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No apologies: Bachmann defends HPV remarks
CBS "News" ^ | 15 Sep 2011 | Sarah Huisenga

Posted on 09/16/2011 7:51:54 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Michele Bachmann is on the defensive about comments she made earlier this week suggesting that a vaccine against a virus linked to cervical cancer poses a danger to young girls.

"During the debate, I didn't make any statements that would indicate that I'm a doctor, I'm a scientist or that I'm making any conclusions about the drug one way or another," the GOP presidential hopeful told reporters here who questioned her about the story she told suggesting that the vaccine had caused mental retardation. Asked whether she would apologize for comments that outraged medical experts say will discourage parents from getting their children immunized, Bachmann said: "Oh, I'm not going to answer that."

During the Republican debate Bachmann attacked her rival Rick Perry for mandating vaccinations against the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) for Texas school girls - a decision that the Texas legislature later overruled.

"To have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat out wrong," she said during the debate.

After the debate, Bachmann took her critique a step further, describing in several television interviews how a tearful mother had approached her after the debate saying that her daughter "suffered mental retardation" as a result of the vaccine.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antiscience; antivax; bachmann; bachmann4romney; bachmannisaliar; captaingardasil; gardasil; hpv; perry; perrycare; rinorick; scaremonger
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To: MEGoody
What is your evidence that she has done what you are claiming?

It's drawn from the fact that she claimed on national television that Gardasil causes mental retardation, whereas the usual claim from vaccinophobes is that it causes "autism," which suggests that she is confusing the two.

141 posted on 09/16/2011 8:59:13 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus ("A gentleman considers what is just; a small man considers what is expedient.")
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To: muawiyah

“Do you have a cite to an authoritative Merck study that demonstrates no connection to retardation for this specific vaccine?”

Is there a study that shows that there are no flying pink unicorns? No. If you want to say there are flying pink unicorns, you have to find a flying pink unicorn.


142 posted on 09/16/2011 9:00:14 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Thank you, Bob!)
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To: McGavin999

Or perhaps we should do away with govt mandated medicines which provide temporary protection against diseases which aren’t contracted except through sexual activity.


143 posted on 09/16/2011 9:00:34 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Mase

There have been other threads on FR about the money trail. Do your own research.

Or you could throw more hyperbole out. Whichever you prefer, most voters do prefer to live in ignorance.


144 posted on 09/16/2011 9:02:18 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
After listening to Bachmann’s interview after the Tea Party Debate. She clearly qualifies her comment by saying a woman came up to right after the debate was over to tell her about her own daughter's plight. If this had been Al Gore back in 2000, he would have embellished this story into himself diagnosing several young girls with mental retardation as a result of these vaccinations and the msm would have loved it.
145 posted on 09/16/2011 9:02:18 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: mazz44

Mercola is one of the biggest quacks on the internet. Sorry but this isn’t going to cut it.


146 posted on 09/16/2011 9:02:30 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Thank you, Bob!)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

I understand what you are saying, but this story is not done yet. We don’t know the ending yet. Next debate is Monday and she may bring out some folks who were effected with this vaccine. Or maybe she will say it was a mistake. We don’t know yet. If people don’t want her as President that is fine, but to bash her when she has been a 100 percent great conservative is wrong. But what is even more wrong is some people saying that she should lose her house seat. Now to me that is over the top.


147 posted on 09/16/2011 9:04:31 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: driftdiver

So long as Medicare exists, I’d rather pay $35 to prevent cancer than $500,000 to treat it.

It’s all or nothing.


148 posted on 09/16/2011 9:04:41 AM PDT by Domalais
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus; MEGoody

“It’s drawn from the fact that she claimed on national television that Gardasil causes mental retardation,”

incorrect, she said a woman came to her and made that claim.

yesterday you were challenging the fact that the woman saying this to Bachmann even existed.


149 posted on 09/16/2011 9:05:39 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

These days, many states also require a Hepatitis shot, which is not hugely communicable either. “Public health”, you know?


150 posted on 09/16/2011 9:06:15 AM PDT by magritte
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To: ClearCase_guy
Perry admits that his handling of the original issue wasn't everything it should have been. I think that Bachmann has mishandled this issue and has hurt herself.

Perry has admitted only that using an EO was wrong. Perry still thinks that having an opt-out instead of an opt-in is the way to go. He's wrong about that.

Bachmann was holding the cards on this issue and she blew it with her comments.

151 posted on 09/16/2011 9:07:17 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: metmom

Cave to what PC?

She knowingly told a lie.

she doesn’t deserve any further consideration.


152 posted on 09/16/2011 9:07:35 AM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)
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To: luckystarmom
BTW, I skipped past that particular list of side effects for a very simple reason ~ MOST all of the rarer consequences have to do with INJECTIONS ~ not necessarily the ingredient being injected.

Diabetics have to worry about this all the time.

It's good to be aware.

I'm more concerned with the headaches ~ they occurred in the test subjects receiving Gardasil, but not in the control subjects receiving a placebo. These could easily be immunological reactions.

153 posted on 09/16/2011 9:08:30 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: D-fendr

Sorry, but Dr. Mercola and Dr. Blaylock are very well respected and they footnote most everything they write.

These two professionals have nothing to gain and are true pioneers in health longevity, disease prevention, and healing protocols.

So sorry you seem so cynical, but the two men are sounding alarm. Hope Americans are listening!


154 posted on 09/16/2011 9:08:44 AM PDT by mazz44
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE and respect Michele Bachmann but am I imagining this or is she seeming to cozy up to Romney (politically speaking) for perhaps a VP nod? I wouldn’t hesitate to vote for her should she get the nomination for POTUS but I just wonder if my tired old eyes are deceiving me. I realize it’s a debate and Perry has a lot of questions to answer but the other night Mittens got a kiss and Perry got the boot. Maybe it’s me......


155 posted on 09/16/2011 9:08:51 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: Cboldt

Thank you.


156 posted on 09/16/2011 9:09:34 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: agere_contra
Here's one for you ~ the two events are not related ~ but if you stopped giving the kids immunization you'd have a wave of deaths from the very diseases against which they're being immunized.
157 posted on 09/16/2011 9:10:27 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: driftdiver
Ah, ha. The old "look it up for yourself" defense. It's just as I thought, you don't have any evidence for the crap you're flinging around the cage. Don't you find it the least bit interesting that you behave in this manner while lecturing others about lies and dishonesty?

Tell us again about how "offended" you are. I could use another good laugh. You can't back up any of the nonsense you spew, but you're really accomplished at hurling epithets at anyone who disagrees with you. Let us know when you find some facts. In the meantime, you have absolutely zero credibility.

158 posted on 09/16/2011 9:10:46 AM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: Mase

Oh there’s evidence, I just don’t care enough about you to go dig it out.

Nothing personal of course


159 posted on 09/16/2011 9:11:55 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: muawiyah
Too bad that your Google finger is apparently broken.

Try this link to 894,000 Google results for hpv+vaccine+mental+retardation.

Honestly, I haven't had time to read all 894,000 yet.
160 posted on 09/16/2011 9:12:42 AM PDT by TomGuy
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