(CNN) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry responded to Rep. Michele Bachmann's criticism of his short-lived 2007 executive order requiring girls to get a vaccination for human papillomavirus, during Thursday night's Republican presidential candidates' debate in Orlando. Bachmann said a drug company that produced the vaccination hired his former chief of staff to lobby him.
Perry's response: "I got lobbied on this issue. I got lobbied by a 31-year-old young lady who had Stage 4 cervical cancer. I spent a lot of time with her. She came by my office, talked to me about the program."
How dramatic. How convenient. How utterly full of shit.
It turns out Perry met the woman after he tried to force teenage girls to get the treatment. So what was his reason? How much was he paid off? Or was it just for the satisfaction of forcing thousands of girls to jump through a hoop for "their own good" from his point of view?
Let's get this straight, and right now. Medical choices are one of the privileges we enjoy as Americans. It means we have the right to refuse medical treatment, or to seek it if we need it. We can make choices for ourselves with the input and advice of our doctors. Others may disagree with me but in my book that covers procedures such as abortion and physician-assisted suicide. I feel that we are able to make those choices for ourselves and face the consequences of those decisions. We are all entitled to our beliefs and how we think we should behave. However, I don't believe anyone has the right to make that decision for millions of people, without knowing them or their circumstances. The right to dictate one's beliefs stops at the point it prevents another person's right to choose for themselves.
Hypocrite. Jackass. Jackassocrite.
But remember ladies, he's just lying because he knows what is best for you. Now fall in line like good little girls and take your orders.
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