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Sometimes he just surprises us...
Perry CONTINUES TO BE Team Romney that imposes vaccines,
medications, gay marriage, and ObamaCARE/RomneyCARE
on the NON-EXEMPT (and makes $$$$$$$$$$$ from it all).
There are three things that worry me about Rick Perry, they are — ummmmm, they are -— ... well, I forget, but I’ll think of ‘em later ...
Just what does Perry gain by doing this?
Grow up.
I’m sick of the immaturity of the argument that we have to get rid of McConnell and Roberts and GRaham and Roberts and Cronyn and on and on and on...
Don’t get me wrong... I want them all out of there... every last one of them... But there’s something called timing...
Our first and only objective is to win the Senate. Did you hear me... Win the Senate... Then you can do what you wish with the liberal wing of our party.
Anything else is mental masturbation and gives the dems a fit of glee.
That does your candidate have 20%? 20%/ Yeah, let’s get rid of Mitch..and be assured that the a hole in Chief has another two years of control over our lives...
I am beginning to think that the Democrats have developed a spray aerosol they can dope potential opponents with. The effect of the spray being that whenever any one of the dopees starts acting like a viable conservative alternative, they are irresistibly compelled to pick up a gun and shoot themselves in the foot with it.
The surprise is that people are shocked over this fraud. He showed he true colors during his Presidential run, but the Perry fans who slobber over themselves will never recognize the sleaze that is Perry. We will continue to hear how “groovy” Rick Perry is probably until the day he dies.
But I'm not going to play the game some Freepers love to play:
"McConnell is a RINO"
"Therefore, anyone who endorses McConnell is a RINO"
"Therefore, anyone who supports anyone who endorses McConnell is a RINO"
"Therefore, anyone who says anything favorable about anyone who supports anyone who endorses McConnell is a RINO!"
That way lies madness.
> “...(when there was no reason for him to weigh-in in the first place)...”
This would be true if principles were involved. But this is about McConnell who controls the purse strings of vast amounts of funds for campaigns and Perry needs the funds for his presidential campaign. And he needed to come out now in support to show McConnell he is not just a fair weather political ally.
Ted Cruz on the other hand appears well-funded and can therefore afford to be independent.
What it shows is that Perry has his hand out asking. He is not independent, he will be bought off and promoted by establishment interests.
If this November the Tea Party prevails or even fights to a tie, Perry will have his hand out to Tea Party supporters and will sound very conservative.
Perry can’t be trusted.
McConnell wants to crush the Tea Party, not Democrats. He is not only a RINO, but stupid. Why should anyone that is a Tea Party Conservative vote for this Obama “YES Man”. And Rick is stupid too. If he had a chance, it was with Tea Party conservatives taking a second look. The establishment Republicans wont give him the time of day. Rick destroyed any good will of Tea Party Conservatives with the McConnell endorsement.
They always do a tightrope dance between RINO and conservative.
Perry is a politician - he figures Mitch is going to win re-election and he knows he will need Mitch’s support if he is going to make a run in 2016. Like it or not, that’s how the game is played.
Polling in Kentucky indicates that, even if Mitch beats backs his primary challenge, he’s still likely to lose to the Democrat candidate in the general election.
This was a stupid move, politically, on Perry’s part; but at least he exposed himself for what he is.
I wouldn't go that far. I think that Rick Perry is conservative on some things very important to conservatives, and his track record in Texas is proof of it. He would be an imperfect conservative candidate, but he's right on Life, God, Guns, Spending, Defense, Natural Family, and American exceptionalism. He's squishy on amnesty, iirc, and he's infected by association with the republican party. That's part of the reason he supported McConnell. The other part is that McConnell is the sitting senator so the odds on favorite to win if basing it on past statistics about sitting senators. So, Perry is simply keeping his options open in his run for the presidency. If Bevins were to win over McConnell, then I'm sure he'd support Bevins.
However, I would GLADLY have had him as the candidate instead of Romney the last time around.
I'm concerned with killing off viable conservatives. My favorites are, in order: Cruz, Sessions, Palin. Those I could possibly support are: Perry, Lee, Martinez, Paul, Bush, and Scott. Based on what I know now, all of the above are better than Romney, although that's not the highest praise. If I find any of them are suspect on Life, God, Guns, Spending, Marriage, or America, then I'll remove them from the list.
Texas Tea Party members told everyone that long ago.
Politicians are politicians. None are to be trusted. Power does most definitely corrupt. Term limits are thus essential, and we will never truly have responsive political representation until we do away with career politicians.
That said, I am curious as to what criteria each of us would use in determining who is an acceptable candidate for support. I’m not sure that even on this board there will be agreement on a lot of issues.
This was back in the 2012 primary season.
Have to agree ;-(