Posted on 05/30/2011 6:42:08 PM PDT by Jim 726
Conservatives longing for a 2012 savior are increasingly fixating on Texas’ governor. Peter Boyer talks to Perry about his suitors, his state’s economic success—and his timetable for deciding. One of the photographs that Texas Gov. Rick Perry keeps on his BlackBerry is a portrait of Aurora P. (“Rory”) Perry, the family’s black Labrador Retriever, who last year acquired a key role in local Perry legend. The governor and the dog were out for an early morning jog when a coyote suddenly appeared, growling at Rory. Perry, who carries a Ruger .380 handgun in his belt when he jogs, pulled the weapon and shot the coyote dead. When some Austin locals protested that Perry’s reaction was excessive, and dangerous, he shrugged it off. “Don’t attack my dog,” he said, “or you might get shot.” It is the sort of dustup that, say, Mitt Romney would never be involved in—although Romney might well prefer a coyote controversy to another conversation about Romneycare. A lot of conservatives would apparently prefer it, too. Neither Romney, the presumed frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, nor the other contenders, has excited enthusiasm in the Republican base, which seems to want a candidate with less baggage than Newt Gingrich, less squish than Romney, and more magnetism than Tim Pawlenty. The right’s hot new prospect of the moment is the arch-conservative governor of Texas, the man with the square jaw, thick mane, and snakeskin cowboy boots.
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More the merrier..... Attack the Erkel Mugabe administration from every possible angle.
He couldn’t even build a wall between Mexico and Texas, no thanks.
You may want to ask the mods to pull this duplicate posting.
How would you like to own land on the Rio Grand and suddenly the government comes in and builds a huge wall blocking you access to the river, for you and your animals?
He couldn’t even build a wall between Mexico and Texas, no thanks.
Perry is terrible on immigration.
Governor Goodhair is out for Governor Goodhair. He blows with and without the wind. I’ll say no to this Texan for the White House.
People who don’t live on the border are clueless about property rights on the border.
He couldn’t even build a wall between Mexico and Texas, no thanks.
Pretty much true but then securing the US border isn’t the responsibility of the gov. of Texas nor it’s tax payers alone.
What the hell? The crazy that decided that 10-year-old girls must be given STD drugs even without parental consent? That built the Mexican drug-and-alien-smuggling pipeline into middle America?
Perry isn’t a conservative. His faith in government mandates knows no limit. He’s a fascist; the liberal stereotype of evil big-business megalomaniacs. He’s for cutting taxes not because he believes in small government, but because it puts money in the pockets of his puppet-masters. Screw him to hell.
What the hell? The crazy that decided that 10-year-old girls must be given STD drugs even without parental consent? That built the Mexican drug-and-alien-smuggling pipeline into middle America?
Perry isn’t a conservative. His faith in government mandates knows no limit. He’s a fascist; the liberal stereotype of evil big-business megalomaniacs. He’s for cutting taxes not because he believes in small government, but because it puts money in the pockets of his puppet-masters. Screw him to hell.
But he doesn’t need to build a highway to help them get in faster.
But he doesn’t need to build a highway to help them get in faster.
Freepers, don't kid yourselves - almost every one of you would have voted for Perry over Obama in Nov, 2007. The tiny fraction who wouldn't have, are probably lurkers from dailyKOS.
You attack before asking for votes to show you can lead in the midst of opposition. Perry’s too late for that.
What!
You think everyone else should make sacrifices for national security except Texans?
No highway was built. That said we do need additional roadways in Texas in certain locations. Like it or not there are a lot of imports/exports which have to be move into the heartland.
born March 4, 1950 in Paint Creek, TX (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Joseph Ray Perry born 1925 in TX
Amelia June Holt born 1928/9 in TX
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Rick Perry is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN unlike Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama.
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