nancy Brinker promise that Komen will renew grants to Planned Parenthood.
Even if it doubled the grants, there’s no way to quickly regain the moral high ground. I don’t think it’s a great tragedy for Planned Parenthood, since other groups and donors will pick up the slack. For Komen — well, live and learn.
Haha…that’s right, Bro…skewer the bastards. Well written and trenchant, as always
Ever since Komen started their marketing deal with the NFL, I’ve been thinking that they’re losing focus, and that somebody ought to look at how they’re actually spending the money they take in. I suspect that they’re going to have a lot more scrutiny after this debacle.
On the TV news this morning, they had a teaser saying something about Trump giving his endorsement. The image that went with it was a smiling Romney. I seriously thought that meant that Trump had endorsed Gingrich.