Perry is an open border Globalist that has the same immigration and border policy as Barry Soetoro.
Posted on 08/26/2011 1:05:40 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Whether you live where I do, in deep South Texas, or across our big and growing country, this is a time of historic significance. Hispanics will take the measure of a man not by what he says but what he does. Our community, like many, is suffering because Barack Obama continues to do the wrong things to end the jobs crisis.
Rick Perry’s record is not the empty rhetoric of hope. Rick Perry’s record gives us hope.
A week ago I asked the governor to comment on the opening of a customer service center and 400 jobs that his office helped locate to my hometown of Edinburg. Without a second thought, he talked about how important having a good job was to a family. He talked about how having the means to provide for your family was the basic building block of our society. He talked about families that have good jobs stay together. It seems simple, but it’s a message that resonates loud and clear.
Perry will be a great president because he shares our values — values rooted in deep family traditions — and principles like hard work and fair play that are rewards in and of themselves. He is a strong and decisive leader who wants to restore respect to each and every American by helping put them to work. Hispanics share the same hopes and dreams that other Americans do. It’s about jobs and creating a bright future for our children.
Communities along the border thrive because of our relationship with Mexico. Brownsville, McAllen, Laredo and El Paso are engines that drive the Texas economy. The governor understands that our ties to Mexico run deeper than trade and commerce. We are bound by family, culture and social traditions that have evolved over centuries of mutual respect and cooperation. A safe and prosperous Mexico is a safe and prosperous Texas. Over that last few years our friends in northern Mexico have endured the most horrific violence. Cartels have murdered, terrorized and run rampant across the region. At the height of the violence the governor led the call to Obama to authorize the deployment of the National Guard to the border. Security must not tilt the balance against commerce and trade. The governor has been sensitive to this issue and has championed the commitment of state and local law enforcement resources to that goal.
The respect that Perry has shown the Hispanic community extends to the record number of appointments he has had the opportunity to make. He has appointed the first Hispanic woman to the Supreme Court: Eva Guzman. Hope Andrade was the first Hispanic woman to be appointed secretary of state. Buddy Garcia leads the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Raymund Paredes is the commissioner of higher education. These men and women reflect the changing face of Texas and our governor’s commitment to the Hispanic community.
Democracy is a wonderful thing. My community will join Americans all across this great nation and make a choice about who will lead us out of these troubled times. Rick Perry is that leader. He understands that opportunity and jobs give people hope and optimism. But don’t take my word for it. Like you, I will measure the man by his record.
Perry’s Texas has created more than 40 percent of America’s net new jobs in the last two years. That’s a remarkable and humbling statistic: 40 percent of new jobs created by us, here, in our Lone Star State.
Hispanic-owned businesses have been experiencing explosive growth, their numbers expanding by 40 percent during the previous decade and, according to one study, generating $62 billion in revenue in 2007. The same study indicated Hispanic-owned businesses employed almost 400,000 Texans that year.
Why the growth and opportunity here in Texas? One reason may be that between 2000 and 2010, Hispanic enrollment in Texas universities increased 88 percent compared to a 48 percent increase overall. Over that same time frame, the number of bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and certificates earned by Hispanic students increased more than 102 percent.
If you are a Hispanic living in Texas, you are nine times more likely to be employed. You are two-and-a half times more likely to own your own small business. And you are 15 percent more likely to have obtained a bachelor’s degree than your peers around the country.
Obama’s record is burdened by a Washington that refuses to control federal spending and record debt. In 2006 the unemployment rate for Hispanics was 4.9 percent. In 2011 that rate has jumped to 11.3 percent. Two of every five dollars we spend is borrowed from creditors. Home values are almost one-third lower than they were five years ago.
Obama had his chance to lead. Like President Clinton, he could have put real compromise ahead of political posturing. Instead, he’s turned decidedly in the other direction.
There will be a lot said about Perry. People — mainly partisans with an agenda — will misstate the facts. They’ll make promises about government programs, government money and government control of all aspects of our lives. That’s not our way, and that’s not the way toward a bright future.
We have an historic opportunity to demonstrate our independence and push back against the tired politics of the past by electing Rick Perry president of the United States of America.
State Rep. Aaron Peña, R-Edinburg, has represented District 40 in the Texas House since 2002.
Blah,Blah Blah.
Why not answer the Question?
Pena introduced a bill in March to import “guest” workers from Mexico.
Pena is a big supporter of “immigration reform”.
Pena and his bill are backed by known amnesty groups?
So why does he love Perry so much?
Because Perry is for amnesty too!
Thanks for posting yet another article proving that Perry is for amnesty and God forbid he’s elected he will give us just that.
You speak the truth my friend, actually most of them are less tolerant of illegals than non Hispanics. That is a little known fact everywhere but here in the border states.
St Rickalaus, the patron saint of border jumpers.
Well, the Hazleton, PA mayor who did the big crackdown on illegals is a congressman now, so I guess maybe cracking down instead of pandering actually works...in some places.
Just like I said. Cut rate subsided tuition for non-citizen students. Muchas gracias Gov Perry.
This is a thread about Perry’s love of illegals not Palin.
Make that subsidized .
lol! Oh that is a good one
Than in states that don't have jobs. Texas has had 10 months of increased job numbers (30,000 just in July).
BTW it's the social engineering give-a-ways passed in this country that had drawn people across the border. A conservative ascendancy and a secure border is what the country needs.
Texas has jobs and schools and wants a secure border. As I stated in my first post, Texas is dealing with what we have, not just rotting away like so many other states are.
You speak beacoup bull shitte! If you lived in Texas you would understand how your rant is completely baseless!....and no I'm not going to argue with you...much like wrestling a pig, all one does is get dirty and the pig likes it....such is it with FReepers who post insane lies and innuendo's
Tell that to Sarah Palin.
Why isn’t she ranting and raving from her twitter account about the horrors of Rick Perry?
She has an obligation, does she not, to attack Rick Perry as you attack him?
If not, why not?
And since she doesn’t, why do you support her for President while at the same time attacking us?
One more thing: where did you get the idea that someone elected President can do whatever they please with no thought to the people and their elected reps? Even if he wanted to, that wouldn’t realistically occur just because he was elected President. Perhaps Obama’s dictatorial tendencies have confused you into thinking that, but Rick Perry is no Obama.
What happened when he tried something unpopular with Texans? He was forced to bow to the will of the people.
Obama loves to govern against our will. He doesn’t care, since he’s a regular Hugo Chavez.
CW, how could you possibly think this is a good thing or that it would be fovorable to Rick Perry? I don’t want to have to press 1 for English when I call a public office. I don’t want to be REQUIRED to speak spanish in order to gain a new client. I don’t want my change in pesos. I don’t want any of that crap. Why would you think that anyone EXCEPT hispanics would consider this favorable?
You're nailing it!
Perry is an open border Globalist that has the same immigration and border policy as Barry Soetoro.
Try not to let your inability to deal with facts cause you to fly into a blind rage.
It’s unbecoming and no doubt bad for your health.
Deep breath and count to ten.
Then repeat the mantra:
Perry wants amnesty
Perry wants amnesty
Rick Perry is essentially equivalent to Mitt Romney and Barrack Obama.
Vote for him only if you are an establishment Republican in favor of politics as usual and business as usual.
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Yes, CW is a tireless DEFENDER of Perry’s betrayals of conservative principles.
Not minimizing them, actually *defending* them!
Quite a thing to behold.
Lou Barletta's congressional district is 94.6% non-Hispanic white. Maybe if we can deport the 37.6% of Texas's population that is Hispanic, and the 11.8% of the population that is African...
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