The Dark Horse Who Could Win It All - The Most Reaganesque

The Reagan Report ^ | Michael Reagan

[mnehring]

If you were to compile a list of attributes that could make a dark horse Republican candidate the next President of the United States it might look something like this:

• Raised on a ranch in a 60's family of politically active, conservative Democrats
• An Eagle Scout whose son would also earn that same distinction
• A former Air Force officer and pilot of multi-engine, tactical aircraft
• A successful cotton farmer
• Married to his childhood sweetheart, a registered nurse, with two children
• Served in his state legislature as a Democrat
• Named by a leading state newspaper as one of the state's most effective legislators
• A conservative Democrat who became a Republican in 1989
• Elected state agriculture commissioner in 1990
• Re-elected state agriculture commissioner in 1994 by huge margin
• Elected his state's first ever Republican lieutenant governor in 1998
• Ascended to the office of governor in 2000 when his boss got a promotion
• Re-elected to the governorship in 2002, 2006 and 2010
• Now the most senior, longest-serving most experienced governor in the U.S.
• The widely-respected current chairman of the Republican Governor's Association
• A fiscal conservative who has built the most prosperous state economy in America
• A social conservative and outspoken proponent of limited federal government powers
• A tall, lean, ruggedly handsome and articulate man with a lovely and gracious first lady

Last time around, American voters threw caution to the winds and elected as president a man with a dubious past, dubious friends and dubious qualifications to lead, whose sole attraction was his ability to make pleasing but empty promises on a teleprompter. Look at where that's gotten us. Now look at the above résumé and tell me you don't think this country could use a leader with all that executive experience and that long track record of success. Think about it: we have a president who can't run on his record and we could pit against him a man who could do exactly that, with a record that is unequaled anywhere else in the American political spectrum

From what I read here at American Thinker and elsewhere, I believe America is starved for leadership and here we have a conservative Republican chief executive who has it in spades. Conservatives, Republicans and independents should be praying that this man will step forward and declare his candidacy for president. Look at that list one more time and tell me a man like this isn't what this country needs to lead us out of the quagmire Obama and the Democrats have led us into.

This man is Rick Perry, Governor of Texas and Chief Executive Officer of the nation's most successful state economy, a true fiscal and social conservative and a strong proponent of states' rights and limited federal intrusion into our lives: the dark horse who could win it all.

 

MICHAEL REAGAN STATEMENT: Gov. Rick Perry is the "Most Reaganesque" of all potential candidates (besides Michael Reagan).

[mnehring]

Please note, the views expressed in this post do not reflect those of the FReeper who posted it. I just find it interesting for discussion considering who the author is.

[brytlea]

He probably just likes his hair.

[al baby]

I still think I will go with the one that gets attacked the most from the left and the lame stream media

[9YearLurker]

It’s never wise to listen to pols’ children.

[C. Edmund Wright]

And to think, he is considered the “best” of the Reagan children. There are at least two other candidates or potential candidates who are clearly more Reaganesque.

[Lee'sGhost]

ditto.

Meanwhile, many chuckleheads around here will say, “Oh, X can’t win because the media has made him/her look like a fool.”

As if they won’t do that with ANY conservative candidate.

It’s enough to drive you crazy.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Lets see what develops........

[mnehring]

Here is the note I sent to Michael:

I know our governor and he is a good guy but he does have some political baggage that, in this day of the internet, could weigh heavily on him. The TTC issue mostly would be a major roadblock to overcome. It is almost common knowledge(sic) that it was just code for the NAU (yea, I know, not really but it will be spun that way). He is also portrayed as weak on border security through no fault of his own. He attempted to put the state guard on the border and beef up law enforcement and the Federal Government blocked him (Operation Rio Grande and Operation Linebacker). These are two areas where he will be hit, and hit hard early on by the Dems to ensure he doesn't survive the primary. Is it a fair assessment of who he really is? No, BUT we both know how the political game is played.

[call meVeronica]

To those who don’t live here & observe Perry on a daily basis he seems conservative.

He is not. He’s another globalist politician.

