There’s no such thing as a “whore vaccine.” If you know any woman or girl who has had an abnormal pap smear leading to “freezing” or laser therapy or cervical cancer, you know a woman who most likely could have been helped by the vaccine to the four most common strains of Human Papilloma Virus in the US. The same viruses are passed from mother to baby at birth and can cause life-threatening lung disease in children. They’re also the cause of at least 40% of lung cancer in non-smokers - we’ll probably find that the percentage should be higher and is the actual cause of lung cancer in smokers.
The point is where is Medina’s own history of positive action? *What has* Medina actually done that so many of us FReepers do all the time - take action in addition to talking? Where’s her testimony for a bill? Has she ever been able to convince her own legislators that they should pass a difficult bill? Where’s the record of her walking the walk of activism for an Republican Party Platform plank? How’s the health and strength of the Wharton County Republican Party?
I’m glad to read that you’ll support the Party’s candidate after the primary. That’s what primaries are for: so we can fight over *our* candidates, but come together on that final candidate (I wish Medina would promise us the same thing, out of faith in our judgment.)
Where are Perry’s and KBH’s fabulous records of positive action? Grassroots conservatives are tired of betrayals by our “experienced” Republican politicians. We constantly have to watch these people to try to make sure that we aren’t sold-out by them more often than we are. Yes, they may be better than Granholm and Boxer, but that is about all that can be said (other than that they say all the right words at election time).
Since you asked about the health and strength of the Wharton County Party, how about the Harris County Party, the Tarrant County Party, and other places where the constant betrayal of conservatism by our esteemed “experienced” Republican political leaders has resulted in people staying home?
Medina offers a much better prospect of having an administration that would adhere to large portions of the platform. That is more than has ever been the case with establishment Republicans. BTW, I haven’t heard Perry or KBH say they would support Medina if she wins the nomination.
The small Republican establishment that is running the party into the ground had better figure out that real conservatives are just about done with them. If Perry gets the nomination, he’d better get a spine transplant and a better set of convictions (not what he says, but what he is committed to doing)
I’ll support Perry if I have to, but I don’t think I can stomach voting for Hutchison.