Perry's credentials: As conservative as they come

Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | July 17, 2011 | Chris Tomlinson

[Clairity]

If Texas Gov. Rick Perry runs for president, he'd bring along strong conservative credentials.

He's advocated laws that require a sonogram before an abortion and that force police to enforce federal immigration law.

[shield]

...Paul's district today doesn't include Jefferson County...Chambers County will now be for new District 36...Blake Farenthold counties have totally changed. Blake retains Nueces and these counties were added to him [remember he had 4 counties now he has 13 counties]: San Patricio, Aransas, Refugio, Calhoun, Matagorda, Victoria, Jackson, Wharton, Lavaca, Caldwell, Part of Gonzales and Part of Bastrop...these 3 counties in the valley now are part of the new district 36 ...This is Paul's district today

[Happy Rain]

It is obvious you have no concept of gratitude and that is all there is to it. Plus you expect 100% honesty at all times from politicians you support. Oh, by the way, who is that politician? You definately need an introduction to reality,FRiend.--but what's the use,you rationalize like a liberal and are invulnerable to reason.

[deport]

Never said it was included in the current districts. What map are you looking at for the new redistricting lines?

Try this one as it’s the one that was passed by the legislature as I understand it.

http://gis1.tlc.state.tx.us/?PlanHeader=PLANc185

[Happy Rain]

The more I learn about Perry,the more he looks like Mitt and sounds (literally & rhetorically)) like Bush. I thank Free Republic most of all for my education.
I will vote for him if he is our nominee but like with Mitt, I hope it won’t come to that.

[shield]

Yes, that is what I’ve been studying...for the new re-districting...I included Paul’s current district to show how it has changed. The new congressmen/women that won in 2010 have all had changes to their districts....studying those changes makes me think it is to ensure re-election.

[Katya]

I’ve never really considered him as a candidate before, I think he’s just to pretty boy looking. However... as he is the Gubnor from Texas, it will make the Libtards shriek. That alone, is a good reason to consider him.

[af_vet_rr]

Perry endorsed Giuliani.

Palin endorsed Perry.

What do you want to make of that?

Perry campaigned for Giuliani because Giuliani's law firm was trying to help Perry's corridor get built. Giuliani's law firm was working for the main European contractor on the project, Cintra.

Arguably, setting aside your pro-life beliefs to support a pro-abortion candidate like Giuliani because he's trying to help you get your Mexico-to-Oklahoma corridor built is pretty sleazy, but Perry doesn't care when it comes to his friends and donors. Every time he does something that pisses off conservatives, you can usually count on a Perry friend or donor benefiting. Say what you will, but he's loyal to his friends and donors. When the sanctuary cities bill that Perry considered to be so crucial and an "emergency" was being killed off with the help of Perry donors in the legislature, Perry didn't stop campaigning in California to fly back to Texas and help revive it. Like a good little politician, he stayed out of the way.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Thank you for that little name-calling missive. I am so grateful that you took 30 seconds out of your valuable day to present me with all of my horrendous traits.

And what brought that on??? Oh, yes ... I'd like a nice dose of honesty and trust in a public official, so I'm ingrateful, unrealistic, unreasonable, irrational and just like a liberal. Got it -- thanks!

My real fear now is that you may actually be registered to vote. [shudder]

[af_vet_rr]

The TTC was a vital part of this plan, it will come up again. Trucks and trains would be able to load in Mexico and travel uninspected to Kansas City, which would have been the Port of Entry.

There were actual inland ports built near Dallas that would have handled some of that, including one built by Ross Perot's family and another by a California investor. I believe the California-led one went bankrupt, not sure about Perot one. There was also going to be something happening at a river port in Oklahoma, I remember some Okies coming down to Austin and protesting against the TTC.

There was some sound business decisions behind it - unload cargo from China in Mexico instead of California or going through the Panama Canal and up to Houston or New Orleans, and throw it on a train or Mexican trucks and haul it on up into Texas and then Oklahoma and Kansas, but the way Perry went about it showed the kind of person he ultimately is. Arrogant, condescending, and disrespectful of property owners and taxpayers. Picking a European company without having a serious competition that involved American companies being the lead contractor was also a slap in the face to a lot of people.

[af_vet_rr]

The TTC was a vital part of this plan, it will come up again.

I forgot to add that I agree with this. Perry spent the better part of a decade supporting the TTC, and he was pissed as all get out that Texans rejected his corridor. I have no doubt that he wouldn't try it again if he got in the White House, and with Congress being what it is, and with plenty of critters in Congress willing to be bought off, he could easily find support. I'm sure the California Senators and Reps would fight against it, as would Texas and Oklahoma Senators and Reps, but the rest of Congress would be waiting for their donations from the construction companies and then sign off on it.

And don't forget, 4 years ago Perry criticized Congress for not being "mature" enough to allow illegal immigrants to work here legally. A lot has changed in Congress since then, and I wouldn't be surprised if he made an attempt to get some kind of guest worker bill through.

[Happy Rain]

Hit a nerve did I?

