Posted on 08/14/2011 3:09:33 PM PDT by MaxCUA
Do you think Sarah Palin will run for President?
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Specific Alaskan ethics laws were used against her. This can’t happen to the Presidency.
Nobody could reach her, practically speaking, in the way they could as Governor of Alaska.
No, you inferred it. Let’s not be paranoid.
Read my post # 129 again.
So you’re saying we should completely ignore Sarah Palin’s record as Governor of Alaska, and prior to that as Commissioner and Mayor?
You’re saying we should abandon the adult way of doing things and act like children, throwing silly names around instead of facts?
I don’t think you would really support this, if you take a careful look at what you’re suggesting.
No thanks. As I said, my comprehension skills are fine and I've seen all I need to see from you this evening. :-)
See my tag line bonehead.
Show a single post where I said any of that or apologize. Do NOT try to put words in my mouth as you haven’t the intelligence.
What I am telling you is to go watch some Paulbots in action and understand that you look no different worshiping at Palin’s feet and it is just as off putting.
If Sarah runs...I don’t think Perry will even carry Texas in the primary. Just sayin...
You’re saying we should abandon the adult way of doing things and act like children, throwing silly names around instead of facts?
Dang, Eaker, I even went and looked at your posts to see where you said that.
I can't find where you said anything that even remotely resembles that.
Did the Mods pull it or is this just that delusional arguing tactic some people use when they can't support a point?
And this example has to do with "worship" exactly how? (and we Cessna 195 owners DO tend to gush about our airplanes even though they smell and leak oil ...and most choose them at the exclusion of all others..but it is still hardly worship which requires losing sight of all negatives...we are aware of its failing and like them anyway...) I don't worship anyone or anything but I like and love many things...
You accusing anyone of idol worship is hilarious. You’re so far up Perry’s butt, you can taste what he had for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Your posting history alone is proof. But keep it up. Can’t wait to see you scramble when the MSM starts vetting your boy.
It’s not worship. It’s respect. I do believe she is the only one who will try to go over the the heads of the DC crowd like Reagan to “Get things Done”. Everyone else gives me the impression that they would just like to be called president.
If you care about this country...ABO is the only way to go...
Perry said he’d invested government resources in cancer cures, adding, “I hate cancer. And this HPV, we were seeing young ladies die at the early age. What we should have done was a program that frankly should have allowed them to opt in, or some type of program like that, but here’s what I learned — when you get too far out in front of the parade they will let you know. And that’s exactly what our legislature did…
Just what we need in the White House... another President who signs a health related law without reading about it first. SIGH...
The following are 14 reasons why Rick Perry would be a really, really bad president....
#1 Rick Perry is a "big government" politician. When Rick Perry became the governor of Texas in 2000, the total spending by the Texas state government was approximately $49 billion. Ten years later it was approximately $90 billion. That is not exactly reducing the size of government.
#2 The debt of the state of Texas is out of control. According to usdebtclock.org, the debt to GDP ratio in Texas is 22.9% and the debt per citizen is $10,645. In California (a total financial basket case), the debt to GDP ratio is just 18.7% and the debt per citizen is only $9932. If Rick Perry runs for president these are numbers he will want to keep well hidden.
#3 The total debt of the Texas government has more than doubled since Rick Perry became governor. So what would the U.S. national debt look like after four (or eight) years of Rick Perry?
#4 Rick Perry has spearheaded the effort to lease roads in Texas to foreign companies, to turn roads that are already free to drive on into toll roads, and to develop the Trans-Texas Corridor which would be part of the planned NAFTA superhighway system. If you really do deep research on this whole Trans-Texas Corridor nonsense you will see why no American should ever cast a single vote for Rick Perry.
#5 Rick Perry claims that he has a "track record" of not raising taxes. That is a false claim. Rick Perry has repeatedly raised taxes and fees while he has been governor. Today, Texans are faced with significantly higher taxes and fees than they were before Rick Perry was elected.
#6 Even with the oil boom in Texas, 23 states have a lower unemployment rate than Texas does.
#7 Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore's campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year.
#8 Between December 2007 and April 2011, weekly wages in the U.S. increased by about 5 percent. In the state of Texas they increased by just 0.6% over that same time period.
#9 Texas now has one of the worst education systems in the nation. The following is from an opinion piece that was actually authored by Barbara Bush earlier this year....
• We rank 36th in the nation in high school graduation rates. An estimated 3.8 million Texans do not have a high school diploma.
• We rank 49th in verbal SAT scores, 47th in literacy and 46th in average math SAT scores.
• We rank 33rd in the nation on teacher salaries.
#10 Rick Perry attended the Bilderberg Group meetings in 2007. Associating himself with that organization should be a red flag for all American voters.
#11 Texas has the highest percentage of workers making minimum wage out of all 50 states.
#12 Rick Perry often gives speeches about illegal immigration, but when you look at the facts, he has been incredibly soft on the issue. If Rick Perry does not plan to secure the border, then he should not be president because illegal immigration is absolutely devastating many areas of the southwest United States.
#13 In 2007, 221,000 residents of Texas were making minimum wage or less. By 2010, that number had risen to 550,000.
#14 Rick Perry actually issued an executive order in 2007 that would have forced almost every single girl in the state of Texas to receive the Gardasil vaccine before entering the sixth grade. Perry would have put parents in a position where they would have had to fill out an application and beg the government not to inject their child with a highly controversial vaccine. Since then, very serious safety issues regarding this vaccine have come to light. Fortunately, lawmakers in Texas blocked what Perry was trying to do. According to Wikipedia, many were troubled when "apparent financial connections between Merck and Perry were reported by news outlets, such as a $6,000 campaign contribution and Merck's hiring of former Perry Chief of Staff Mike Toomey to handle its Texas lobbying work."
Rick Perry has a record that should make all Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and Independents cringe.
He is not the "conservative Republican" that he is trying to claim that he is. He is simply another in a long line of "RINOs" (Republicans in name only).
If Rick Perry becomes president, he will probably be very similar to George W. Bush. He will explode the size of the U.S. government and U.S. government debt, he will find sneaky ways to raise taxes, he will do nothing about the Federal Reserve or corruption in our financial system and he will push the agenda of the globalists at every turn.
Look, the truth is that another four years of Barack Obama would be a complete and total nightmare.
But so would four years of Rick Perry.
America deserves better than the "lesser of two evils".
Unfortunately, the American people have been dead asleep and have been sending incompetents, con men and charlatans to Washington D.C. for decades.
Hopefully things will be different in 2012.
Anyone who automatically uses "worship" to describe like, respect, or love is just being underhanded....
Yes it is.
You ever hear the average Obama “worshiper” admit to any of his many failings? Never. Now THAT’s worship. I have heard many a Palinista complain about her voice...her hair....or a particular speech...or policy...but can’t can’t recall one I thought was a worshiper...
Yes! I totally agree.
W was the "establishment" choice for 2000 even before Dole lost in 1996. It was a topic at the GOP convention in San Diego.
The establishment is running scared and the Bushs famously don't like Perry and tried to primary him with Kay Bailey Hutchinson.
“Guilty conscience? ;-)”
Hardly. I’m certain of this much, though: No one on this forum (so much as I’ve read) has indicated outright, never mind implied, that they *worship* Palin. Some of us have, however, been outspoken about our support for her. It is my opinion, therefore, that you made a judgment of equating &/or defining *support for Palin* as being *worship of Palin.* Of course, you’re entitled to make your judgment, any judgment...just as I am.
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