[Richard Kimball]

I'm not nuts about Perry, but give the man his due. He had a heck of a session. Democrats ran to Oklahoma, they ran to New Mexico, and Perry didn't blink. He ran a legislative session and didn't raise taxes, despite enormous pressure to do so.

The primaries are over. The Rats are united. Kerry thinks that the threat of terrorism is overblown, wants to reduce intelligence spending, and treat the terrorists like criminals rather than the enemy in a war.

Remember Ronald Reagan and the 11th Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican

[GOPcapitalist]

I'm not nuts about Perry, but give the man his due. He had a heck of a session. Democrats ran to Oklahoma, they ran to New Mexico, and Perry didn't blink.

He didn't blink because he had Tom DeLay breathing down his throat and the RNC letting him know that there would be hell to pay if he caved.

And for the irony of ironies: guess who gave a $5,000 endorsement to Paul Green, Perry's candidate for supreme court. That's right - the lead attorney for the Chicken D's in New Mexico!

Reagan said not to speak ill of other Republicans but Rick Perry is no true Republican. He's a petty, vindictive, power peddling moderate who guts our party of its most conservative officeholders in the primary and then turns around to demand that we support him in the general.

[jf55510]

I'm not nuts about Perry, but give the man his due. He had a heck of a session. Democrats ran to Oklahoma, they ran to New Mexico, and Perry didn't blink. He ran a legislative session and didn't raise taxes, despite enormous pressure to do so.

He did fine in the session. But his actions during the session are no reason to give him a pass for his actions in this primary. He got conservative jurists beat because he is a sore loser. He replaced a good conservatives with a gay environmental wacko and a pro-abortion trial lawyer friendly jurist that took money the Chicken D's lawyers. Way to go Rick.

The primaries are over. The Rats are united. Kerry thinks that the threat of terrorism is overblown, wants to reduce intelligence spending, and treat the terrorists like criminals rather than the enemy in a war.

Not really sure what this has to do with anything.

Remember Ronald Reagan and the 11th Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican

Well Perry isn't a Republican and frankly Reagan got this one wrong. Just because they are a Republican does not mean that they should be immune from criticism from their own party.

[af_vet_rr]

I'm not nuts about Perry, but give the man his due.

I'm not going to give the man his due, because most of what he has done has been on the backs of others, and the people he has championed have not all been real Conservatives.

I'll admit that I have not cared for Perry since he was a rising star in the democrat party.

I'll take Carole Keeton any day of the week, because I know her history and that she is a true Republican, and comes from a large family of Republicans. I also knew her father and I have a great deal of respect for him, and her sons obviously have done well, working directly for President Bush.

She did some things I didn't care for, but I understand where she was coming from, whereas with Perry, he does things that leave me scratching my head and wondering if he is still loyal to his old party.