Rick Perry: The Democrat Years

Texas Tribune ^ | 7-14-11 | Jay Root

[OrangeHoof]

see also: Barack Obama: The Communist Years.

This one hasn’t been completed yet.

[ken21]

i lived in austin for a bit more than a year.

many republicans perry’s age or older were democrats.

they flipped during comrades hillary and bill’s regime.

[org.whodat]

Algore has always been a flaming liberal, he only gave lip service to a little conservative leaning to keep his senate seat.

http://escapetyranny.com/2011/08/15/why-rick-perry-supported-al-gore-for-prez-in-1988-huh/

[org.whodat]

http://escapetyranny.com/2011/08/15/why-rick-perry-supported-al-gore-for-prez-in-1988-huh/

[Huck]

Reagan voted for FDR all 4 times.

[org.whodat]

Yes and he was anti nuclear power. So what in the hell does Reagan positions have to do with 2011.

[Chuzzlewit]

sure seems like this is just one more of orchestrated anti-Perry threads, from either the RP camp, or DU...

this man Perry scares the living daylights out of these folks, because they know that he will kick the heck out of this President, when it comes to the general.

[Tempest]

He’s about as Republican as you can get?!

Are you using Juan McCain to set the bar?

[Roninf5-1]

Gov. Rick Perry, a no-apologies conservative known for slashing government spending and opposing all tax increases, is about as Republican as you can get.

Bwahahah. Actually, Perry fits right in with the big government loving, deficit spending, pro-Amnesty, Globalist Republican Party that nominates Juan McLame for President and has the likes of Crybaby Boehner and Mitch McConnell as "leaders".

[Huck]

It has to do with being rational and measuring things against reality rather than fantasy.

[org.whodat]

Had to be using Juan are gramnesty one, all three are open border pushers.

[bboop]

I used to be a liberal, too. The converts really understand what they have chosen and what they have left behind. This is the first thing I have read about Perry that makes me like him a bit more.

[Arrowhead1952]

The swing state that had voted for Democrats in four of the previous five presidential elections turned into a deep red one that has chosen Republicans for president eight straight times and does not have a single Democratic statewide elected official.

"Ronald Reagan gets a heck of a lot of credit for that," says James A. Baker III, who ran the rival presidential campaigns of Ford in 1976 and George H.W. Bush in 1980 and later served as Reagan's White House chief of staff and Treasury secretary. "The whole shape and nature of the state changed."

Read more at The Texas Reagan Revolution

Anyone who thinks Texas is still a swing state is not well informed.

[Lou Budvis]

Let’s also not forget that Gore wanted to run against Mr. country-club RINO was-for-abortion-rights-before-he-was-against-them George “voodoo economics” Bush.

[Arrowhead1952]

they flipped during comrades hillary and bill’s regime.

Most people in Texas were democrats back in the 70s and 80s. I learned when the peanut farmer [yes, I voted for him because I grew up on a farm] was the POTUS, and what he did to the military. It wasn't good for us.

[org.whodat]

Fantasy is using that 8 ball thing to determine what Reagan would think are do, but he was for individuality. Which means measuring each person on their own merits. Reagan is no mans yard stick and he would have objected to that based on individuality.

[Sudetenland]

Ooh! Snappy comeback. /rolleyes

Got any FACTS, or just more ignorant parroted lies?

[Lou Budvis]

Same with me. Right now I’m 50/50 Perry/Bachman leaning Perry only because I think he’s got a better chance. If SP jumped in, I’d support her. If Ryan jumped in, I’d support him over the other 3. He’s the one candidate who will for sure put the clown suit on 0bama during the debates.

[Elendur]

thank you for taking the time, to actually look up the actual facts in #19.
Sadly, many people here, seem to think name-calling is just as good...