OT: Tom Daschle selected to head Health and Human Services

[Guest guest]

I'm no political expert, but when I saw this announcement I was

curious about his stance on autism and vaccines, etc.

(Here is announcement:

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/19/1681517.aspx)

I found a quote from Offitt (boy he never stops spinning and

spinning) after the msnbc article. His comment consisted only of a

quote from Daschle (undoubtedly trying to stir people up against

him):

" a quote from Tommy:

As you know, the cloture vote will be held this morning, and Senator

Lieberman and I filed an amendment yesterday that deals with all of

the egregious special interest provisions. There is a provision, as

you may know, that provides liability protection for pharmaceutical

companies that actually make mercury-based vaccine preservatives

that actually have caused autism in children. It wipes out all of

the litigation. "

The quote is from Daschle's remark about the the Homeland Security

Bill back in 2002 that included a rider to exonerate Eli Lily from

litigation from vaccine injury. Here's the link to his quote and

other's rsponding:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/july-dec02/security_11-

15.html

(If you didn't know that, yes, it is shocking. It was removed later.)

It is remarkable that Daschle went on public record saying that

mercury causes autism. This was back in 2002 and perhaps he's

had " scientific studies " presented to him that have changed his

mind, but hopefully he has realized how flawed they have been and

will have an open mind as he leads this country's health care system.

At least at one point, he was sure enough to connect those dots that

he said so publicly.

I don't know much else about him and don't mean to stir up politics

here, but I thought that was of interest to all on this group.

Best,