Posted on 08/20/2011 1:13:35 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Youre probably thinking, Ive seen this movie before: West Texas boy makes middling grades in college, gets elected governor and to the consternation of gobsmacked Democrats, who misunderestimate his folksy appeal runs for the Republican nomination for president. But if thats all you know about Rick Perry, you should be asking whether the country is ready for another White House occupant from the Lone Star State. The fact is, the most recent entrant into the GOP race is nothing like the caricatures being promoted on the left and the right. Here are some myths that need debunking, and quick.
1. Hes a Bush clone.
Biographical similarities aside, Perry is not the second coming of George W. Bush, either stylistically or substantively. Bush governed Texas with a light touch and had a good relationship with the Democratic majorities in both chambers of the Texas legislature. Perry is more hard-knuckled in his dealings not only with Democrats (now a minority in the House and the Senate) but with insufficiently conservative Republicans what we in Texas pejoratively call moderates......
2. Hes a hillbilly dimwit.
Thats bias against Texas, pure and simple. Just because he wears cowboy boots and drops his Gs doesnt mean hes a dummy. Perry may be a small-town boy who went to an ag school (Texas A&M University), but hes an extremely cagey and strategic politician who has been among the states most successful governors at getting what he wants. (Put another way: Even if hes not book smart by University of Chicago standards, hes plenty street smart and street smart is still smart.) The better lens through which to regard Perry is inside vs. outside, establishment vs. anti-establishment, elitist vs. jus folks. Dont make the mistake of thinking that jus folks is jus dumb.
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They're pulling this out of their butts.
You take comments by 2 people who practically live in Canada and hold it up as evidence of their superior ability to “be strong on illegals along the Mexican border?”
Then you match that up with real world governing on a 1250 mile border (without one bit of research or understanding of the subject).
The idea of President Perry is dawning across the country, so you attack.
How about Joe McConnell in an F-86 with the number of shoot downs he had. Next question...
I hope Palin enters the race, I want to see them all in the debates. Some here, who think Perry entered to clear the way for others, must be drinking the cool-aid. When Perry runs, he runs to win. One big politician said, “running against Perry is like running against God”. A bit irreverent but it gets the point across.
Here's a great read. You found the correct information.
something I have wondered about for a long time is how the US could have gone from a Communist hating culture in the early 50's to a Communist loving culture in the 60's. I think this sort of suppression of what we knew they were doing is part of it (The red diaper babies becoming college professors and public school administrators is another.)
I just can't help but think that if Patton had his way and was able to rearm the Wehrmacht and go after Moscow things would have been better.
I also think that if we could have pursued the enemy in Korea like we did in WW2 that the so called "Cultural Revolution" of the 60's wouldn't have happened.
Absolutely.
Or the revolutionaries can win and then be toppled by the radical elite.
Yes, that’s the correct counter-argument. Look at the states that are losing population.
Illinois would turn you down. This is a crony-capitalist state all the way. We’re the East Berlin of America. We’d rather have welfare than work.
JohnEBoy, sorry I didn’t reply originally. I got distracted, but you’re right. I suspect that a lot of the unemployed are new unemployed transplanted to Texas because of its jobs machine.
I’m not convinced that the whole thing belongs to Perry. He’s a politician and has a past, both old and recent, of pro-statist policies. My Texas FRiends seem to feel he’s a RINO held steady by Texas’ conservative politics.
That said he looks like the best thing in the current GOP field. I believe he can win.
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