Posted on 08/15/2011 8:40:39 PM PDT by DRey
DES MOINES – Rick Perry, on his first day of extended Iowa campaigning, foreshadowed his coming assault Monday against Mitt Romney and swiped back at the former Massachusetts governor and venture capitalist’s suggestion that others in the GOP race don’t understand the economy.
In back-to-back answers, Perry nodded at the difference between his economic record as Texas governor and Romney’s in Massachusetts and then drew a cultural contrast between his background as an Air Force pilot and family farmer and his opponent’s high finance pedigree.
“It’s being able to work with your legislature to get the right tax and regulatory and legal system in place — and we done that in Texas,” Perry said of how he created jobs in his decade-long tenure as governor.
Talking to reporters as he made his way through the state fair here, the Texas governor was even more direct when asked about private business experience — something Romney said sets him apart from the Republican field.
Taking a populist shot at his multi-millionaire rival, Perry cited Romney’s former employer by name and contrasted that experience with his time helping run his family’s cotton farm.
“I was in the private sector for thirteen years after I left the Air Force,” he said. “You know, I wasn’t on Wall Street, I wasn’t working at Bain Capital, but the principles of the free market — they work whether you’re in a farm field in Iowa or whether you’re on Wall Street.”
Hours earlier, Romney, on the trail in Litchfield, N.H., had taken a not-so-subtle jab at Perry.
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Have you been to his website? Of course it’s one-sided, but there are some GREAT videos. www.rickperry.org
Will visit, but I want to see him in a hard interview...the press does have an important role, as much as conservatives dislike their general bias.
I actually had a Texas couple in my business today, I asked what their feeling were about their gov...they looked a little sheepish, and said; “we really like him.”
So send your vote elsewhere, you will have no one to blame but yourself and your ilk if zerO gets 4 more years.
Afraid of ? No. She was FR’s resident moonbat leftist troll. JimRob kept her around for kicks so the straights could laugh at her silliness. Then one day she got ugly, and JimRob and the mods had had enough. Mind you, I’m not accusing you of being MurryMom2 (you may be misguided, but not bat$hit insane).
Before you were here in ‘08 (you’re just a n00b to me, I’ve been here since 1998), we had the ugly infestation of Slick Willard agents (some devoted followers based on a variety of reasons that mostly came down to #1, they found him to be so viscerally hot that they’d wet their shorts and get a tingle or #2, they were Mormons. The rest were either trolls or paid to spam this website with outrageous nonsense and personal attacks, although ultimately they all were trolls.
Anyway, it was frustrating having to deal with them and their spam and organized attacks on a daily basis. I wondered why they were continually allowed to post when their goals were clearly antithetical to this website (and ask JimRob what he thinks of him), when someone told me that by allowing them to post their nuttiness, lies, etc., that it reflected on their candidate just how horrid he was and still is...
Of course you or someone else just asked why Slick Willard for being the media-declared front-runner has almost no supporters here... well, even JimRob could only put up with that foolishness for so long.
Anyway, I hope after Palin declares that you folks come on over to the real candidate for Conservative change. It’ll be nice this time to have her to vote for as President rather than that cockroach gallery in 2008. For the record, after Fred Thompson dropped out in the primary, I supported “None of the Above.” The fact that our party allowed about the most divisive buffoon imaginable near the nomination was sickening. Of course, you had those same folks barking about crucifying him over purity and all that jazz... that he could win and all that. Well, you saw what happened.
I’m voting for Palin. You should, too. Real Conservative change.
Why, no wonder you're here every day now campaigning for Rick Perry! *slaps forehead*
That’s funny. Let me confess something. I have known him all my life. I’m not part of his campaign, but I know him well. My dad worked with him in the beginning of his political career in Austin until his death. His dad bought John Deere tractors from my dad. His father-in-law delivered me. So I have a bias, no doubt. But I also know where his heart is. I know him and trust him. And I know he’s very, very smart, and absolutely fearless. It’s astonishing. You will never see an interview where he loses. It might be a draw, but he will never lose. He destroyed Matt Lauer one time. It was hilarious. They hate him, and he tears them up every time. Good luck with your research.
LOL...you have more talking points than me and they’re democratic talking points. Perry changed party after Dukaikas got in.
Meaningless political boilerplate.
Fact is, Rudy Giuliani is a hardcore left-winger.
I'm sorry that you don't understand that it is such people, in both "major" parties, that are destroying this free republic.
I'm also sorry that Rick Perry doesn't understand that, either.
“*slaps forehead*”
LOL, I give her a week.
With nothing positive to offer they are running down other candidates, even ones she's supported.
I like her but if they aren't careful they'll be turning people away from a candidate Palin they way the Paulbots do their guy.
She is not running, at least not yet. I do like Sarah, but she can’t beat Obama, she will not get the much needed independents. I know many independents and a handful of conservatives that cannot stand obama and they Won’t vote for her, they think she is a punch line.
What are my talking points ? Do you deny Perry was Al Gore’s campaign manager in Texas ? Do you deny he supported liberal Giuliani for President in 2008 ?
That's obvious. Here are the "politics of this board," just so you know.
From the homepage:
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Rudy Giuliani and his supporters historically have not fared well here, unsurprisingly.
Why did Palin support Perry ?
*buzzer sounds*
Eh, too slow. The answer is because Perry’s primary opponent was a Ron Paul 9/11 Truther nutter. Perry may be a RINO, but he’s not insane.
She hasn’t declared yet. If so-called Conservatives and “sane” Independents cannot vote for her over the guy who has destroyed this country in a general election, it speaks more to their derangement and lack of character. I’m not lowering my standards enough to support a guy who was Al Gore’s campaign manager and an open borders phony.
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