Planned Parenthood Endorsement

[Warren DeMontague]

Quick Poll, since I keep hearing about all these Sanders supporters who are going to punish PP for their endorsement of Hillary.

16 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	I am a Sanders Supporter who used to support PP and I will cease supporting them because they endorsed Hillary.
	1 (6%)
	I am a Sanders Supporter who has supported and will continue to support PP, regardless of their endorsement.
	10 (63%)
	I am a supporter of a different Candidate in the Primary Process and this changes nothing.
	5 (31%)
	I never supported Planned Parenthood, and never will.
	0 (0%)
	I never supported Planned Parenthood, but now I will since they endorsed Hillary Clinton.
	0 (0%)
	Other.
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Nye Bevan]

1. I really don't know why they bothered to make this endorsement.

Yes, I support Hillary, but it is totally clear to me that President Sanders would be every bit as strong on women's rights as Hillary would be. So why piss off all of those Sanders supporters?

[onehandle]

2. To get a jump on the General Election.

Hillary is going to be our nominee and next President.

Why pretend otherwise?

[peace13]

3. I have continued to support PP through thick and thin on my end.

This endorsement leads me to believe that they have found another source of revenue . I will take a break and put the funds to use on the home front. I don't care who they endorsed. For one hundred years they knew the right thing to do! It's not my turn do do the explaining.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. I'm not seeing a whole lot of bus under-throwing of Planned Parenthood.

Weird.

[JTFrog]

5. Then you obviously only see what you want to see.

Weird.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. I guess, or I can count.

Hence the poll.

[JTFrog]

10. Yes, because if it isn't in your poll, it isn't happening.

That seems a bit arrogant to me.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. It would be more arrogant if I pretended I was all-seeing, all-knowing of all things, wouldnt it?

I asked a question, and it's the answers to that question I'm talking about here.

[BainsBane]

6. Perhaps you should hear it from the Sanders supporters themselves

Who responded to this OP of mine? http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251987620

This article was posted in the DU Bernie group: http://samuel-warde.com/2016/01/massive-online-backlash-after-planned-parenthood-endorses-hillary-clinton/
You might also read that group for additional comments.

I'm told that Reddit is ground zero for the operation.

The key question, however, is whether they were ever Planned Parenthood supporters, and you may well be right in positing they were not.

PP's overall donation losses and contributions will tell the story. Are they, as some Sanders supporters argue, losing overall contributions because of this? Perhaps. But they may also be making up for it through new donations from supporters of women's reproductive rights disgusted by the backlash.

I count myself in the latter category. While I have contributed to NARAL, I haven't before given money to Planned Parenthood (aside from fees paid while using their services). Part of that reason is that I only recently am in a financial position to give regularly, and PP hasn't knocked on my door like NARAL has. This event has prompted me to correct that oversight.

[joshcryer]

7. Here's the Reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/3zxo3m/planned_parenthood_just_endorsed_hillary_clinton/

You don't get people in that thread rejecting the concept until near the bottom of the page, then the mens rights advocates come out in spades.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. I don't know. I posted a poll, to get the temperature, and that's what I'm talking about here.

Personally, I've supported both orgs for years, and that won't change based upon any endorsements they give or don't give in this primary cycle.

Because whatever they do in that regard, it doesn't change their core mandate, which is why I support them. Not because I rely on them to tell me which candidate I should support in the Democratic Primary.

[Betty Karlson]

12. Just to clarify: I won't stand with PP during these primaries. After the primaries I'll be ready

to reconsider. But not right now. The elite needs to stop foisting Third Way policies on us. PP's PAC has made itself part of the problem I am fed up with.