Posted on 09/15/2011 9:52:40 AM PDT by Baladas
Add Michele Bachmann's former campaign manager to those who believe the presidential candidate went too far in linking a cervical cancer vaccine to mental retardation.
Ed Rollins, in an interview Wednesday evening on MSNBC, said Bachmann’s attacks on Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s mandatory vaccination program for young girls in Texas had been effective -- until she brought up the possibility of “dangerous side effects” in television interviews.
“She’d had been better if she stayed on issue,” Rollins told Chris Matthews on “Hardball,” the issue was the governor’s executive orders, and whether he made a mistake. He made a mistake, she made a mistake; the quicker she admits she made a mistake, the better.”
There is no proven scientific evidence to support the claim that Bachmann repeated on Fox News and NBC -- and her remarks earned her the scorn of conservative pundits such as Rush Limbaugh. On Wednesday, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee weighed on his radio show, saying
“She landed some hard blows on Perry over his aborted cervical cancer vaccine program in Texas. But she went a little too far afterward in saying that a woman told her that her daughter developed mental retardation after getting that vaccine. That raised a howl of protest from doctors who've been piling up stacks of research showing no links between vaccinations and serious brain problems”
In trying to explain her actions, Bachmann told Fox News’ Sean Hannity: “I am not a doctor. I am not a scientist. I am not a physician. All I was doing was reporting what this woman was reporting last night at the debate.”
The American Academy of Pediatrics said there is "absolutely no scientific validity" to the claim that the HPV vaccine is dangerous and can cause mental retardation.
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We had Jeanne Kirkpatrick. Sorry but neither MB nor SP is yet in that category. They may be one day, but not in 2011.
“Nope. Thanks for proving to everyone you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about. ;-)”
Yes you are. Only women end their posts with smiley faces.
>>I merely postulated that you were a liberal posing as a conservative making insulting remarks about conservative women, in order to see if the conservatives on this forum would fall for your ruse and agree with your made-up fantasy about the conservative mind-set.<<
You are as big a paranoiac as Obozo. How do you sleep at night, in this big bad old scary world? I hope you have rubber sheets. lol
Now get lost, moron. hahaha
Transgender, then? No?... Oh, now I get it.
I’m going to go with gay.
Too bad you a*holes can’t defend your positions with intelligence.
And it’s easy for you sissies to be tough when you’re behind a keyboard.
In real life, you pansies would probably have your teeth knocked down your throat.
Can’t insult me to my face, you nutless coward?
Typical. hahahaha
Hey, stalker, my original post was an answer to the post by Trapped_in_LA, not you.
So, go get some psychological counseling for your inadequacy problems.
Yeah, them women and their emotions. Much better to have a man in leadership. Men use their heads, for example Bill Clinton. Now there’s a leader for you. Nothing got in the way of his clear-thinking decisions except, oh, yeah, his pants. Typical.
Shall I start listing the men who are crappy leaders because they can’t concentrate beyond their pants? You don’t have enough time.
See post 50.
Why on earth do some freepers (trolls?) feel the need to start gender wars? We’re all supposed to be pulling to the same goal. You’re practically a newbie, so learn a little history.
Many years ago, insulting men were rampant around here. It was ridiculous. Please don’t start a revival. Conservatism loses.
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