[SMARTY]

It’s time for Conservatives to tune out the MSM!

[Responsibility2nd]

As a Texasn, I know my governor. And at least he doesn’t suck as bad as Romney or Newt.

There. That’s it. That’s as nice as I can be for now.

[MHGinTN]

Given the state of political correctness in America, I knew immediately upon readign the title that the author was not talking about Herman Cain ... and I bet Herman would get a chuckle out of that. He is an excellent man for the chief executive job though

[C. Edmund Wright]

Fox News not listening to the pol’s kid either:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/05/22/herman-cain-president-ronald-reagan/

[Liz]

Aug. 28, 2007----In Mexico for trade talks, Perry blasts US immigration policies
Houston Chronicle, Mexico City Bureau | DUDLEY ALTHAUS
FR Posted on 08/28/2007 by Dubya

MEXICO CITY — Leading a large delegation of Texas executives trying to drum up business in Mexico, Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday criticized the U.S. Congress for failing to pass an immigration bill that would legalize millions of workers. "I don't think this is that difficult an issue if Congress would have the maturity to sit down and really discuss it and cut out all the mean rhetoric," Perry said during a break in the third day of meetings with Mexican officials and business executives. (Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...

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August 24, 2007 ---- TX governor Perry rapped for paving way for construction of Trans-Texas Corridor;
allows Mexican trucks to enter the US and traverse all the way to Canada.
One News Now | Chad Groening
FR Posted on 08/25/2007 by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Texas Governor Rick Perry is being called to task by an author and investigative journalist for vetoing bills that would have blocked construction of the controversial Trans-Texas Corridor.

Dr. Jerome Corsi has been one of the leading voices warning the American public about the consequences of the Trans-Texas Corridor, which will be part of a superhighway -- purported to be four football fields wide -- that will allow Mexican trucks to enter the U.S. and traverse the core of the country all the way to Canada.

The best-selling author asserts that Governor Perry cleared the way for construction to begin in his state when he vetoed several bills passed by the Legislature that would have stalled the project.

"Governor Perry has been 100 percent gung-ho in building this road," says Corsi. "The Legislature voted a two-year moratorium, it voted a redefinition of eminent domain -- [and] Governor Perry vetoed them. [On] at least one of those measures, he waited until the Texas Legislature was out of session so it couldn't even override his veto."

Corsi says it is unfortunate that there has been political pressure to get the project started. "The Federal Highway Administration's lawyer wrote letters threatening the Texas Legislature to cut off federal highway funds if they got in the way of this Trans-Texas Corridor," he says.

Corsi believes the same pressure will be applied on other states, like Oklahoma, to go along with the project. He suggests that would mean a loss of more American jobs and could pose a threat to U.S. sovereignty.

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April 17, 2011----513 People Crammed Into Two Mexican Trucks Bound for US

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico - Police on Tuesday detained 513 undocumented migrants from Latin America and Asia who were crammed into two trucks bound for the United States, prosecutors in southeast Mexico said. The migrants, from Latin America, Japan, China, India and Nepal, "were traveling in inhuman conditions" in the southeastern state of Chiapas, near the Guatemalan border, the local attorney general's office said in a statement. Police stopped the trucks, carrying 240 and 273 people, on the outskirts of state capital Tuxtla Gutierrez early Tuesday, after they accelerated through a vehicle scanner at a police checkpoint, the statement said. Officers chased down the vehicles shortly afterward, it added.

Police detained the Mexican drivers of the two trucks, and the migrants were provided with aid and food, the statement said. Mexican lawmakers last month unanimously approved a law to "strengthen the protection and security" of migrants amid widespread abuse. Rights groups have long criticized Mexico for failing to protect tens of thousands of migrants, mainly from Central America, trying to cross the vast country to illegally enter the US each year. The gruesome discovery of 72 murdered migrants from Central and South America in northeastern Tamaulipas state last August increased pressure on the government to act. Copyright 2011 AFP. All rights reserved.

