you can complain all you wish, but unless you are pushing for a viable alternative you are accomplishing nothing.
I am suspect of the motives of all these people that come onto the boards and complain about all our candidates. If you have a candidate that is actually running (or is generally considered to be about to enter the race) that actually has a chance in hell of winning that you support please say so. But just coming on here and complaining about candidate X is not productive.
In the end ONE of these candidates is going to be our candidate whether they are perfect to you or not.
Reagan did LOTS of things that by YOUR standards would disqualify him as our candidate today.
1. Reagan raised taxes MANY times, both as governor and as president.
2. Reagan as governor signed into law a liberalization of abortion that led to an explosion of abortions in California.
3. Reagan granted amnesty to millions.
4. Reagan was a huge spender, the size and cost of government increased dramatically under him both in California and nationwide.
These are the facts. You can make excuses for these facts, just as I am sure Perry supporters can make excuses for some of the not so conservative things he has done or tried to do. Actually THAT is a good point, come to think of it, MANY if not most of the things Perry is accused of never actually happened. Think about it... Trans Texas Corridor... never happened. Gardacil ... never happened. And what about the illegal issue... hum... Perry has TALKED many times about trying to do some sort of amnesty / comprehensive emigration reform, he has TALKED about how states like Arizona had gone to far... but what has he actually DONE .... hm... everything he has actually DONE has been against the illegal emigrants that I am aware of.
So... everything you have a beef with him about are just things he proposed or said, nothing that he actually implemented do you have a problem with... that sounds like a good people representative to me! He has a bad idea... and upon further reflection decides not to pursue it further. Isn't that the kind of politician you want representing you? No politician is ever going to be right about everything every time. What you want is one that LISTENS to us and changes his mind or gives up.