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NPR: Women... Fill Rick Perry's FB Wall w/ Mock Questions

OK, 'fess up.  Which of you have strayed over there to leave him some gems? Stick out tongue

Women Continue To Fill Rick Perry's Facebook Wall With Mock Questions

 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/03/21/149056892/women-continue-to-fill-rick-perrys-facebook-wall-with-mock-questions?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Here's the first of more than 5,600 comments we saw this morning when we went to Texas Gov. Rick Perry's Facebook page and opened up a post on his wall thanking those who supported his bid for the Republican presidential nomination:

"Governor Perry, I am experiencing mid-cycle cramping. Is this a punishment from god for not getting pregnant this month?"

That question seems to have since disappeared, but the message gives you a sense of what's been happening for several days on Perry's Facebook wall. As The Washington Post's She The People blog says, many women are "facetiously seeking advice on their menstrual periods" from the governor, "since he's styled himself as an expert on women's health."

And it's an organized protest over Perry's desire to cut government funds that go to Planned Parenthood.

Perry spokeswoman Catherine Frazier tells the Dallas Morning News that "there is no place for such inappropriate comments, which do nothing to advance the important discussion about issues surrounding the Women's Health Program. It's clear many of these individuals are basing their remarks on something other than the facts ? Gov. Perry is proud of his efforts to keep this program going with or without the federal government."

 

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Re: NPR: Women... Fill Rick Perry's FB Wall w/ Mock Questions

  • It's funny because it's true that him and other politicians (especially right wing) want less government and want government out of our lives as much as possible, yet they want to dictate who, what, when, and why women can have sex and have children.

    There obviously is a place for such ridiculous comments because alot of people think his and others' policies are ridiculous.

    I'm from Texas and know plenty of people that this issue (federal funds being pulled from the women's state funded healthcare program) are going to affect. It's completely obsurd that Perry has been able to accomplish this and in turn negatively affect thousands of women and their families.

    Facebook is a pretty casual form of communication, so I think it's stupid that they would censor what comments go on their wall (aside from obscene or extremist comments or something). They should let people see what his constituents have to say whether they agree or not.

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