Rick Perry Doesn't Need "The Money"

Business Insider via KausFiles ^ | 08/17/11 | John Ellis

[jocon307]

[Jonathan] Martin [of Politico] writes: "Perry's comment (about ...Ben Bernanke's "treasonous" behavior) is exactly the sort of misstep that will worry the many GOP donors on the sideline right now who chiefly want to beat President Obama. The quote reinforces their central fear about Perry — that he has a cowboy problem — and could prompt them to remain uncommitted."

This is accurate. It's also irrelevant.

It's irrelevant because the "GOP donors on the sideline right now" don't matter. They think they matter, but they don't.

The fact is that Rick Perry can raise $15-20 million out of Texas for his presidential campaign. He will, after all, either be governor of Texas or President of the United Sates when the campaign is over in November of next year.

He can raise another $40 million from evangelical networks across the country. If you budget $10 million for Iowa and $15 million for New Hampshire and $20 million for South Carolina, you have $10-15 million left over for national campaign operations.

[jocon307]

Money quote from a little further in the article:

"GOP donors on the sideline right now" misunderstand the dynamics of the party's increasingly populist primary electorate. They're not angry about Wall Street bailouts and financial industry recklessness, they're LIVID. No one bailed them out. All they got was the bill."

I capped that "livid" to reflect the emphasis in the original.

Please read this short piece. I am not posting it to boost Perry, but because it is an interesting commentary on the ongoing divide in the Republican party. That is why I posted it in the GOP Club forum, where I have never posted anything before.

FWIW, Mickey Kaus states that John Ellis is a Bush family cousin and seems to imply that this is a message from the "Bush team".

[Diogenesis]

NO MORE RINOs.

That said:

“And The Most Irresponsible Journalist Award Goes to The Politico’s Jonathan Martin!
So tell me, how do you write a “news” story about an organization paying for a speaker when you don’t even know if the organization is paying for the speaker?
Ask “journalist” Jonathan Martin. He knows all about it.
You see, Jonny wrote a piss poor story the other day about how the Iowa Family Policy Center will be paying a large speaker fee if Sarah Palin comes to Iowa to keynote the IFPC’s fall funderaiser.
The only problem is that Jonny has no sources confirming that any exorbitant fee is being charged or paid.
Jonny also got some inside info from David Kochel, who was a top aide to former (and future) presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.
Hey Dave, didn’t I just read a story about how Mitt Romney tried to buy off the Iowa Christian Alliance?
I heard you helped facilitate that little scheme. And somehow you are shocked at the thought of a well-known political figure (who very likely isn’t running for president) getting paid a speaker’s fee for (gasp) a public speaking appearance? ..
and then we’ve got Tim Albrecht quoted. He was the Iowa spokesman for Romney’s 2008 caucus campaign.”
And it always seemed like, whenever the Romney people had rumors they wanted to start about other candidates,
Jonny was their go-to guy to get those rumors in writing in front of a national audience.

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"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."

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Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney

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"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

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[KansasGirl]

I’ll donate more to Perry than I have ever donated to any candidate. Same for Palin or Cain.

[Dudoight]

Well, the old guard ‘establishment’ GOP who appointed Dole, GWB and McCain are ticked that they can no longer dictate who will be president for conservatives.

If for no other reason than that, I will support Perry. Its time they realized they have done us NO good with their ‘superior’ wisdom.

I like that Perry is NOT identifying with that bunch. (ticks off Rove, though)

[jocon307]

“I’ll donate more to Perry than I have ever donated to any candidate.”

My record recipient so far is Sharon Angle {sigh}.

[KansasGirl]

The fact that the GOP establishment doesn’t support Perry really ups his appeal factor for me.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

The one thing I don’t like about the article. The reporter talks about Rick Perry’s statements and speeches so far. He chalks it all up to a grand strategy that he has and he is channeling the populist message. Did it ever occur to the reporter that he makes his religious statements and his statement about Bernanke because he might actually believe it? I know it’s a novel idea but it’s a possibility.

[Godwin1]

Actually, he said “almost treasonous.” Hussein Obama constantly says that those who oppose his economy killing policies are “putting party before country.” It is substantively the same thing Perry said, without the qualifying “almost.”

[SMARTY]

Right!!

The overly manicured, white-bread wuss typically chosen by the GOP isn’t going to cut it this time around.

If a candidate is afraid of his/her own shadow THIS time, they don’t belong in the race. It is going to get nasty and THAT kind of wimp will get eaten alive.

[Sudetenland]

Those three are the cream of the current crop of hopefuls/possibles. I think Cain is going nowhere, but his presence in the race can only accrue to the benefit of keeping conservative issues in the spotlight.

I just get the feeling that Palin will not run. She's having too much fun tweaking the noses of the left and the Republican establishment and she is doing good things for conservative issues. I also believe her to have been too severely damaged from the PDS assault against her. Her time may come, but not yet, I think.

Perry is the best bet. He's tough, conservative, saavy, still has the common touch--something Romney lacks a hint of. He still has a long way to go and considerable vetting, but so far, he's the best. Immigration is his Achilles heel, but as long as he is emphatic about locking down the border, he will be okay on that. Just stopping the flow would do wonders.

[Texas Fossil]

Did it ever occur to the reporter that he makes his religious statements and his statement about Bernanke because he might actually believe it?

Yep, a very real possibility.

[Sudetenland]

Love that picture!!! That is what I have thought about Romney from the first time I saw him. Slick and slimy—a perfect used car salesman or snake oil drummer.

[jocon307]

“I know it’s a novel idea but it’s a possibility.”

