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Halperin, in the tradition of left wing propagandists that represent our reporters these days, tries to get Perry to endorse PP....and Perry turns the interview on it's ear:
"On Morning Joe yesterday, Halperin challenged Perry to more or less endorse Planned Parenthood’s government funding by forcing Perry to acknowledge that they provide at least some valuable services, which seems like a very weird form of damage control coming from a journalist. Shouldn’t reporters ask Planned Parenthood to defend themselves in this manner? Or ask Democrats who want to keep using taxpayer dollars to float Planned Parenthood’s abortion mills?
"Perry starts off with a sop to cancer screenings — which are hardly exclusive to Planned Parenthood — and then deftly turns the tables on Halperin:
"MARK HALPERIN: Governor, I’d like to ask you a couple of questions about Planned Parenthood. There’s a controversy swirling around that you’ve weighed in on. First, I’d like you to say, does Planned Parenthood do anything, provide any services that you think are valuable, and if so what are they, and second, why are you so troubled by this video?”
RICK PERRY: Well, Planned Parenthood does give some services which I would suggest are good for women’s health, but —
HALPERIN: Which ones, Governor? Can you be specific on that?
PERRY: Oh, I think some of the cancer screenings, some of those types of screening are obviously good for women’s health. But when you look at the overall picture of what they do, they are, they’re in a business that people of Texas have a conern about.
And Mark, let me ask you, You looked at that video and you’re good with it?
HALPERIN: I think the video raises a lot of questions and you and others have raised them.
PERRY: It does indeed. And I think you just answered the question for us. Thank you."
"If Perry hadn’t stung Halperin with that response, Halperin would still be demanding that Perry read the entire menu of supposed Planned Parenthood benefits and demanding a discussion on each and every one.
"Nice, indeed."
Perry to Halperin So you re all good with that Planned Parenthood video eh Hot Air
"On Morning Joe yesterday, Halperin challenged Perry to more or less endorse Planned Parenthood’s government funding by forcing Perry to acknowledge that they provide at least some valuable services, which seems like a very weird form of damage control coming from a journalist. Shouldn’t reporters ask Planned Parenthood to defend themselves in this manner? Or ask Democrats who want to keep using taxpayer dollars to float Planned Parenthood’s abortion mills?
"Perry starts off with a sop to cancer screenings — which are hardly exclusive to Planned Parenthood — and then deftly turns the tables on Halperin:
"MARK HALPERIN: Governor, I’d like to ask you a couple of questions about Planned Parenthood. There’s a controversy swirling around that you’ve weighed in on. First, I’d like you to say, does Planned Parenthood do anything, provide any services that you think are valuable, and if so what are they, and second, why are you so troubled by this video?”
RICK PERRY: Well, Planned Parenthood does give some services which I would suggest are good for women’s health, but —
HALPERIN: Which ones, Governor? Can you be specific on that?
PERRY: Oh, I think some of the cancer screenings, some of those types of screening are obviously good for women’s health. But when you look at the overall picture of what they do, they are, they’re in a business that people of Texas have a conern about.
And Mark, let me ask you, You looked at that video and you’re good with it?
HALPERIN: I think the video raises a lot of questions and you and others have raised them.
PERRY: It does indeed. And I think you just answered the question for us. Thank you."
"If Perry hadn’t stung Halperin with that response, Halperin would still be demanding that Perry read the entire menu of supposed Planned Parenthood benefits and demanding a discussion on each and every one.
"Nice, indeed."
Perry to Halperin So you re all good with that Planned Parenthood video eh Hot Air
