Posted on 08/10/2011 8:03:16 PM PDT by curth
Rick Perry has been widely touted as a Republican presidential candidate who could appeal Tea Party voters, but some in the anti-tax movement wonder if his record as Texas governor stacks up to his rhetoric.
After all, they say, there are reasons to think he's a spendthrift. He once campaigned for Democrat Al Gore, reviled by the Tea Party for being Bill Clinton's vice president and for his campaigning on climate change, and he even spoke kindly about Hillary Clinton's healthcare reform efforts.
Then there is the issue that he was once a Democrat.
So as Perry plans the 2012 White House bid many observers expect he may announce as early as this week, some Tea Party faithful wonder what to make of him.
"They're vetting, they want to know if he is for real," Dallas Tea Party leader Katrina Pierson, said, adding she has fielded questions about Perry's record from Tea Party members as far flung as California, Iowa and New Hampshire.
Tea Party voters could have a big impact on the Republican nomination if they vote heavily in early U.S. primaries, which historically see low voter turn-out.
Perry "speaks the Tea Party language," said Sean Theriault, a political science professor at the University of Texas. But such rhetoric could alienate independent voters, who play a crucial role in U.S. presidential elections.
"I think the Republican nomination for him would be much easier than the general election," Theriault said.
Perry, who followed George W. Bush as Texas governor in 2000 after Bush was elected to the White House, has earned headlines for saying that perhaps Texas should leave the United States and for holding a prayer rally this month that drew 30,000 people.
He was an early booster of the fiscally conservative Tea Party movement, which takes its name
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I live in TX and like him. I voted for him in all three elections and think he is doing a good job. So I disagree with the trash talkers.
Very witty again
Tell me with a straight face that the Republicans stood their ground on this debt ceiling vote..
Obviously, some in the Tea Party movement lie just like many here do:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5589438.html
WASHINGTON — The Texas state government spends less money per resident than any other state in the country, according to a new survey that also ranks Texas as the fourth best-run state in the nation.
Um... Perhaps because this shot has been known to be LETHAL. Talk about the cure being worse than the cold.
Again, this 'disease' is not something that everyone can get --only those who act irresponsibly. I mostly have a problem with the whole 'mandate' thing. It is hard to justify unless it really does improve society.
Ya ya ya.. Perry is this.. Perry is that.
I need someone who will SHUT DOWN THE BOARDERS! NOW!
Perry won’t.
NEXT!
Oh my God, it’s those Build-A-Burgers again!
Alert the Media!
Man the Life boats!
Evacuate the Mall!
Oh Lordy, Lordy, They’re Gonna Eat Us All!
You got the talking points down, n00b. Of course you also failed to mention “Conservative” Perry endorsing deranged moonbat Gore for President and Giuliani in 2008. If Perry had been a FReeper, he’d have been ZOT’ted. If you’d been here then, you’d know that.
You cant shut down the borders you ahole. This aint the CCCP
Long BEFORE Texas was ever under Perry's watch, Texas was prospering.
Now that Texas is under Perry's watch, it is still prospering.
Perry has nothing to do with Texas' economy. The free market creates jobs, not Rick Perry. Trying to credit Perry with that will have as much success as the moonbats screaming how Texas lead the nation in executions under Bush (apparently thinking voters are too dumb to figure out Texas was always #1 in executions before Bush ever took office).
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
FWIW,
I am from Texas (like Perry, a fifth-generation one, too).
Here is my primary voting wish list in order:
1) Palin
2) Bachmann
3) Perry
So unless Michelle gets eliminated in the earlier states, Perry will not receive another vote from me.
I agree, having the right conservative stances on the issues is meaningless if they don't have the intestinal fortitude to follow through.
The Captail Gardasil groupies are not quite as nutty as the Slick Willardbots... yet.
Mylife thinks that open borders is too offensive to illegals. Tough frijoles.
I agree with all three!
Especially #1.
Mylife thinks that not having open borders is too offensive to illegals. Tough frijoles.
Pretty much all shots have been known to be lethal to somebody, but they are not to most people. The summary at the link says “Based on all of the information we have today, CDC recommends HPV vaccination for the prevention of most types of cervical cancer.” Are you saying that the CDC wants folks dead? The state madates a lot of shots and the only thing I see different about this is that it only applied to girls.
Federal law already has some provisions for applying for resident status for minors who are in the country and going to school when they turn 18. There’s also the option of joining our military - one of the best med assistants I’ve worked with did this and trained and worked as an army medic.
Since when does a state get to Mandate shots for anyone?
Other than attending public school, I don’t remember that happening.
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