Perry Says Vaccine Order Was Mistake

WSJ ^ | 081811 | ALICIA MUNDY

[Fred]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, under questioning from voters in recent days, has switched positions on a 2007 executive order he issued mandating the vaccination of all young girls before they enter sixth grade to ward off cervical cancer.

Mr. Perry's order that Texas school girls receive the vaccine, Gardasil, made by Merck & Co., was overturned by the state legislature and never got off the ground. But it still has roiled conservatives and Christian groups for years.

After long defending the decision, Mr. Perry has apologized repeatedly for the order since launching his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. As recently as his 2010 gubernatorial re-election bid, Mr. Perry touted the vaccine's medical efficacy and the lives of young women it saved.

[The Cajun]

I wish they'd tell me where and how to get those DNC checks we're supposed to be getting for exposing Perry for the RINO that he is.

Watch out, the raving nutters will take you for real, LOL!

[South40]

Watch out, the raving nutters will take you for real, LOL!

See post #13, one already has. :-)

[The Cajun]

Man, I've got to get quicker on the draw :^)

[Fred]

MB’s last congressional race pulled in 13.2 million...

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/134427-bachmann-kicks-up-fundraising-storm-and-senate-speculation

“Bachmann brought in an eye-popping $13.2 million during the campaign, shattering the previous fundraising record for House candidates and eclipsing even the totals for many Senate campaigns, which are typically more expensive to run.”

goto opensecrets.org to find out who all is giving.

[Politicalmom]

Can’t be!! The Perry-bots have declared Gardasil, TTC, and illegal immigration to be dead subjects.

:)

[South40]

:-)

[Fred]

I am no Myth fan...

[fieldmarshaldj]

C’mon, Doc. Just because you posted the Slick Rick Revisionist History Talking Point Du Jour doesn’t mean I swallow it. The SS Perry is leaking badly.

[fieldmarshaldj]

The media loves the Myth of Willard. He’ll be D.O.A. soon enough.

[Fred]

I have no dog in this hunt... Don’t even care. I am prepared for 4 more years of Obozo.

What I do care about is taking the majority in the US Senate.
And no more stinky pinky (Harry Reid) doing whatever he pleases.

Having control of the House and Senate is going to be the best victory for 2012.

And Perry is a POC... you betcha..

[Fred]

And since you asked

Rick Perry — king of corporate welfare
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/15/2360707/rick-perry-king-of-corporate-welfare.html

Perry to protect undocumented-immigrant tuition
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/07/legislature/4465044.html

Schwarzenegger, Perry, Napolitano, Richardson urge “comprehensive” immigration reform
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2763274/posts?page=1

Perry endorses Rudy Guiliani for president in 2008
http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/019691.html

Perry works toward increasing H1Bs...
http://www.globalmobilityreport.com/50226711/us_governors_seek_h1b_visa_increase.php

Governor Perry throws support behind H1Bs
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9776360-7.html

Perry opposes border fence
http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/006987.html

Rick Perry’s dangerous Muslim compromise
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2764581/posts
http://alternativenewsreport.net/tag/prince-shah-karim-al-husayni/

[presently no screen name]

I am prepared for 4 more years of Obozo.

Nothing conservative about that wimpy attitude. Conservatives are Patriots who fight for this country.

And Perry is a POC...

What is a POC? Sidenote: Perry isn't my candidate.

Any thoughts why the media isn't going after Mitt like they are to Perry?

[sonofagun]

It seems there are no longer men of principle in politics.

I believe there are some women of principle though!

[presently no screen name]

Now I see why you are prepared for four more years of Barry.

YOU WANT HIM to WIN!

[PastorBooks]

“you betcha..”

I’ve been seeing that phrase a lot. Is it some secret codeword, spoken by supporters of a candidate yet undeclared... someone with true honesty and virtue? I betcha!

Come on Sarah!

[DB]

Wow...

[AHerald]

Drip, drip, drip ... Looks like Perry's team thought a simple mea culpa from the candidate would end this. "Hey, leave the guy alone, he admitted it was a mistake," is the sympathetic conventional thinking they hoped would follow.

But the mea culpa might instead be a blood in the water moment that ironically generates the type of feeding frenzy they had hoped to avoid. It picks at the Gardasil mandate scab and renews interest in the original events. It also raises a whole host of new questions, not the least of which is why did he spend 4 years proudly defending his actions, even to the point of maligning his Gardasil critics, only to admit a mistake days after entering the presidential race.

If Malkin's "Governor Gardasil" sticks, Perry could end up slow bleeding through the primaries. Regardless, this issue is not going to go away soon.

[barkeep]

Folks, I am far from a RINO, been to every Texas Republican State Convention since ‘92, served two terms on Rules Committee.

I didn’t oppose the Gardisil item on grounds of promoting promiscuity, I opposed it (while encouraging my step-daughter, an adult, to get it) because it was an intrusion on individual rights.

You non-Texans need to take a closer look at Perry. This Conservative Republican has spent more time opposing Perry policies over the last decade than supporting them.

Did you like the Kelo decision? You would have loved the Trans-Texas Corridor. Texas Conservatives fought this rascal through two terms of Legislature, would have been the largest eminent domain land grab in American history. Perry fought FOR that tooth and nail.

[giotto]

There was a campaign contribution to Perry from the company that made the drug (6,000 dollars).

I'm always amazed at how cheaply politicians can be bought.