Except for one big thing. His Chief of Staff could have gone to work for 10,000 different companies or organizations. But he was at Merck. The one company that got the executive order exception.
To me, it isn't so much the money, it's the likely call from Merck, "Good morning Rick, hey I was wondering if you could do me a little favor, y'see there's a vaccine called Gardasil that got left out of the school vaccine protocols, it's really a great little potion, and it would be a shame if it got left out. Merck really wants to help with addressing this issue and....."
What benefit does Perry get when his Chief of Staff goes to work for Merck, and what benefit did Merck get when the so-called “mandate” was never put into effect?
It’s silliness. I expect gutterball shots from Bachmann, since she has about 3 months left as a candidate if she is luck, but to hear Palin’s smear of Perry was a disappointment to me.