Perry was my second choice following Palin, but this story gives me pause. If Bevan's article is accurate, it sure looks like a textbook case of crony capitalism, influence peddling, executive arrogance and politics as usual.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2751348/posts?page=55#55
His pro amnesty views are also “old news” despite being no more than a year old.
It’s only a problem IF he didn’t believe in the underlying premise. Tough as nails to prove.
Yeah, like when you supported pro-abortion Rudy Giuliani for President about the same time as your totalitarian Gardasil fiasco.
Let’s hope he learned from the Gardasil issue.
Beyond that, I hope he shoots Obama’s butt full of Gardasil (politically speaking, of course)!
I think it will be a non-issue for most.
BY THE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
Executive Department
Austin, Texas
February 2, 2007
WHEREAS,immunization from vaccine-preventable diseases such as Human Papillomavirus (HPV) protects individuals who receive the vaccine; and
WHEREAS,HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection-causing cancer in females in the United States; and
WHEREAS,the United States Food and Drug Administration estimates there are 9,710 new cases of cervical cancer, many of which are caused by HPV, and 3,700 deaths from cervical cancer each year in the United States; and
WHEREAS,the Texas Cancer Registry estimates there were 1,169 new cases and 391 deaths from cervical cancer in Texas in 2006; and
WHEREAS,research has shown that the HPV vaccine is highly effective in preventing the infections that are the cause of many of the cervical cancers; and
WHEREAS,HPV vaccine is only effective if administered before infection occurs; and
WHEREAS,the newly approved HPV vaccine is a great advance in the protection of women’s health; and
WHEREAS,the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend the HPV vaccine for females who are nine years through 26 years of age;
NOW THEREFORE, I, RICK PERRY,Governor of Texas, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas as the Chief Executive Officer, do hereby order the following:
Vaccine.The Department of State Health Services shall make the HPV vaccine available through the Texas Vaccines for Children program for eligible young females up to age 18, and the Health and Human Services Commission shall make the vaccine available to Medicaid-eligible young females from age 19 to 21.
Rules.The Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner shall adopt rules that mandate the age appropriate vaccination of all female children for HPV prior to admission to the sixth grade.
Availability.The Department of State Health Services and the Health and Human Services Commission will move expeditiously to make the vaccine available as soon as possible.
Public Information.The Department of State Health Services will implement a public awareness campaign to educate the public of the importance of vaccination, the availability of the vaccine, and the subsequent requirements under the rules that will be adopted.
Parents’ Rights.The Department of State Health Services will, in order to protect the right of parents to be the final authority on their children’s health care, modify the current process in order to allow parents to submit a request for a conscientious objection affidavit form via the Internet while maintaining privacy safeguards under current law.
This executive order supersedes all previous orders on this matter that are in conflict or inconsistent with its terms and this order shall remain in effect and in full force until modified, amended, rescinded, or superseded by me or by a succeeding governor.
Given under my hand this the 2nd day of February, 2007.
RICK PERRY(Signature)
Governor
Attested by:
ROGER WILLIAMS(Signature)
Secretary of State
Perry supporters will say that there was an “opt out” provision. I suppose the question is why not an “opt in” or why push this in the first place?
The big question to me is would a conservative require that young Texas women be injected with a new drug via executive order and by doing so go around the voters? And would a conservative via executive order spend all the millions that the order would require the state to spend?
How can Perry bash ObamAcare after attempting such a thing?
The whole Gardasil issue disqualified him in my book, even before these conflicts of interest surfaced.
I think any politician whose track record lasts as long as 20 years is going to have some questionable ties and some self-serving directives. How much did the Keating Five hurt McCain last time around?
I think we're going to get in trouble if we ask our politicans to be saints. They're not. The temptations are great and are everywhere you look.
Look at the overall record and don't get too worried about a few warts. I guarantee that any politician with a long record in public service has a few things they wish they hadn't done and maybe a few candidates they wish they hadn't endorsed.
Perry isn't my ideal candidate and if everyone rumored to run gets in, he's not even my first choice but you have to understand that, as Republicans, every possible piece of dirt, true or not, is going to exposed. It's just the way the game is played. If you're a Democrat, the rules are different but if you're a Republican, every and all charges are going to come out.
It was and is about identity politics. I asked at the time why it was being pushed on girls only (female voter interest) when guys (A) transmit the disease as well and could spread it to non-vacinated girls (who may moved to Texas later in life) and (B) can get testicular cancer from HPV.
He’s not the only one who pushed the vacination nationally. But the media’s call for boys to be forcibly vacinated came YEARS later.
“was the state director of an advocacy group bankrolled by Merck to push legislatures across the country to put forward bills mandating the Gardasil vaccine for preteen girls.”
...which used to be called Bribery Of A Public Official, a felony.
Perry’s usurping parental rights over vaccinations is enough for me to dislike him.
Unfortunately, Perry is not what he plays to be. He is a poser—someone who will say anything to hold onto power.
Please look ar who he’s supported in the past. He was a democrat before he found out you really need to be conservative in order to be electable in Texas. He is Romney with a pistol.
Look at what he did, not what he says.
Perry wanted to give this vaccine to girls as young as nine years old.
On these facts alone I would never vote for Perry, we kept our daughter from getting this vaccine. We would either leave the state or go to a private school if this became law in our state. Perry is a non-starter for me and my family.
Sort of sounds like what that certain someone currently occupying the White House has done in the recent past so far and further says he is tempted to do even now on the so called debt crisis situation, to raise the debt ceiling via Executive Order no matter what the people want done. What utter arrogance and nonsense. Politicians who do these type of things should be run out of office for so violating the trust and responsibility voters placed in them and maybe even impeached if necessary.
Of course there are those here and elsewhere who will say something like, "well at least HE is OUR corrupt politician, one with an 'R' after his name thus making him one of us" and not a Demoncrat. Perry should be held to the highest standards that conservatives want and expect!
Not just politics as usual, but also Perry as usual.
About all this Texan has to say about Perry is that he’s better than Obama.
As for those who don’t want negatives posted, this stuff is going to come out if he runs. Might as well consider it now.
If Bevan’s article is accurate, it sure looks like a textbook case of crony capitalism, influence peddling, executive arrogance and politics as usual. >>>
It sure does..Did Merck give perry and the republican organization a donation?