He is not. He is also not bulletproof on diverting tax money to businesses as incentive to relocate.
Bingo. Perry is one of the biggest crony capitalist corporate welfare enablers out there using vast amounts of taxpayer dollars to spread his form of love in the name of jobs that fail to materialize. He makes a small time grifter look good by comparison. To characterize Perry as a conservative is a cruel slap in the face to conservatism.