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Looks like Karen Handel will be packing up her desk (novelty coffee mug, Jesus riding a dinosaur Precious Moments statue, stolen office supplies emblazoned with pink ribbons) because a job may be opening at the Komen Foundation very soon.
Hers:
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves — Karen Handel hasn’t resigned (yet), but as pressure for her to quit grows, it seems like odd timing for the organization to post an ad that looks a lot like it’s an ad to fill the embattled Senior Vice President of Public Policy’s shoes. The ad is for a Director of Public Policy — are we just mincing labels here? Director, Senior Vice President — tomato, tomahto.
The ad seeks a candidate with a “health care policy background and existing relationships with Members of Congress and their staff.” The position is DC-based, and requires “7+ years of experience on Capitol Hill and/or in government affairs or nonprofit advocacy.”
Lingering baggage and public relations headache from previous Public Policy jobholder(s) is included as part of compensation package.
This is all the fault of those breast cancer surviving thugs, you know.
Now Handel will have to wrestle with nutbar Jill Stanek for the title of Most Glorious Martyr of The Great Baby Jesus Fetus Holocaust.
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I wonder what Wingnut Welfare outfit is awaiting Karen’s arrival with open arms. Tucker Carlson’s mommy-funded newswire? Heritage Foundation? Americans for Prosperity? SarahPAC?
That ad looks suspiciously like they already have the replacement crony in mind though.
Yeah, that’s the poop she smeared all over the walls that I was talking about in the last thread. While at the same time the rest of the foundation was trying to maintain a straight face while insisting that the PP decision was based solely on the specious politically-motivated “investigation” of the organization in Congress.
Karen, thanks for the reminder about what happens when wingnuts are allowed to make policy.
Bingo! Karen Handel should be singing a version of: “Don’t Cry for Me, Pro-Lifers.”
The corporate-owned propoganda wurlitzer will spin into hyperdrive to paint the picture of “poor pitiful victimized Karen Handel so vilely bullied by those mean nasty dirty baby-murdering hippies.” Handel’ll whine & vetch on the propoganda wurlitzer, and the Koch’s (or similar) foundation’ll give her a job for big bucks. bah!
And who, pray tell, is Jade Morey? She seems to embody everything you could wish for in a 21st century citizen journalist. Such insight. Such analytical powers… Oh, ewww.
This is all the fault of
those breast cancer surviving thugsthat filthy, yet provocative superhero, you know.As is true of almost all exec-level “help-wanted” ads.
Ari Fleischer will just pick another Reapubligan to fill Handel’s place.
I like my schadenfreude pink!
Alas, as a couple of Jezebel commenters pointed out, that wanted ad sounds more like it’s designed to fill a position a couple of rungs down the ladder from Handel, perhaps vacated by someone else who resigned over the decision — and not Mollie Williams, who was Managing Director in a different area, not Public Policy.
sorry but any charitable organization that has a staff position like director of public policy that requires ’7+ years of experience on Capitol Hill and/or in government affairs’ will not get a cent from me. i’m old fashion like that
Handel’s particular stripe of nuttery, combined with newly minted martyrdom just screams Tony Perkins and FRC, doncha think ?
must have “existing relationship with Members of Congress”. LOL, why does this make me think “who do I have to blow to get something done around here?”
It is indeed all over but the severance:
Komen official quits breast cancer charity over Planned Parenthood dispute
You mean, like Planned Parenthood?
Grow up. National non-profits have public policy wings. They are usually staffed by people who have worked inside government.
thats so awesome but i think i’ll stick to soup kitchens. act locally yo
Yup, just went through that at my job with one of the “open” senior staff positions. In fact, the e-mail announcement of the “newly hired” person arrived literally while I was reading this comment thread.
I think it’s mostly a CYA thing, myself.