Yes, I had read earlier what you relate about insurance companies (ultimately, taxpayers ... somehow I doubt that "mandated" inoculations are really paid for by insurance companies) having to pay for it unless it was mandated, and that as being Perry's rationale. I reject the argument -- what's this "opt out" crap? If anything, it should have been "opt in." Parents who wanted it for their girls should have had to go to some trouble for it, not the other way around, where parents who didnt' want it had to go to some trouble to protect their girls from it.
Sorry, Perry doesn't get a pass from me on that particular issue. It was wrong-headed from top to bottumus.
If one could opt in instead of out then it would not be a mandate, it would be an elective procedure. I am simply relying on what I read about the insurance companies but from my experience with them years ago this sounds consistent. I certainly don’t see that as a hanging offense.
His rationale was that it was a good thing for girls to do to protect themselves from STDs and cervical cancer plus the above about the mandate.
I want to know the truth about Perry and much of what I have seen is easily refuted but it keeps getting repeated. As of now, I prefer him over the other candidates because he has charisma, he is a good speaker, he talks the talk and seems to have walked the walk and he has followed conservative principles all the way through. He generates excitement more than the other declared candidates. Hopefully Sarah will get in on Saturday and it will be a whole new ballgame. We will then see what she says about Perry. I doubt she will be critical like her supporters are.
All candidates have been civil with the exception of Pawlenty going after Bachman in the debate. I suspect that was on the advice of his political consultants who told him he had to knock her out of the contest to have a chance himself. Instead he knocked himself out. When Bachman was asked about Palin, she said she really loves Sarah. That is the way a campaign ought to be.
I agree with those who say that Perry has been in Texas politics long enough that were there any dirt, even a spec, the Democrats and media would have long ago nailed his hide to the wall.