I have a friend that closely follows politics and lives in Texas- he cannot believe how Perry is being hyped as being sooo conservative, he told me to really check him out because he thought we would be very disappointed when we know more about him...especially on the border issues.
How about this? I LIVE in Texas. Have for years. Is Perry the quintessential ROCK STAR CONSERVATIVE?
No, he's not.
But I am disgusted with folks who don't know SHIT about our State bashing it with outright lies to promote their own agenda.
Texas is most definitely unique. We deal with a lot of stuff the "NOT-TEXAS" states don't have to. Border violence, gangs, drugs, mass immigration, legal border crossings, diseases coming up over the border, and more.
In SPITE of all this, we are still kicking ass and taking names, balancing our budget, running a ridiculously low debt to GDP ratio (and it another ignorant POS repeats the same lie about "Perry ran up the debt" it just tells me they don't know SQUAT about self-satisfying bonds or Texas law).
Why shouldn't our insurance be accepted for folks traveling into Mexico? Why SHOULDN'T Mexico help pick up the hospital tabs for the folks we treat here? Unless you prefer that TEXANS continue to pay the bill?