I’m not sold on Perry but he is more conservative than Slick though they both have acute political instincts
I saw Slick coming...being from the same gene pool...many Yankees did not
On Perry...he bugs me on borders more than anything and his late conversion..I don’t get as high a radar alert as I did with Slick.
We’ll see...he’s down my list.
I do think Perry and his posse are more socially conservative than Bush and his high end gang of establishment types.
One of our local radio guys called Bill Clinton a Southern Gentleman on his show, one morning. I called him and informed him that Bill Clinton may be a Southerner, but he was no gentleman.
If Perry ends up being the nominee, I’ll vote for him, but every time I see him, I think “Plastic Man”.
I know Perry, and like any true politician he’ll get serious about the border when it’s politically expedient to do so. I’m not crazy about the guy, he’s a consumate politician with all accompanying baggage that entails. That said, I’m behind him. I wasn’t around for LBJ, but I do know that GHWB and GWB were both especially sensitive to coin a phrase to Texas economic issues. Both presidents were a boon for Texas. Since I’m in Texas, I’m just going to cut through the nonsense and give him my vote for those reasons. I can say now that I’m firmly in Perry’s camp.
And this part is not for you Wardaddy. I’m not insulting your intelligence. I just know that others won’t get it, so to forstall the snarky replies I’m going to explain it to them. Every president has list of connections a mile long. Palin (for example) surely has a ton of them in Alaska. Should she be elected, her inside circle will certainly be more aware or more sensitive if you will about the potential effect of any policy on Alaska. That just can’t be help. Since our guy is running, I’d rather have an inside circle sensitive to the needs of Texas, as opposed to Illinois, Florida or Minnesota. It’s absolutely self-interest.