Frist's Shameful Secret Law Written by Vaccine Industry
Yet another sign that the Bushies have forever closed down the chapter of American politics known as the Republican party. Here's Billie Frist's hometown newspaper smacking down the corrupt homeboy via a front page headline story (excerpt below).The Tennessean is the same newspaper, also known as the Southern Baptist Times, that thinks local news is synonymous with religious news, and has heretofore staunchly defended and covered up the crooked catkiller's long list of crimes against the American people. But suddenly, the Southern Baptist Times is offering reality based news, so much so that it is picked up by Think Progress.
But when your dear leader weighs in with a 31 percent job approval rating, suddenly all your defenders are your worst critics. It's called basing your core beliefs and principles on whatever is popular today. If you want to see a perfect illustration of high school politics, just follow the Southern Baptist Times.
The Southern Baptist Times, aka The Tennessean:
Vaccine makers helped write Frist-backed shield law
Vaccine industry officials helped shape legislation behind the scenes that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist secretly amended into a bill to shield them from lawsuits, according to e-mails obtained by a public advocacy group.
E-mails and documents written by a trade group for the vaccine-makers show the organization met privately with Frist’s staff and the White House about measures that would give the industry protection from lawsuits filed by people hurt by the vaccines.
Think Progress:
Last December, Senate Majority Leader Bill First (R-TN) and House Speaker Dennis Hastert inserted a provision in the Defense Appropriations bill that granted vaccine manufactures near-total immunity for injuries or deaths (even in cases of “gross negligence”) caused by their drugs during a viral pandemic, such as an outbreak of the avian flu. The legislation was “worth billions of dollars” to a small group of drug makers.
And from the Theatre of the Absurd -- aka the U.S. Senate -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) proclaims this week is "Health Care Week" in the United States Senate. Funny guy, every week is health care week for the well-covered tax-payer funded senators.
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