Perry vs Bachmann

Governor Perry is currently the leading contender in this race. Therefore, everyone is attacking him. Every little thing he did in the past are popping up such as the HPV requirement that Rep. Bachmann brought up. Bachmann accuses Perry of being “bought” by Merck or the drug company that manufactures Gardasil.

It seems like Bachmann is doing everything she can to stay in the spotlight. Bachmann is simply throwing random accusations just to be heard. She went on the Today Show to further discuss the issue. She also left a statement saying that the injection of the vaccine caused a girl mental retardation. After a while, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC immediately corrected Bachmann's false statement.

After Bachmann's statement about the vaccine causing mental retardation, I think she might be out of the race for me. She can't just go on public television saying things like that. If she's going to be next president, she must have conclusive evidence proving her claims. If she becomes the president, she has to be credible and cautious of her words.

Nonetheless, I do agree with Bachmann that government should not be allowed to force teenagers to have this vaccine. These vaccines could be harmful.

Moreover, Gov. Perry's short lived executive order just shows the power of money or how things "work" in the government. Perry's order is questionable. Does he really care about these girls or was it the money he was after?

Issues such as these just highlights my mistrust in the government. Everyone just wants to be nominated or remain in office so he/she does things to stay in power. Everyday I question government officials' credibility along with their true intentions. 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/09/13/140445104/pediatricians-fact-check-bachmanns-bashing-of-hpv-vaccine?sc=fb&cc=fp

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/09/13/truth.squad.lobbyist.claim/index.html

Electoral College 3

I chose this clip because he explains how the electoral college/vote magnifies or diminishes the votes of the people. The swing states' votes gets magnified while the other votes are not really talked about. The votes don't really weigh the same.

Electoral College 2

I picked this clip because it's nice to give a face to the electors. They are just regular people with jobs such as civil engineers and teachers. They had to run/campaign as the state electors. They also helped their party a lot.

electoral college 1

I find this clip interesting because the caller pointed out how he voted for Gore but since more people voted for Bush in his state, his state is now considered a red state. Even though he still believes that a lot of people voted for Gore too, the rest of America wouldn't consider that since the electoral college has a winner takes all policy. It just shows the power of the electoral college taking over an entire even though perhaps the votes were closed between the two presidential candidates.