Posted on 09/14/2011 5:34:41 PM PDT by MN_Mike
Many supporters of Gov. Perry have come to his defense over this Gardasil matter. The arguments are: (1) Gardasil should have been mandatory with the "opt-out" provision; (2) No big deal because the Texas legislature killed the Executive Order; or (3) as Perry says today, he made a mistake, should have made it "opt-in." Now comes word that Perry's top donor was the Republican Governors Association and that Merck began donating to RGA when Perry became its head.
Thanks, I only try to ask the vetting questions that conservatives do but Obama “vetters” obviously didn’t.
BRILLIANT !
Perry and Romney, with all their political warts, are still far preferable to four more years of Obama. Both are the only candidates who can take him down. None of the others have a hope of a general election win.
OMG, what a DEVASTATING display of intellectual discussion!
You have so PAWNED me...all my base are belong to YOU....LOL
What a loser you are.
>>There is no valid argument against this.<<
Children should not be vaccinated against Measles, Rubella, Mumps, Chicken Pox, TB and, not that long ago, Polio? There is no public policy argument, especially since many of these are very contagious?
Now you’re hurting my feelings.....haha
More seriously, shouldn’t we be asking the vetting questions?
PING
“Brilliant” said the alinsky wannabe.
Such is the warped rationale of a Perry supporter.
Please stop the nonsense! I live in Texas, and I know of a lot of young girls who are sexually active. I also know of some in the their early twenties who have had cervical cancer. The governor had sound reasons to want the vaccine but went about it the wrong way. I didn’t like the idea of a mandate. The governor has admitted that it was a bad decision and apologized for it. He has said that he was wrong. Anyone who brings this up is just trying to attack Perry. I don’t care if he becomes president, but I do care if he gets fair treatment. They brought this up again and again and again during the his primary with Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and you know who won. If you want Perry to get the nonmination, keep attacking him for silly reasons.
So, you don’t believe in asking the vetting questions? Isn’t that what got us the democrat commies?
Captain Gardasil has a record and it should be discussed, whether his supporters like it or not.
If you think we’re bad, try what the Dems and press are going to do with this if you manage to get the guy the nomination somehow.
The guy has more baggage than a cross country flight on Christmas Eve.
lol!
Talking point #5.
Just a few years ago, Perry would have been laughed at just for suggesting a run for President with all his baggage. That is the one serious problem I have with this. Some here want to choose our second most liberal candidate in the group. We have such an opportunity to FINALLY pick a real conservative and these crazies are squandering it. That is the saddest thing about this primary season right now.
Talking point #5 again.
Vanity Response:
(1) Gardasil should have been mandatory with the “opt-out” provision;
If it wasn’t mandatory with opt out, insurance would not have covered it.
(2) No big deal because the Texas legislature killed the Executive Order;
I think that is true.
(3) as Perry says today, he made a mistake, should have made it “opt-in.”
Sounds to me as if he learned from the mistake. That is what I expect of responsible human leaders. Same as Reagan.
“Now comes word that Perry’s top donor was the Republican Governors Association”
He got less than one 50th of the money donated. He managed one of 50 states and not all of those had Republican Governors.
So, NO BIG DEAL.
“and that Merck began donating to RGA when Perry became its head.”
If he squeezed money out of Merck for the RGA, great.
They starting donating in 2006. Perry did not become the head until 2008.
They have donated apprx 380k from 1996 to 2011. (works out to about 25k a year). Perry's own Texas contributors have donated apprx 20 million to the RGA so the fact the RGA is his major contributor is not surprising.
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