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Rick Perry, the Democratic years: the politician before he became a conservative Republican
Houston Chronicle ^ | 07/25/11 | Richard Dunham

Posted on 07/30/2011 1:04:11 PM PDT by freespirited

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To: hellbender
It's time to bury forever this crap about Al Gore being some kind of "Southern conservative Democrat" when Rick Perry enthusiastically supported him.

It's more the perception than anything else.

In 1992, Clinton and Gore were able to carry 4 Southern states and all the old "Border states." By 2000 Gore had lost all of them.

While he wasn't a conservative Southern Democrat of the old school, he also wasn't quite what he became in later years.

Al Gore registered pro-abortion votes during the '80s.

If so, it was after he caught the presidential bug. Gore's record up to 1984 was more pro-life than pro-abortion.

I don't disagree with you guys. I just don't like how quickly everything degenerates into abuse. Can we disagree with someone like Perry and still recognize his positive qualities and achievements?

81 posted on 07/31/2011 11:32:25 AM PDT by x ("The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.")
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To: jdub

What was the name of the closest little town where your Dad grew up?


82 posted on 08/01/2011 3:29:47 AM PDT by RVN Airplane Driver
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I’m not sure. The name “High” comes to mind, does that ring a bell? I looked at a map, and I remember Roxton, but that is further south. they lived along the highway there. For some reason I can’t remember the name of the little town a couple of miles away.


83 posted on 08/01/2011 5:51:02 AM PDT by jdub (A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.)
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Just looked at a google map and there is a “High” listed on old hwy 56....but there are so many little wide spots in the road scattered around that it’s hard to keep up with all of them...it now has been bypassed by Rte 82.... I live just west of Bonham.. I expect their mailing address was Honey Grove...”The sweetest little town in Texas”!


84 posted on 08/01/2011 6:42:36 AM PDT by RVN Airplane Driver
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http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

their farm was just south of the highway and to the left of the county road.


85 posted on 08/01/2011 7:32:05 AM PDT by jdub (A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.)
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