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I’ll repost this from another Perry thread:

Well, he’s been a 3 time governor of a very Republican state who has overseen the 16th largest economy in the world, if that tells you anything.
In order to do that, he’s had to placate the ever growing Hispanic population here. It’s call *Political Reality*

You will hear about the Dream Act he signed in 2001 which allowed children of illegals to attend Texas colleges with in-state rates. True

You will hear he is an open borders advocate. False He has continuously asked for troops on our border and sent State troopers and Texas Rangers to back up local LEOs

You will hear he favor Mexican citizens over US ones. False

You will hear rich Republicans got him reelected. mostly true.

You will hear he’s proposed a plan to build several thousand miles of new roads making shipments from China and Mexico easier and more efficient. He did but, Texans didn’t like it so, he listened.

You will hear he wanted to force young girls to take a cervical cancer drug. He did try to mandate it but, again it was not well received and had a parental opt-out clause. He Listened.

Otherwise he’s an actual, born and raised Texan from a modest background who serve in the USAF and graduated from TAMU.

BTW: He NEVER lost an election and I wouldn’t put this one past him.

BobL and many of the other Perry haters are Palin fans. (and can’t seem to get over it)

BobL and many of the other Perry haters are Palin fans.

I'm a Palin fan and a Perry fan. I want to see how this thing plays out because first and foremost I'm a fan of the American Republic and want to see us take our country back from the international muslim marxists who currently occupy it.

I would support either Palin or Perry, and since right now neither is running I support both.

Up until a few days ago I thought Palin was getting ready to endorse Perry for the nomination. Recent events make that seem unlikely, at least for now.

I'm keeping my options open. I like Palin. I like Perry. To a lesser extent, I like Bachmann.

[I will not support Willard the Mitt under any circumstances. I seriously don't think he'll get the nomination but if he does, I will vote 3rd party, or write in Palin's name.]

“Well, he’s been a 3 time governor of a very Republican state who has overseen the 16th largest economy in the world, if that tells you anything.
In order to do that, he’s had to placate the ever growing Hispanic population here. It’s call *Political Reality*”

You got that, although PANDERING is a better term here.

“You will hear about the Dream Act he signed in 2001 which allowed children of illegals to attend Texas colleges with in-state rates. True”

Agree.

“You will hear he is an open borders advocate. False He has continuously asked for troops on our border and sent State troopers and Texas Rangers to back up local LEOs.”

Minor, even Democrat governors in California whine about the border. It’s the other stuff that matters, like making the state unfriendly to illegals. E-Verify isn’t even a word in his vocabulary and the Dream Act doesn’t help a bit either.

“You will hear he favor Mexican citizens over US ones. False”

Agree - instead he favors big business over the rest of Texans and the DESPERATELY want to keep their flow of illegals in the state - just as they did in California.

You will hear rich Republicans got him reelected. mostly true.

Agree.

“You will hear he’s proposed a plan to build several thousand miles of new roads making shipments from China and Mexico easier and more efficient. He did but, Texans didn’t like it so, he listened.”

It took a LOT OF SCREAMING for him to get the message. He may not have the luxury of doing something that STUPID as president and getting away with it.

“You will hear he wanted to force young girls to take a cervical cancer drug. He did try to mandate it but, again it was not well received and had a parental opt-out clause. He Listened.”

Again, it was a huge fight, and during that fight he essentially told opponents to GO TO HELL. It wasn’t until the legislature stopped it stone-cold, veto-proof, that he killed it. Even the Dems here couldn’t stomach that scheme (I guess some of them have young daughters too).
As to the opt-out clause, that was our standard opt-out clause for religious exceptions. Essentially, if you are typical Christian (or most other religions) you have to purger yourself and state that your religion does not permit immunizations. Something like 1000 people do that state-wide...it is joke in this case. The Perry guys wouldn’t have to be spending 80% of their time defending him on this if it had been opt-in...but he didn’t do that and wouldn’t change it.

“Otherwise he’s an actual, born and raised Texan from a modest background who serve in the USAF and graduated from TAMU.”

...graduated with a 2.16 GPA, just made it. I doubt he studied more than 10 minutes a week.

“BTW: He NEVER lost an election and I wouldn’t put this one past him.”

Anyone can beat Obama...midterms are simply referendums on the incumbent.

“BobL and many of the other Perry haters are Palin fans. (and can’t seem to get over it)”

Dealt with this separately.