Posted on 06/20/2011 12:11:47 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Texas Gov. Rick Perry sounds more like a presidential candidate by the day. This weekend he gave a rousing speech at the Republican Leadership Conference in which he blasted the Obama administration as a bunch of smarty-pants busy-bodies.
They clearly think they know best, said Governor Perry. And let me tell you, I vehemently disagree. They dont know best.
As he kept speaking he was interrupted by audience members chanting Run Rick, Run!
But heres a question: Is it too late for Gov. Perry to throw his drawl into the ring?
It gets late early when it comes to running for president, to paraphrase baseball great Yogi Berra. Thats because it takes time to put together a staff and rustle up a posse of donors.....
However, there are a number of reasons why Perry in particular might be able to hem and haw a bit longer than your average presidential hopeful.....
For another thing, Perry shouldnt have any trouble lassoing cash. Thats not just because Texas is full of stereotypical conservative oil millionaires.....
Finally, being southern may give Perry an inherent electoral advantage over the northerners, easterners, and Utahan (or is it Utahn?) that make up the rest of the field.
...Plus, the GOP electorate in Iowa, that all-important first caucus state, is about 60 percent born-again Christian. Thats the same as many Southern states, points out Mr. Silver.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
Katy Perry.....no relation I take it?
WE MUST have people with clear direction. Palin and Perry both are/have been Governors and Governors of liberty loving states no less. They are in a completely different realm than the politicians currently throwing their hats in the ring.
Yes they are! Just like Rory Mcilroy's level of play in the U.S. Open yesterday --- He booted a washed up Tiger Woods from golf's pinnacle (and he did it in a likable, determined, hard fought, focused way) just as we're going to watch a liberty loving, conservative candidate fire up the American people and boot Obama out of the White House.
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May 2011: AUSTIN, TX Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obamas speech on the Middle East:
President Obamas speech today continues a misguided policy of alienating our traditional allies, in this case Israel, one of our strongest partners in the war on terror. As someone who has visited Israel numerous times, I know that it is impracticable to revert to the 1967 lines. President Obama is asking our Israeli friends to give up too much security and territory as a prelude to a renewed peace process. Source
Deficits can never be too big.
Nation Building in the name of fighting terrorism.
Biggest expansion of entitlements since LBJ.
TARP was right.
Crony capitalism at it's finest.
Paving the road for Obama.
Me and my good friend Ted Kennedy and Education reform.
Republicans are racist for blocking my amnesty reforms
Somebody appears to be missing. Perhaps the author should have spent less time on the cutesy turns of phrases and more on verifying the completeness of his list. Sounds like a style over substance problem. Or should I say, "All hat and no cattle?"
Let me guess....
You’re a trial lawyer.
Perry: “Loser Pays;” tort reform.
Or should I say, "All hat and no cattle?"
With a lot of Left-wing blither on his twitter
Palin has been caught, unaware, on film when she has been wearing the star of David (even before being a VP candidate) and Rick Perry, on video supporting the state of Israel.
My mind is made up. It's PALIN/PERRY or PERRY/PALIN (which I don't think Palin will participate in..she deserves (for lack of a better word) to be front and center imo). That would be the strongest team, of course I will vote and support each as individuals. But as far as I'm concerned there is no one else.
However, Perry has my support completely if Palin doesn't announce. The two together would be unstoppable though...
The primaries may be hair-raising.
They better be! Voter driving too.
Thank you for your thoughtful posts.
(Meanwhile, as he and other candidates play the "I'm not gonna let the media/elites decide my timetable for entering the race", we have CINO's like Romney quietly building up a warchest, and planning how he's going to take the first few primaries from any "undeclared candidate")
But hey, at least the media won't have a hand in any of it. Which is, of course, the most important thing this election cycle.
We all have our priorities.
In case you haven't noticed, several of our conservative judges are getting pretty old, do you really want Obama or mittens replacing Thomas ?
For better or worse, nothing else matters at the moment besides the supreme court, since they and they alone have the power to changed the constitution at a moments notice and ruin us forever. It's nearly impossible to change the constitution the way it was intended to be changed, but the way things are now, the judges change it on a daily basis and it's nearly impossible to unchange whatever they screw up.
The MSM thought that was too early.
The headline is BS. Parrot yapping away.
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