Posted on 06/14/2011 12:18:02 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
When Gov. Rick Perry moves to the right, Texas voters reward him. We don't yet know whether national voters would be so generous.
A Perry campaign for president is starting to feel inevitable. He's filling in for Donald Trump at a speech to New York City Republicans tonight. And an ad touting Perry's record on lawsuit reform showed up Monday on the website of the Union-Leader, a leading newspaper in New Hampshire, site of the country's first presidential primary.
"In the last two years, Texas, led by Gov. Rick Perry, has created more jobs than any other state," says the ad for Americans for Job Security. A key consultant for that group is Dave Carney,...
The governor is enjoying a largely free ride right now. Potential opponents and the national media aren't coming after him because he's not actually in the race yet. But that will all change if he starts to run, and then an important question is likely to arise: Is Perry too conservative to win the White House?
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Particularly likely to raise eyebrows in a national campaign is Perry's wink at secessionists in 2009, when he said: "We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, who knows what might come out of that?"
Those comments did nothing to slow his re-election, and in fact they probably helped with some of the tea partyers who propelled him to a decisive win. But it's difficult to imagine that national voters, on the whole, would find the notion so charming.
And then there's the matter of the book Perry released last year, "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington." It calls Social Security a failure and a Ponzi scheme.
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(Excerpt) Read more at statesman.com ...
Because government does not create jobs that add anything to our economy, only those that take from it.
That’s rich. I have never heard anything about that — your gossip looks pretty, well, gossipy and being human, makes me suspicious of all your “informed” rumors.
Gardasil? Look up. I posted a link to that. Everyone can choose, they always could.
By the way if you want to rumor monger, put in a link. Thank you.
On the whole, I’ve been pretty proud of our legislature during this term. They have done some really good, conservative things.
I certainly hope that the did indeed drive a stake through the heart of the Trans-TX proposal and that it will never raise it’s ugly head again.
You are doing a good job of keeping people informed. Keep it up.
If your shoes match your belt, gays assume you’re in the closet. You should offer some real proof.
Is it true that Perry was Al Gore’s campaign manager in Texas?
Whick SOS was he supposedly caught with?
TX School Board of Education standards for social studies appealed to feds - NAACP and LULAC contend they play down KKK's violence
Governor: Texas should move to online textbooks
It would really help the debate if FReepers posting comments about policy decisions would post a link to where their points are in print so others can research them and not just rely on second hand reports.
Wiki...
Perry supported Al Gore in the 1988 Democratic presidential primaries and was chairman of the Gore campaign in Texas.
In 1989, The Dallas Morning News named him one of the most effective legislators in the 71st Legislature. That same year, Perry announced that he was joining the Republican Party.
Is it true that Perry was Al Gore’s campaign manager in Texas?
In the 1988 Texas democrat primary. Perry changed to the GOP in 1989.....
In 1989, The Dallas Morning News named him one of the most effective legislators in the 71st Legislature. That same year, Perry announced that he was joining the Republican Party."
The second one, I forget his name, except that it was a Spanish name. Both his sec'ies of state were "similar" in most respects. Including, presumably, stance.
There have been six SOS during the time Perry has been gov.
He ran for Lt. Governor after Bob Bullock retired in 1999.
To give you an idea of old school Texas Democrats, Bob Bullock, Democrat, endorsed Bush for the Governors seat.
You’re gay, want proof? Go find a link if you want to rebut./s
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