I am new to Texas. I know Kinky from music and Imus but not from the state.
Who is the best of the bunch to run this state?
heehe - you know...I dont know...and Im a Texas native (Houston). But Im not politically astute like a lot of people here on FR. Im really just mouthing off. I just feel Perot already burned us with the populist "ramblin' cowboy" schtick...is why I am more mixed in my feelings concerning Bush. Hes been a great foreign policy President, but his domestic policies drag us down. Guess Im just a little leery that Friedman will only tell us what we want to hear, and then when in office, do whatever the hell he wants anyway. Hell, it's what Perry did...
Perry has not done a great deal for us Texans, but to put in Kinky would be absolute disaster! I'll stick with Perry.
This state is doing great, and those who want another Jesse Ventura, or Ross Perot running the state want to just spread misery to everyone.
Well, Perry's become an atypical politican (smoke & mirrors),the Demacrat runnin, is well, a Democrat(nuff said), and Kinky is a comedian. So, if ya want a good time in Texas, vote for Kinky, because their all a bunch of clowns anyway!
Perry and the Republicans. While in office he held strong against an onslaught of Dem/media attacks (at the cost of his poll numbers) and pushed through redistricting, which looks increasingly likely to be the difference in preventing Nancy Pelosi from becoming Speaker and preventing endless impeachment-related investigations/distractions. Pushed through tort reform. Tightened restrictions on abortion. In the face of an economic downturn and multi-billion dollar deficit was able to get the legislature to pass a balanced budget without raising taxes (budget cuts instead.) The latest school finance reform isn't perfect but the courts were holding a gun to his head and he and the legislature worked out a reasonable compromise. Has for a couple of years now been calling for a cap on property tax appraisal increases, but the legislature has so far pretty much resisted this. Perry has pushed for streamlining and privatizing state gov't where possible, such as his Trans-Texas Corridor proposal, where instead of the gov't spending $6+ billion of tax dollars for needed road expansion in the I-35 corridor the state bidded out the contract to a toll firm that will pay the entire cost of construction and also pay the state $1.2 billion for the rights to operate the road (the state will still own it.) That's a $6 billion savings for taxpayers.
Those are real conservative accomplishments, completely ignored by the conservo-utopians here or those who don't want their pet middle-class welfare program cut.
I've liked a lot of the things I hear from Kinky, but I'm afraid of Kinky.....he's just too kinky for me to trust. I'll stick with Perry.