[South40]

La Raza Rick Perry is no Ronald Reagan. Reagan was an great speaker who was smart enough to prove his detractors wrong. When Perry opens his mouth he proves his detractors right.

Perry will never be president partly because of that but mainly because he is not presidential material. He may appeal to those of you in Texas but his abysmal performance in the 2012 contest proved he does not appeal to conservatives across the land.

[DRey]

Reagan was an great speaker who was smart enough to prove his detractors wrong.

Oh good grief. Really, South? Surely YOU, in all your brilliance, know that Reagan used a teleprompter. In fact, he perfected its use! He had excellent speech writers and mastery of the teleprompter before people realized what the "security device" was really there for. I respect your dislike of Perry. I really do. La Raza or whatever else you are misguided about. But don't go forcing me to point out the obvious too much -- that our Great Orator had a great eye for speech writers and used the tele. In fact, I believe it was Eisenhower who first used it. Perry can certainly do the same. If he was half as stupid as you proclaim, he'll make an excellent president. He's certainly got the heart and the history and the soul to do a great job. The rest is always, always hired out.