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 heard this and wondered if it was, at least, partly because he and the Bushes hate each other so much...?
He is going to do it.
Captain Gardasil is no Conservative.
There’s something about him I just don’t like or may be don’t trust. Sarah is true to her word. She is too fat to the right for me on some issues but I will vote for her if given a chance. I know she has the best interests of this great country in her heart.
Yeah, the gardasil mater is a major problem
People the world over are wringing their hands about that /s
This article is pure shite
This article is pure shite
All this shows is the NWO has it’s own internal conflicts. Perry is just to placate the Tea Party. Nothing else.
I never understood the fuss about gardasil since it did allow parents to opt out. How hard is it to say no? I was in the military and got shots that I wanted no part of and could not opt out of, so perhaps I see that whole thing differently than most.
Same here. I've felt the same way since I first saw him.
“In sharp contrast to the national Republican Party line, Texas Gov. Rick Perry still supports his state's version of the so-called DREAM Act, which permits foreign-born children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition. “To punish these young Texans for their parents’ actions is not what America has always been about,” the potential dark horse GOP candidate told the New Hampshire Union Leader in his first New Hampshire interview of the 2012 campaign cycle.”
Kind of sounds like Bush43 to me.
Source: U.S. News & World Report
No. You’re normal
He’s Bush redux.
I heard the Tea Party was all Perry`s idea...HEAVY SARCASM!
Wait until he starts talking about Ronald Reagan on the stump, that will be so phony.
Perry and Bachmann both former Democrats!
Sarah Palin or bust!!!!!
http://wingright.org/2011/08/07/dose-of-reason-perry-and-gardasil/
Governor Perry actually manages the Executive Branch, so he had the authority to direct the State Department of Health Services.
If you study the science, Gardasil is a good vaccine.
It doesn't matter to me that the attempt failed. What matters is that he pushed it in the first place. That being said, if he turned out to be our candidate I would vote for him. But he is a professional politician and you would have to watch him like a hawk.
Perry can wipe the floor with Obama.
Good luck with that PERFECT candidate
Perry is not a quitter!...which is what you seem to prefer.
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