In Iowa, Perry finds voters are like those in Texas

Houston Chronicle ^ | July 2, 2011 | APRIL CASTRO

[TwoSwords]

I should’ve known you were a red-head. Basically, a human pit bull. I’ll only vote for Perry as a last option and I won’t be happy about it.

[no dems]

With all due respect to McCotter, he seems like he is our 2012 Duncan Hunter.
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Have you ever heard the guy? He’s no Duncan Hunter EXCEPT in his Political Philosophy. The guy will “light up” the Presidential Debates.

[dirtboy]

You don’t get it, do you? The guy is starting with almost no name recognition outside his district. Congresscritters have a hard enough time of getting traction in presidential primaries as it is, but at least Michelle Bachmann had made herself into a national figure before she got into the presidential race. Maybe this cycle will start the process of elevating McCotter’s name recognition for the next one, but he has too high a hill to climb this time.

[no dems]

You may be right; probably are. But, I’m looking forward to the guy lighting up the Debates. With the duds we have now like Romney, Pawlenty, Paul and even a guy I like, Santorum, we need some excitement from others besides Bachmann and Cain.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

There isn't going to be one perfect candidate out there and we need to throw Obama out on the curb on Jan. 20, 2013. Perry is likely to be the one most likely to accomplish that fete. I'll take him.

Palin is a great lady but I fear she is not our best bet to take out Obama, so it does not matter how virtuous she is if she cannot defeat Obama.

[no dems]

BTW, dirtboy, just curious: Who’s your candidate of choice at this point in time? Sarah is still my #1 choice. If she doesn’t get in I’m leaning toward Cain. Whoever the nominee is, I’ll support; even if it’s my light-weight Governor, Rick Perry. I’d vote for anybody who runs against Obama. Just wondering who you’re backing for the nomination.

Have a great 4th of July.

[dirtboy]

Palin is my first choice if she gets in. If she doesn't, I don't have a favorite at this point among the others, they all have to prove they can withstand the media onslaught and not have a terminal case of foot-in-mouth disease. Prior to that vetting process being completed, I would put Perry, Bachmann and Cain among the remaining options, with the caveat that IMO their respective electability in November 2012 is in that order.

Pawlenty if I had to.

Santorum, I'm from PA and I watched go Beltway prior to his loss, and I don't think he grasps that fact to this day as being why he is damaged goods, so I don't see him being able to recover as a result.

No way: Newt, Mitt and Rudy.

[rintense]

ITA, but without Perry. Just don’t trust him.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Remember when we were young and fit! (Maybe I'm just talking about myself!).

A nice looking West Texas boy a couple of years from graduation.

Rick Perry 1969 TX A&M Yearbook, Aggieland

Perry attended Texas A&M University, where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets, a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and one of A&M's five yell leaders (a popular Texas A&M tradition analogous to male cheerleaders). He interned with the Southwestern Company during the summer time as a door-to-door book salesman where he honed his communication skills. Perry graduated in 1972 with a degree in animal science. While at Texas A&M University Perry successfully completed a static line parachute jump at Ags Over Texas (a United States Parachute Association dropzone), the dropzone that was then in operation at Coulter Field (KCFD) in Bryan, Texas, just north of Texas A&M (in College Station, Texas).

Upon graduation, he was commissioned in the United States Air Force, completed pilot training and flew C-130 tactical airlift in the United States, the Middle East, and Europe until 1977. He left the Air Force with the rank of captain, returned to Texas and went into business farming cotton with his father.

In 1982, Perry married Anita Thigpen, his childhood sweetheart whom he had known since elementary school. They have two children, Griffin and Sydney. Source

Perry Awarding Iraqi Service Medals

Texas Marines

Gov. Rick Perry participates in ceremonies at Camp Mabry to redesignate the 49th Armored Division as the 36th Infantry Division. The former 49th Armored Division, which consists of approximately 12,000 soldiers, makes up almost two-thirds of the Texas National Guard. The division's redesignation as the 36th Infantry Division is part of the Texas Army National Guard's transition from a heavy armored force to a more versatile infantry force.

