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Rick Perry Becomes the 2016 GOP Frontrunner (you have to watch the ad in the story!)
redstate.com ^ | 8/19/14 | Aaron Gardner

Posted on 08/20/2014 6:19:18 AM PDT by cotton1706

Rick Perry has been on a subtle campaign since November of 2012, and he has done it well. The Texas Governor has wooed away companies from multiple states by showing off the energetic business environment, he has engaged in national political discussions through videos, social media, and op-eds, and he has kept his name, and more importantly, the record of the state he governs, in the news.

But now we have the news of two criminal indictments.

Leading Conservatives Gather For Republican Leadership Conference In New OrleansThis indictment is filled with the distilled essence of progressive projection. An out of control county DA gets drunk and makes a decision to drive, then she is caught and arrested. This DA, who was found to be intoxicated three times the legal limit, attempted to use her title to not only coerce the police to let her go, but to threaten the police for locking her drunk ass up.

Coercion and threats of retribution. That’s what the DA who is at the center of this case did. That is what the Travis County DA is charging Perry with.

How perfectly Orwellian this all is.

I know some are worried that the indictment of Governor Perry, and the subsequent mug shot, will be the stumbling block that preemptively ends his bid for 2016, but I am not convinced.

This indictment plays to Perry’s strengths, not only his serious retail politics skills, which this will allow him to display, but also a naturally conservative but truly populist opinion that some drunk shouldn’t be in charge of jack, especially when drawing a salary from the taxpayers.

I can imagine Perry defending himself on the campaign trail, but I really don’t have to, RickPAC already has an ad up that lays out the case pretty well.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016gopprimary; elections; perry2016; rickperry
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To: txhurl

Yes I agree with this article. The current situation is going to turn Rick Perry into a rock star. Every talk show will be wanting him on and its going to add up to a lot of free national facetime with the public.

I’m sorry I bought into the RINO carpola early in the 2012 race. Everyone who is calling Perry a RINO needs to read his book. He’s a states righter and he does want smaller govt. If we don’t significantly reduce the size of the Bureacracy we will never rid ourselves of the progressives and this police state that has been erected.


21 posted on 08/20/2014 7:05:18 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: don-o

a guy can dream :)


22 posted on 08/20/2014 7:13:28 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: cotton1706

We’ll see. I wonder if they’ve asked Tom DeLay how well it worked for him?


23 posted on 08/20/2014 7:14:46 AM PDT by dware (3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Rick Perry into a rock star

We can hope, however, it didn't work for DeLay. I don't think this will work out different for Perry.

24 posted on 08/20/2014 7:15:43 AM PDT by dware (3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
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To: dware

I would say its already working actually. People were lined up outside the police dept yesterday cheering Perry as he went in. He is never going to be convicted of anything and the charges will probably just be thrown out. He can campaign on this for 2 years.


25 posted on 08/20/2014 7:19:22 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: cotton1706

Peering in from afar (Georgia), I see Perry as one of the only prospective GOP candidates who is bravely and openly walking his talk, and fighting the fight. From his fantastically prosperous state, to the border situation, to going against King Obama, he’s the fighter we need leading the way.

Debating isn’t leading. Obama is supposed to have been the “great orator”, but without his TelePrompTer, he’s just a disconnected series of “uh’ s and ahh’s”. And, Obama just talks, and never does anything...legal.

I sure don’t want Jeb, or Christie.


26 posted on 08/20/2014 7:19:53 AM PDT by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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To: cotton1706

I’m all in.


27 posted on 08/20/2014 7:25:02 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: Sacajaweau
He has the same speaking problem as myself...too much on his mind.

Wasn't Perry on medication for back problems during the last campaign? That would offer some explanation for his vapor-lock during a couple debates. Having been through nasty lower-back problems and muscle spasms, I know first-hand the brain's sharpness diminishes with the pain meds that are needed to lessen the agony.

28 posted on 08/20/2014 7:33:25 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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To: Georgia Girl 2
He can campaign on this for 2 years.

I agree. Once this mess is deep in the rear-view mirror, part of his message could be legal reforms, to lessen the possibility of political hackery at the prosecution level.

29 posted on 08/20/2014 7:36:03 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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To: ScottinVA

My other fear is that Mitt will get in the 2016 race. If so I think Rick Perry and Ted Cruz are the only other people who could take votes from Mitt. We need to keep that in mind.


30 posted on 08/20/2014 7:44:03 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: cotton1706

31 posted on 08/20/2014 8:08:06 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Sacajaweau

You don’t live in TX or you’d be looking elsewhere for a candidate. The first and foremost reason he’s stepping down from gov is because he knows TX has had our fill of his lib ways. The run for POTUS is nothing more than foder for his political ego. BTW, you do know that in TX, the office of the Gov is nothing more than a title. All the gov has to do is sit there and be pretty which Gov Goodhair has done. The real running of the state falls to the Lt. Gov and the Legislature.

The POTUS can’t rely on notes. He MUST be a brilliant off the cuff speaker.


32 posted on 08/20/2014 8:16:14 AM PDT by bgill
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To: cotton1706

A Perry/Cruz 2016 Team or a Cruz/Perry 2016 Team?


33 posted on 08/20/2014 8:32:33 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: cotton1706

The next time the RNC calls me asking for money I will write a check for Rick Perry for president.


34 posted on 08/20/2014 8:36:42 AM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: cotton1706

The next time the RNC calls me asking for money I will write a check for Rick Perry for president.


35 posted on 08/20/2014 8:37:30 AM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: Sacajaweau; bgill
Rick Perry would make a helluva president. I speak as a supporter of Ted Cruz, but I could readily support Perry if he was the candidate.

Something to keep in mind: 14 years as governor provides ample opportunities to make enemies.

But one can't deny that Texas has unquestionably been the best governed state in the union across Perry's terms. It's true that the Texas constitution grants relatively more power to the Lieutenant Governor and the legislature at the expense of the governor. But the governor's office is not without power and, generally, his policies have prevailed.

One thing is for sure: If Perry were elected President, the 10th Amendment would enjoy a comeback. The power and size of the federal bureaucracy would be sharply curtailed.

Rick Perry is a politician, to be sure, but he is not a lib.

And, by the way, Perry's problems during his first run for the presidency in 2012 are largely attributable to pain-killers he was taking after a recent back operation. The slurred speech and forgetfulness were not characteristic. He is, in fact, pretty damn quick on his feet.

36 posted on 08/20/2014 8:52:46 AM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: Ignorance on parade.)
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To: bgill
Every president has used notes. You think the Gettysburg address was off the cuff??

You think the "Day of Infamy" was off the cuff??

37 posted on 08/20/2014 8:56:41 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SandRat
A Perry/Cruz 2016 Team or a Cruz/Perry 2016 Team?

Can't happen. Constitutionally, the President and the VP cannot hale from the same state.

Bush and Cheney could avoid this problem by Cheney changing his place of residence to Wyoming -- which was where he was born, raised and where he served as a Congressman.

Perry and Cruz, however, are both lifetime residents of Texas (save Cruz' birth in Canada, of course).

38 posted on 08/20/2014 8:58:28 AM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: Ignorance on parade.)
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To: okie01
Constitutionally, the President and the VP cannot hale from the same state.

What Article, Para, etc. of the Constitution says tha?

39 posted on 08/20/2014 10:17:15 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat
The Twelfth Amendment...

The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves;...

40 posted on 08/20/2014 10:24:41 AM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: Ignorance on parade.)
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