Rick Perry will reportedly ‘make clear’ he’s running for president on Saturday
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Camper
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I think he'd have a good chance of winning the nomination but in the general, you're right; he'd have his work cut out for him..For one thing, he's from a state that's going to go Republican regardless of which candidate emerges as the nominee. Thus, he's not going to bring any key swing or light blue states into serious play.
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Tennesseahawk
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Rubio would be a good choice. Christy might be good; altho we wouldn't get his state.
But how is Perry? Is he a flip-flopper like W? Do you think he'd cave to the Dems?
But how is Perry? Is he a flip-flopper like W? Do you think he'd cave to the Dems?
No he won't, because he's the anti-Obama. The evangelicals love him and the conservative base will rally around him because he'll probably turn out to be their best alternative. Don't think for a minute that this giant prayer rally wasn't carefully orchestrated and timed to be a springboard for his candidacy. Also, don't underestimate the voting power of the evangelicals - their numbers are HUGE. Just for the record, I don't agree with a lot of the evangelicals' positions and mixing religion with politics makes me very uncomfortable; watching some of the clips of Perry's prayer circus made me think of Pat Robertson. After watching those videos I also caught some of the speech by Obama yesterday blaming his economic failures on Bush, acts of God, the dog that ate his homework and everybody else but himself and his party. After he finished the Dow dropped another 200 points.
The truth about Obama is becoming clearer every day and his record gets worse by the hour. Compare that picture of failure and incompetence with Perry's record in TX and the choice couldn't be more clear. Don't believe this garbage in the MSM about his invincability; the general public is becoming more aware of his lousy record, and the hardcore liberals are just as fed up with him as the conservatives, but for different reasons. Obama is a loser, pure and simple.
Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
W had a good record in TX as well. That and $3 will buy you a cup of coffee. I want to know if he will uphold the Constitution!
Camper
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Plus he was the Lt. Governor under Bush, so that would give me pause. Still, He's better than Romney and the rest of the mainstream candidates which doesn't say much. Back to the drawing board we go.
AMonger
Veteran Expediter
Here's the answer for that. Rick Perry signed into law a bill mandating injections of Gardasil for young girls, an injection that most won't need, of a drug with serious known side effects and several conjectured ones, and the real purpose of which was to enrich the pharmaceutical companies.
That disqualifies him forever.
Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
For a state that brags about its liberty, that certainly flew in the face of that notion.
My wife managed the study in Detroit for Gardasil. She said the side effects are minimal. It's a good drug. But that doesn't excuse Perry's dictating tactics.
Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
LOL That's like saying my car gets me down the road better than my Tonka truck. Everyone is stronger on the Constitution than Boy-wonder. Question is, what kind of car is he? Is he a reliable 4x4 who's not afraid to muddy himself up? Or is he a piece of crap Chevy, who's owned by the government and konks out when you need him most?
I'm leary about these Texas politicians, except for Ron Paul. Your governors seem to be all hat and no cattle.
No doubt we'll be hearing a lot more about Rick Perry in the very near future, and this coming enlightenment will no doubt have all his successes and failures outlined in every detail. The gardisil executive order turned out to be a bad decision - he should have at least tried to go through the legislative process instead of doing it on his own. But it might be argued that he was convinced it was the right thing to do, and made the decision to include this vaccine with all the others that are mandatory (depending on the state) for school age children such as mumps, measles, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and polio. At any rate, his decision was overridden by the Texas legislature.
There aren't too many politicians that have a perfect record, and there also aren't too many that have a firm set of beliefs and convictions to which they actually adhere. Perry seems to belong to the latter group. But hey - if you happen to be one of those people that believes these types of medical executive orders are OK, you'll LOVE ObamaCare if The One happens to get re-elected. If it comes to a choice between Perry and BHO it's a pretty easy decision.
There aren't too many politicians that have a perfect record, and there also aren't too many that have a firm set of beliefs and convictions to which they actually adhere. Perry seems to belong to the latter group. But hey - if you happen to be one of those people that believes these types of medical executive orders are OK, you'll LOVE ObamaCare if The One happens to get re-elected. If it comes to a choice between Perry and BHO it's a pretty easy decision.
tbubster
Seasoned Expediter
Might take a while to see what kind of car he is but he did stand up to international pressure/and from the white house to stay the exexution of a child killing illegal last month.Gotta like the guy for thatTo me that shows when he truly belives that something is right then he hill not bow down to the pressure of the world and do whats right for america.What I mean by that is I belive he will put america first.Which is something this country needs very very badly.
To me that shows when he truly belives that something is right then he hill not bow down to the pressure of the world and do whats right for america.What I mean by that is I belive he will put america first.Which is something this country needs very very badly.