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”
Right on. I find it funny that people dislike Perry. Texas is about to become the largest economy in the U.S., which by the way makes the Texas economy bigger than probably 90% of entire countries on the planet. Unemployment is comparatively lower than other states. There is no state income tax, granted this is by no reason of Perry’s, it’s constitutional law in Texas. People complain about property taxes being high and want to blame Perry, but you can look at all 50 states and the overall tax burden in Texas is very low.
Probably the biggest dislike people have of Perry was the Trans Texas Corridor, which got thrown in the trash can after so much uproar, mainly about using eminent domain laws to built a massive highway from Mexico across Texas and eventually to Canada. I can’t say it was a great idea, but it’s not like Perry is out there trying to continually defend it like Romney does with his commy-care law.
In short, there isn’t a lot that Obama or anyone else could criticize Perry on. Oh and by the way, Texas just became the first state in probably 50 years to actually CUT spending. Not reduce the rate of growth, but actually spend less than they spent last year.
Palinistas, better learn to like Perry as he has a great shot at being her VP candidate. By the way, I will be voting Palin over Perry if both run, but I like both.
Your point is well taken. I don’t have any problem with Perry at all at this point. I still have alot to learn about him, I’m nowhere near up to speed. I’ve read both positive and negative. I’ll keep an open mind as I learn more.
I do like the fact that he is the Governor of a large, successful state. I get the impression that his pro-life and pro-2nd Amendment credentials are solid as well as his support of DOMA and his opposition to embryonic stem cell research.