re: #71 Charles Johnson

My point is that without definitive proof Wakefield’s study was fraudulent, it’s at least understandable that Obama thought there was some doubt about the safety of vaccines. Maybe he should have known better, but I think it’s absurd to call this “pandering” — just more of the same fake “balance” the media is always trying to foist on people.

“Sure, Christie says parents should be able to choose whether to vaccinate, but look what Obama said in 2008!”

I’m not cutting Obama slack on this one. If he waffled in 2008, he was straight up wrong. Period. Wakefield’s house of cards was collapsing back then. It wouldn’t have taken that much research by his staff to see that.

I’d rather have him running the country than the 2 dozen dipshits the GOP has been serving up since 2007; and I don’t expect Obama to be an expert on immunology; but the long-and-short of it is when you say “Parents should have a choice on vaccination” they’re pandering to the loons.

He’s doing the right thing now and coming down fully on the anti-pandemic side, although the cynic in me thinks part of his thinking is “I’m outta here in less than two years, I’ve got no fucks to give and nothing to lose by embracing reality.”