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The right and wrong way to talk about Gardasil
Michelle Malkin ^ | 9/13/2011 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 09/13/2011 10:11:03 AM PDT by Lakeshark

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Bachmann made a mistake after the debate, but the fact still stands, Perry did mandate Gardisil. This is not an example of conservative governance. Money quote from the article: It’s about his instincts, judgment, non-apology apology, and ethics.
1 posted on 09/13/2011 10:11:11 AM PDT by Lakeshark
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To: Lakeshark

i cant believe they are getting off on this irrelevancy. reminds me of the flouride BS in the 50’s and 60’s.

makes us look like crazies.

govt is out of control, lets focus on that and forget about gardasil for now


2 posted on 09/13/2011 10:14:59 AM PDT by beebuster2000
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“govt is out of control, lets focus on that and forget about gardasil for now”

Sorry, but that IS THE POINT!!! Perry MANDATED IT: Government out of control!


3 posted on 09/13/2011 10:16:42 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: Lakeshark
Amen. G. W. Bush revealed his true instincts with No Child Left Behind, an Unconstitutional abuse of govt. power, but all "for the children," of course. Gardasil is Rick Perry's revealing equivalent.

However, the real disaster of Rick Perry is his shameless, short-sighted pandering to La Raza and CAIR. This man hasn't a clue about the reality of life: Demography is destiny. California is now a reliably Leftist state, thanks entirely to the "Hispanic" Invasion. Elect Perry, and we may have a few years of slowdown in govt. growth, but we will lose the war irreversibly.

4 posted on 09/13/2011 10:16:45 AM PDT by hellbender
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To: Lakeshark
Has Malkin come out in favor of a particular candidate?

Full disclosure: I like Palin, Cain and Bachmann. I'm neutral on Perry (but not growing fonder). I will not vote for Romney, Huntsman, or Paul. I like Santorum, but he's sort of not worth talking about.

5 posted on 09/13/2011 10:16:53 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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No she hasn’t, but she clearly does not like Perry. She also has often chided Romney, so I doubt she is for him.


6 posted on 09/13/2011 10:19:10 AM PDT by Lakeshark
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To: Lakeshark
Perry did mandate Gardisil.

If so, the word "mandate" has a new definition.

7 posted on 09/13/2011 10:19:38 AM PDT by xjcsa (Ridiculing the ridiculous since the day I was born.)
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To: CodeToad

wrong hill to die on.

repeat: makes us look like crazies. we can defeat obama but we cant go psycho on these kind of issues. just my opinion.


8 posted on 09/13/2011 10:21:34 AM PDT by beebuster2000
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Well, first of all, your statement is BULL SHITE!

In 2003, four years before Gardasil was approved by the FDA, Rick Perry supported and signed into law a bill allowed Texas parents for the first time in state history, to OPT OUT of ANY ...GET THAT ANY....immunizations they deemed dangerous to their children. That law is STILL IN EFFECT!

When the feds said make Gardasil available to Texas parents who want the vaccination available through SCHIP and Medicaid, the drug HAS TO BE on the state’s mandated list of immunizations. Perry simply wrote out an ExO that put it on the mandated list and then in the second sentence put the decision right back in the hands of the with an OPT OUT if they don’t want it or an OPT IN if they did.

The MANY PARENTS WANTED IT! THE MANY PARENTS DIDN’T...PROBLEM SOLVED!

STOP THE DAMNED LIES PEOPLE!


9 posted on 09/13/2011 10:25:32 AM PDT by RowdyFFC
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He made an executive order saying all Texas girls needed to be vaccinated, if the parents didn't want it, they had to go sign something or the girls would be vaccinated.

That's a mandate, you can explain it away all you want.........

10 posted on 09/13/2011 10:25:45 AM PDT by Lakeshark
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Bachmann made her mistake during the debate when she said that girls were forced to take the vaccine. That is a complete lie, and she knows it. It's a little hard to force somebody to take the vaccine when they don't have to take it if they don't want to.

