[drypowder]

Back to the super highway; it's about Perry, not the highway. Perry favored the super highway idea including letting Mexican trucks freely enter the US, no inspections. American Thinker, June 18, 2011 by Jay Valentine; Perry states that the Arizona immigration law is not for Texas. Tom Tancredo asked Perry what his view is on illegal immigration and Perry responded (paraphrasing) by calling Tom a racist. As governor, Perry has been proactive against illegal immigration but he seems to be willing to go either way depending on the venue. There's a lot about Rick Perry that I do like but again, we don't need another self serving globalist as president. During their campaign, anything a politician says they'll do if elected but have already established a record of going the way of the wind is in my view not fit for public office. If I had my way, lawyers and politicians both would be illegal.

[GunRunner]

There's a lot about Rick Perry that I do like but again, we don't need another self serving globalist as president.

So does this mean you will not vote for him against Obama?

I've seen a lot of this over the past few days. Not just from just Palin folks, who are the ultimate "take your ball and go home" types, but from a lot of people.

I think we need to hold Perry's feet to the fire on a lot of his bad decisions, decisions that were made over a decade long governorship. But there are also a lot of lies going around about him, and they're not just coming from Palin people.

But I regard any claim to stay home and let Obama walk away with a second term an idle, empty threat.

[wolfcreek]

The Mexican truck deal was struck in NAFTA by the Clinton admin. Your getting state and federal matters mixed up.

Perry was envisioning bring more *dollars* to Texas through this venture. (which is now dead)

Perry said he didn't think certain aspects of the AZ law would be right for Texas, not the whole thing.
He signed a Voter ID bill and a proof of citizenship to receive a TX DL law this last session. An anti-sanctuary cities bill was also discussed but, didn't have the votes.

As far as Tancrado being called a racist by Perry, I only found one publication (in CO) where Tancrado himself made that accusation. Never heard a thing about it here in Texas.