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Posted on 07/14/2011 7:28:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Don’t expect any Mitch Daniels-like concerns to keep Rick Perry out of the presidential race. In an interview with Janet Mefferd on the Salem Radio Network (owned by Salem Communications, also Hot Air’s parent company), Perry told the audience that his wife is not only enthusiastically supporting the idea of a presidential bid, she’s inspiring it. A former nurse, Anita Perry is “disheartened” about ObamaCare and the government intrusions into health care that have accelerated in this administration. While Perry says that being governor of Texas is “one of the great jobs in the world,” he’s feeling the call to “get out of his comfort zone”:
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
How is that any worse than supporting TARP or oil taxes?
There are no perfect candidates. Reagan wasn't even perfect.
Perry is 90% conservatives with a 90% chance of beating Obama.
What even post something so stupid?
If Perry gets in, Mitt’s pretty much a shoo-in.
If Rick Perry didn’t exist, Romney would have to invent him and find some buddies to finance his run. As soon as Huckabee dropped out, Mitt’s campaign was in pretty deep trouble. He needs a regional spoiler to deny Southern delegates to his nearer competitors. Enter Perry.
Wouldn’t surprise me a bit to see Perry as Romney’s VP pick.
This is laughable. You're doing "dark horse" on a lot of threads but you don't even know how that works -- or what it is -- or consider that it won't even fit in this case -- no matter how much you try to shove that square peg in the round hole.
Tell me how stupid you think I am come mid-March. He’ll have plenty of support in the South, but he’s DOA everywhere else. There aren’t enough votes/delegates to split up between he and Bachmann (or Palin) to beat Mitt. He’s the establishment’s kamikaze pilot.
This not laughable.
The RINO Perry, Rove’s puppet, selected from the DNC,
is Mitt Romney’s Trojan Horse.
Gov. Palin never mandated drugs for an entire population
for her Chief of Staff, like the RINO Perry did for Merck.
Perry is a BIG-Pharma, Rove-linked, RINO. NO SALE.
“If Perry gets in, Mitt’s pretty much a shoo-in.”
So which of the current candidates do you think would beat Mitt if Perry stays out of the race? Who do you think Perry is planning to undercut by splitting the vote?
(I’m assuming from your comment that you believe this is a deliberate attempt to help Mitt by Perry.)
I’ll second that.
I can’t read a Perry article without thinking of Palin. I’m not talking about politics, but MSM spin.
Every article about Palin says she is too late to declare, is teasing people with her indecision, is indecisive, and is just leading people on for publicity.
In articles regarding Perry, there is no such slander of Perry being to late to announce or teasing people with his waiting.
The PDS double-standard from the MSM is just sinister. And then you get the same things picked up by Palin detractors here on FR.
Anything that applies to Perry should apply to Palin. Either neither is late or teasing, or they both are.
It’s dumb contention because Perry will suck the life out of Romney’s campaign and steal those primarily concerned about economic issues from him.
Again, Sarah Palin described Rick Perry as one who “walks the walk of a true conservative”. Is she being truthful, or is she not?
After listening to Perry discuss his decision making process, he has been upfront about the timeline. First, he claims it was never on his radar until his wife started talking about it. Then, as acting Governor, he said he would finish the Special Session before even considering a presidential run. And now that it's over, he is meeting with party fundraisers and grass roots organizers to determine if it is logistically feasible.
Having already been on the Republican presidential ticket in the last election, there is a presumption that Palin would jump in. Since she is currently out of public office, there is nothing stopping her from declaring any time, and start campaigning immediately. She already has a solid support base that could turn into a campaign organization fairly quickly.
The circumstances for both are not comparable. There is still time for both.
I've said before, I believe they are talking to each other. They have a solid working relationship, and have been supportive of each other.
Gov. Palin is NOT a RINO. The RINO Perry is.
From the open border issue to the Gardasil issue
and the rest brought up by concerned FReepers,
the REAL point of what is behind these posts
is the original intent--not what ultimately happened.
RINO Perry's seeming intent has been to
(1) reward his political allies inc. Chief of Staff inc. his Merck employer and
(2) to essentially shove an untested drug into the bodies of
his constituents’ pre-pubescent girls. Girls. So where was Perry's
due diligence? Where was the informed consent?
Is there an iota of evidence that RINO Perry really cared? Most importantly,
what would he do on a national level, if given the power.
Many on this forum are still waiting to hear Gov. Perry
begin to finally address this issue.
The second point is that Perry scored below Krauthammer.
Again.
Sarah Palin describes Rick Perry as one who "walks the walk of a conservative".
Is Mrs Palin speaking truthfully?
This is very easy, as a 'yes' or 'no' answer will suffice.
you again. same issue. again.
crickets
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