I understand the need to go on the attack, especially when she's becoming a non-factor in this primary. But she does herself no good when she starts to lie about the EO, and insinuating Perry is responsible for mental retardation. She starts putting herself into the Ron Paul section with accusations like that.

11 posted on 09/13/2011 10:26:40 AM PDT by GOPyouth ("We're buying shrimp, guys. Come on." - Dear Leader)
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>government is out of control. let’s focus on on that and foreget about gardasil for now.<

We won’t get far if we discard our principles.


12 posted on 09/13/2011 10:28:04 AM PDT by Paperdoll (NO MORE RINOs (BUSHS)!)
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So, you believe that any government intrusion is OK as long as there is an “opt out” provision of some sort?

Government can enter your home at will, unless you fill out a government form, perfectly correct, and mail it in every two years, BUT private companies do not have to obey such opt out provisions??

Government can search your person at will, unless you fill out a government form, perfectly correct, and mail it in every two years, BUT private companies do not have to obey such opt out provisions??

Government can declare you guilty without trial, unless you fill out a government form, perfectly correct, and mail it in every two years, BUT private companies do not have to obey such opt out provisions??

You are supporting government tyranny under the guise that there was this “opt out” provision.


13 posted on 09/13/2011 10:28:37 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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Excerpt:

“The Texas state legislature repealed the order (over Perry’s hysterical objections) before any girl was forcibly vaccinated.

And while individual stories of Gardasil harm may or may not be true (Bachmann cited a mother who thinks the vaccine caused mental retardation in her child while making the post-debate rounds), it’s not the primary case she should be making.”

Bachman is okay but she SHOULD frame the issue as coerced government intrusion and the LACK of consent needed by PARENTS.


14 posted on 09/13/2011 10:28:46 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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Gardasil is an example of how government is out of control!


15 posted on 09/13/2011 10:29:09 AM PDT by rintense (Polls are for strippers and cross country skiing. ~ Sarah Palin, 9.3.11)
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Bachman is a straight forward conservative, so she will NOT like either Perry or Romney.


16 posted on 09/13/2011 10:29:40 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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I would emphasize financial topics this time around. We spend too much. We are taxed too much. Government regulations have chased the jobs away. We are bankrupt and our economy is not growing.

I'd say that's the subject matter that will win the White House.

But, having said that, I will add that it is our socially liberal impulses that have caused government to balloon to enormous size. We want to save the snail darter, we want to take care of the elderly and sick and poor, we want to build nations in Iraq, Afghnaistan and everywhere else.

One way to approach Economic Conservatism is to also push Social Conservatism. They are linked.

I agree that Gardasil seems like a distraction -- but a candidate who thinks safety is the most important thing and that ramming through medical "mandates" with an executive order is a good idea, is someone who is likely to sign us up for a variety of expensive "feel good" government programs.

I wouldn't make Gardasil quite such a big thing, but Gardasil did tell me some unpleasant things about Perry.

17 posted on 09/13/2011 10:30:11 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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These are good points, and while many will view the issue as a distraction from more important issues, like the survival of America, it does speak to Perry’s principles, or, possibly, lack thereof. Apologies only mean something when followed by a change of behavior and actions. Has Perry seen the error of his ways, or is his apology followed by a but. Is Perry playing conservative for political expediency, or has he been enlightened by conservative thinking and principles? I don’t know, but pretending conservatism isn’t as simple as pretending liberalism. All the latter requires is lack of good character and stupidity.


18 posted on 09/13/2011 10:30:18 AM PDT by pallis
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Bachmann made her mistake during the debate when she said that girls were forced to take the vaccine. That is a complete lie, and she knows it.

I would not bet that she knows it (well, she probably does now). She makes her share of gaffes and was probably just talking about something she knew little about.

19 posted on 09/13/2011 10:30:34 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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To: hellbender

Bush ahd the right idea on NCLB BUT the teachers PERVERTED his agenda. Now, they sideline and ignore the bright motivated kids and it gave them another excuse to LOWER STANDARDS and CONTENT. That is where NCLB is perverted.


20 posted on 09/13/2011 10:31:18 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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