Posted on 01/03/2012 9:16:25 PM PST by therightliveswithus
In a campaign speech late Tuesday night, Governor Rick Perry stated that he is "returning to Texas" to reassess whether he is going to continue running for President.
The speech contained several emotional moments, in particular two moments. The first was when he read a letter from an adoring supporter who called him a "great man." The letter described a conversation that Mr. Perry had had with a soldier and how his supporter looked on in awe as he watched Governor Perry call the veteran his "Christian brother."
The second was when Perry announced that he would be returning to Texas to reassess whether he will continue his pursuit for the White House. Mr. Perry paused several times and appeared to be on the verge of tears as he winded down his speech.
Governor Perry came in fifth place in the Iowa caucus today, barely breaking ten percent of the vote. His announcement tonight likely marks the end to his campaign.
Roger that.
“A little different. Perry fans did not have any bragging rights. The Santorum supporters do.”
LOL, with the giggle that afforded, I’m off to bed. God bless Governor Rick Perry. I’ll be proud to support him in any national office he seeks in the future. Texas, you’re blessed to have such a governor!
Face it, voters have started to question the media creation that Gingrich is a conservative. The media should not be allowed to foist Gingrich on the GOP>
This is good news for Gingrich. Now he can make his version of “Inconvenient Truth,” and win the Nobel Prize. It’s only fair, because he was fighting “climate change,” before Al Gore ever heard of it.
I put illegals at the top of my list of things that must be fixed if this country is to survive. If we don’t get this fixed, we will go bankrupt even faster than we already are.
They are literally sucking us dry. Any candidate who puts illegals ahead of citizens will NOT get my vote. Calling me “heartless” is just kicking me in the balls. Yep, that’s someone I want to support-NOT!
Do not misunderestimate the debilitating effect of chronic back pain (for which he had recent surgery?), if that is part of his problem
He wasn’t talking about his dead child (son, Gabriel) tonight, he was talking about his disabled daughter, Isabella.
Entering a presidential race so soon after surgery harmed Perry. Same thing happened to Pete Wilson, former Senator and Governor of California. He’d had throat surgery when he entered the race, and despite his background/resume, his campaign never got off the ground.
“Santorum is yapping it up about his dead daughter.”
He wasn’t talking about the baby girl who died, he was referring to their 3 year-old at home who has a disability.
Gabriel, the baby that died, was a boy for the record.
correction - baby boy (not girl) who died.
Rick Perry was on the radio this afternoon - with Sean Hannity, I think. He was really doing well, answering every question in detail; smart, witty, forceful, and quick.
That was the version of Rick Perry missing at the debates. If that Rick Perry had shown up, he wouldn't have finished where he did and he would have sustained his early jump in the polls.
The lesson should be that it is much more difficult than it looks, and that if anything sidelines a candidate - illness, inexperience, anything; it can become impossible to come back.
I hope he learns from this, gets healthy if he needs to work on that aspect of his life, and comes back in four years.
yes I knew that, just mis-typed :-)
I knew you knew that. :-)
Some things just won't stay swallowed.
I hope Mr. Perry stays in the race.
Me too.
My mistake.
... you may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas.”
David Crockett
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