Rick Perry For President? Meet 24 Billionaires Who've Backed Him

Forbes ^ | July 20, 2011 | Clare O'Connor

[Clairity]

In a federal race like the presidency, each donor can only give $2,500 per candidate. However, there's nothing stopping powerful 'bundlers' from collecting checks from their rich friends. President Obama is already taking advantage of these super - donors: billionaire Democrats including Penny Pritzker and Marc Benioff have already raised hundreds of thousands for the reelection campaign. Perry must be hoping his past billionaire donors will do the same. Per Texas state disclosure records:

[Clairity]

Good! Why is it OK and "not newsworthy" when Obama, Pelosi and the like do it, but it's "wrong" when a Republican does it?

For someone to beat Obama, he/she needs to be able to raise as much money as Obama,to be able to counter the lies the Dems will spread in ads that spam the airwaves, and that takes money.

Billionaires are the ones who invest that results in jobs. As Wynn said recently, Obama is destroying the economy.

[SoConPubbie]

information courtesy of af_vet_rr

2007: [excerpt] "Perry, in Mexico with a Texan trade mission seeking opportunities in areas like renewable energy, said the federal government’s plan to build a wall along much of the border to keep out illegal immigrants was “idiocy.”

“We need those individuals to continue to grow our economy,” Perry told a briefing with reporters.

Thank you for posting this before I did. This Houston Chronicle article from the day after the Reuters article you posted expands on Perry's thoughts:

MEXICO CITY — Leading a large delegation of Texas executives trying to drum up business in Mexico, Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday criticized the U.S. Congress for failing to pass an immigration bill that would legalize millions of workers.

"I don't think this is that difficult an issue if Congress would have the maturity to sit down and really discuss it and cut out all the mean rhetoric," Perry said during a break in the third day of meetings with Mexican officials and business executives.

"We need those individuals to continue to grow our economy," he said of Texas' undocumented workers, most of whom hail from Mexico. "The vast, vast majority of those individuals want to come and work and take care of their families."

Perry made the remarks in Mexico City, where immigration is nearly as big a hot-button issue as it is in Washington. He spoke at a press conference shortly before meeting with President Felipe Calderon who, like past Mexican presidents, has lobbied for changes in U.S. immigration law that would include a guest-worker program.

Perry's statements seemed to put him at odds with many in the Republican Party's base who regarded the immigration overhaul bill that collapsed in the Senate in June as nothing more than an amnesty for illegal immigrants.

I'd further expand with comments he made the previous year, in 2006, about the need for a guest worker program (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/editorial/10326/):

But to me neither amnesty nor mass deportation is the answer. The first unfairly rewards those who broke our laws, and the latter is not only unrealistic and unenforceable, but it would devastate our economy. That’s why I support a guest worker program that takes undocumented workers off the black market and legitimizes their economic contributions without providing them citizenship status

[SoConPubbie]

El Presidente Mexicano Vincent Fox just loves Perry...

Rick Perry thanked by Vicente Fox for illegals in-state tuition.

More Video: Rick Perry: Border Fence is "Nonsense"

Perry Supports Guest Worker Program

El Presidente Mexicano Vincent Fox just loves Perry...

Rick Perry thanked by Vicente Fox for illegals in-state tuition.

More Video: Rick Perry: Border Fence is "Nonsense"

Perry Supports Guest Worker Program

[Clairity]

Sure, you are smarter than all those billionaires who really care about the business climate, jobs, and economic growth.

[cripplecreek]

Just last week some unfortunate fool posted a vanity that suggested that we should all support Mitt Romney because he’s rich.

He got a rightful FR beatdown.

[The Bronze Titan]

Ricky Ricardo Perry, another ‘Texan’ who will not do a thing about those ‘illegals’ coming into our United States of America!

[The Bronze Titan]

"Lucy! Those were not 'intruders' in our house! They were merely "undocumented" guests!"

[Buckeye McFrog]

just serves to reinforce my fears about Perry (touched off by the whole Gardisil incident) that he can be bought.

He seems to say all the right things, but, you know....Follow the Money.

[McGruff]

For someone to beat Obama, he/she needs to be able to raise as much money as Obama...

So your logic is whoever can raise the most money should be our candidate? "I don't think so, Tim". You've just lowered my opinion of Perry with this post.

[Texan]

my fears about Perry (touched off by the whole Gardisil incident) that he can be bought.

Perry, along with many in the Texas legislature at that time received a Merck campaign donation of $6,000.

As one FReeper put it, (paraphrased) "$6,000. wouldn't even get you in the handshake line, much less buy a bill".

[jla]

El Presidente Mexicano Vincent Fox just loves Perry

So does Sarah Palin who has stated that Rick Perry "walks the walk of a true conservative".

[SoConPubbie]

So does Sarah Palin who has stated that Rick Perry "walks the walk of a true conservative".

Nice generalization, however, Sarah came out strong in favor of AZ1070 and has stated unequivocally that she wants a Physical fence built along the southern border.

Two policy position issues that tell you whether someone is Open Borders or not.

Like I said, nice try at providing cover for Perry by an association, however, Perry will live or die (politically speaking) on his own record.

[dusttoyou]

How did I just know the tag team of PDS coyotes would be here? Cause it had PERRY in the headline and the Perry Derangement Syndrome made you do it or was it the talking points memo from ronpaul headquarters?

[Prokopton]

Sure, you are smarter than all those billionaires who really care about the business climate, jobs, and economic growth.

Are you talking about the billionaires supporting Obama?

[deport]

Perry will live or die (politically speaking) on his own record.

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Hopefully that will be the way the eventual nominee is chosen based upon their record or lack thereof.

[Paladin2]

Perry ready to hang out with Billionaires:

[dforest]

Call it denial. No accountability for her. Shill for McCain, Perry, Carly. It is all forgotten.

But if anybody else has a transgression, they are taken to the mat.

http://www.rickperry.org/palin-letter

[Paladin2]

Support for both Juan and Perry?

THAT could be a problem. (No representative that one could elect would, in fact, be one's true representative.)

If you want something done your way, you have to pretty much do it yourself. (Just sayin')

[Logical me]

Perry is the answer. I think he will cream King Obama. I would like to see Palin as VP and given the task of destroying the communists Democratic Party. They need to be crush for good.

[Vigilanteman]

Correct. My impression of Rick Perry is only a little better than my impression of Mitt Romney or George Bush-- they might be nice guys. But they are definitely RINO's. The fact that Sarah Palin was courteous to him means nothing more than the fact that she was also courteous to Juan McCain.

RINO's are welcome on the conservative bus. But they should be pushing from behind and not driving.

IOW, the same role which they assign to conservatives.