Rush Limbaugh Defends Rick Perry against Over-the-Top Attacks by GOP Opponents: “Forget this Vaccine Business. This is Ending Up Being a Giant Distraction” – Audio 9/13/11

Here is audio from Rush Limbaugh’s Radio Show today where Rush defended Texas Gov. Rick Perry against the attacks of other GOP Candidates against him on the “Gardasil” / HPV Vaccine Executive Order he issued back in 2007.

DAILY CALLER: . . . . “Alright, Perry goofed up by using an executive order on the Gardasil,” Limbaugh said. “There’s no question he goofed up on it instead of taking it to the Texas legislature. He’s admitted that over and over again. I think one of the reasons that Perry gets tired is that he had all the questions. He had to answer a question three or four times last night and he did it smiling.”

However, Limbaugh cautioned the candidates not to use that against Perry, particularly because there was an opt-out provision in his executive order. Bachmann, he said, may have taken her attack a little too far.

“There was an opt-out,” Limbaugh explained. “If anybody didn’t want to take it they didn’t have to… So next time I’m going to have to issue another warning. Next time – not only don’t bother with this Social Security ‘Ponzi scheme’ stuff, but forget this vaccine business. This is ending up being a giant distraction. Now I said that [Michele] Bachmann may have jumped the shark. It’s just a gut a feeling.” . . . . . Read More

Limbaugh singled out Michele Bachmann, saying he believes she may have “jumped the shark” by going on Greta Van Susteren’s show after the debate where she tried to blame “mental retardation” on the HPV vaccine.