You more than typify the "circular firing squad" mentality of one too many members here. Its fratricide, and highly unjustified.
I'm sure if Ronald Reagan was in his political prime right now, you would call him a RINO too.
I made it clear in one of my previous posts that Rick Perry has no business being in the same office Ronald Reagan held. You are comparing Rick Perry to Ronald Reagan! LOL! That is just nutty. Perry never had an original idea in his life. But he sure has latched on to some extremely stupid ideas others generated. Like the TTC and Guardasil. Which on their face are very aggressive attempts to take by force land in the case of the TTC and liberty in the case of the boneheaded Guardasil debacle. Besides attempting to stomp on individual property rights Perry attempted to mandate what drugs Texan females HAD to ingest. How 1984 is that? And it is stunning that Perry complains in his book that the federal government "dictates what kinds of guns we can own, what kinds of prayers we are allowed to say" and "what doctor we can see." Perry also says "We are tired of being told how much salt we can put on our food, what windows we can buy for our house, what kind of cars we can drive, what kind of guns we can own, what kind of prayers we are allowed to say and where we can say them, what political speech we are allowed to use to elect candidates, what kind of energy we can use, what kind of food we can grow, what doctor we can see, and countless other restrictions on our right to live as we see fit." Sounds good but this comes from a man who tried to FORCE Guardasil on Texas females at the stroke of an executive order? Give me a break! He is spouting talking points that he thinks will get him in to the big show. He has never pushed the types of things he mentions in his book before.
Perry was astonishly stupid politically by supporting both the TTC and the Guardasil issues. The only way Perry got past both of these things without losing elections was the embarrasing candidates that have ran against him. Perry has never been challenged by someone that could come close to beating him. He has always been elected as the lesser of two evils. Note that even Texas Farm Bureau agreed with that point and supported Perry while holding their nose after Perry vetoed a bill that would protect Texas farmers from land takings by eminent domain via constructs like the Trans-Texas Corridor that Perry supported. So Perry knows how it works when a crappy candidate runs against a horrible one. That's how he has stayed in office. Because of that I would not be surprised to see him attempt to try to run against Obama. Perry would be once again the t*rd sandwich we would prefer against Obama the douche bag.
Nope, Perry is no Ronald Reagan. Not even close. Reagan was the master of his own thoughts and words. He was a genius who understood America and he could communicate that understanding as easily as he breathed. Perry, by contrast, has displayed no such abilities past sticking his thumb in to the political wind and then following it. Which is exactly what he is doing now. Reagan a RINO? Absurd! Reagan was no more a RINO that Perry is a conservative.