Truth hurts like heck,don’t it?

[TexasFreeper2009]

Perry is spiking on Intrade right now! If you want to make some good money buy now or live with the regrets.

[TexasFreeper2009]

which Reagan? the tax hiking one? the big spending one? the amnesty one? the democrat one?

No one is perfect.

[Happy Rain]

Sorry,that last post was uncalled for.
Getting grumpy in my old age.

[CA Conservative]

He used to be a democrat.

So did Phil Gramm, Trent Lott, Jesse Helms, Strom Thrurmond and Ronald Reagan...

[itsahoot]

because yours voted for Marxists.

That is what they voted for unless they voted for the Republican, and I assume your democrat parents voted for Republicans?

The sad thing is my mother was undercover for the FBI during WW II watching the commies organize the miners in our area, and still she voted democratic. Now buzz off until you get a clue what the Democrat party has been about for over a century.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

So what does Mr. "as Conservative as they come" guy say about the debt ceiling.

I have googled and binged and dogpiled and I can't find anything but non-committal silence from Perry. I can't find snot from him regarding the debt ceiling. Is he for or against. Is he for McConnell's plan or is he really going to express no opinion on this issue which is the most critical issue in the USA as of this moment?

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Jim Demint said don't raise the debt ceiling.

“It’s not ideal, but we don’t need to panic and rush into a deal. And the President has actually been burning the clock with these secret negotiations pushing us up against a deadline so he can create this panic.”

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Michelle Bachmann said don't raise the debt ceiling.

Bachmann told a crowd of more than 100 supporters gathered in her Urbandale office's parking lot that she has never voted to raise the debt ceiling during her time in Congress and won't this time around, either.

"It's time for tough love," she said, to applause.

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Herman Cain said don't raise the debt ceiling.

Presidential hopeful Herman Cain insists the debt ceiling can be held where it is and all the hand-wringing over the issue “is a charade,” Herman Cain says.

“They can hold the debt ceiling where it is,” Cain said on “Fox News Sunday.” “The problem is it’s all political posturing. They do not need to raise the debt ceiling."

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Sarah Palin said don't raise the debt ceiling.

"We cannot afford to back off and hand him a white flag saying, 'Here Mr. President we trust you you take over, you do it' because our president has failed in that area," she said. "We cannot default but we cannot afford to retreat either, now is not the time to retreat. It's the time to reload and we reload with reality," she said.

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Even Rick Santelli don't raise the debt ceiling.

“I don’t believe in compromise on spending,” Santelli shouted. “There’s no compromise. Stop spending.” And from there it got weirder. Referring to a comment from Warren Buffet about the debt ceiling negotiations referring to the negotiations as a game of Russian roulette, Santelli said “there’s a bullet in the gun. If we keep spending, for sure we’re going to hit something and it’s going to bleed!

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Egad, even Donald Freaking Trump said don't raise the debt ceiling.

On last night’s On the Record, Trump expressed his frustration with the “terrible negotiators” in the Republican Party, who, he told Greta van Susteren, were “making Obama look so great it’s incredible,” because “it looks as if they’re folding,” both on raising the debt ceiling as well as other concessions. Trump noted the negotiations were a triumph for Democrats, and joked that “Nancy Pelosi is laughing all the way to the bank.” Asked what he would do differently, Trump answered that he would “make a final and conclusive deal,” rather than continue to negotiate piecemeal.

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So what did Perry say?

So, is Perry for or against raising the debt ceiling? What has he stated? Seeing as how the MSM says he is as Conservative as it gets, and we have 6 conservatives above all demanding that we don't raise the debt ceiling, what is Mr. As Conservative As It Gets Saying? For crying out loud, I can't find it!

[lonestar]

I assume your democrat parents voted for Republicans?

Yes, Truman was the last Dem they voted for.

Now buzz off until you get a clue what the Democrat party has been about for over a century.

You are the clueless one. Most Texas Democrats were conservative and started changing parties in the Fifties and Sixties. My parents loathed LBJ...but they had already swithed parties by the time he became POTUS.

It sounds like your mother put her party above her country.

[Clairity]

Rick Perry & Nikki Haley Team Up to Promote the Cut, Cap, & Balance Pledge

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/07/rick-perry-nikki-haley-team-up-to-promote-the-cut-cap-balance-pledge.html

Break the spend-and-borrow cycle by Rick Perry and Nikki Haley

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/break-the-spend-and-borrow-cycle/2011/07/13/gIQAYYtZEI_story.html

“As governors of states whose residents, like all Americans, are desperate for the restoration of fiscal responsibility in Washington, we are proud to have signed the “Cut, Cap and Balance Pledge” amid the debate over once again raising the federal debt ceiling.

We oppose an increase in the federal debt limit unless three common-sense conditions are met: substantial cuts in spending; enforceable spending caps to put the country on a path to a balanced budget; and congressional passage of a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That amendment should include a requirement for a congressional supermajority to approve any increases in taxes.”

[dforest]

The man is open borders. I don’t call that conservative.