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So since Bachmann is not a doctor she can spread medically-ignorant fables?

You draw a wide line. She repeated something she heard only shortly earlier. We've yet to see, now that she's been corrected, if she'll spread it or not. I suspect not. My hope is that she will redact it entirely. My point was that Bachmann, not medically trained herself but aware of the serious side effects Gardasil can and has expressed, did not have as great a cause to be skeptical as someone like Ron Paul given the story delivered to her. Because she held her ground for us in the Boehner budget bill cave-in, and because she has been a Tea Party advocate from early on, I will give her the benefit of the doubt and not throw her under the bus. The "don't eat you own" mantra applies to Bachmann as well. She has been a powerful voice for us a considerable amount of time, and that is worth something to me.

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I am sorry, but anyone would half a brain would be or SHOULD be skeptical of such a wild claim. You dont need to be an MD to know retardation doesnt just ‘happen’ in teenagers, let alone from a vaccine. anti-vaccine claims have been debunked.

For her to repeat it publically shows either a disregard for truth (in her desperation to attack Perry) or a severe gullibility on this. Not being expert is all the more reason to not speak out without first getting facts in line. She should never have repeated it publically without getting more facts. Either way, it smacks of non-POTUS-ready behavior.

“She has been a powerful voice for us a considerable amount of time”
I agree, so its a travesty when she harms her credibility like this. Completely unnecessary too; just stick with the parental rights concern. This is the kind of stuff that makes MSNBC go wild with glee and call all Republicans ignoramuses.