President Obama’s 2008 Vaccine Remarks In FULL Context
“We’ve seen just a skyrocketing autism rate. Some people are suspicious that it’s connected to the vaccines. This person included. The science right now is inconclusive, but we have to research it.”
–Barack Obama, Pennsylvania Rally, April 21, 2008.
They later corrected (or “updated”) their story to note what is obvious from even the out-of-context video that Morning Joe used, which is that he was referring to someone in the crowd when he said “This person included.”
Same quote, but even in this clipped form, it’s pretty clear that Obama, and a good portion of the crowd, regard the anti-vaxxer’s skepticism with their own skepticism, but the full context of the quote makes clear that when the future president says “the science is inconclusive,” he means the science that connects vaccines and autism, not the science that says vaccines are safe…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
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Larry Schmitt February 3rd, 2015 at 19:26
Science deniers, no matter what the subject is, can’t be convinced with science. They just keep on denying.
Suzanne McFly February 3rd, 2015 at 20:15
But I bet they fully believe in the exercise of using a groundhog to determine for 6 more weeks of winter.
Larry Schmitt February 3rd, 2015 at 20:26
Science deniers, no matter what the subject is, can’t be convinced with science. They just keep on denying.
Suzanne McFly February 3rd, 2015 at 21:15
But I bet they fully believe in the exercise of using a groundhog to determine for 6 more weeks of winter.
Mike February 3rd, 2015 at 20:13
Not sure what the issue is…Obama is 100% pro vaccination and has stated that publicly. End of story.
Mike February 3rd, 2015 at 21:13
Not sure what the issue is…Obama is 100% pro vaccination and has stated that publicly. End of story.
Mobi February 4th, 2015 at 02:42
Regardless on your opinion regarding vaccines, I know for a fact you likely do not know these FACTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e5KjT7jOLk AND Yes Mr. President, autism rates are now 1 in 50. They were 1 in 5000 just back in the 1970’s. They continue to rise every year. If they continue this way, we will have almost every child born this way, and NO ONE CARES? This is total bullcrap, sorry, total bullcrap! WAKE UP!
Mobi February 4th, 2015 at 03:42
Regardless on your opinion regarding vaccines, I know for a fact you likely do not know these FACTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e5KjT7jOLk AND Yes Mr. President, autism rates are now 1 in 50. They were 1 in 5000 just back in the 1970’s. They continue to rise every year. If they continue this way, we will have almost every child born this way, and NO ONE CARES? This is total bullcrap, sorry, total bullcrap! WAKE UP!