I'm dumbfounded that so many think Greta and Palin accused Perry of doing it to profit himself for $5000. If I recall, neither the campaign donation nor the dollar figure was brought up at all in the interview -- I only watched it once, so I may be mistaken, but I don't think so. What WAS brought up was the fact that Perry's Chief of Staff, for crying out loud -- not a minor staffer, but his Chief of Staff!!, was a paid lobbyist for Merck.
Frankly, for Palin to take this bull by the horns, impresses me very much, especially if she gets in the race. I really, really hope she runs, because Palin will get the crossover and independent votes that Perry would alienate.
That so many are so quick to mistakenly summarize it as accusing Perry of doing it for money in the form of campaign donations, is just ... very disappointing. "Crony capitalism" is about "you pat my back, I'll pat yours," and ASIDE from it being against limited government conservative principle in the first place to advocate such a vaccine, the fact that Perry's Chief of Staff was a Merck lobbyist should have you more worried about Perry than about Palin.
I'm disappointed, but it's with folks other than Palin. I'm as impressed with Palin as ever. I really, really hope she runs, because if she does, SHE WILL WIN.
It's called a strawman. The most common object on the internet; and probably the most common object in politics.
That kinda explains Sarah Palin's support of McCain in the primary and her cheerleading for the biggest crony capitalism bill of all time, TARP.