Ryan A. Radcliff
St. Pete Times
September 14th, 2011
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It is that time again – the time where a new group of probable candidates try their hand and try to swing people's vote to their favor for the upcoming presidential election. The group of people travel all over the U.S. to spread what they hope turns people's views of them into positive votes in next year's election. This past week had those individuals come to Tampa and try to win over some of the locals to their side.
The article being covered talks about Texas governor Rick Perry's botched attempt to revive a mandatory vaccination for early female youths. He wanted to protect the young girls from a potential sexual transmitted disease, but it was turned down due to some people's claim that the vaccine would somehow also push for younger people to be more promiscuous.
I for one see no problem with making this vaccine mandatory unless it has been deemed unsafe for use. If there are no side effects then I agree with Gov. Perry. However, he should have known better then to pursue an issue that has been rejected three prior times in Florida. He will win over no one with that sort of campaign ideology. In order to win this presidential election, politicians need to understand each area and learn what to say and not to say in every location you travel to. Each community thinks and reacts differently.
Personally I do not like Rick Perry, and I hope the media and the general public does not fall for this man's schemes and lies. He has already retracted his proposal to make these STD vaccines mandatory. I am concerned about what other topics he is willing to flip-flop on. It's these men with silver tongues that seem to win over the popular votes in the elections. They know how to sway the mass audiences to their sides. I am just not sold on most of them from what I have seen and read.
The idea seems to have some merit, but the approach was off. The Rick Perrys and Mitt Romneys of the world are just another wave of politicians that Tampa will see come and go with many changes and reforms they plan to administer. With the presidential election looming over us like an ominous dark cloud, we cannot help the surge of these politicians as the make their way across the U.S. It is only a matter of time before we have all these names shoved down our throats and we are forced to make a decision. The question is, will we make the right one?
