I think it's mostly the Palin crowd, but there's a whole different group of people who are getting pretty nasty about it. I got called some nasty names last night by some non-Palin people for suggesting that Perry might be a good candidate, so there's something else going on.
It's funny to see people dredging up quotes from 2001, Bilderberg, and the Trans-Texas Corridor as if they've just stumbled on some new super secret insider information. He's been our Governor for over a decade, so there's not anything Perry attackers are pulling out that we haven't already heard before.
I've never been a huge fan, but I think he might be the right guy at the right time to beat Obama if he can make the right policy shifts. I've never called him anything but a politician, but he very well may make a good President.
On the other hand, he could be a lousy President. But if Freepers here would rather elect Obama because of Gardisil and the Trans-Texas Corridor, then go right ahead. I'm voting for Perry if he gets the nod.
I'm a big fan of Palin, but with Perry in the race, I don't believe she's running. Also, and from what I've read, Palin has been highly supportive of Perry.
but there's a whole different group of people who are getting pretty nasty about it.
This is what I don't understand. Perry just entered the race and these same people claim they only want to vet the candidate and that there's nothing wrong with debating the pros and cons. Can't argue with that except that the vitriol from these same folks belies their claims that this is all about debate and objective vetting. It isn't, and you're right about there being something more. People are going to do what they're going to do but, in my opinion, it makes anything they say worthy of suspicion and that only makes the truth all that harder to find.
The end result is that any Perry thread posted will be negative or dominated by these same folks. And who wants to put up with that crap?
I want to win in 2012 and I want to do it with the most conservative candidate possible, but I also want someone who can defeat the Marxist with a $1 billion war chest. Getting caught up in defunct highway projects, the dispensing of vaccines, Bildabetterburger, hair styles and one court appointee is exactly what the liberals would like us to do. I'm far too serious about taking our country back from those intent on destroying it to get wound up in a bunch of BS like that. It's good to know that there are others who see it the same way.