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Texas Gov Tied to Big Pharm Money?

By gordontaylor - Posted on February 3rd, 2007
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Dave Hinz has a great piece on The HinzSight Report about Texas GOP Gov Perry and has him tied big time to Merck!
Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry has stunned his conservative supporters by signing an Executive Order mandating that all sixth grade girls receive Gardasil, Merck & Co.'s new vaccine against strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV. The papillomavirus can cause cervical cancer in young women. Texas now becomes the first state to mandate such a vaccine.
The governor also received $6,000 from Merck's political action committee during his re-election campaign.
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Joliphant's picture
Is 6000 considered enough to buy a governor ?
Submitted by Joliphant on Sat, 2007-02-03 20:36.

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Neil Stevens's picture
So?
Submitted by Neil Stevens on Sun, 2007-02-04 06:28.

Since when are political donations tantamount to a bribe?
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