We all have the right, and with certainty the respossibility to vet these candidates. I for one want to know the good and the bad and all in between. Some of it will fall along the wayside, some will likely stand shoulder to shoulder with other candidates....but I want to know.
I have a serious problem woth Perry’s stand on the border issues...and I have read the posts of those supporting him and am still unconvinced that when push comes to shove he will vote for whatever the moment dictates to him his politically necessary....but his history isn’t at all encouraging. He does not approve of closed borders. So that’s a strike against him for my vote.
Further, and I’m still researching, why is it he is chumming up with Imans....encouraging students learn about Islam etc. This is definately a most serious issues to me. Further he is just seemingly too cozy with Islamic leadership....puts a very bad taste in my mouth. I will not vote for those who cater to the Islamic agenda.
Don't be fooled by the 'open borders' quote that is making the rounds. If you read it in context as I posted it above, it means something entirely different.
Has it escaped everyone's memory that Perry confronted President Obama on the airport tarmac in Austin and tried to personally deliver a letter asking for help on border security? There's a lot of disinformation out there:
http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2010/08/10/obama-declines-accept-rick-perrys-letter
Gov. Rick Perry's meeting at the Austin airport with President Barack Obama on border security lasted a mere 34 seconds, and Perry had to hand a letter on the issue to presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett because Obama declined to personally accept it.
That did not dissuade the governor from inviting Obama to come back to Texas and tour the border with him to get a first hand look at what Perry describes as the threat from Mexican drug cartels.
"Look, he's got the letter. I suspect he'll read it. I hope he responds to it," Perry said. "This is way past partisanship or politics."
Perry said Obama's decision to send 1,200 troops to the entire border with Mexico was inadequate, particularly since only 286 are coming to Texas.
Perry said he would like a substantial meeting with Obama to discuss the need for 1,000 National Guard troops until 3,000 Border Patrol agents can be trained to take over.
"We need a substantial amount of boots on the ground. We need the technology in the air. The predator drones. The other technologies we've talked about: night vision equipment, cameras, motion-detecting equipment," Perry said.
The governor said immigration reform is "a waste of effort until you secure the border."