The SNL parody of this video ought to be priceless. No mic, poor lighting, and a giant fake plant in front of a bland wall make this clip look very professional and worthy of a major presidential candidate. Or a hostage video.
In the video, Rep. Michele Bachmann fails to distinguish between a governor’s executive order regarding a single vaccination, which was done to make the vaccination more affordable and was overturned, and a mammoth 2-thousand page law that will transform at least one-sixth of the US economy. She coins “Perrycare” in a sad imitation of Tim Pawlenty’s Obamneycare, showing that originality is not her strong suit.
The video does, however, signal a small climb down on the safety of Gardasil, since Bachmann doesn’t mention the tearful Florida mom who probably doesn’t exist.
Bachmann says she opposes “any governor or president who mandates a family’s healthcare choices and violates the rights of parents on these issues.” That’s an extremely broad statement that invites scrutiny. The state of Minnesota mandates a number of vaccinations for children. There is no evidence that Bachmann, when she was a state legislator, ever weighed in on vaccinations at all.
As her money dries up, Bachmann is becoming desperate. This issue is not a winner for her, though. She is looking more like a crank with each passing day. It’s past time she moves on.
(via NRO)
She’s beginning to compete with Howard Dean for “Best Flameout of an Early Leader.”
When she first appeared, I liked her. I was very hopeful, but I should have known better. There were a number of forgivable gaffes, and then the bit about the ‘pray the gay away’ came out. Ugh. What a complete idiot.
Oh well.
I suddenly feel a lot better about myself, even though I pull a “Bachmann” almost every time I appear on the tube.
In a way, this whole chapter makes me feel sorry for her. Bachmann is a candidate who, although a long-shot from the outset, still had some promise and carried a message that many of us could relate to even if we did not fully agree. To stumble so badly and then double down on that mistake is just painful to watch; like a rookie quarterback getting sacked on his first regular season play.
Not only does this reflect badly on her, it reflects badly on the Tea Party and the Republican Party. She is also violating Reagan’s 11th commandment “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.” So far Newt is the only one taking this to heart. Romney will never get my vote if he doesn’t get on board with it as well.
Bryan Preston,
Get past Michelle Bachmann v. Rick Perry for a moment.
Consider well the severe and permanent neurological negative side effects of Gardasil.
Gardasil/Silgard Victims from the United States Healthy American Girls Prior to Gardasil
http://sanevax.org/victims/gardasil-silgard-usa.shtml
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/gardasil66.html
Now consider the extent that crony capitalism permeates the symbiotic relationship between the pharmaceutical corporations, the medical industry, and the media. Virus Mania
http://www.torstenengelbrecht.com/en/buch_viruswahn.html
Yes, I read the morning after debate immediate rebuke of Bachmann from the Houston Anderson Cancer Center hospital chairman for setting back modern medicine by a century with her lie. A century! Evidently, the establishment is going kneejerk overboard protecting their own special interest, claiming the opposition has no merit whatsoever.
http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/128039/
So. Now Michelle Bachmann is toast.
That “I’m not a witch” ding dong from Delaware is toast.
That female for the US Senate in Nevada is toast.
So, here I am at this point: no women for US Congress, US Senate or US
President. I don’t care how much like Conservatives they sound. For Governor of a US State, ok. But that’s about it.
Want to call it bigotry? Fine. And so it is. But it’s educated
bigotry. Women just are not reliable enough in these trying times to
be elected to positions that require people of great courage, great
forethought and great instincts.
Now, onto the next so-called “minority group” and whether any of them
should be candidates for US President. No, they should not.
Good grief.
We have a new winning slogan:
“It’s the Gardasil, Stupid. Stupid, as in Stuck On.”
I remain steadfast in my support Bachmann. Which candidate is superior to Bachmann? Romney? Gimme a break. Perry? Not so much. The primary season is a vetting process. We need a candidate who is capable of unseating Obama, but that’s not sufficient. We need a strong leader with true conservative principles, a leader who will focus on restoring Constitutional fidelity to the federal government. That’s not Perry. His executive order mandating girls 9-18 be vaccinated is a troubling abuse of executive power, the same kind exhibited by Obama. Perry’s arrogant decision that government-knows-best displays an instinct and judgment that undermines his fitness to defend a self-governing people from the government they’ve created, a government that is growing ever more intrusive and oppressive. Perry embraced governmental overreach in Texas then viciously attacked his principled opponents. That modus operandi is shared by Obama. Yes, Perry has apologized… Actually, he’s given non-apology apologies and lame explanations that display a woeful lack of ethics. Remember, the FDA approved Gardasil only seven months before Perry usurped the rights of parents with his executive fiat.
Washington’s crony capitalism and Obama’s pay-to-play Chicago thuggery are among the many reasons Americans are fed up with business as usual; it’s part of the fuel that ignited the tea party movement. Well, “Perry’s former chief of staff Mike Toomey is a top Merck lobbyist, [and Perry's] current chief-of-staff’s mother-in-law headed a Merck-funded front group pushing vaccination mandates. Merck’s political action committee pitched in $6,000 to Perry’s re-election campaign in 2007 and Merck discussed the vaccine with Perry staff on the day they donated.” (Michelle Malkin) That’s not enough to convict Perry of any quid pro quo, but it stinks, and it has every appearance of crony capitalism.
Ron Paul is an obvious nut job, and Romney and Perry are both big-government Republicans whose tea party credentials are weak, at best. I’ll still fight for Bachmann because she’s a true conservative who can be trusted to follow through on uprooting Obamacare and pruning back the myriad big-business/big-union favoring regulations that are strangling this economy.
http://michellemalkin.com/2011/08/16/rick-perrys-bad-obama-style-medicine/
http://www.redstate.com/bacyclone/2011/06/20/rick-perry-conservative/
If I really was from the Bachmann camp, I guess I would post this link instead of the broken one above:
http://sanevax.org/sane-vax-inc-discovers-potential-bio-hazard-contaminant-in-merck%E2%80%99s-gardasil%E2%84%A2-hpv-4-vaccine-2/
Bad things might happen with modern drugs; bad things might happen with bad candidates too; both are worth watching out for.