Posted on 06/04/2016 11:31:44 PM PDT by nikos1121
Rick Perry as Trump's VP makes good sense for me. Perry is a solid well vetted Patriotic American who has an excellent track record as former governor of Texas.
Here's why I think he's far and away the best pick for Trump's VP. What do the rest of you think?
Born: 4 March 1950
Birthplace: Paint Creek, Texas
Best known as: The governor of Texas, 2000-2015
Name at birth: James Richard Perry
• Graduated from Texas A&M University in 1972 with a degree in animal science.
• He was a cargo pilot in the Air Force from 1972-77, and then became a cotton farmer with his father.
• Handsome and charismatic, and a fifth-generation Texan, Rick Perry was elected to the Texas House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1984, from Texas District 64.
• In 1989 Perry switched from the Democratic Party to the Republicans, and in 1990 was elected as the state's Agriculture Commissioner, serving for two full terms.
• He ran successfully for lieutenant governor in 1998, taking office in 1999 under Governor George W. Bush.
• Perry then became governor himself on 21 December 2000, after Bush was elected President of the United States.
• Rick Perry was elected in his own right in 2002, and established himself as a favorite of the GOP's right wing.
• Rick Perry has been consistently: anti-tax, anti-big government, anti-abortion, pro-business, evangelical, tough on crime (he vetoed a ban on the executions of mentally retarded prisoners in 2002), and an outspoken doubter of global warming.
• He was reelected in 2006 and again in 2010; by the time he was succeeded by fellow Republican Greg Abbott in January of 2015, Perry had become the longest-serving governor in Texas history.
On a personal note:
• Rick Perry married the former Anita Thigpen in 1982.
• They have two children: a son, Griffin, and a daughter, Sydney.
• According to the governor’s official state biography, Perry “first met Anita Thigpen at a piano recital during their elementary school years”…
• He was an Eagle Scout and wrote the 2008 book On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts are Worth Fighting For…
• His hometown, Paint Creek, is a small town near Abilene in Central Texas…
• Rick Perry is the author of the 2010 book Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington.
Air Force Pilot
Deep Aggie Roots
Eagle Scout Himself
Strong Leader Who Could Step In As President If Need Be
Great Family
Trump and Perry a Perfect Match
If he knows the border. Then how about head of Homeland Security ?
I think Trump is naming Rudy Giuliani as secretary of Homeland Security.
Are you series?
When I read this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3437023/posts
...it makes me question that ANYTHING is being done at all except to bring them in and distribute them around the country en masse. Whether the agents are personally corrupt is one thing, but we know what their orders are, and it’s “flood.”
20 years ago, I thought Pat Buchanan was extreme on the issue, but when I realized that it was a bipartisan effort to put tens of (if not one hundred) million(s) of illegal aliens in this country and what it did to my own neighborhood, which is 1,100 miles from the closest entry at Laredo, I dare call what has been done treason. And I accuse the Clintons, La Raza Rick, Dubya, Zero, McQueeg, Willard, El Jebbe, and both parties of complicity.
We are not ethically, morally, socially or financially responsible for people invading our sovereign borders, period, and those elected officials who fail to uphold our laws in that regard (and set up illegal “sanctuary cities”) need to face criminal prosecution to the most extreme. Same goes for employers who employ illegals and those that rent or lease properties. Not some paltry fines, hard and long prison sentences.
We must win the election above all else.
So does Perry win us a battleground state? No.
Does Rick Perry strengthen any constituency or demographic? No.
So, does Rick Perry help win the election? No.
So, should Rick Perry be Trump’s VP choice?
No.
And for the same reasons, neither should Cruz, Sessions, Hunter, Gingrich, or Demint.
Never mind how good a VP they would be once in office. That is absolutely irrelevant.
He adds zero to the ticket
Overall, I think Trump is going to have to go out of the box on this one and select another non-politician. A lot of people (including himself) is talking about the need for selecting an establishment politician but I disagree, think that will depress the turnout among people who are sick and tired of the same old, same old.
This is truly a revolutionary election.
And I don’t remember him doing a doggone thing about it!
Not a single, lasting thing.
Please correct me if I’m wrong.
We don’t now and never will need an advocate of Sharia Law in the Republican party.
A lot of Texans worked hard to run La Raza Rick out of politics and now (with Islam transitioning to open violence on American soil) we will keep him out by reciprocating whatever means he and his Islamic allies are using.
I guess Perry would “balance the ticket” - one guy for border security and keeping Muslims out, one guy for OPEN BORDERS who loves Muslims.
No thanks!
W junior?? No thanks. As much as I love Sarah, it’s not gonna happen as she is tainted by McCain.
I think I pretty much has to be Gingrich.
“Although Perry may be personally trustworthy, and might be a loyal VP for Trump, the Uniparty globalists know they can control him. Such a person in the VP spot is a danger to Trump’s personal safety.”
Reagan took a bullet for making that mistake - damn good point.
“...but I think I would want my high school daughter vaccinated.”
No one would stop you, we just DO NOT LIKE governors that impose these shots on our daughters so they can have wild and crazy sex in Junior High.
We’re not talking measles here where the only way to keep it under control is mass immunization. It’s a bit harder for ‘non-participants’ to get HPV.
I don’t think it’s going to be Gingrich—or we wouldn’t have heard him hitting Trump so hard this weekend for his comments on the Trump U. judge.
Likely some Senator.
“Perry would be cool by me. Not perfect, but better than most.”
Absolutely agree. He may not be perfect but he’s a heck of a lot closer to it than any of the other choices. I like Mike Huckabee, too. I’ll probably get flamed for this one but I think Rand Paul would be a good VP, too.
What really is unbelievable is these facilitators of illegal border crossers have no regard for history. When we had the flood of Irish immigrants, there was a process of scrutiny that as comprehensive as it gets. There was a health screening that even looked at the immigrant’s mental health. Today, we are letting in all kinds of diseases and people with criminal backgrounds.
I like Perry and I would vote for him but he the media would treat him like Quayle..
We’ve had eight years of a guy stammering into a microphone, unable to put together a coherent thought without a teleprompter and a team of writers, but Dan Quayle was an “idiot” according to someone born in 1993(a co-worker)..
My concern is that there's NOTHING in this about his stance about stopping and reversing the invasion of the US, and that includes building the wall. Is he one of us, or is he sympathetic with the globalist traitors who have polluted the Republican Party for so long?
With or without glasses? ;). He’s. OK but Trump needs a legislator from a swing state (congressman/senator)
Degree in animal science. Well that means he is trained on how to deal with Democrats.
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