“Perry is just not ready.”
I could cry if it wasn’t so funny. You and good people like you weigh his achievements and experience against that of Bachman and Santorum? Your tie-breaker is what was said in the ridiculous debate follies? He didn’t grow?? He didn’t gain experience??? Good grief. He’s the most experienced, dignified, knowledgeable, prepared, engaged, and willing individual there is. A huge part of that is his military training and service.His governing experience. While Santorum has been trying on sweater vests, Perry has been governing a state. A team-player, he has raised funds and campaigned for the re-election efforts of his fellow Republicans. He has faced actual governing problems in a real life world. Perry shrunk????
(Walking away sobbing.Thinking you’re the one who didn’t grow.)
I’m glad I’m not the only one who sees the insanity. The liberal is on his way to being coronated, while conservatives are still screeching “Rick Perry called me heartless!” When he said that, he ticked me off, too, and my husband, who was at the time still deciding on a candidate, put him out of the running. But Perry apologized often, and profusely, and there can be no doubt he realized he was wrong. Most importantly, if elected he would seal the border (and he knows how to do it), thereby making such issues moot.
And then there are the early debate problems, which were without a doubt caused by the post-back surgery pain. Perry healed, he got better, and now he is EXCELLENT. Good grief, did anyone see him at the Huckabee forum on Saturday? The man stood above everyone else.
I am proud to say that my husband was able to move beyond the “heartless” thing; after careful consideration, he came to the decision that Perry is by far the best candidate. He isn’t perfect, but he is a solid conservative & Christian, and he has the record of DOING what the other candidates promise. None of the others can say they have run the 13th largest economy in the world-—successfully.
And yet conservatives cannot get past the silly things; they willingly (and sometimes gleefully) participate in the leftwing media’s effort to portray Perry as a blithering idiot, instead of getting behind him and MAKING those poll numbers rise. We are letting the man we need to lead this country slip right through our fingers.