Good article. Lets see what those excusing Perry for this have to say.
One thing you can say about Michelle is she is a bulldog and does her research.
Perry f’d up.
I’d say Malkin really hates Perry. I’d also say this whole issue has really been overblown. Wasn’t there an “opt-out” on this vaccination deal?
Or is the issue the sending of money to a faceless evil corporation to provide an unnecessary and dangerous product to innocent children?
If it's the latter how is what Perry did any different than what Palin did? Alaska provided $$$ to Merck for them to make vaccinations available for every girl 9 through 18, a point about which the Palin administration boasted
Nobody is objecting to Perry being criticized for the EO. What some of us are concerned about is Palin squandering nearly all her reputation (and Bachmann basically losing every bit of respect many of us once held for her) by making unsupported innuendos that Perry is a vile criminal.
The smart thing for the Sarah defenders to do would be to back off and encourage their girl to apologize.
Or spell out the charges in detail.
Michelle Malkin has certainly done her homework here. And I think I largely agree with her position. I am not an “anti-vaccine loon”, and would get my child a shot where the risks of death from the disease, or an epidemic killing large numbers, was sufficiently high. But this list has absolutely exploded since I was a kid, and something does not pass the smell test. Like her I look at the list and decide which I feel as a parent are worth the risk. Chicken Pox and Mumps have never killed anyone.
Also very interesting that Merck suspended their lobbying campaign once Perry decided he had designs on the White House.