“Since Perry didn’t switch parties until after Reagan left office, did Perry vote for Jimmy Carter?”
What’s always bugged me about Perry is that he did work to try to get Al Gore elected president...RIGHT AFTER the Democrats nearly impeached Reagan over Iran-Contra. That’s why it’s still really hard to trust his judgement.
No conservative would EVER work to further the interests of that party, after such a spectacle being made of such a fine president.
(and, in fairness, Gore did seem reasonably moderate in the Senate back then, but even so...)
Then, you're bugged by irrelevancies given that Perry was also among the most conservative Democrats in Texas in the 1980s and was supporting the more conservative Democrat in the race in 1988, who at that time was Algore.
Does it bug you Reagan voted for FDR?
If you're going to attack Perry, at least come up with something that makes some sense.