Dan Eggen
The Washington Post
September 14, 2011
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, whose bid for the White House depends heavily on support from religious conservatives, finds himself confronting an issue that is a flash point for that part of his base: his attempt to order schoolgirls to receive a vaccine that would protect them against a sexually transmitted virus.
The uproar over the Gardasil vaccine — manufactured by Merck, a major Perry campaign donor — knocked the candidate off-stride during a Republican debate Monday night.
The vaccine is aimed at shielding girls from human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexual infection that can lead to cervical cancer. Federal health officials say they are confident that the vaccine is safe, noting that more than 35 million doses have been administered in the United States with no pattern of serious side effects.
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More irresponsible reporting my infowars…”deep financial ties” – come on now, that is a such a deep exaggerration. The money received from Merck is so insignificant as to be meaningless. The guy actually thought he was going to be hailed as a hero for reducing cervical cancer rates in Texas, but it backfired badly. Perhaps infowars can find a meaner looking picture of him – ironically this site criticizes mainstream media, but is even worse for twisting and spinning facts. I used to like this site, but it just pumps out any spin they can to sell more products to the brainwashed fans. Anyone see the taco advertisement? LOL.
Scroll down on this page and look at the add of Alex Jones selling an infowars camo hat…doesn’t that sicken people?
i would vote for perverd perry only if he is running to be a porno star. i’m telling you guys he would make a good gay porno star .and i have a nice name for him too. pomarianian perry
If the RNC nominates this scumbag I think I’ll throw-up.
“Perry bristled Monday night at accusations from his chief rival for tea party voters, Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.),…”
Hahahaha, BACHMANN!!!
“..which was overturned by the Texas legislature.”
What about the rest where he used an EO!!!
rick perry said god told me to run for president, then michelle bachman says god told me to run for president—-man if god is that indecisive he’s probaly for romney!
Man, if you believe them then you’re probably an idiot!
come on roberto,that was a joke–now stop bein so fuken stupid
Why are you unemployed and annoyed?
The first and only time I heard this man talk, gave me the sense he is a con man. But thats just my take on him. Im not always right, just 99.9% when I meet someone. :p