Apologize? Hogwash. FUMR!
I would settle for both of them apologizing to the GOP, and then dropping out.
Once Perry’s past support of HillaryCare becomes common knowledge, it will be interesting to see:
(1) How many Perry supporter’s heads explode
(2) How much farther Perry sinks in the polls (can you actually poll below zero?)
No he doesn’t. It will not matter anyway. The GOP and the Main Stream Media will annoint Romney as the nominee. Just as they did McCain. The handwriting is on the wall and Obama will be president until the 2016 election.
He supported something 18 years ago. I guess we all have the same opinions and believe the same things we did nearly two decades ago. No one is allowed to change their mind. By the way, I do not support Perry but stuff like this is ridiculous and, no, he should not apologize.
“Rick Perry was a public supporter of HillaryCare.”
Not only that but he also proposed bi-national health care covering Mexicans on the other side of the border.
Asked by TheDC about the 1993 letter, Perry’s presidential campaign defended it, saying the full scope of Clinton’s healthcare plan was not yet known when Perry signed it.
“You need to read the letter,” top Perry political strategist Dave Carney told The Daily Caller. “He praised her efforts in trying to tackle the issue and urged her not to overlook rural Americans. The letter was at the onset of her efforts before she proposed anything. No one could have imagined the horrible monstrosity she cooked up, in fact not to be outdone until ObamaCare years later.” <>I>
“As Agriculture Commissioner he was concerned that rural Americans would be overlooked and their options even more limited,” Carney continued. “Working with the administration regardless of party, working with members of the other party, as long as you don’t violate your principles, is important to getting things done.”
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported in 2005 that Perry “defended” his 1993 praise of Hillary Clinton.
“Don’t get confused that I am for Hillary Clinton,” he told the paper, calling now Senator Clinton “absolutely anathema to the philosophical positions of the Republican Party.”
Apologize? Hogwash. FUMR!
“I think your efforts in trying to try to reform the nation's health care system are commendable.” As Ag Commissioner, he went on to request farmers and rural members not be forgotten. There are limited choices in these areas for health care.
This was 5 months before Hillary's task force submitted a plan. It is a tough sell to claim he supported a plan that didn't exist yet.
The letter in question is short and simple. As agricultural commissioner of Texas he commends Hillary for taking on the problem of health care asked that she and her committee consider the difficulties and challenges of his constituents.
The letter was written about two months after Bill Clinton was sworn in and six months before there was testimony or legislation.
In no fair-minded or honest way can it be characterized as support for the HillaryCare plan that did not yet exist.
For someone who is so far down in the polls an not expected to win the GOP primary you all spend a lot of time on him. It seems it would behoove you to spend time on the someone much closer to being the winner such as Romney rather than someone who appears to be out of it.
“Does Rick Perry Owe Mitt Romney an Apology?”
NO
Rick Perry was young, he needed the work.
While Rick is an immigrant appeaser and will eventually sell this country out to illegals, I can’t fault him for whatever he said about Romney... nobody owes Mittens anything (except a rail-ride out of town in Mass for Obamacare Lite). Can’t fault him, but WILL NOT vote for him, either.....I’ll take the darker of the two candidates for President come November 2012...