Texas Gov. Perry receives a warm greeting from Ghazni Provincial Governor Dr. Usman Usmani at the flight line minutes after landing at Forward Operating Base Ghazni by UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Perry led a delegation of four other governors to visit

Lt. Col. Thomas J. Kleis (R) briefs Texas Gov. Rick Perry (C) as Command Sgt. Maj. Peter P.A. Collins (L) listens on the intelligence gathering successes the 636th Military Intelligence Battalion has achieved during their last six months of duty in

Texas Gov. Rick Perry stands with Texas service members from the 636th Military Intelligence Battalion, 71st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade and the 136th Military Police Battalion on July 20th under the Texas flag he presented to the 636th.

Rick Perry served in the U.S. Air Force after graduating from Texas A&M

C-130 Rick Perry: He flew the world before politics

Rank: Retired as a captain

Hometown: Haskell

Crew job: C-130 aircraft commander

Served in the Air Force: 1972 to 1977

Dyess AFB tour: March 4, 1974, to Feb. 28, 1977

His story: Way back before he was governor of Texas, Rick Perry had two choices as a young member of the Air Force.

He could either follow his dream and work toward becoming an instructor pilot in the sleek T-38, or he could fly the hulking C-130, planes that affectionately were referred to as "trash haulers" by Perry and his cohorts.

"It was one of the great adventures of my life," Perry said. "I had a fairly pedestrian life until I was 23 years old."

Perry could count on one hand the number of trips he had taken out of his home state by the time he graduated from Texas A&M University, but everything changed when he joined the Air Force.

Flying C-130s, Perry lived in Germany and Saudi Arabia. He flew in Central and South America, North Africa and all over Europe.

"I saw all of these different types of governments and I made the connections to how the people acted and looked, and it became abundantly clear to me that, at that particular point in time, that America was this very unique place and that our form of democracy was very rare," Perry said. " ... That was the greatest gift I received from my years of being in the military, and they really shaped my outlook on the rest of my life."

Perry retired from the Air Force in 1977 — but not without one last adventure.....

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[Diogenesis]

Your ad hominems are so typical of RomneyBOTs
and the like. You love RINOS, so you ignore the facts.

So here are the facts.
Which do you dispute?

Gardasil Perry signed his fascist EDICT in 2007.

How about we examine the FACTS from 2006?

2006 population of women per the census was 151,795,031.

Number of cervical cancer cases
diagnosed in 2005 per the CDC was 11,999.

That means that 00.07904% of women
were diagnosed with cervical cancer.

Number of deaths by cervical cancer in 2005 were 3,924.

Percentage of deaths were 00.00258%.

The problem is
1. Long term effects of Gardasil are still unknown.

2. This drug was not adequately tested on girls given
its known side-effects

3. Cervical cancer is both curable if early, and uncommon.

The NET Benefit of a medical treatment is

NET BENEFIT = (Risk with NO treatment)*(the net benefit of the treatment) - (The risk of harm).

Now the total incidence of cervical cancer was
given above, and the risk of harm is
still ongoing and increasing.

Bottom line: In this light, what RINO Perry did
cannot be excused.

Has Perry, and his vicious supporters based upon this
thread alone, addressed it? [..........crickets]

[normy]

I understand your point. I heard Newt laying out on Fox and Friends clearly and concisely what too many Republican candidates can't do. It's too bad we can't trust him but guys like Newt and Paul Ryan can really lay out why Conservatism works.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I'm sure you've heard this expression before:

"You sure can dish it out but you can't take it."

Another poster takes on your "issue" and MORE

[normy]

Come on, quit posting all these fake pics of the RINO mole. Don't you know the Bildebergers have built this guy from the ground up. Everything you posted is just an impression they want us to believe about him. /s

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Newt Gingrich: Rick Perry's book "almost came too late" [Foreward to "Fed Up!"]

"I wish this book had never needed to be written. It almost came too late.

America is recklessly accelerating toward economic disaster. Fed Up! may be the last warning sign to the danger that lies ahead.

Rick Perry, Texas governor for the past decade, is uniquely qualified to offer a firsthand perspective on why the United States—the most successful civilization in human history—is being threatened with economic collapse. ....."

[Admin Moderator]

Leave the nasty little insinuations out of it.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Sorry for the lapse.

[dirtboy]

We’ll see what shakes out about Perry. He’s a mixed bag but I think he is better than Pawlenty, and I think we need a governor nominee this time. Your mileage will vary. :^)