Almost right. When th eissue of the EO was being fought out in the press and legislature, Perry said some very emotional things to defend the EO and avoid legislative action. But, some time after that he acknowledged that the EO was a mistake and that he should have gone to the legislature.
I don’t support government mandating any vaccine - including MMR, etc. because of parental rights, but I don’t believe that Bachmann really takes that position. I think it was just an opportunistic attack on Perry. I don’t expect the R candidates to be as conservative as I am, but I don’t like Bachmann’s pettiness on this one. I hope this was a one-off episode for her.
Yep, that's just exactly what I'm itching to get a bit more of back in the White House. I can never get enough of it! :)
I agree about Bachmann. She had to make a splash and she used this issue. The Gardasil issue is the most tempting of the Perry scandals (there are many more) because it's so blatant and has so many different facets. There's something in it to tick off just about every kind of voter.
The Thrombovision scandal, which is very similar to what happened at Solyndra, is just not as red meat as an issue involving cronyism AND nanny statism all wrapped in one. But it's an example of shocking political arrogance from Perry yet again.