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Michele Bachmann links Rick Perry on HPV vaccine to Solyndra
LA Slimes ^ | September 16, 2011 | Seema Mehta

Posted on 09/17/2011 8:33:28 AM PDT by AAABEST

Reporting from Costa Mesa— Michele Bachmann, struggling to regain her footing in the GOP presidential contest, Friday assailed rival Rick Perry, saying he abused his power as governor of Texas and rewarded political donors in a manner similar to President Obama.

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She compared it to the federal controversy unfolding around Solyndra, a solar equipment maker that received a $535-million federal loan guarantee and which went bankrupt last month. Republicans have suggested that the guarantee was pushed by the White House to reward a major campaign donor with ties to Solyndra's biggest shareholder, a charge the Obama administration denies.

Bachmann also sought to tie Perry's effort, which was ultimately blocked by the Texas Legislature, to Obama's healthcare law in a Web video and fundraising appeal to supporters in which she dubs his efforts as "Perrycare," a riff on the "Obamacare" label that some use to describe the president's healthcare reform package.

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Bachmann received credit for calling Perry out on the matter during a debate Monday night, but she quickly stumbled by claiming that the vaccine was dangerous and could cause "mental retardation." According to the CDC and physicians, even among people who have the most severe reactions, the vaccine does not cause cognitive disability.

Bachmann repeatedly refused to walk back on her remarks, saying she had heard from a mother whose daughter experienced such a reaction.

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


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 09/17/2011 8:33:33 AM PDT by AAABEST
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To: AAABEST

Bachmann has jumped the shark. Time for her to shut up and let the big boys campaign.


2 posted on 09/17/2011 8:34:33 AM PDT by Astronaut
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To: shield

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3 posted on 09/17/2011 8:34:43 AM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: AAABEST

Sorry Michele, you have run out of sharks to jump. There are a couple of dolphins and a manatee you can try jumping but it doesn’t seem to be the same.


4 posted on 09/17/2011 8:34:58 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: AAABEST
Gov. Perry Announces TEF Investment in Solar Power Company

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today announced the state will invest $1 million through the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) in HelioVolt Corp. of Austin for the construction of a 125,000 square foot manufacturing facility and development space to test and produce the company’s thin-film solar power cells, which convert sunlight into electricity. The deal will create nearly 160 jobs and $62 million in capital investment.

HelioVolt Corp. puts off growth. Plant is ready but demand not there yet

After months of stealthy operations, solar cell maker HelioVolt Corp. has delayed by two years its job creation projections.
5 posted on 09/17/2011 8:35:18 AM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a Permenant Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: mnehring; Astronaut

Just because she’s been dinged up as a messenger, doesn’t mean that her messenge isn’t legitimate and important.


6 posted on 09/17/2011 8:36:41 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; RoosterRedux; jonrick46; deepbluesea; RockinRight; TexMom7; potlatch; ...
Perry Ping....

IF you'd rather NOT be pinged FReepmail me.

IF you'd like to be added FReepmail me. Thanks.

7 posted on 09/17/2011 8:38:00 AM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: AAABEST

Thank God for this woman. She is forcing the truth out. I think she is brave. Perry needs to have all skeletons out and Michele is not afraid to do it.


8 posted on 09/17/2011 8:38:00 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: AAABEST

And to think, I was *this* close to supporting her in the primary.


9 posted on 09/17/2011 8:38:22 AM PDT by RockinRight (Carter Obama and Reagan the nation!)
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To: cripplecreek

Just a heads-up, you spelled “permanent” wrong in your tagline.


10 posted on 09/17/2011 8:38:55 AM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: AAABEST

LOLOLOL


11 posted on 09/17/2011 8:39:16 AM PDT by rwilson99 (Please tell me how the words "shall not perish and have everlasting life" would NOT apply to Mary.)
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To: napscoordinator

Well, she had won the argument at the debate, until she kept going and made the accusations of corruption and then the “retarded” comment.

She should have quit while she was ahead (not the campaign, but this Destroy Perry crusade she’s on).


12 posted on 09/17/2011 8:39:34 AM PDT by RockinRight (Carter Obama and Reagan the nation!)
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To: AAABEST
I really like Michelle. I've never really criticized her, and I've defended her on many threads.

Personally, I think that she is right on the HPV issue, but it is clearly not working for her. I think good judgment would tell her to drop this issue. I'm disappointed that she is keeping it in the news.

13 posted on 09/17/2011 8:39:53 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: AAABEST

Just a heads up, you didn’t have the courage to mention St Rick’s little Solyndra style scam.


14 posted on 09/17/2011 8:41:32 AM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a Permenant Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: AAABEST
Bachmann - please do us all a service and drop out NOW. How do you define campaign desperation? This statement seems to do it well.

We still respect you and will support your continued efforts in Congress, but the role of Romney's pitbull doesn't suit you well and it is beginning to cost you credibility. You are serving no purpose other than to cause division within the party at this point - I thought you were better than that. Bow out gracefully and don't delay.

15 posted on 09/17/2011 8:41:32 AM PDT by RobertClark (People sleep peaceably in their beds at night b'cse good men are rdy to do violence on their behalf)
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To: cripplecreek
There you go peeing on the perrywinkles hate campaign again.
16 posted on 09/17/2011 8:41:32 AM PDT by org.whodat (so Perry's purchase price starts at $5001.00: and $29,000 , was a sell.)
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To: Astronaut; P-Marlowe; wmfights; Cincinatus' Wife

Michelle Bachman received $30,000 from American Crystal Sugar.

American Crystal Sugar is in the middle of a strike by its workers.

Michelle Bachmann is a co-sponsor of: H.R.2040 - National Right-to-Work ActTo preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities

If Gardasil/Merck is a quid-pro-quo, then why isn’t Right-to-Work/American Crystal Sugar a quid pro quo?


17 posted on 09/17/2011 8:42:20 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True Supporters of our Troops PRAY for their VICTORY!)
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To: 9YearLurker
Just because she’s been dinged up as a messenger, doesn’t mean that her messenge isn’t legitimate and important.

At least to you and Michelle.

18 posted on 09/17/2011 8:42:47 AM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: AAABEST

Wow. The liar has now “tripled down.”


19 posted on 09/17/2011 8:43:09 AM PDT by Grunthor (Almost any republican currently running for POTUS would be light years better than Obama)
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To: AAABEST

I’m liking Bachman less and less these days. I wish she’d just go away.


20 posted on 09/17/2011 8:43:23 AM PDT by MizSterious (Apparently, there's no honor when it comes to someone else's retirement funds.)
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