Comments on: Bachmann Damaged Her Credibility with Anti-Vax Remark https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/17/bachmann-damaged-her-credibility-with-anti-vax-remark/ Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:42:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: 10,000 Bucks to Prove Michele Bachmann is not Lying… and no takers | Assassin Actual https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/17/bachmann-damaged-her-credibility-with-anti-vax-remark/#comment-11642 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:42:36 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=192#comment-11642 […] As Greg Laden posted video at X-blog explains, Michele Bachmann recently inserted her foot right into her mouth by pushing a claim that the vaccine caused mental retardation in one individual. Penn & Teller’s Bullshit already covered the fallacy of this argument in detail in the 10th episode of their 8th season. Even if her claim was substantiated WHICH IT IS NOT, it would be both tragic and statistically irrelevant. The one case of a negative reaction would be outweighed by the thousands of women who are now protected from cervical cancer. […]

]]> By: lordshipmayhem https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/17/bachmann-damaged-her-credibility-with-anti-vax-remark/#comment-11641 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:07:16 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=192#comment-11641 Aside from her alleged credibility, can we say that Bachmann was talking to her own mother when the claim of mental retardation was made?

]]> By: AndrewD https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/17/bachmann-damaged-her-credibility-with-anti-vax-remark/#comment-11640 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:17:40 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=192#comment-11640 Greg,

Normally you do not expect to have a rational discussion with a sick 20 month old child, what is Bachmann’s excuse?

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/17/bachmann-damaged-her-credibility-with-anti-vax-remark/#comment-11639 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:18:05 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=192#comment-11639 Yeah yeah, I had a second part of this in mind …. something about how there was no credibility to begin with, etc. etc. like you guys are saying, but Huxley is sick and he’s been in a bad mood and it is hard to think when you’re being screamed at by a 20 month old.

]]> By: DLC https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/17/bachmann-damaged-her-credibility-with-anti-vax-remark/#comment-11638 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:03:59 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=192#comment-11638 The problem I have with this post is, Bachmann never really had any credibility.

]]> By: Which is a better political bludgeon: HPV vaccines, or cancer? | Lousy Canuck https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/17/bachmann-damaged-her-credibility-with-anti-vax-remark/#comment-11637 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:27:13 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=192#comment-11637 […] Greg Laden elsewhere on […]

]]> By: azkyroth https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/17/bachmann-damaged-her-credibility-with-anti-vax-remark/#comment-11636 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:22:17 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=192#comment-11636 I’m suddenly reminded of Al Capone being nailed for tax evasion.

]]> By: Randomfactor https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/17/bachmann-damaged-her-credibility-with-anti-vax-remark/#comment-11635 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:51:08 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=192#comment-11635 It damaged her WHAT, now?

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