So far, I know that Perry does not pass the Double Secret Probation Politically Holier Than Thou Test of many. For example, Perry is not Tom Tancredo Politically Pure on immigration. Yet, I'm old enough to remember Ronald Reagan's amnesty of 3 million illegal alien. I can image if Reagan, in his prime, were alive right now, Ronald Reagan would be savaged as "Ronaldo" Reagan the RINO.
I do know, however, that the current GOP primary field is absolutely pathetic and leads nowhere except President Barack Hussein Obama 2.0 or President Mitt Romney 1.0.
Right now, the Republican field is "Mitt, the Forgettables, the Nut and the Affirmative Action Candidates".
The Mitt: "Hi, I'm Mitt Romney. I imitated Ted Kennedy in a Massachusetts Senate race."
Forgettable Number 1: "Hi, I'm so boring, sometimes my mother forgets my name."
Forgettable Number 2: "Hi, I'm so boring, I sometimes forget my own name."
The Nut: "Hi, I'm Ron Paul and these are my enthusiastic and loud supporters (all 527 of them) that follow me wherever I go."
Affirmative Action Candidate Number 1: "Hi, I've been in the House of Representatives since only 2007 but I am female and I am cute!"
Affirmative Action Candidate Number 2: "Hi, I have never won a single election in my life but I was the CEO of a national pizza chain and I have the same Politically Correct skin color that Obama does."
The Sarah: "Hi, I am way too busy making $100,000 every time I make a speech and millions of dollars making reality TV shows. But, keep waiting my adoring fans. One of these days, I MAY run. Maybe. After my next $100,000 speech. Or maybe just one or two or three or four more after that. It's a lot lot of money to leave on the table, you know. Just keep on waiting. I MAY run. Maybe. Just maybe. Ya never know."
And, yes, with less than two years as the Governor of a State with half the population of San Diego, California, Sarah Palin was as Affirmative Action as you can get when John McCain picked as the GOP Vice Presidential candiadte. With 65% of all voters saying that they will "definitely NOT" vote for Sarah Palin, her nomination absolutely guarantees Barack Hussein Obama reelection.
Sarah Palin is not dumb. She is one smart cookie. Sarah's refusal to enter the race under the circumstances makes her a lot smarter than her adoring fans that insist that she be nominated so that, in November 2012, she can be humiliated by that 65% of all voters and Obama can be easily reelected by that 65% of all voters.
So, compared to that, along comes the Governor, for almost 11 years of TEXAS.
Such a candidate gets instant attention and instant credibility, from coast to coast, even if he is introduced to America without a name and with a paper bag over his head.
Governor, for almost 11 years, of TEXAS!
Paper bag or no paper bag, THAT candidate sucks the oxygen out of the room that "Mitt and the Pee Wees" are in.
And, to top it all off, Sarah Palin claims that the guy under the paper bag with a Texas-sized load of executive experience is a "true conservative".
Governor Sarah Palin's Endorsement of Governor Rick Perry
"That's why I am supporting Governor Rick Perry for re-election. He does what is right regardless of whether it is popular. He walks the walk of a true conservative. And he sticks to his guns – and you know how I feel about guns!" ..... Sarah Palin
"But, ... but, ... but,..... Governor Perry is not as politically pure and holy as the Politically Holier Than Thou Club (Conservative Chapter) members are.".
Well, neither was Obama to the the Politically Holier Than Thou Club (Liberal Chapter) of the Left Coast region where I now live. Their darling was and still is:
Dennis Kucinich.
Obama was simply "not Politically Pure and Holy" enough for them. They wanted Deniis Kucinich nominated.
"Dennis Kucinich? Are they bat-sh#t crazy? He would not stand a chance in the general election!"
Try saying that to the Politically Holier Than Thou Club (Liberal Chapter). You see, once Dennis Kucinich is heard, all of America will fall absolutely in love with him and he will kick butt all the way to the White House.
Politically Holier Than Thou Club (Liberal Chapter) talks exactly like the Politically Holier Than Thou Club (Conservative Chapter) except that the names of their darlings are different.
"The Perfect is the enemy of the Good Enough"
Is Perry "Perfect". No. Nobody is. Even Mary Poppins was only "Practically Perfect".
"Perfect" will not do you a damn bit of good if Obama chews up one of the Pee Wee League candidates or one of the Affirmative Action candidates in the general election and gets four more years in the White House.
Pery is not "Perfect" but, so, far, he is the best that I see in an extremely weak GOP field.
Perry, at least, has a very good chance of destroying Obama in the general election.
Until somebody better comes along, that can actually WIN the general election against Obama, Perry is the only thing that now stands between four years of President Romney or for more years of Marxist-wannabe Obama in the White House.