Posted on 06/18/2011 1:09:31 PM PDT by presidio9
Four summers ago, 73 percent of Republicans were satisfied with the candidates seeking the 2008 GOP presidential nomination. Now, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll revealed on Wednesday, only 45 percent of Republicans are happy with today's 2012 contenders. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, 61, could cure the GOP's ennui. As America's economy slumbers, Perry tells a stimulating story about Texas' pro-market growth and job creation, two subjects that top the American mind. Between January 2001 and June 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates, Texas' non-farm employment grew from 9,542,400 in January 2001, when Perry took office, to 10,395,800 in June 2010 -- an increase of 853,400 or 8.9 percent. Big-government California simultaneously lost 827,800 jobs. Employment in Texas grew more than in the other 49 states combined. Since June 2009, when the Great Recession officially ended, Texas has produced 265,300 net jobs, equal to 36.7 percent of the 722,200 positions created nationwide. For seven years running, CEOs polled by Chief Executive magazine have rated Texas first in business development and job growth. Texas boasts 58 Fortune 500 companies -- more than any other state. As America's No. 1 exporting state, Texas shipped $206.6 billion in goods abroad last year, composing 16 percent of America's $1.28 trillion in exports. California's $14.4 billion in exports ranked it second, with 11.2 percent of U.S. outflow. Texas' achievements so stunned Gavin Newsom, California's Democratic lieutenant governor, that he flew a delegation to Austin last May to ask Perry how he lures defectors from the Golden State. Of the 70 companies that fled California in 2011, the Wall Street Journal's John Fund reported last April, 14 relocated to Texas -- these exiles' primary destination. So, what is Perry's secret? Texas taxes neither personal incomes nor capital gains, and Perry proposed a 2010 constitutional amendment to require two-thirds super-majorities to legislate tax hikes. Beyond that, as Perry told Manhattan Republicans Tuesday, "don't spend all the money." He advised "a regulatory climate that is fair and predictable" as well as "a legal system that doesn't allow for over-suing." Thus, Perry signed groundbreaking "loser pays" tort-reforms and medical-litigation rules that caused malpractice-insurance rates to fall. Some 20,000 doctors since have flooded Texas. Texas is a Right to Work state, which Perry should trumpet nationally. He should demand a woman's right to choose ... whether or not to join a union. On December 21, 2000, while Illinois State Sen. Barack Obama was casting some of his 129 "present" votes, Perry took over a state government that now features some 384,000 workers and a $172.5 billion biennial budget. While Obama's oratory often soars, he sometimes seems disengaged and indecisive -- as if the Oval Office were a training facility. As Texas' governor for a record 10 years, Perry's executive experience is quadruple Obama's. Perry's biggest challenge may be that he is the governor of Texas. Americans suffered through the mitigated disaster that was George W. Bush's presidency. They may recoil at electing another commander-in-chief from Austin. Perhaps more worrisome for Perry are his appearance and mannerisms. At a well-delivered speech to the Heritage Foundation's Resource Bank in Dallas on April 28, Perry did not quite resemble Bush. However, he mirrored actor James Brolin's portrayal of the 43rd president in Oliver Stone's film "W." Perry can overcome this potential handicap by loudly and explicitly distancing himself from the White House's disgraced former occupant. Perry should remind voters of the aristo-socialist Bush's LBJ-like spendaholism and Carteresque regulatory overreach (e.g. Bush's repugnant 2007 ban on Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb, effective 2012). Perry should declare that his domestic agenda will not echo Bush's, much beyond tax relief and school choice. As the un-Obama and un-Bush, Perry soon could emerge as a seasoned, competent, growth-generating conservative. This should unite the Republican base, make Tea Partiers boil with glee, and magnetize independents and sensible Democrats. If so, voters just might dispatch Barack Obama to design his presidential library.
I am a Texan, btw.....
And I don't happen to think he is a criminal or corrupt but I do think he is a capitalist, you seem to think that is a bad word
I will not call him Gov. Goodhair either. That reminds me of the women who don't like Palin because she is better looking than they are. Could some men dislike Perry because his picture is in the dictonary under the word “handsome”? Is that possible? snort))))));)
No? What do you call the Merck incident then?
I do think he is a capitalist, you seem to think that is a bad word
I do? Where did I give that impression? Is it because you don't understand what the term 'crony capitalist' means? Crony capitalism is NOT capitalism. It is fascism. I tend to use the phrase 'crony capitalist' instead of 'fascist', because leftists have co-opted the word 'fascist' to mean 'anything that liberals don't like', which has lessened its impact.
As for Slick Rick in the general? I hope I don't have to find out the answer to that question. IMHO, if he's nominated, it won't matter who I vote for. The Dems will destroy him with scandal after scandal. There are such a shocking number of things that we know about. I shudder to think about the ones we don't.
Agreed. Perry isn’t a far left liberal and we have that in office right now - no way he could be even close to the socialist America hater we have in the White House now.
FWIW. Murdock is not only a libertarian, he was a bigtime RudyBooster in ‘08.