SOURCE http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/mexico-detains-513-people-crammed-into-two-us-bound-trucks-20110517-ncx

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April 12, 2011----US Taxpayers Pay To Upgrade Mexican Trucks, US Trucks Not So Lucky
http://radioviceonline.com/ Steve McGough
FR Posted by Biggirl

A story broke yesterday concerning the retrofit of more than 100 trucks from Mexico that do not meet United States environmental standards. Our federal government is paying to upgrade these trucks, yet when the state of California and the EPA set new rules for US-owned trucks, they fine companies who do not comply.

This post is not about the environment, it concerns how US trucking companies are treated by the federal and state government as compared to Mexican-owned rigs. From AzCentral.com. For air-quality regulators, the border creates a legal barrier.

State and federal agencies can’t force vehicles manufactured and bought in Mexico to comply with U.S. emissions rules, even though the trucks cross into this country.

So the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality tried a different approach, offering to pay Mexican truck owners to replace old mufflers with new catalytic converters that will reduce harmful diesel emissions by up to 30 percent. The project in effect circumvents the more lax Mexican rules about exhaust systems. (Excerpt) Read more at radioviceonline.com

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QUESTIONS PERRY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER

<><> Have you made deals with illegal aliens to exchange campaign cash and votes to use your office to get illegals US govt handouts----free education, EITC, welfare, food stamps, UI, SS, SSI, healthcare, sub-prime mortgages, subsidized bank loans?

<><> Do you know this is a felony?

<><> Do you know which identity illegals use to register to vote for you?

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July 21, 2006----BERGEN RECORD, NJ

Texans accused of selling counterfeit IDs (impoverished illegals "here for a better life" pay several thousand $$$ for fake ID's)

Pelcastre brothers, Angel and Jorge, Dallas, Texas, were a walking threat to US national security, expert document forgers who, for a few thousand dollars, could give anyone a new identity, NJ L/E authorities said.

The Texas brothers were a "one-stop shop" for a myriad of fake US documents, including birth certificates, Social Security cards, driver's licenses---- for any state in the US------ passports and resident alien cards, said state police.

The Texas brothers turned a NJ hotel room into a business office and were readying a massive cache of fake Social Security cards for delivery to a local NJ identity broker. Officers happened upon two cars bearing Texas plates in a NJ hotel parking lot. Authorities wouldn't identify the NJ hotel by name for fear it would spark retribution. The Drug Interdiction Task Force regularly runs checks.

The Texas brothers were followed to a NJ office supply store nearby where they purchased computer supplies. Officers then followed the Texans to a NJ storage facility in Secaucus, NJ, where the Texans loaded several boxes into a car. One of them stood lookout. Authorities approached the Texas brothers when they returned to the NJ hotel and questioned them separately.

The Texas brothers consented to a search. Police recovered laminating sheets with built-in security features, pages of blank documents waiting for fake names and information, finished documents, computers and software to create the fake IDs. All told, the haul was worth about $500,000 on the street when sold to "impoverished illegals." Police also recovered $6,000 in cash, which was the first payment from a NJ fake document broker for a shipment of 500 phony Social Security cards. ####

[al baby]

I miss that man so much

[RowdyFFC]

Actually since this article is from Michael Reagan, the truly conservative Reagan son, not the gay blade Ron, Jr., it is a very flattering article to me.

You certainly cannot dismiss the facts about Texas and it’s economy. And when we did slap Perry up side the head about the ‘corridor’ at least he listened and learned the lesson from it.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Whoever slams the Whack Left the hardest gets my vote!

[Cicero]

I frequently read Michael Reagan’s columns, and almost always agree with him. He is basically sound.

This is one of the few times I disagree. But he’s welcome to his opinion, as long as he doesn’t try to pull the rug out from under the best candidates, the way KLo and others have so often done.

[Brookhaven]

Did he forget he once called Sara Palin the reincarnation of his dad?

I forget the exact quote, but it was something along the line of “Dad’s been reincarnated, and he’s wearing a skirt.”

[mnehring]

I will admit, compared to most other governors he is heads and tails above. I can count on one hand the ones who are more Conservative. HOWEVER, he has too much political baggage, some fair, some unfair. I have no problem at all keeping him as my governor.