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Posted on 08/14/2011 3:09:33 PM PDT by MaxCUA
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.
Allegra, we owe it to Sarah Palin to consistently point out the people who are saying their Rosary to Sarah and how much they are turning regular conservatives off.
Sorry, I can't agree with your assessment. Obvious to you and a few other FReepers maybe, but I have no reason to think Sarah's commitment to informing people of her positive views of our wonderful Country is anything but heartfelt.
She is espousing her beliefs, not stringing people along. Using the term “attention whore” to describe Sarah Palin is simply ridiculous IMHO. Her decision to get into the race is not something to be taken lightly. She has been under the microscope from the moment she walked onto the stage.
I love the Sarah Palin ulterior motive conspiracy theories being spread far and wide, whether from Liberals, Progressives or some so called Conservatives.
>>And I’ve noticed that it’s turning some people off of her.<<
>Sadly, that is true. I have a lurker friend who was considering Palin but got turned off by some of the comments.<
I agree it is happening, especially when people get absolutely rabid about her like Paulbots or Obots. They get nasty, belittling and insulting. Then it becomes if they cant have Sarah they will take 4 more years of Obama with a write in.
Major turn off.
Yes. Sept. 3rd. Sorry. I forgot to mention that...
Aside from promising Bob and Mark in Alaska that she will tell them first (and she will keep her promise) September 3 is keeping with *Come September* and that TEA Party Rally sounds perfect!
Woo-Hoo!
Thanks again!
But none of the others have.....................yet!
Keep the faith!
Like I said before, your ignorance is stunning! But you’re not alone in your confusion on this issue, and I have been trying to educate people for over three years now.
Barak Obama is a usurper in the White House. The truth will come out publicly and then the SHTF!
Natural born citizen is ONLY an eligibility requirement to be President per the U.S.Constitution. It is NOT a type of citizenship.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has a web page that explains the types of statutory citizenship, (I am including it here if you don’t know what they are).
‘Natural born citizen’ is not listed among them, as it is not a type of citizenship.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=a2ec6811264a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=a2ec6811264a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD
Neither Senator Barak H.Obama II nor Senator John S.McCain are natural born citizens. Both received very large donations from George Soros, who wants to destroy the United States by undoing the U.S.Constitution.
When a person is passionate about a candidate for an office, it is difficult to realize that they do not meet the eligibility requirements.
There have been instances where candidates were removed from ballots due to their ineligibility. However, political parties no long have respect for the law or any kind of integrity. The nation is truly on a knife’s edge without legal clarity.
I think no.
Exactly.
Makes me wonder about those who get their knickers all twisted up when we try to point this out. ;-)
Nope, she’s not going to run ...
>I think she likes playing ‘kingmaker’ by using her endorsement powers. She’s having fun and, as many Palin supporters on FR have pointed out, she’s getting too much enjoyment out of sticking it in the liberals’ eyes doing it this way.<
And she is excellent in that respect. She can rally people and endorse candidates perhaps pulling them across the finish line. TEA party people trust her and she can unite them to endorse other candidates and get them elected in many close races.
She said before she woudl run if there was no one who could beat obama. But with his numbers the way that they are, the way that the economy is going. It seems pretty clear that a straightforward campaign showing Obama’s failures and offering a solid no BS plan can get a muppet elected at this point.
She knows that she can toss her political starpower behind the GOP candidate and help in that respect. I think that she only wants what is best for the country and her family. I am guessing that after being dragged into court so many times over frivolous stuff she understands that the same thing would happen as president. Her time would be consumed with BS instead of running the country. Not to mention dragging her family through all that again times 100.
Palin has zero chance of getting independents and blue collar white Democrats from Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Bachmann would do better with Independents in those states.
Not if you put a gun to my head!!!!
>>“I’ve noticed that it’s turning some people off of her.”<<
>Did you also notice, in reviewing her record, how good Palin is at bringing attention to corruption, and turning in the bad guys?
Did you notice how good she was, as Governor, at managing debt and allowing jobs to be created?
Did you notice how good Palin is, unlike almost all politicians, at keeping her promises?
Did you notice these qualities are what we need in a President in order to address the problems in our nation’s government?<
Did you notice that she left because the time she was left defending her self over frivolous bs was taking away from doing what she set out to do?
Why in the world do you think that would change if she accepted a position that would be an even greater target?
She would be a lightening rod for that stuff and she knows it. It would seriously erode her ability to govern. She knows that and I don;t think she is that selfish or politically motivated to put her desires of being president over the country’s needs.
Mitts, Perry Palin.....the rest are just wasting there time...Looks like Palin/Perry or
Perry/Palin....hell anybody but OBAMA...
I've heard many of her speeches, have read Going Rogue and read her columns on Facebook.
I see a lot of her spots on FNC.
I am capable of comprehending these things and drawing my own conclusions.
The tone and implications of your post were contrary to this and somewhat condescending, IMO.
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