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"We have had several Texas presidents, but none so deeply, intensely Texas as this guy..."
Althouse ^ | 9-18-2011 | Althouse

Posted on 09/18/2011 5:36:55 PM PDT by smoothsailing

September 18, 2011

"We have had several Texas presidents, but none so deeply, intensely Texas as this guy would be."

Man, Rick Perry is freaking out the New York Times. Gail Collins is all:

You think of Rick Perry, you think of Texas. And more Texas. Perry the cowboy coyote-killer, the lord of the Texas job-creation machine, the g-dropping glad-hander with a “howdy” for every stranger in the room. He barely exists in the national mind outside of the Texas connection.
And Maureen Dowd is all over the place talking about Perry with references to an obvious and old Hollywood movie.

Do these New York women realize that this kind of elitist contempt makes Rick Perry more appealing... to a lot of people... including me?

Continued...with Poll


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: bush3; dontmesswithtexas; formerdemocratperry; openborders; perry; presidentperry; rickperry; rino; whinofreepers
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To: Texas Fossil

Perry only knows politics and has no vision. Perry won the 2006 race with only 40% of votes and would have lost to Chris Bell if Kinky Friedman did not split the vote. He wanted to use eminent domain for building toll roads and turn control over for 50 years to a Spanish owned company. We don’t need another President who sells out to Foreign Entities.


41 posted on 09/18/2011 7:04:49 PM PDT by Orange1998 (Obama also inherited AAA credit rating.)
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To: The Bronze Titan

Yes. Somebody from up north, like a Senator from Illinois, would surely be better. /s


42 posted on 09/18/2011 7:09:45 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Orange1998

You do know that Friedman came in 4th, with “grandma” getting 18%. She took the blue blood vote and actually won some counties. And with a republican, a former republican, and a libertarian, the democrat didnt even win Harris county, which should have been easy considering the vote split. But all in all, I would say 39% in a 4 way race is a landslide. And 39% in a 4 way race where 2 of the opponents were trying to take away your libertarian and old guard republican vote is even better.

As to the TTC, that company is already maintaining toll roads in Indiana and Illinois, and they are just fine. Is there a Texas company with the wherewithal to manage 4,000 miles of toll road? But seeing how “conservatives” chickened out of the Dubai Ports Deal because of “terrorism,” it doesnt surprise me.


43 posted on 09/18/2011 7:13:44 PM PDT by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: CSI007

Your loss :>)


44 posted on 09/18/2011 7:15:23 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Rabid democRATS and 0bama the dictator own it all now.)
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To: Orange1998

You forget to mention that nominal Republican comptroller Carole Keeton McClellan Rylander Strayhorn ran as an independent and took the moderate vote. Without her in he probably would have gotten well over 50%; she got 18% of the vote in that election.


45 posted on 09/18/2011 7:16:15 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: smoothsailing

Biggest disappointment of my life - I was too young to vote for Goldwater in ‘64.


46 posted on 09/18/2011 7:16:31 PM PDT by reg45
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To: jospehm20

How was the Illinois Speaker on immigration? Or the Ohio one? Or the Georgia one? Or the Mississippi Senate Leader? Or the Tennessee Senate Leader?

But ohhh, Its those pesky Texas Presidents’ from Connecticut fault.


47 posted on 09/18/2011 7:17:23 PM PDT by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Texas Fossil

I’ve only been to Texas a few times on business, but I think I have more in common with Texans than with the people of my home state - 0bamastan.


49 posted on 09/18/2011 7:20:13 PM PDT by reg45
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To: Texas Fossil
YEEHAW?
51 posted on 09/18/2011 7:22:07 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: smoothsailing

While we’re on Texas...

God’s smiling on Texas again.
Something wet is coming out of the sky.

I’m gonna sleep good again tonight.


52 posted on 09/18/2011 7:24:54 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Rabid democRATS and 0bama the dictator own it all now.)
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To: upsdriver
To me it's obvious he's Reagan II the way Palin supporters keep throwing labels at Perry to see what will stick and nothing does.

Let me help you out, when you go too far over the top you just look desperate. It's hard to paint an Eagle Scout or an Air Force Captain as a sell out con man. It makes the accuser look nuts. It's best to just promote your candidates qualities, like her awesomeness, maybe show a pic of her changing from high heels into running shoes or a pic with the title "Simply Sarah!"

53 posted on 09/18/2011 7:27:01 PM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: reg45

“I’ve only been to Texas a few times on business, but I think I have more in common with Texans than with the people of my home state - 0bamastan.”

Ditto that. I like Obamastan, or may be 0-stan. ; )

I know exactly how you feel. :(


54 posted on 09/18/2011 7:27:33 PM PDT by Chgogal (WSJ, Krauthammer, Rove et. al., STFU. Thank you.)
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To: reg45

I got to vote for him in my high school mock election, and he won!


55 posted on 09/18/2011 7:29:11 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: TSgt

Here here! A picture of seven Texans, every single one of which would make a better President than former democrat and current Atzlan shill Rick Perry.


56 posted on 09/18/2011 7:29:20 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: smoothsailing

Sounds good to me.

Don’t need anymore “Hawaiian” presidents ever the **** again.


57 posted on 09/18/2011 7:31:26 PM PDT by chris37 (representative)
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To: smoothsailing

This ain’t rocket surgery folks. The Dem playbook goes something like this:
Perry is a good ‘ol boy governor from Texas.
Bush was a good ‘ol boy governor from Texas.
The majority of the electorate blames Bush rather than Obama for the economy.
Therefore Perry = Bush= Re-election for Obama.


58 posted on 09/18/2011 7:31:47 PM PDT by newheart (When does policy become treason?)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

That is wonderful news. I hope you get a good slow soak!


59 posted on 09/18/2011 7:31:49 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

I prefer a “coyote killer” in the White House as opposed to the “Job Killer”


60 posted on 09/18/2011 7:33:01 PM PDT by Chgogal (WSJ, Krauthammer, Rove et. al., STFU. Thank you.)
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