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This is the way all vaccinations work in Texas. You have to opt out, instead of opting in. Maybe they are different in your state, but this was not a massive statist power grab on the scale of ObamaCare. It was a fast tracking of a vaccine into the normal process of school requirements, and admittedly, by myself and Governor Perry, he should have done it differently and consulted more with the people and the legislature. But no matter how much Malkin wants this one tired issue to be Perry's ObamaCare, it is not.

I stand by my statements, as they were correct.

This isn't polio or chicken pox. This isn't a government response to an epidemic or some imminent catastrophic health threat to the population at large. We're talking about a vaccination for a sexually transmitted virus. Comparing the two situations is quite a stretch.

You're right, it is a stretch, except for the opposite reason that you imply. People rarely die of polio or chicken pox, but cervical cancer DOES kill thousands of women every year. Argue with the legislative process, but this was not a huge power grab anywhere near the scale of ObamaCare, and anyone who says it is is being disingenuous.

We are left here then with no specific compelling evidence that Malkin lied or acted in bad faith in this article.

I have thoroughly documented why Malkin's article is written in bad faith, and why there is no comparison between the two. You can choose to ignore the evidence of this, as well as her past comparisons of internment that show her lack of good judgement, but your inability to see the facts at hand does not change anything.

Maybe they are different in your state, but this was not a massive statist power grab on the scale of ObamaCare.

Nowhere in the articles does Malkin claim that the Gardasil executive order was a power grab equivalent in scale to ObamaCare. She simply doesn't say any such thing, directly or indirectly.

What she does do in the article is repeatedly detail why Perry's actions in regards to the Gardasil mandate are "Obama-like" and mirror much of what the Obama administration did with regards to the passing of ObamaCare. And to that end she makes a damning and convincing case against Perry.

Maybe they are different in your state, but this was not a massive statist power grab on the scale of ObamaCare.

Nowhere in the articles does Malkin claim that the Gardasil executive order was a power grab equivalent in scale to ObamaCare. She simply doesn't say any such thing, directly or indirectly.

What she does do in the article is repeatedly detail why Perry's actions in regards to the Gardasil mandate are "Obama-like" and mirror much of what the Obama administration did with regards to the passing of ObamaCare. And to that end she makes a damning and convincing case against Perry.