The article is more pro-Palin than anti-anyone.
It’s time she fished or cut bait, simply to avert comments such as posts like yours. We must build up to form a coalition that can beat Obama, not tear down and speculate to make the progressive spoilers stronger.
If, however, we are going to begin to compare the candidates, I would like to see a true comparison
1. that doesn’t mix liabilities and debt (we have a Constitution that requires a balance budget. Occasionally, we have to dip into our “rainy day fund” for Katrina, Rita, Ike, wildfires and other unexpected expenses),
2. that evaluates 10 years properly in context with 2,
3.the equivalent calculation considering population through the years in light of Texas’ originally higher population compounded by growth of 1000 a day from the US,
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2010/jan/13/rick-perry/perry-says-1000-people-move-texas-daily/
4. the relative burden of illegals crossing voluntarily and
5. the transport of illegals from all areas of the US to Texas prior to conviction/deportation and/or DOJ/Homeland Security bringing illegals to Texas, dumping cases already in the pipeline and releasing the criminals. Texas has eleven (11) ICE detention facilities where the detainees are often criminals from other States. Alaska has none - 0. California, 6 and Arizona, 5. The Department of Homeland Security and ICE have been dismissing these cases in large numbers over the last 2 years, releasing illegals into our State. Our courts and State bear up under the backlog, with legal costs and law enforcement expenses along with the hospital costs, education costs, dependent child welfare, food stamps, and Medicaid.
ICE Detention Centers list
http://www.ice.gov/detention-facilities/index.htm
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/immigration/7169978.html (up to 17,000 of 23,000 pending cases last August.)
Note these are people convicted in other States who served time in prison and then transported to the detention centers: http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/point-of-no-return-texas-immigration-detention-centers/
So I'm assuming you'd apply that same reasoning to Perry, then, yes?