Perry: Uproot and Overhaul Washington
The Perry Plan: Energizing American Jobs and Security
The Perry Economic Plan: Cut, Balance and Grow
Posted on 12/05/2011 12:04:10 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Now, let's put our Tea Party hats back on our heads and stand with Gov. Rick Perry, the Conservative that can take this election all the way to victory (who will shake up the establishment and return power to the states). Then these GOP governors can do the right thing (what they're itching to do) and line up behind the proven executive (Texas!) and prepare for victory right down the ticket.
Perry: Uproot and Overhaul Washington
The Perry Plan: Energizing American Jobs and Security
The Perry Economic Plan: Cut, Balance and Grow
Nov. 11, 2011 VIDEO: Rick Perry interview Nov 11, 2011 in Columbia 25 minute video – starting around 4:00 – 12:00 Perry speaks at length about Iran, allies and national defense.
@robertcostaNRO Robert Costa
Reliable sources tell me that Cain will *not* hold a presser on Monday to endorse Gingrich or any candidate
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So the several GOP guvs who want Perry will tell Politico but won’t tell their constituents...
But wait...is this article a back door way of revealing the truth?
If not, then what is it?
It’s showing that the governors are being a bit weak-kneed and need to step up to the plate and do what in their hearts/heads what they know is right — get behind Gov. Perry — not freeze and sit back, playing it safe politically.
Interesting.
Of course, Newt Gingrich is better than Romney, but I don't trust either of them. Bachmann, Santorum, and Perry would all be acceptable to me. Of the three, Perry is the only one with executive experience. If only he hadn't made that stupid (and revealing) “heartless” comment.
Ditto that!
The word that keeps coming up in comments about Gingrich is, that they don’t, can’t, or aren’t sure they can “trust” him.
If voters can’t trust the man, why in the world would they ever consider nominating him to be their candidate for the most powerful office in the world?
People who know Gov. Perry, and those now getting to talk with him and study up on his record, trust him.
As for Perry, I trust him. That's not necessarily a good thing, because I trust him to be soft on immigration. No matter what he says at this point, it's clear where he stands, and we're heartless if we don't agree. On the other hand, Perry seems good on most of the other major issues. If he's elected, I'd hope a conservative congress could reign him in from getting too compassionately conservative on us.
Also note how Rick Perry, a border governor (the executive), must deal with Federal dictates and inaction. Perry has been fighting them. So far the only "vaunted" wall on the border is the WALL of Federal inaction on sealing it. The only action the Feds have done is give guns to Mexican criminals to kill Americans and Mexicans and then SEAL (not the border) that information from our view.
ICE blamed for Texas parolee law delayThe state has been unable to enforce a new law designed to increase the deportations of illegal immigrants from the Texas prison system amid concerns that federal immigration officials are unprepared to handle the anticipated influx of convicted criminals, state officials said.
Under the new law, which was scheduled to take effect Sept. 1, state prisoners who are granted parole and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials must either be deported or leave the country voluntarily - or risk being returned to state custody to serve out the remainder of their sentences.
The law was crafted to address a vexing problem identified by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, which reported granting parole to some illegal immigrants and turning them over to ICE - only to later learn that they were not removed from the country, said state Rep. Jerry Madden, R-Plano.”………………..
Mexico’s drug war is giving growers a break EL BARRIL, Mexico — The Mexican government is allowing domestic marijuana and opium poppy production to climb to record levels, as soldiers who once cut and burned illegal crops here in the vast Sierra Madre mountains are being redeployed to cities to wage urban warfare against criminal gangs.
Since President Felipe Calderon ordered his troops into the streets in late 2006, the acreage dedicated to marijuana farming has nearly doubled in Mexico, according to technical reports by the U.S. government and the United Nations, data provided by the Mexican military, and interviews with law enforcement agents and growers.
The acreage devoted to opium poppies has also soared, according to the U.S. State Department, making Mexico the second-leading heroin producer in the world, after Afghanistan, whose crop goes mostly to Europe and Asia.......
“Yes, it is a change in strategy, as the army now gives priority to catching criminals and seizing cocaine, which is far more valuable to the cartels” than marijuana or heroin, said Raul Benitez, an expert in drug trafficking and national security at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
The Mexican government, Benitez said, also cares less about marijuana cultivation these days because the U.S. government appears to care less.”………………..
Still no solution for illegal immigrants' long-term care costs…………..”Still, the real problem isn't hospitals, which transfer most all patients, both U.S. citizens and illegal immigrants, once urgent care is no longer needed and the bed is needed for other patients. It's long-term care facilities, unable to afford to accept patients, like Martinez, who don't have insurance. It remains for hospitals, obligated by federal regulation to arrange post-hospital care for those who need it, to find alternatives and to provide care indefinitely if they can't....
I can support Governor Perry, but your opinion about his “didn’t have a heart” comment doesn’t make sense. If I was a governor who was working hard to solve an immigration problem created by the federal government, I wouldn’t strike out at those citizens who actually oppose illegal immigration. If I did, I certainly wouldn’t blame them for being heartless. I might be mad at them for not understanding how hard I was trying to fix the situation, but saying they didn’t have a heart if they didn’t support in-state tuition for illegals? That reveals a lot I think. Nevertheless, I also think Perry has the necessary executive experience and enough conservative ideology to make a better president than Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney.
Let’s just say we disagree about Perry’s record on immigration and leave it at that. Things aren’t looking good right now, but if there’s a change, I have no trouble voting for him next November. I only hope I’m proven wrong about his stance on illegals if he’s elected.
Perry’s record on immigration is sound and conservative. Your stance will change upon further examination of the truth of the matter. Thank you for the discussion.
Unfortunately, the die will be cast probably long before I get a chance to vote. If it comes down to Newt or Perry, I have to go with Governor Perry. Newt talks a good game, but that’s about it.
I agree, good article. Without Palin in the race I would prefer Perry just because I prefer Governors as Presidents and I Perry could win if we put our heads together and pick someone.
We must beat Obama and I think Gingrich would be a mistake.
In the end I’ll take anyone over Obama because we cannot afford another 4 years of destruction. Next month is our state’s primary and we the group we have now I most likely will choose Perry.
Maybe we could get a Perry/Palin ticket if we show enough support rather than being lazy about getting rid of Obama.
Sorry folks, not enough coffee I guess, poor sentence structure and typing faster than I was thinking.
If we can’t have Palin, I’ll take Perry.
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