multi-milli multi-millionaire, the optics were all wrong, completely wrong if mitt romney had his choice, he said there are things that you do not think would happen, this is one of them. you could hear him saying like, mommy please, why did this happen? you would think the endorsement would have been predicated on we have to do some kind of media hit together. he said very clearly when the donald was going to host the debate, i m not going to contribu contribute to the clown show or whatever and took a stand on politics being a serious thing and i m a serious man and now he is going to show up for this ridiculous endorsement for a guy that was a birther. he is still trying to convince conservatives that he is one of them, he is trying to convince conservatives to trust him. by going to a to a casino?
respond responders. you would think the president, we know he is putting the message out here, why doesn t i take it and really fight for it. the assumption is it s just another piece of legislation that he is putting out there to show he is fighting for the middle class, if that message is resonating like it seems to be, why not make more of a fight around it? the reason that they are talking about it now is because they are going to. listen, everything in this town is done for politics. so you know, when people get ruffled feathers saying it politics everything is about that. what the white house wants to do is put republicans in the difficult position i think throughout this year on capitol hill on having to vote against measures that would be popular to specific segments whether it s hispanics or younger people or veterans.
are relatively intelligent individuals. at the end of the day though, the head of planned parenthood says that this should not be dictated by politics we have 72% of americans saying they do not want their dollars to fund abortions and cecil richards said it should not be involved in politics, when half a billion dollars ofincome comes from politicians you have the right to say that. for her to say the funds are not mixed. your argument is that funds are then she is breaking the law then. that is exactly right. that is where we are having an investigation to determine exactly how the money is being spent. alice, i would say that this idea that there was an investigation, yesterday on andrea mitchell reports, it s one guy saying i have an issue with this organization and i m going pull i m going to make it and then sort of the komen
enthusiastic about women s health care and cancer hits home, but in many ways, it was putting politics in the area of health care and it s something we are seeing a lot of debate about, i think the questions about planned parenthood have arisen because of the affordable care act, folks to right and left, the issue of politics in the doctor s office is powerful and here is a clear example of politics being interviroduced i arena that it has not been before. was that for doug? sure. the need is so great, and i think you are right. whether it cancer or broader needs. we as an organization does not believe that a person deserves to died because of the resources
they have. this bigger than politics it s be people s lives day in and day out, our filter is, is this good for people in need and will it help them and if the answer is yes, then we have to stand up and support those initiatives. i wonder though, you talk about politics not entering into medical decision making. abortion is a very political issue, i don t think that the pro life argument is getting enough air time, people that believe abortion is the taking of a human life have a legitimate point of view and they very much support breast cancer research but do not want their money going to an organization that supports abortions, what is on wrong or evil about that? it n s not wrong or evil. you can take your money someplace he wielse if we disag. politics did draw this decision. somehow it had an impact. and we all know that because we