Perry $$$$$$$$$$$$

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Perry's Merck link in spotlight following vaccine order 
 Source: MSNBC

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's GOP rivals sharply criticized him during Wednesday night's debate over his 2007 executive order mandating that teenage girls be vaccinated to prevent cervical cancer — a move that drew strong opposition at the time from social conservatives and was later overturned by the state Legislature.

But they failed to bring up a key part of the story that fueled the Texas controversy and which Democrats are poised to pounce on: Perry's order came after the drug company that manufactured the vaccine hired Mike Toomey, his former chief of staff, as one of the firm's top lobbyists in Austin.

Toomey, who is now running the main "super pac" backing Perry's candidacy, was retained by pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., maker of the Gardasil vaccine, which is designed to prevent the human papillomavirus, or HPV, an infection linked to cervical cancer in women. 

[Soul Crusher]

Lmfao. Demos are not going to touch him on this, as awful as it is. 

Again, the problem for the demos, and yours quite too frankly, is your hypocrisy in the face of you know what. 

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Lmfao. Demos are not going to touch him on this, as awful as it is. 

it's the REPUBS he should be worried about.

They hammered him on the shot thing.  It worked!

I'm betting they follow it up with "oh, and he got rich off it too..."

[Agnostic007]

Since the Governors Mansion was damaged by fire, Gov Perry, who sympathizes with the teachers his budget cutting has layed off, vowed to share in the economic downturn by allowing the Texas citizens to pay for his leased temporary home, which goes for a mere $10,000 a month.

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Since the Governors Mansion was damaged by fire, Gov Perry, who sympathizes with the teachers his budget cutting has layed off, vowed to share in the economic downturn by allowing the Texas citizens to pay for his leased temporary home, which goes for a mere $10,000 a month.

That's almost as funny as Obama railing against the rich not paying their fair share while he makes use of every tax break on the books to pay as little as possible.

[Agnostic007]

That's almost as funny as Obama railing against the rich not paying their fair share while he makes use of every tax break on the books to pay as little as possible.

You'll never hear me complain about ANY person paying as little tax as they can. The rich have pretty much figured out or paid people to figure out how to pay the least amount of money. Hell I try and pay the least amount of money. If Obama pays the least amount of money thats okay too. What I hope he is calling for is closing loop holes so that it is more fair across the board.