Ok, let's dig a little deeper.
1. What has he done to make him RINO?
2. Regarding easy races, he seemed to do pretty well in 2010 in a three way race primary. He smoked Medina and a very well dug in and connected US Senator with relative ease, avoiding a runoff.
3. He's won 3 back to back elections for Governor, which is unheard of in Texas. As you well know, Texas has only had 6 republicans at the helm. Also, as you well know, Texas has tended to vote out its governors after 1 term. Perry's bucked one helluva trend, which nobody can say was easy.
Hopefully each of those points will be fully discussed on FR.
If that is Gov. Perry's record, and his background, I don't understand the directive to force shots on every teenager in Texas, or the massive land grab approach of the Trans-Texas corridor project.
Do you have some information about those subjects, which might provide an understanding of why he directed/supported those activities?
Thanks.
Do you have proof that the Merck “deal” was something sinister? What other big horrible scandals do you know of that didn’t derail his campaign for Governor?
Perry has been nowhere to be found on illegals or sanctuary cities. He has given illegals in-state tuition rates. Guardasil. Trans-Texas Corridor. Way too many special sessions, etc, etc.
He has been over and over the douche running against the turd sandwich. He has never had anyone challenge him that was worth a damn. This is about the only thing I can see that would help him if it was just him running against Obama. Perry would win just like he has in Texas against the likes of Kinky or that idiot Bill White. Texas went Republican in recent years as far as the "6 republicans" comment you made. He has actually had it easy. He got the job after Bush resigned and thereafter has run against lunatics or candidates that self-destruct on their own.
I don’t think I said he was a criminal or corrupt. Of course I will (hold my nose) and vote for him if he gets the nomination.
I think he’s just another entrenched RINO politician,
That was never the case, plain and simple. No teenager had to get that shot if the parents didn't want them to. People who bring this up tend to leave out that little bit of information.
I heart paragraphs!
Sorry Basil, I was referring to the Perry hater, not you, in those statements.
Well the single issue idiots who trash Perry will be out in force...all dozen or so of them on FR... It will be the lies they propagate about Guradasil or the trans texas corrider.. Take your pick....
This Texan thinks Perry has done a good job as Governor and would make a fine President. Most of the bashers have no more experience being a leader than zero....and I wouldn’t have hired his sorry behind to be an assistant manager at a Taco Bell. BTW...I expect the same goes for most of the Perry bashers....but oh how they can criticize...of course with no alternative suggestions.
I’m for Perry if he gets in.
Perry is not dependable as a conservative. You are right, but I was compelled to vote for him in the 2010 primary because the TEA Party candidate would have surely lost 65-35 in the general election to Bill White. She had an extreme knack for saying dumb things, Medina is her name. I would be surprised if Perry runs for President myself.
Well nickel I see you are back lying again...if BS was music you would be a symphony orchestra.....same lies again and again...I’m going to relabel you Goebbels...
There was no attempt to force the vaccine on anyone.
You could always opt out.
Perry has said the cervical cancer vaccine is no different than the one that protects children against polio.
“If there are diseases in our society that are going to cost us large amounts of money, it just makes good economic sense, not to mention the health and well being of these individuals to have those vaccines available,” he said.
Texas allows parents to opt out of inoculations by filing an affidavit stating that he or she objected to the vaccine for religious or philosophical reasons.
http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/5546651.html
If the vaccine and TTC things are the worst things Perry has done, I can live with that.
The thing is; we need a man with crossover appeal who can WIN against the Marxist/Muslim usurper!
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Moved here in 1987. Lived here ever since.
Perry has been nowhere to be found on illegals or sanctuary cities.
Totally false. As you well know, that's an issue currently in the special session in Austin. The senate just passed the Perry-supported bill that would crack down on said cities.
He has given illegals in-state tuition rates.
That's probably my biggest disagreement with him.
Guardasil.
What about Guardasil? Are you mad that he allowed parents to opt their kids out of the vaccine?
Trans-Texas Corridor
As your previous well stated and detailed point, what about the TTC? It's an idea and plan and idea that the legislature evidently didn't support. It didn't go forward.
Way too many special sessions, etc, etc.
Ok, you're grasping at straws at this point. Do you suppose that they shouldn't be in special session now? Perry would be in direct violation of the Texas Constitution if he didn't call this special session.
He has been over and over the douche running against the turd sandwich.
So Gov. Perry is a douche now?
He has never had anyone challenge him that was worth a damn.
As you well know, he smoked a sitting US Senator in the primary last Spring. If you think she was a push-over, well, then we will just have to disagree with that one. She was well connected and had some pretty big backing here.
He got the job after Bush resigned...
A great observation. Yes, as the Texas Constitution states the Lt. Governor becomes the big cheese if the Governor resigns. It's not like he was hanging out with Crazy Leslie on 6th and Congress before he became governor. But, he did manage to run and get elected, and run and get re-elected, and run and get re-elected again. I guess it's just dumb luck that he keeps winning, huh?
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