freecounterpoint: Perry does a Kerry

Monday, September 12, 2011

Perry does a Kerry

6 comments:

Tecumseh said...: Perry's answers to this vaccine mess are rather shifty. He's trying to squirm out of it, but both Bachmann and Romney came out swinging at him on this one, and he still hasn't found a gracious way to extricate himself out of the hole he's dug himself in with that executive order.

First rule: stop diggin'. But of course Rot doesn't know that rule, and he keeps prodding Perry to keep on diggin'. We'll see.; 9/13/2011 12:27 AM
Mr roT said...: Saletan hates Perry (and all heterosexuals) and he gives a clarification better than Tecs.

In the debate, Perry said his vaccine order "allowed for an opt-out. I don't know what's more strong for parental rights than having that opt-out." But the opt-out procedure specified in the order is cumbersome. It says parents can "submit a request for a conscientious objection affidavit form via the Internet." And the opt-out clause doesn't distinguish Perry's mandate from Romney's or Obama's. The Massachusetts law exempts from its insurance mandate anyone who "files a sworn affidavit with his income tax return stating … that his sincerely held religious beliefs are the basis of his refusal to obtain and maintain creditable coverage." The federal law excuses anyone who obtains a religious exemption because "he is conscientiously opposed" to accepting health insurance benefits.

This passage actually makes clear that it was trivial to opt out of the HPV vaccination, that it is possible not to pay for health insurance in Massachusetts, and that there's no way out of paying for Obamacare, as one can only opt out of receiving benefits.

Only people blinded by hysterical views or an affection for weird migraine-addled foster mothers of 73 kids would miss those important distinctions.; 9/13/2011 8:35 AM
Tecumseh said...: "Trivial"? No. Stop diggin'!; 9/13/2011 9:16 AM
Mr roT said...: You know about the Internet thingy, right Tecs?

They have it in Texas.; 9/13/2011 9:18 AM
Charly said...: Thanks for setting the record straight roT. I thought it was about Perry but I now see this is really an issue about Saletan and heterohobes.; 9/13/2011 9:35 AM
Mr roT said...: Read some more Saletan. He's rather unbalanced at times and particularly when on that relevant topic.

He was unbalanced here in that he gives the true situation in the same paragraph as he deliberately misinterprets it:

And the opt-out clause doesn't distinguish Perry's mandate from Romney's or Obama's.

The fuck it doesn't.; 9/13/2011 9:53 AM

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