I don’t know much about Perry, I wish people were a lot more vocal and talkative about his shortcomings and strengths.
It’s kind of disturbing seeing someone to tell people to put aside their criticisms of someone, as if they should put aside their core beliefs and principles.
If folks have strong reservations about any candidate, speak up and loudly! Now is the time! We are adults, we can sort out for ourselves what is true.
We don’t need someone big on cheerleading, pretending candidates need coddling when the libs are about to do a million times worse to them.
Look at what happened with Obama, people who asked questions were told to shut up, the media didn’t vet him, and they had huge worshipful cheerleading rallies.
Rather not see the republicans embrace that sort of thing.
Ive put the offer up numerous times for someone to take apart this research. No one has yet done so. It explains the reasoning behind Rick Perrys most controvesial issues and criticisms. The author doesnt assume or agree with everything he has done. Its a little more in depth than the strictly hit and run bloggers.
Take it apart. Go ahead.
http://peskytruth.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/rick-perrys-negatives/
Then please read on.
Its kind of disturbing seeing someone to tell people to put aside their criticisms of someone, as if they should put aside their core beliefs and principles.
Apparently, that is what we are expected to do. Note that you have already received a response from a Perry supporter. In light of that you should see the other side of Rick Perry.
"I think there is a path to citizenship for those young men and women ILLEGAL ALIENS who have served their country," Perry said.
THEIR COUNTRY?! Perry thinks America is THEIR COUNTRY?!
Perry wants to give ILLEGAL aliens citizenship
In 2001, Perry signed into law the very first Texas Dream ACT. It allowed the children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at any Texas university. Perry defended the Texas Dream ACT, saying, To punish these young Texans for their parents' actions is not what America has always been about.
Perry then jetted off to Mexico and bragged to the Mexicans that Texas passed this law, saying, The message is simple, educacion es el futuro, y si se puede. Education is the future, and yes we can.
Rick Perrys immigration problem
The number of illegal immigrant college students paying in-state tuition and receiving financial aid at Texas' public colleges and universities continues to climb, according to state higher education records.
Number of illegal immigrants getting in-state tuition for Texas colleges rises
In February 2007, Perry signed a shocking executive order forcing every sixth-grade girl to submit to a three-jab regimen of the Gardasil vaccine. He also forced state health officials to make the vaccine available "free" to girls ages 9 to 18. The drug, promoted by manufacturer Merck as an effective shield against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) and genital warts, as well as cervical cancer, had only been approved by the Food and Drug Administration eight months prior to Perry's edict.
Perry defenders pointed to a bogus "opt-out" provision in his mandate "to protect the right of parents to be the final authority on their children's health care." But requiring parents to seek the government's permission to keep an untested drug out of their kids' veins is a plain usurpation of their authority. Translation: Ask your bureaucratic overlord to determine if a Gardasil waiver is right for you.
Libertarians and social conservatives alike slammed Perry's reckless disregard for parental rights and individual liberty. The Republican-dominated legislature also balked. In May 2007, both chambers passed bills overturning the governor's unilaterally imposed health order.
Perry's vaccine order exposed lapse in political, policy judgments Rick Perrys Superficial Extremism The Texas governors record doesnt live up to his rhetoric.
The Gardasil debacle is just one of many concerns a wide range of grass-roots conservative activists have about Perrys record as governor. Hes soft on illegal immigration despite a few recent nods to border enforcement. Hes prone to crony capitalism. And as the vaccine mandate scandal shows, he demonstrated Nanny State tendencies that are anathema to Tea Party core principles.
Once again, the Perry campaign proves my point about the non-walkback-walkback. If Perry erred on the side of life, what his campaign continues to suggest is that those who opposed his Gardasil mandate from the beginning chose death. Instead of renouncing the human shield demagoguery he engaged it after the repeal, the Perry campaign has doubled-down. There is nothing nothing Tea Party about this.
The Gardasil debacle is a useful red flag on Perrys basic political instincts, judgment, core values, and trust. It is no surprise given his ties to Merck that Perry is a consummate practitioner of corporate welfare public-private partnerships.
Plumbing the rest of the Perry record
Perrys campaign website lists the Trans-Texas Corridor as one of his accomplishments. But is it something Perry really wants broadcast as an achievement? The Texas Republican Partys 2010 platform includes a plank specifically opposing the Trans-Texas Corridor.
Rick Perry's NAFTA Superhighway Problem
Thats why I am also excited that Texas Secretary of State Henry Cuellar is working on an initiative that could extend the benefits of telemedicine to individuals living on the Mexican side of the border.
~ Rick Perry
VIDEO Perry compares Giuliani to Reagan
VIDEO: Perry thanked by Vicente Fox for illegals in-state tuition
Rick Perry is NOT conservative!