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 states economic successand 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 familys 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 Perrys reaction was excessive, and dangerous, he shrugged it off. Dont attack my dog, he said, or you might get shot. It is the sort of dustup that, say, Mitt Romney would never be involved inalthough 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 rights 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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I would never have voted for him knowing that he wants American tax payers to pay for health benefits and social programs for Mexican citizens living in the US and Mexico. I may have only voted for him if he could keep that fact hidden. That is exactly what they are hoping. That Perry will be able to hide his love of liberal policies behind the fact that he is from Texas.
I don’t see them building fences in the northern border or setting up gun bunkers in Marthas vinyard.
If Sarah doesn’t run, Perry might. If Sarah does run, I don’t think he will.
Yeah, if it comes down to Gov.Goodhair and duh'bumba, many will hold their nose and vote for Perry.
IMO- Bush urinated on his constituency so bad that it will be years before another Texan has a chance in hell at winning the big seat.
Perry is a phoney. He lied to the people and said they would get a property tax cut if they would go along with his corporate income tax. It was a lie. the valuations went up.The taxes went up. He is a liar and the people were stupid. He is not a good governor. He is a liar and a poltroon.
“wants American tax payers to pay for health benefits and social programs for Mexican citizens living in the US and Mexico”
Please do tell where you came up with this bit of fantasy?
I live in the state of Washington now. Our state prison population is about 48% Hispanic, mostly Mexican, Honduran, and Guatemalan. No Canadians. Odd, isn’t it?
Living next to Canada isn’t like living next to Mexico. And I used to live in San Clemente, CA.
Our state prison population is about 48% Hispanic, mostly Mexican, Honduran, and Guatemalan. No Canadians. Odd, isnt it?
Really?
http://www.doc.wa.gov/aboutdoc/docs/msFactCard_000.pdf
Didn’t the Millennium bomber under via Washington state?
This speech straight from Rick Perry himself
...The Rio Grande does not separate two nations, it joins two peoples. Mexico and the United States have a shared history, and a common future. And it is along this border where we will either fail or succeed in addressing the education, health care and transportation needs of our two peoples.
...There are other challenges that require a unified approach, especially in the area of health care. A lack of preventative medicine means conditions that could have been eliminated through childhood immunizations show up in disturbing numbers later in life. Limited availability of medical specialists means conditions like heart disease and diabetes go untreated at alarming rates. In Texas, we recently placed a strong emphasis on preventative care when we expanded access to Medicaid for more low-income children by making the Medicaid enrollment process simpler. We allocated an additional $4 billion to the Medicaid program, and more than $900 million to the Childrens Health Insurance Program. I urged legislators to pass a telemedicine pilot program that will enable, through technology, a sick border resident of limited financial means to receive care from a specialist hundreds of miles away. But the effort to combat disease and illness requires greater cooperative efforts between our two nations. It is a simple truth that disease knows no boundaries. An outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis, for example, endangers citizens of both our nations. We have much to gain if we work together to expand preventative care, and treat maladies unique to this region.
Legislation authored by border legislators Pat Haggerty and Eddie Lucio establishes an important study that will look at the feasibility of bi-national health insurance. This study recognizes that the Mexican and U.S. sides of the border compose one region, and we must address health care problems throughout that region. Thats why I am also excited that Texas Secretary of State Henry Cuellar is working on an initiative that could extend the benefits of telemedicine to individuals living on the Mexican side of the border.
As a compassionate state, we know that for our children to succeed, they must not only be healthy, but educated. The future leaders of our two nations are learning their fractions and their ABCs in classrooms all along this border. Immigrants from around the world are being taught in Texas classrooms, and our history is rich with examples of new citizens who have made great contributions. We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, we dont care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there. And that vision must include the children of undocumented workers. Thats why Texas took the national lead in allowing such deserving young minds to attend a Texas college at a resident rate. Those young minds are a part of a new generation of leaders, the doors of higher education must be open to them. The message is simple: educacion es el futuro, y si se puede.
We also know that poverty is not unique to either side of the border. Some of Texas poorest citizens live in colonias all along the border. They often lack basic infrastructure many of us take for granted. Just today, the North American Development Bank announced it will provide $6.3 million in funding to hook up colonia residents in six border cities to water and wastewater lines. More than 18,000 residents will benefit from these water or wastewater hookups. And this November, by approving Proposition 2, Texas voters can ensure that their neighbors in colonias have quality roads so that school buses, emergency vehicles and postal trucks can reach residents, and residents can get to a job or a school reliably...
Such a compassionate conservative speech from Gov. Perry. I just dont know what to say.
If you dont believe this is real or think Im just making it all up, see for yourself right here. Gov. Good Hair in all his glory:
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10688/
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” He lied to the people and said they would get a property tax cut if they would go along with his corporate income tax. It was a lie.”
OK, one after the other. You do have some way to confirm such a statement, don’t you? And more importantly, do you have a clue by whom and how “Property Taxes” are appraised or levied in Texas?
Neither the State goverment nor the Governor have the ability to influence Property Taxes. Each County, ISD and lesser in County entities establish an Appraisal District and set the tax rates those entities within that particular Appriasal Distrcit set.
Doesn't Mitt have his own incident with a dog that he'd rather not discuss?
Wary, that speech or the highlites say what you said. Just your interpitation.
That’s Huckabee’s kid—he strangled a dog.
Budget hasn't passed yet. Democrats in the Senate filibustered.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/31/us-texas-budget-idUSTRE74T3YS20110531
Texas lawmakers to return for special session
Mon May 30, 2011 9:31pm EDT
(Reuters) - Texas lawmakers will head into a special legislative session on Tuesday after they failed to come to an agreement on legislation linked to the state budget, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst said on Monday.
“Unfortunately, despite the very hard work and determination of the majority of members of both the House and the Senate, the legislature was unable to pass a number of important bills,” Dewhurst wrote to Governor Rick Perry, a fellow Republican, in a letter issued late on Monday.
Monday was supposed to be the final day of the state’s biennial legislative session, which began in January. But late on Sunday, Senator Wendy Davis filibustered because she and other Democrats object to billions of dollars in cuts that the Republican-led legislature plans to make for Texas schools.
“She raised a hurdle. That’s her call,” Perry told reporters on Monday morning. “I’m sure members of the legislature that will be back here in special session will have appropriate things to say to her. We come here to work. We don’t come here to be show horses.”
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Haaaaa! I love it.
Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, took the floor about 10:45 Sunday night and
talked past the midnight deadline so Senate Bill 1811 would die.
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