Posted on 08/24/2011 2:42:54 AM PDT by Zakeet
What Rick Perry has achieved in his inaugural strut on the political stage is unprecedented in the annals of modern conservative history from Barry Goldwater to Sarah Palin. It is not just that the Texas governor has dominated the news cycle, overshadowed the Iowa Straw Poll, vaulted over every GOP contender except Mitt Romney in the national polls, and reduced Karl Rove to sputtering frustration. All that is admittedly impressive for a first-time candidate whose name was familiar to only half of Republican voters just a few weeks ago.
But what sets Perry apart and earns him his niche in the far right corner of Mount Rushmore has nothing to do with the gyrations of the 2012 campaign. Indeed, Perry is not only a presidential candidate, but also a cowboy-booted sociological experiment. It is almost as if Perry’s political persona was constructed by bundling together all the fears and phantoms in the left-wing anxiety closet. Since the hysteria of the 1950s Red Scare, no Republican figure has matched Perry in his God-given ability to give liberals the heebie-jeebies. Others can rival the governor’s disdain for academic achievement (Palin), his cross-on-the-sleeve religiosity (Michele Bachmann and Mike Huckabee), and his antipathy to Social Security and Medicare (Paul Ryan and Barry Goldwater). But never before has a top-tier presidential candidate embodied the whole lethal package—and more:
(Excerpt) Read more at tnr.com ...
You know, the more I find out about the guy, the more I like him ...
There were other candidates who Libs both hated and feared. Reagan and Bush. That’s because Libs knew they could win.
And, it doesn’t hurt that he looks like Reagan. I like him, too. He is a real man and he seems to understand what is going on in this nation. Anyone who doesn’t bow before the false God of Political Correctness gets my attention right away.
Bump!!
So how does Rick Perry get away with it? (people are laughing at him)
And some seem to forget, when they rail about his Democrat past, that Reagan also started as a Democrat and turned out to be a Gem. Theres something about the truly reformed that sometimes transcends the "always was".
Example: Writer dismisses out of hand the very idea of repeal of the 16th and 17th Amendments, both of which were building blocks for the so-called "New" Republic. I believe that discussion needs to be conducted.
Obama doesn't want "Huckleberry Perry."
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Perry has gotten more negative press in one week than Romney has in one year.
It’s all you need to know.
You’re mixing your metaphor characters but it is a good one. Hope Doc Perry sweats HuckleBarry and we get to watch. Then, pop! And Doc just lights up and walks away.
I almost want to vote for him just to spite TNR.
Any Republican who gives Walter Shapiro the heebie-jeebies especially on gun rights, can’t be all bad.
BTW, they’re already quasi-praising George W as an intellectual moderate compared to “cowboy” Perry.
That “cowboy” epithet really hurt Ronald Reagan, didn’t it?
And watch for “Perry hates black people and wants to blow up the world!” next. That sure worked for Jimmah Carter.
Thanks!
“I’m your huckleberry.”
I see Perry as the Right’s “huckleberry” as in, “the one we’re looking for.”
So I took that to mean, Perry isn’t what Barry is looking for.
I imagine I’ve really mixed it up now!
LOL
Help!
Hmmmmm...I’d bet that Perry can write a better sentence in English than you. Lol...
Something I’m sure you would NEVER do.....
Never, unless someone starts it. Now back off and comment on the articles, that is the rules.
>>> Perry has gotten more negative press in one week than Romney has in one year. It’s all you need to know.
But most of the people spreading it seem to be partisans of the candidate they thought to have a divine right to be “undefeated” for the nomination. That says something too.
With a little Paulist mischief making thrown in out or habit.
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