Posted on 08/14/2011 3:15:19 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
"Howdy."
In the very first word he uttered from the podium in South Carolina Saturday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry unsheathed one of the greatest assets he possesses in his quest for the presidency: an appealing life story that will allow him to connect with a broad swath of American voters.
The Aggie salute segued nicely into his national self-introduction, accomplished with sentimental recollections of a childhood spent helping his dad, a World War II veteran, grow "dry-land cotton and wheat" on a farm outside Paint Creek, a town so small it doesn't merit a ZIP code. He gave a shout-out to Troop 48, where he earned his Eagle Scout Award, and his mom, who sewed the clothes he packed for Texas A&M.
Why does this simple, hard-scrabble — but idyllic — childhood matter? "Hard work, faith and thrift." Ticking off the list of life values Perry carried with him from that West Texas farm, he invoked nostalgia with an implied promise that he could return the country to pre-Technicolor simplicity. "Thrift" - it's not a word we hear bandied around a lot these days.
Soon, legions of reporters will descend upon Paint Creek, but if they are looking for scandal - or even exaggeration - they will be disappointed. Perry's parents - Ray and Amelia - are the genuine article. She really did sew his boxers.
....Invoking the Reaganesque themes of job creation and optimism, Perry left little doubt which president he'd like most to resemble - though a fleeting Bushism escaped his lips when he reflected on the "sacrificial" Navy SEALS who died in Afghanistan last week.
Consider this concept: "All of us need to be reminded that the federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government."
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
GOPyouth: "Open-Borders-for-Illegals When has Perry EVER said that he's for open borders for illegals?"
THE REAL DEAL
GOPyouth: "Rove-created Poser So you're saying that Karl Rove was responsible for him getting elected to public office?"
THE REAL DEAL
GOPyouth: " Rove ran ONE campaign for Perry"
I’m trying to figure out if you’re being facetious.
The first time I’ve heard it from whom? Perry? I really haven’t followed the man... so yes. Given Obama’s downplay of America’s reputation, I was pleased that he mentioned it in his announcement speech.
My mistake, I meant to add ‘from anybody’.
“Hello. My name is Rick Perry and I supported Al Gore.”
The government does not create jobs. But it puts the rules in place to allow for private business to create jobs.
Perry is business friendly and has proven it.
Perry has some positives but he’s got some splainin to do about immigration to make me happy. I don’t want to have to go through another amnesty fight. I was also not wild about the fact that Perry didn’t push to support that anti TSA bill that was recently in front of the Texas legislature. If he had pushed that bill it would have gone a long way toward winning me over.
OH NOEZ, DA BILDABURGS, DA ILLUMINATIZ!!!!
OH NOEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been holding back but someone has to say it. You need a new FReeper screen name.
LOL!!
Look what’s talking!
I really did not know of the protocol of “howdy” at Texas A & M.
I really don’t know anything about the various intricacies of colleges and their traditions and rivalries in Texas, but I will say it seems to rival the complexity of Burke’s Peerage to a yankee like myself.
Fwiw, I thought Perry came across as great in his speech. Very authentic and down to earth.
And he did seem, more than anybody else I’ve seen, even Bachmann, to have the old “fire in the belly”. He seemed to really want to run for president and to win and to be president.
Of course, he came across as though he is always that way about everything. I imagine if he was your dad and he said “Kids, let’s go get ice cream” you know you’d be getting some ice cream, probably 3 scoops!
That might play very well against Obama’s “on the one hand, on the other hand” BS.
However, I know Obama buys his girls ice cream often and is concerned about illegal immigrants and their ability to go get ice cream, and in terms of all that I imagine he and Perry are equally matched.
He’s written $24 billion in debt. In a conservative State like Texas, you should be able to balance the budget. To a large extent, the reason is that he’s been so lax on immigration.
I think before people start spouting off about “Perry this...and Perry that”, they need to get their facts confirmed and ducks in a row; there’s a lot of BS out there about him and the Texas economy. We are doing just fine.
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