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George W. Bush knockoff Rick Perry joins Michele Bachmann among GOP pretenders
NY Daily News ^ | August 15, 2011 | Mike Lupica

Posted on 08/15/2011 5:45:45 PM PDT by americanophile

So here comes the second coming of George W. Bush out of the governor's mansion in Texas, Rick (Dubya) Perry.

Or maybe just call him W2.

Perry is taller, has much better hair, seems to believe he has an even better pipeline to God than Bush did. And he comes out of Paint Creek, Tex., different from the Texas town that gave us Bush, the one we also know as Yale University.

Whether Dubya Perry is holier than Michele Bachmann, the new President of Ames, Iowa, remains to be seen. For now, though, Perry and Bachmann are the headliners of the moment in the Republican Party. Barack Obama must be rooting like crazy for both of them, at the beginning of a campaign where fringe Republicans might do a better job of saving Obama than he can of saving himself.

Perry is the latest guy in the race, announcing Saturday in South Carolina, not throwing his hat into the race as much as his helmet hair. This was the day after Bachmann, who really does think she can out-God Perry and everybody else in the race, wins a straw poll in Iowa with about 4,000 votes, which is a couple of blocks in New York City.

But that was enough for her to immediately be treated like some sort of front-runner on the Sunday morning talk shows. It was like watching the winner of a split-squad game the first week of spring training be declared the favorite to win the World Series.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bush; campaign; lupica; perry; perry2012
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And so it begins. Just as predicted, and discussed here on FR, the "George W. Bush's third term" campaign fires up.


1 posted on 08/15/2011 5:45:51 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: americanophile
Somebody's scared!
2 posted on 08/15/2011 5:47:08 PM PDT by DRey
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To: americanophile

Lupica was a second rate sports writer who is now a third rate political writer. Just like Olbermann.


3 posted on 08/15/2011 5:49:19 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: americanophile

After Nobama, a lot of people wouldn’t mind Bush back.


4 posted on 08/15/2011 5:50:49 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: americanophile; org.whodat; cripplecreek; TADSLOS; BobL; raybbr; truthfreedom; CowboyJay; ...

I see a distinct difference between the two that being, Mr. Open Borders Perry will never be president.


5 posted on 08/15/2011 5:51:44 PM PDT by South40 (Primaries are about choosing a conservative candidate, not settling on a Rove RINO)
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To: americanophile

Ya know, all Texans are exactly the same. Who can tell them apart. Yeee hawww. </sarcasm>


6 posted on 08/15/2011 5:52:19 PM PDT by DManA
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To: mnehring

If the economy continues its plunge, (as I expect it to) on election day Nov 2012 people will be talking about 2008 as the “good old days”.


7 posted on 08/15/2011 5:52:24 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: americanophile
It's called flak -- And can generally only be received when one is directly over the enemy target.
8 posted on 08/15/2011 5:52:50 PM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: americanophile

Well, there’s the New York/California position.


9 posted on 08/15/2011 5:53:10 PM PDT by familyop ("Plan? There ain't no plan!" --Pigkiller, "Beyond Thunderdome")
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To: americanophile

Mike Lupica? Ugh. A real nitwit.


10 posted on 08/15/2011 5:53:52 PM PDT by PaleoBob
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To: americanophile

>>> Mike Lupica

Who really gives a crap what this sportsweasel has to say about anything political let alone sports?


11 posted on 08/15/2011 5:54:00 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Hope & Change - I'm out of hope, and change is all I have left every week | FR Class of 1998 |)
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To: South40

I actually trust Michelle Bachmann. I once trusted Perry but then I started looking closer and saw a whole lot of talk that didn’t match the walk.


12 posted on 08/15/2011 5:54:28 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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To: americanophile

Mike Lupica, isn’t he that “writer” that George Costanza liked?

Regardless, do these libs and dims have no other play in their gamebook?

Haven’t even started the campaign and already they are resorting to insults, name-calling, and the politics of personal destruction.

Hey, Luffa-brain, how did Rick do on the economy in Texas? How’s “your boy” doing at the national level with the economy. Case closed. And I’m no fan of Rick Perry. Yet.


13 posted on 08/15/2011 5:54:35 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: americanophile

I actually think they look and talk alike. Got no problem with it.

If the other 56 states were doing as good as Texas, this would be a different America.

Brang it. I’ll vote for somebody who can pull his pistol out and waste a coyote trying to eat his kid’s dog. A manly man, as opposed to a girly man? Fo sho.


14 posted on 08/15/2011 5:54:38 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. That should be a convenience store, not a Government Agency.)
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To: facedown
Lupica has turned into a bitter, nasty man.

I like Perry a lot, but he is going to have to answer the question of how he differs from Bush in a convincing manner.

If he does that, he is the next President of the United States. If he cannot, he quickly turns into an also-ran.

15 posted on 08/15/2011 5:54:58 PM PDT by comebacknewt (Sheesh. Go away and stay away Newt.)
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To: facedown

Yeah, thought I recognized the name Lupica, from back in my sports page reading days. Must be the Triple-A farm club for political “experts.” WholeeeeeeeeeCow.


16 posted on 08/15/2011 5:55:05 PM PDT by bajabaja (Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
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To: DRey

Yes, that is the sound of a very scared and angry queen.


17 posted on 08/15/2011 5:55:56 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: areukiddingme1

On way they’re the same, both flew fighter jets:

Military service
Service/branch United States Air Force
Years of service 1972–1977
Rank Captain

Wikipedia.


18 posted on 08/15/2011 5:56:13 PM PDT by DManA
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To: facedown

“Lupica was a second rate sports writer who is now a third rate political writer. Just like Olbermann.”

Is he a poof? He certainly sounds like one.


19 posted on 08/15/2011 5:56:59 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: DRey

what a scumbag...accusing Perry & Bachman of acting holier than thou? He should look to the current White House occupant........


20 posted on 08/15/2011 5:56:59 PM PDT by GotMojo
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