Thursday, August 18, 2011

Rick Perry's Health Care Mandate

H/T Joe
Texas, we have a problem. Your GOP governor is running for president against Barack Obama. Yet, one of his most infamous acts as executive of the nation's second-largest state smacks of every worst habit of the Obama administration. And his newly crafted rationalizations for the atrocious decision are positively Clintonesque.

In February 2007, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed a shocking executive order forcing every sixth-grade girl to submit to a three-jab regimen of the Gardasil vaccine. He also forced state health officials to make the vaccine available "free" to girls ages 9 to 18. The drug, promoted by manufacturer Merck as an effective shield against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) and genital warts, as well as cervical cancer, had only been approved by the Food and Drug Administration eight months prior to Perry's edict....


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....Perry's former chief of staff Mike Toomey is a top Merck lobbyist. Toomey's mother-in-law headed a Merck-funded front group pushing vaccination mandates. And Merck's political action committee pitched in $6,000 to Perry's re-election campaign in 2007.

The PerryCare executive fiat was not simply a one-off mistake explained away by lack of "research." It exposed a fundamental lapse in both political and policy judgments, an appalling lack of ethics and a disturbing willingness to smear principled defenders of limited government who object to the Nanny State using their children as guinea pigs.
You can read Michelle Malkin's full op-ed HERE,


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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The article makes it clear that Perry was being less than honest when he claimed that he 'listened' to the legislature, and backed off. He did no such thing.

This particular issue is a good illustration of the way Perry rolls, and I don't think it's very much to be admired.

-Martha

Joe said...

Why It Is Still Romney’s Race To Lose - http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/08/17/why-it-is-still-romneys-race-to-lose/

craigs said...

This is what happens when you look in the morning mirror and ask " Who's the smartest guy you've seen today ?
Perry has a lot of these " mirror moments". How about the $ 1.5 BILLION he siphoned off the Energy Bill and deposited in an " Un- named Consortium in the offices of The Texas Energy Center in Sugarland Texas, Tom DeLay's old district? Where's that money ???

CraigS

Joe said...

Rick Perry has been widely touted as a Republican presidential candidate who could appeal Tea Party voters, but some in the anti-tax movement wonder if his record as Texas governor stacks up to his rhetoric.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/10/us-usa-campaign-perry-idUSTRE7775S720110810

Joe said...

Rick Perry Heckled In New Hampshire Ahead Of 2012 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/rick-perry-heckled_n_930364.html

Rick Perry ignores the dem hecklers. Mitt takes them on - maybe a side by side comparison of how these two handle hecklers is in order.