Thanks Bob, I’ve just in the last couple of days starting paying attention to the Perry chatter. One thing that really stands out is the number of Texas freepers who don’t like him, I mean REALLY DON’T LIKE HIM.
I will say one thing: Jesus Christ is coming back... nobody knows when... let’s assume, for argument sake, he is among us now. With over 6 billion people in this world, and I can only rule out myself, chances are he is not going to be one of the about 8 people running for POTUS in 2012. My point is, some of you seem to be hoping for some kind of savior, but we are about 99.999999% likely to have to unite behind” acceptable”. Perry might fit the bill. Worth hearing out if nothing else. I am a Virginia guy and have the exact same opinions of Bob McDonnell as these Texas folks have of Perry. They are all politicians. Either are preferable to Zero... neither are “ great”
Okie01’s summary is spot on. We have to watch Rick Perry like a hawk. There are pros and cons to him.
We Texans tend to focus on the cons because, as okie10 said, Texas should be a conservative utopia by now. However, to non-Texans, Texas IS a utopia. That’s why our population is exploding, our housing market hasn’t taken as much of a hit as the rest of the country, and over half of all the jobs created in the country were in Texas because businesses are moving here left and right.
Conservatives in Texas are somewhat spoiled compared to the rest of the country. We’re used to mostly getting our way. We have a right-to-work state, no income tax, a legislature that meets every other year for 140 days, and a decent economy in a significant national recession.
Perry has done a few things to tick us off. But the flip side of that is that we were able to stop or reverse those things. He does what his constituents tell him. And that’s a good thing, IMO.
I’ll point out one small leadership quality that no one has mentioned, Rick Perry has excellent emergency management skills.
Okie01’s summary is spot on. We have to watch Rick Perry like a hawk. There are pros and cons to him.
We Texans tend to focus on the cons because, as okie10 said, Texas should be a conservative utopia by now. However, to non-Texans, Texas IS a utopia. That’s why our population is exploding, our housing market hasn’t taken as much of a hit as the rest of the country, and over half of all the jobs created in the country were in Texas because businesses are moving here left and right.
Conservatives in Texas are somewhat spoiled compared to the rest of the country. We’re used to mostly getting our way. We have a right-to-work state, no income tax, a legislature that meets every other year for 140 days, and a decent economy in a significant national recession.
Perry has done a few things to tick us off. But the flip side of that is that we were able to stop or reverse those things. He does what his constituents tell him. And that’s a good thing, IMO.
I’ll point out one small leadership quality that no one has mentioned, Rick Perry has excellent emergency management skills.