I don’t think the author is saying Perry is insincere, rather that his rhetoric is actually well chosen for Perry’s INTENDED audience, even if it sounds half-cocked to the pundit and country club classes.

Let me also add, if Perry is insincere (which I doubt) he has learned to fake sincerity very well. And, as they say, if you can do that, you’ve got it made.

[Marty62]

People that say Perry is a Bush team player, don’t know the facts. Even tho GW stayed out of the Gov race. Mommy and Daddy came out big time for Kay Bailey.

No love lost there.
The fact is that who ever pulls out on top will get the money. Period. Zero at 26% approval, Market having grand mal seizures. The big money will go to the Repub whoever that may be.

[jocon307]

“Perry...still has the common touch—something Romney lacks a hint of.”

It could hardly be different. Rick Perry’s father was a cotton farmer, Mitt Romney’s father was the Governor of Michigan (not that there’s anything wrong with that).

As for what some have said that Perry “out cowboys” Bush, again, Bush’s family is truly one of the American elite for generations.

Here, I looked them up on Wikepedia, because I knew I didn’t know how many of them you could count “The Bush family is a prominent American family. [A]cross three generations the family includes two U.S. Senators, one Supreme Court Justice, two Governors, one Vice President and two Presidents. George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush have been married for 66 years, holding the record for the longest-married presidential couple. Peter Schweizer, author of a biography of the family, has described the Bushes as “the most successful political dynasty in American history.”

I left in that part about George & Barbara, even though it is OT because I thought it was sweet.

Now there are other candidates who have come from a less than wealthy backround, at this time all of the others except Romney.

So, that’s fine. We’ve had “the best and the brightest” almost scuttle the ship of state here, maybe it is time to give another type of person a chance.

[BfloGuy]

I just cannot believe the fuss generated by Perry’s common-sense remarks about the Fed. It shows, I guess, the inside-Washington circle-the-wagons mentality as well as the incredible economic ignorance that grips this country’s elites.

[TEXOKIE]

Thank you for this thread, jocon307. It is quite interesting, your examination of the split among Republican voters/donators.

I am truly at a loss right now about Perry. I want so much to believe him and in him, but right now I am very suspicious of what might be behind him.

I have serious concerns that conservatives are being set up with Perry. I am concerned that he is a wolf in sheep's clothing. I LOVE the things he is saying on the campaign trail, but have strong reservations about his track record of actions and possible power elite backing.

If I had to choose right now him or Romney it would be him, Perry. I do not know AT ALL who I support overall at this time. That being said, I would crawl over broken glass to vote for anyone that has a serious shot at unseating Obama and has ANY kind of real conservative credential. While I question Perry's conservative credential, I see from his time in Texas that an engaged electorate can sway him.

I am asking everyone to please consider carefully Perry's background - do your own research confirmations of what people say about him, both positive and negative.

Here is some research I did when a friend sent me the Glenn Beck interview of Perry:

I love Beck, love the interview. Was looking at some of the commentary below the interview and I decided to look into the accusations. This is what I found, just to scratch the surface a little bit. These findings may or not be relevant to your election decision equations, but they are to mine, and I will weigh this data carefully.

Glenn Beck interviewing Rick Perry 6 27 11
Beck interview of Perry

He's favorable toward Perry.

Two comments from Comment section at bottom of interview page:

"Rick Perry Attended 2007 Bilderberg Meeting in Turkey, Signed Executive Order Requiring HPV Vaccines for All 6th Grade; Girls, Former Democrat and Headed Campaign of Al Gore, supported Trans-Texas Corridor/NAFTA Super Highway and Sanctuary Cities"

"Rick Perry was chairman for Al Gore's presidential campaign. Got it? Rick Perry was chairman for Al Gore's presidential campaign. Rick Perry was chairman for Al Gore's presidential campaign!"

Following are the stories/reports I found regarding some of the charges in the first comment.

Report of Rick Perry's attendance at Bilderberg Turkey 2007:

Perry's attendance at 2007 Bilderberg Meeting in Turkey
News 8 Austin

Report of Perry's support of Sanctuary Cities:
Perry's support of sanctuary cities
From a San Antonio newspaper

Rick Perry's participation in the Trans Texas Corridor:
Perry and Trans Texas Corridor
From the Houston Chronicle

[binreadin]

I agree completely. Dole?? McCain?? even GWB were handpicked by insulated GOP know-nothings educated beyond their intelligence. Rove—why does anyone ever listen to him after what his advice has done to this country? The last primary go-round, when asked why none of his sons were serving in the military, Romney replied “They are serving their country by working on my campaign.” That was it for me. We need a hard worker and a straight talker. I’m not in agreement with everything Perry’s done, or said, but my God, what a breath of fresh air he is. I especially loved the way he didn’t back down after the treason remark.

[MrEdd]

The fact that the GOP establishment doesn’t support Perry really ups his appeal factor for me.

Other than Karl Rove, who recruited him from the democrats, and everyone in that elite globalist circle of the Republican old guard.

But why count those people when you want to try to make Al Gore's former Texas campaign manager out to be a conservative. a

[SMARTY]

At least Perry HAS a record of effort, achievement and activity. At LEAST he has a demonstrated character.

You may agree or disagree, the facts are evident! I have not seen Perry lying, cringing in shame or side-stepping anything in his past. He has been clear and forthcoming whenever asked about previous views and actions. THAT is positive and DOES NOT insult my intelligence.

No challenge as rigorous was ever presented to “O” and no record so well-documented was available when “O” was shoved under our noses for consideration.