I am no Perry “bot.” I have comitted no support nor money to any candidate yet and likely will not until after Christmas. I do like in order, Perry, Palin (in spite of her less than pleasant supporters) Cain, Santorum and (with the same caveat as Palin supporters) Paul.
Reverse Ron Paul and Thad McCrotter’s ranking in the Ames Straw poll, and Iowa voters pretty much ranked the candidates in the same preference I had:
Michele Bachmann
Thaddeus McCotter
Tim Pawlenty
Rick Santorum
Herman Cain
Rick Perry
Mitt Romney
Newt Gingrich
Jon Huntsman
Ron Paul
As you can see, Perry ranks pretty low on my list, and I’m neither a Ron Paul fan or a “Sarah or bust” freeper (I personally think she won’t run, and I’m OK with that... love Sarah, but the MSM has done a complete hit job on her)
I suspect alot of freepers have similar sentiments. I’ve met alot of people here who dislike Perry and are neither Paul fans nor insistant that Sarah MUST the nominee.
Of course, Perry fan’s have decided if you don’t like Captain Gardasil and his open borders record, you MUST either worship Sarah or Ron. Reminds of when the Romneybots invaded FR after the ‘08 primaries and insisted ANYONE who didn’t want Romney as McCain’s running mate was a “Huckabee supporter” (news to all the Hunter, Thompson, Tancredo, etc. supporters who distrusted Romney).
This is why Perry fans seem to bust a blood vessel whenever they fume “who do YOU support, huh?” and I tell them I’m undecided. It goes against their talking points that Sarah and Ron Paul fanatics are out to “get” poor widdle Ricky and all other conservatives love him.