As the only South Dakota blogger out with 5 daughters, I feel I need to weigh in on the whole discussion that's occurring with regards to the HPV vaccine, and Governor Rounds' proposal to make it available. My family (including my three oldest girls) watched my mom, their grandmother, succumb slowly and painfully to cancer which spread throughout her body. If a similar fate from a different type of cancer was preventable through a simple shot, why wouldn't anyone advocate for it? At the age most of my kids are going to be getting it, they're still playing with barbies, and negative influences such as most of the programming on MTV, and other assorted trashy television is verboten in my house. All they're going to know about this vaccination is that it's a shot, just like for teatnus or measles. They'll go "Ow, I don't want a shot," and that will be it. Just another mark on their vaccination record. One check box for DPT, one for HPV, and so on...
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Wahhhhhh wahhhhhh.
--lexrex
Only McCain and Guilliani are qualified to run a national campaign, let alone the country. Chasing after fantasy candidates like Thompson will only insure a Clinton II presidency.
Senate Years of Service: 1994-2003
In the series Law & Order, Fred Thompson plays the title character.
Graduated from Memphis State University 1964; received J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University 1967; admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1967 and commenced the practice of law;
Assistant U.S. attorney 1969-1972; Minority counsel, Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (“Watergate Committee”) 1973-1974;
Special counsel to Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander 1980; Special counsel, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 1980-1981; Special counsel, Senate Intelligence Committee 1982;
Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission 1985-1987; Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in the November 8, 1994, special election to fill the unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 1997, left vacant by the resignation of Albert Gore, Jr.;
Reelected in 1996
Chair, Committee on Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Fifth and One Hundred Sixth Congresses; One Hundred Seventh Congress
Fred Thompson, on the issues
http://www.ontheissues.org/Fred_Thompson.htm
http://www.grassrootsvoter.com/gallery.html
Fred Thompson has enough strength to throw Rosie O'Donnell ten feet.
Fred Thompson is immune to fire, bullets, and your sarcasm.
As regards to immigration policy, if you want tough, this is it!
"The chupacabra is in fact the physical manifestation of Fred Thompson's anger over illegal immigration. If Mexicans don't want their goats sucked dry of blood, they better respect our border"
Chupacabra is a cryptid said to inhabit parts of both of the Americas.
The name translates literally from the Spanish as "goat sucker." It comes from the creature's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats.
He doesn't have the infrastructure, he waited too long, and he won't be the Republican wet dream once the other candidates actually start campaigning against him.