Did CBS intentionally squelch Bachmann in the debate?

I am sure the Herman “the inappropriate” Cain people are perfectly happy to have Michele “Gardasil” Bachmann marginalized enough to keep her from regaining traction that she really never should have lost.

her Gardasil stance was and always will be an honorable one. The government should never have the power to force drugs down the throats of it’s citizens, with the exception of those that prevent epidemics. Gardasil does not such thing.

• Christina Tarsell, a 21-year-old college student majoring in studio arts at Bard College, who died suddenly and without explanation shortly after receiving the third Gardasil shot in June 2008.

• Gabrielle, a 15-year-old former gymnast and cheerleader who can no longer attend school and is suffering from severe headaches, heart problems and seizures since getting the vaccine. She has been diagnosed with Inflammation of the Central Nervous System as a result of a Gardasil vaccine reaction, and her condition continues to deteriorate.

• Megan, a 20-year-old college student who died suddenly, without explanation, about one month after receiving her third Gardasil shot. No cause of death was found.

• Ashley, a 16-year-old who became chronically ill after receiving Gardasil, and now suffers regular life-threatening episodes of seizure-like activity, difficulty breathing, back spasms, paralysis, dehydration, memory loss and tremors.

and lets not forget the known side effects and adverse reactions…
Fainting
Seizures
Numbness & tingling
Pain & weakness
Hair loss
Rashes
Extreme fatigue
Other health problems

Fainting would be something to do with the brain not getting enough oxygen or blood carrying oxygen. If this happens for too long, brain damage occurs.

Seizures are also caused by brain problems.

Numbness and tingling could be caused by brain problems, although it is usually local nerves that cause this.

So, the argument that Gardasil is safe is without merit. But hey, there is money to be made on selling this drug and candidate Perry to protect, so all the conservatives jumped down her throat for actually having the conservative answer.

astonerii on November 13, 2011 at 2:30 PM

Bachmann remained silent on mandatory vaccinations while serving in the Minnesota congress.

By all appearances, she felt no need to mention, much less work towards stopping, a vaccination that, by her own standards, is an assault on liberty. Even more so actually. The HPV vaccination, while called mandatory, made available an opt-out provision so that the parental rights that she felt were so paramount could be protected in this decision. The Hepatitis B vaccination in Minnesota (state law since 1993) doesn’t even require parental consent at all. And Hep B’s communicability is similar to HPV in that it is primarily transmitted through intercourse, as opposed to being an airborne illness. Currently, no records can be found of Michele Bachmann sponsoring legislation in the Minnesota legislature to repeal the Hep B vaccination or to add a parental opt-out.

Dr Evil on November 13, 2011 at 2:35 PM

But hypocritical was not the argument against Bachmann. It was that she was insane to say that vaccines are not perfectly safe. That she was anti-vaccine and feeding the meme against vaccinations.

1993 to present is a long time to also come to terms with the morality of something like this. Who says she was ever previously exposed to the negative effects of vaccines before say 1998.

As for an opt out, I would love to see how you feel about your bank having you opt out of all the new services they come up with over time. No opt out and you pay the bill. But I see it as even worse, as the part of the government opt out, you have to sign papers that the government keeps on record. What if in the future a new government decides that any parent who opted out was automatically considered abusive to their kids or some such and determined it was justified to start investigations on every opt out family. You have no idea what the future holds for those records. The strong arm of the government.

astonerii on November 13, 2011 at 4:23 PM

She’s a hypocrite she used gardasil as an emotional plea for campaign donations. They give the Hep shot to babies in Minnesota, there is no parental opt out and it is mandatory. She’s never spoken out voted or proposed bills to get rid of it. Like any shot it’s going to have side effects.

Dr Evil on November 13, 2011 at 6:02 PM

Did I or did I not argue the hypocrite charge, yet, you did not address that. 1993-2011 is 18 years. She became a legislator for the state in 2000, 7 years after the passage of the shot. Was it a big issue that was being brought to her attention at the time. We all know there are hundreds of thousands of laws on the books in this country that no one even knows exist, until the government decides that it has a target it wants to take out, and then those laws become known to a select few to take them out with. So, was it something that was otherwise being talked about in 2000? Or is it possible she really never noticed, because she has her kids immunized regardless of the mandate? Hence, not a anti-vaccine person. So, hypocrite, or maybe just more informed now? I dunno, but would not be upset if someone asked her when she learned about the Minnesota law, and if she knew before 2007, when did she change her position and why.

But jumping to immediate hypocrite charges seems a bit extreme.

astonerii on November 13, 2011 at 6:53 PM