He raised over $39,000,000 for the 2010 campaign, and some are trying to smear him over $2850/year.
It’s ridiculous, and Sarah Palin is being dishonest accusing Perry of crony capitalism.
Let's all support crony capitalism (as long as a "Republican" is doing it). Party before ideals!
She just got the words wrong. Should be as Rush said, “quid pro quo”.
I myself accused Obama of the very same over the swine flu vaccine. I would wager most here would agree.
Except for one big thing. His Chief of Staff could have gone to work for 10,000 different companies or organizations. But he was at Merck. The one company that got the executive order exception.
To me, it isn't so much the money, it's the likely call from Merck, "Good morning Rick, hey I was wondering if you could do me a little favor, y'see there's a vaccine called Gardasil that got left out of the school vaccine protocols, it's really a great little potion, and it would be a shame if it got left out. Merck really wants to help with addressing this issue and....."
If his price is a mere $2850/year, then what did that other $39,000,000 buy? Maybe nothing, but it is a legit question.