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To: Mind-numbed Robot

I thought the majority (at least in Texas) support the death penalty??

Also being a Texan, how do you feel about Perry?
Thanks.


16 posted on 07/06/2011 5:19:07 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Happy Birthday America)
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To: Joe Boucher
Also being a Texan, how do you feel about Perry?

Perry has his good points and some bad points, but he is much better than the squatter who now occupies the WH. I wish everyone here (especially those posting about Perry being al gore's campaign manager) would take the time to read the Texas' Reagan revolution before attacking Perry. Here is one excerpt from the article:

The swing state that had voted for Democrats in four of the previous five presidential elections turned into a deep red one that has chosen Republicans for president eight straight times and does not have a single Democratic statewide elected official.

21 posted on 07/06/2011 6:21:27 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (zero hates Texas and we hate him back. He ain't my president either.)
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To: Joe Boucher

I was saying that Obama is against the death penalty. His request for clemency for this punk is for two reasons - to show opposition to the death penalty and to try to put Perry on the spot. Neither ploy will be successful

I am a strong Perry supporter. There seem to be a lot of Texas Freepers who are against him for various reasons, the biggest I suspect is that they now favor another candidate and fear Perry like the Democrats fear Palin and Bachmann.

They talk about two things - the Trans-Texas Corridor that would have allowed a Spanish company to build two tollways across Texas, one from NE to SW and the other NW to SE. The company would have born the cost but shared the income with the state. They say that the farmers and land owners complained about losing their land to eminent domain but the plan gave the landowners a choice to join the consortium and participate in the profits if they didn’t like the price being offered for their land.

The other issue was his effort to have all girls of 12 and 13 vaccinated to prevent STDs and cervical cancer. The parents had the right to not have their daughters vaccinated if they so chose. The drug was Gardisil and it was made by Mercke. Mercke had hired one of Perry’s political buddies to lobby for the law and contributed $6,000 to Perry’s campaign fund. Sounds like quid pro quo but I don’t know if it really was or not. I would be surprised if his detractors are as pure as they insist he be.

Regardless, I support him.


31 posted on 07/06/2011 6:24:58 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (I retain the right to be inconsistent, contradictory and even flat-out wrong!)
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