Posted on 05/27/2011 4:39:58 PM PDT by Texas Peartree
Putting a Texan on the national ticket is as American as apple pie, and has been so for almost eight decades. Texans instantly add character to any race. Whether it is Cactus Jack Garner who joined FDR and became the first Southerner elected on a national ticket since the Civil War, or LBJ stealing the 1960 election in South Texas for Kennedy, the Texans always make it interesting. Why is that? Well, we are like Americans . . . but more so.
Sure the Bush Presidents were not originally from Texas, but at least George W. Bush is a country music fan with a twangy accent and a history of drinking too much beer. This is what America needs: fewer high-achieving and boring elites like Obama and more guys who know how to hunt and fish, and who listen to what their preachers say in their sermons.
So what about the 2012 Presidential race? Texan Ron Paul is unlikely to get anywhere with his non-conformist (yet, accurate) prescriptions for getting America working. Still, he will be 77 on Election Day, and that is unlikely to work to his benefit.
Instead, there are increasing signs that Texas Governor Rick Perry will step into the race. He would bridge the gap between successful governors (Palin and Pawlenty) and successful guys who look Presidential (Romney, maybe Huntsman).
What is Perry's record? Over the past 10 years, all under a Perry governorship, Texas has created about 735,000 private sector jobs. In that same times span no other state has produced even 100,000 jobs. States such as California, Michigan and Ohio have lost private sector jobs in the past decade.
If Perry has any aspirations for higher office, then now is the time. Fortune favors...
(Excerpt) Read more at corybirenbaum.blogspot.com ...
Perhaps he could split the RINO vote with Romney, allowing for a conservative candidate to win the nomination.
PALIN/PERRY 2012
Why is this excerpted? It's just a blog.
Are you just using Free Republic as a "hit farm"?
That's pretty scummy.
I see absolutely NO reason why “Governor Rick” MUST do anything.
Actually, EVERYTHING you post is from your blog:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:texaspeartree/index?tab=articles
Did you know you were being a scumbag blogpimp or is this a shock to you?
“Perhaps he could split the RINO vote with Romney, allowing for a conservative candidate to win the nomination.”
What makes you say that Perry is not a conservative?
What makes you think FReepers should click on your blog for the content?
Why not post the content here?
Unless he manages to pass a Sanctuary City bill to protect his citizens from foreign invasion in our urban centers...I do not see where he is presidential material. He is leaving that to the Texas Legislature that he knows is hairballed instead of gettin ur’done. There is a Hezbollah base of operations just over the border....SORRY NO!
“What makes you think FReepers should click on your blog for the content?”
Hey look everyone, the Internet Police is here! Not sure who elected him, but apparently he judges me for creating original takes and posting them on FreeRepublic, which, by the way, is encouraged by FreeRepublic.
Ever notice it is the people with nothing original to say who go off on people who do have something original to say?
It’s probably not his fault. I just look at the last two disasterous Presidents that Texas gave us and figured there must be a pattern.
Will any of them eliminate the DOE, teaching Gender Diversity and Communism?
“Unless he manages to pass a Sanctuary City bill to protect his citizens from foreign invasion in our urban centers...I do not see where he is presidential material.”
That would be big, but the Democrats in the Texas House and Senate are blocking that. I agree with you on that, but the Governor does not have that kind of power in the Texas system.
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“Will any of them eliminate the DOE, teaching Gender Diversity and Communism?”
Honestly, if anyone would it is probably Perry. We do not have a lot of that kind of PC crap in Texas. It exists, but on a much lower level than elsewhere. The fact is that our taxes are low enough to starve the beast.
He can rear up and call a special session...get in front of the camaras and speak...put pressure on the two Dems blocking the bill. He can corner Sen. Williams and Dewhurst and play hardball....
No more compassionate conservatives from Texas, please.
Perry has not always been a staunch conservative, but I think he is so fed up with the malice that this administration has doled out on Texas that he will be a formidable opponent if he does get in. We really could do a lot worse. If nothing else he may start a real national stink about the border and the lack of emergency funds for Texas.
Oh GOODY a Bushy Jr.
It would be nice to see Perry run on a platform of having the EPA and TSA pack sand and leave the states alone. Also require voter ID, and no sanctuary cities, on a national basis. Finally close the border and enforce immigration laws. The illegals need to leave there are way too many. It is bizarre.
I am not sure he would make a good Pres but I think he might be a good VP candidate for one of the ladies.
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