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Why Is Rick Perry Broke? His 2012 Donors Prefer Ted Cruz.
National Journal ^ | August 13, 2015 | Scott Bland, Stephanie Stamm and Andrew McGill

Posted on 08/13/2015 8:30:12 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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I'd like to see the 2008 and 2012 Ron Paul conversions to Ted Cruz, as well.
1 posted on 08/13/2015 8:30:12 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Because as an ex-governor he has no power to make anyone’s new vaccine mandatory.


2 posted on 08/13/2015 8:31:50 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Serves his right for backing Dewherst in the Senate race rather than Cruz.


3 posted on 08/13/2015 8:32:14 AM PDT by Catsrus (a and)
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I’m not a big Ted Cruz fan (though I could become one). But Perry is simply a weak candidate. I can’t see him surviving the early primaries.


4 posted on 08/13/2015 8:32:19 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (Dedicated to good behavior after an extended absence.)
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I guess it’s because his former supporters just don’t have a heart.


5 posted on 08/13/2015 8:34:13 AM PDT by Gaffer
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Here’s why: Conservatives see Ted Cruz as a younger version of Ronald Reagan. It’s not a coincidence that Cruz’s first public rally was at an Evangelical university.


6 posted on 08/13/2015 8:35:17 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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Kind of feel bad for Rick Perry. He looks the part, as did Romney, I guess. But he doesn’t have the intellect, which sounds funny because most pols are not very smart at all.


7 posted on 08/13/2015 8:35:24 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (This space for rent.)
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Those are some mighty expensive smart glasses.


8 posted on 08/13/2015 8:36:05 AM PDT by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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Yowza!


9 posted on 08/13/2015 8:37:52 AM PDT by erod (Chicago Conservative | Cruz or Lose!)
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Save a Pretzel For the Gas Jets


10 posted on 08/13/2015 8:38:22 AM PDT by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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Rick Perry was a good governor of Texas two terms and likely would have been elected had he chosen to run for a third term, which no one has done ... previously (run for a third term as Governor).
So potentially He has a good record.


11 posted on 08/13/2015 8:44:37 AM PDT by geologist
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Maybe they know that he did a terrible job on the border.

Or that he brought imams into TX schools to teach Islam to kids.

Or that he has attended Bilderberg meetings.

Or that TX debt more than doubled under Perry.

Or that he supported the Trans-Texas highway corridor.

Or that in 1988, he supported Al Gore for president. He was Gore's TX campaign chairman.

Or that he issued an EO that every schoolgirl in TX had to be injected with Gardasil. TX lawmakers had to block this order.

Perry is a phony and NOT a conservative. Brad Thor should be ashamed for endorsing him so ardently.

12 posted on 08/13/2015 8:47:04 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (The night is far spent, the day is at hand.- Romans 13:12)
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LOL I remember that one.

The Donald Trump bad lip reading should be epic.


13 posted on 08/13/2015 8:48:18 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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This article, written by Capt. Obvious himself, is spot on. :-)


15 posted on 08/13/2015 8:55:55 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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>> Perry needs to drop along with the rest of the RINOs including Trump.

Perry and most of the rest of the field need to drop out soon — one after another.

Trump needs to stay in the game, blocking for Ted Cruz, who has the conservative ball and will cross the finish line for the win. :-)


16 posted on 08/13/2015 8:58:47 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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I’m not a big Ted Cruz fan (though I could become one).

Which conservative candidate(s) do you support financially?
18 posted on 08/13/2015 9:08:48 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: TADSLOS

HA!


19 posted on 08/13/2015 9:10:17 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Beware the Wisconsin Weasel - GOPe Plan B)
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Why did he even run? By the time he announced he had nothing new to offer.


20 posted on 08/13/2015 9:12:10 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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