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Tea Party faithful wonder if Rick Perry walks the walk
Yahoo News ^ | 8/10/2011 | Kristina Cooke and Edith Honan

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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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; palin; perry; president; presidentperry; ricikperry; rickperry; rinoricky; sarahpalin
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To: TheZMan

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.


81 posted on 08/10/2011 9:09:47 PM PDT by Grey Eagle
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To: presently no screen name

Very witty again


82 posted on 08/10/2011 9:10:23 PM PDT by mylife (OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
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To: Ranjit
I really dont see a clear choice... And I am sure I am not the only one on FR. I for one am tired of being played by so called conservatives in the party who end up getting in bed with the enemy.

Tell me with a straight face that the Republicans stood their ground on this debt ceiling vote..

83 posted on 08/10/2011 9:11:46 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: curth
After all, they say, there are reasons to think he's a spendthrift.

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.

84 posted on 08/10/2011 9:12:14 PM PDT by RINOs suck
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To: jospehm20
I do not understand why this particular shot was such a big deal.

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.

85 posted on 08/10/2011 9:12:47 PM PDT by beancounter13
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To: Grey Eagle

Ya ya ya.. Perry is this.. Perry is that.

I need someone who will SHUT DOWN THE BOARDERS! NOW!

Perry won’t.

NEXT!


86 posted on 08/10/2011 9:12:55 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: sklar

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!


87 posted on 08/10/2011 9:14:31 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: Grey Eagle

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.


88 posted on 08/10/2011 9:14:38 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: cableguymn

You cant shut down the borders you ahole. This aint the CCCP


89 posted on 08/10/2011 9:15:43 PM PDT by mylife (OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
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To: mylife
Here is the facts.

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.

90 posted on 08/10/2011 9:15:43 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: Randy Larsen

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.


91 posted on 08/10/2011 9:16:09 PM PDT by beancounter13
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To: Randy Larsen
I want a real leader who really wants to turn this country around

I agree, having the right conservative stances on the issues is meaningless if they don't have the intestinal fortitude to follow through.

92 posted on 08/10/2011 9:16:09 PM PDT by upsdriver (to undo the damage the "intellectual elites" have done. . . . . Sarah Palin for President!)
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To: BillyBoy

The Captail Gardasil groupies are not quite as nutty as the Slick Willardbots... yet.


93 posted on 08/10/2011 9:17:24 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Grey Eagle
This should not be an issue. It was a public health recommendation.

Recommendation doesn't make it law. If someone wants it, let them go get it. What's wrong with that? Perry doesn't believe Texans should be allowed to take care of their own bodies?

Saying 'opting out' doesn't mean they just don't take it - they have to jump through hoops with getting them forms, etc. He gets an 'F' when it comes to freedom for 'WeThePeople' and that IS a big issue.
94 posted on 08/10/2011 9:18:08 PM PDT by presently no screen name ( BHO....the destroyer)
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To: cableguymn; mylife
"This open borders thing.. How you gonna govern Texico if you piss on Hispanics?"

Mylife thinks that open borders is too offensive to illegals. Tough frijoles.

95 posted on 08/10/2011 9:19:37 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: beancounter13

I agree with all three!

Especially #1.


96 posted on 08/10/2011 9:20:45 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (I Stand With Sarah!)
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To: cableguymn; mylife
"This open borders thing.. How you gonna govern Texico if you piss on Hispanics?"

Mylife thinks that not having open borders is too offensive to illegals. Tough frijoles.

97 posted on 08/10/2011 9:21:49 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: beancounter13

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.


98 posted on 08/10/2011 9:23:04 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Politicalmom

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.


99 posted on 08/10/2011 9:26:10 PM PDT by hocndoc (http://WingRight.org)(I've got a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it.)(RIAing))
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To: jospehm20

Since when does a state get to Mandate shots for anyone?

Other than attending public school, I don’t remember that happening.


100 posted on 08/10/2011 9:26:32 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (I Stand With Sarah!)
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