If Perry ends up being the nominee, I’ll vote for him, but every time I see him, I think “Plastic Man”.
If Mr. Perry should win the Republican nomination, I will vote for him.
But that is not saying a great deal. I will vote for whoever wins the Republican nomination. And that is actually very sad because what I actually mean is that I will vote AGAINST the stain and his regime in 2012.
I've looked at Mr. Perry's website. Very polished, very "clean", very manufactured, good advertising. It has the feeling of a site built over time by ad men and focus groups and pollsters with an eye toward being as "slick" and as "market-y" as was the stain’s back in '08. However, in my heart, I can't seem to find the genuine Mr. Perry in it anywhere.
Contrast this please with Mrs. Palin. Tho not a candidate, FB, SarahPAC, and her TW "pages" are chock full of the real her. Perhaps not so "professional", perhaps not built by ad men and others of that ilk. But they are brutally honest, clear, cogent, and forceful. They both are....well.....genuinely her.
I spent some time on active duty in both the Army and the AF. If I were asked today to make a choice between Mrs. Palin and Mr. Perry as to which I would gladly and willingly follow into combat, hands down it would be Mrs. Palin. Trust, belief, and a sure knowledge that I follow a leader. That is what I want. That is what I would follow. That is who I would vote FOR.
Unfortunately, that is not Mr. Perry.