Precisely because this talk of Perry is taking place, we ought to discuss the SUBSTANCE of why he should/should not be considered. For those of us who do not live in Texas....enlighten us. ;-)
He has a history of making deals that benefit cronies, from awarding major no-bid contracts to companies owned by his political benefactors, to issuing executive orders to MANDATING the gardasil vaccination for all girls age 12 and up to land grabbing private property (a la Kelo) for the Trans-Texas Corridor NAFTA superhighway. He has only recently given lip-service to an about face on illegal immigration but until then was soft on the subject.
In short, he is John McCain with John Edwards’s hair.
AMEN and AMEN.
Since our good country has not yet seen the wisdom in just letting me appoint the next POTUS, I will not be able to anoint President Palin, so we will have to go through the election again. I'm not certain Palin is running, so I am exploring the other candidates. It annoys me no end when someone is mentioned as a candidate and the substance-less posts which amount to little more than name-calling immediately pop up. I have no objection to someone concluding that a candidate is a RINO but give us some reasons for that conclusion.
I don't know much about Rick Perry but those for him have presented a much more substantive case than those who are against him.
I don't demand perfection in a candidate but I don't want someone who is seriously flawed either.