[UnwashedPeasant]

The article say that Perry "grew up a Democrat, won election as a Democrat, and Perry was even the State Chairman for Al Gore in 1988."

Al Gore?! Not good.

[onyx]

The article say that Perry "grew up a Democrat, won election as a Democrat, and Perry was even the State Chairman for Al Gore in 1988."

[Arrowhead1952]

The article say that Perry "grew up a Democrat, won election as a Democrat, and Perry was even the State Chairman for Al Gore in 1988."

There are a LOT of Texans - me included - who grew up as a (d) in our early years. Heck, I even voted for the peanut farmer. We found our way out of the darkness when we found out how corrupt the (d) party was and turned to the (R) party instead.

[deport]

The article say that Perry “grew up a Democrat,

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Just an obersvation that I believe would be true but can’t prove. If it wasn’t for the ‘grew up democrats’ in Texas that have changed their party affiliation I honestly don’t think this would be a red state yet. In other words most of the ‘grew up democrats’ that have changed over the past are more conservative than the existing democrats. In other words they were republicans before the republican party was a factor in Texas. Now that doesn’t make them all a part of the far right wing of the party.