The Newt-mania made me think that maybe Perry wasn't all that bad. If Newt is our last hope we are surely screwed.
Yeah I think I’d take Perry over Newt also.
Heh. At the height of Perrybot frenzy on FR when their candidate started to unravel, the Perrybots truly flew into hysterics that made Ron Paul's cult seem rational. I remember on one thread there was a Perrybot who claimed Cain "may be even worse than Obama for the economy" and was emulating Obama by running as a "conservative black man" -- and on the same thread another Perrybot started ranting that "anti-immigration bigots" are engaged in a conspiracy to destroy Perry. I can't tell you how many times Perry supporters accused everyone who criticized him of hating Texans, Christians, states rights, the constitution, southern white men, etc., etc. Worse than even the most obnoxious Newticles.
On the other hand, if you compare the CANDIDATES themselves, Newt is clearly worse than Perry, IMO. Perry is just some clueless political lightweight who lucked into being Governor of Texas forever because the state is safe Republican and his "opponents" for Governor are jokes. He'll say anything to get votes and is just content to stay in office forever, maintain the status quo, and leach off taxpayers. But Newt is a truly underhanded and deceptive slimeball who has skeletons in his closet a mile long and enjoys playing footsie with liberal scumbags in his spare time while selling himself as an anti-establishment tea party hero to gullible conservatives. He reminds me of the worst aspects of 1970s era Nixon government combined with a Clintonesque "personal life". Ugh. I truly believe that if he is the nominee, it guarantees another Obama term. The Democrats are chomping at the bit to run against this guy.