Solyndra, Rush's Crony Republicans vs Ron Paul

A caller called Rush's show today and asked,

CALLER:  On this Solyndra deal, when General Motors went through bankruptcy, the Obama administration totally disregarded the concerns of the bondholders of the investors, and at one point I believe Obama even warned them against being greedy.  Yet when Solyndra was in financial trouble the Obama administration restructured their loan with special consideration given to the investors.  Why the difference?

RUSH:  Well, what do you think?

CALLER:  I guess they bundled money for him and GM didn't.

So Rush responds with what we all should agree. This is crony capitalism.

RUSH:  Exactly right.  But it's even worse than that.  You know, I think it's worse than crony capitalism what's going on here because I will never be able to prove this.  Five hundred and twenty three million, half a billion dollars goes to a company that has no business.  There is no solar panel business.  Now, I would think $523 billion, I could find a way to at least break even here.  Five hundred twenty-three million.  Million, billion, what the hell difference does it make?  But we'll stick with million.  I could find a way to break even with this, to at least break even.  This bunch goes bankrupt in a few short years.  

Now, nothing can be proven but I will never be shocked if it were ever established that some of that money ended back up in Obama's campaign war chest or the Democrat Party's war chest or what have you.

Ok, fair enough. Obama and the Democrats are picking winners and losers and trying to control the market all the while lining their campaign pockets. Yet Rush then goes on to campaign for the crony capitalist Gov. Perry (which you may temporarily read here) in which he basically argues that we must "stay focused" on what matters. We must defeat the Democrats.

But as Michelle Malkin reported on TownHall.com,

In February 2007, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed a shocking executive order forcing every sixth-grade girl to submit to a three-jab regimen of the Gardasil vaccine. He also forced state health officials to make the vaccine available "free" to girls ages 9 to 18. The drug, promoted by manufacturer Merck as an effective shield against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) and genital warts, as well as cervical cancer, had only been approved by the Food and Drug Administration eight months prior to Perry's edict

Now we have to ask, "why?" Keep in mind, these vaccinations were to be made free to girls ages 9 to 18. According to Real Clear politics,

Merck immediately mounted a massive lobbying effort of state legislatures around the country to get Gardasil added to their respective lists of state-mandated vaccines.

Hmmm, so let's get this straight. Merck lobbys state legislatures. Texas, at this point anyway, didn't pass any legislation mandating the vaccinations. So the Almighty Texas Governor Perry circumvents the legislative process and by kingly fiat does it anyway. So what would cause a politician to do that? Chicagonow reported,

Apparently, Perry’s attempt to minimize Bachmann’s “crony capitalism” innuendo also led to a less than accurate representation according to Texas Ethics Commission filings which indicates he had received $28,500 in campaign contributions from Merck’s political action committee since 2001, not the mere $5,000 he acknowledged.

The article, for all of its emotional defense of Perry, admits the high cost to tax payers that Merck gets to pocket.

The Merck vaccine "Gardasil", is also controversial because of its price--$360 for the three doses required over a six month stretch.

And also states a very revealing conflict of interest if ever there was one.

Recently, Toomey [Perry's former chief of staff] co-founded a “super” political action committee that is expected to wage an expensive independent expenditure effort on Perry’s behalf in the 2012 presidential campaign.

So in conclusion, what difference does it make if the crony capitalism comes from the Left or the Right? So I agree with Rush. Let's concentrate on what really matters. We no longer need to vote for crony capitalists whether they be Left or Right, Liberal or Conservative. This is one more reason we must take the opportunity to vote for Ron Paul, the only true to the core candidate for Liberty of this Presidential race.