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Perry dominates in South Carolina (PPP Poll has Perry up by 23 pts.)
Public Policy Polling ^ | 8/30/11 | PPP

Posted on 08/30/2011 9:43:21 AM PDT by CA Conservative

Raleigh, N.C. – If there was any question that Rick Perry is the new Republican presidential frontrunner before now, PPP’s latest poll of South Carolina confirms it. A week ago, PPP showed Perry jumping to a narrow lead in first-caucus Iowa. Now, he has a double-digit lead in what will likely be the third-voting state. Perry tops with 36% to Mitt Romney’s 16%, Michele Bachmann’s 13%, Herman Cain’s 9%, Newt Gingrich’s 8%, Ron Paul’s 5%, Rick Santorum’s 4%, and Jon Huntsman’s 2%. This is a sea change from when PPP last polled the race in June, with Perry not included. Romney led with 30% to Cain’s and Gingrich’s 15%, Bachmann’s 13%, and Paul’s 10%.

If Sarah Palin joins the fray, it has no impact on Perry’s dominance but a lot on Bachmann’s standing. Palin would place third at 10% behind Perry still at 36%, Romney at 13%, followed by Cain’s 9%, and Bachmann and Gingrich tied at 7%.

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We need somebody who can WIN this thing. That means somebody with cross-over appeal, which our Palen, Bachmann and Cain (no matter how much we love them) simply do not have.

Until 1989, Rick Perry was a conservative Democrat. He switched parties as, like many Democrats including Ronald Reagan and Phil Gramm, he saw that party moving farther and farther to the left. Under Perry’s decade as governor, hundreds of Texas Democrats have followed his lead and become Republicans. As a former Democrat, Perry can speak to that swath of his former party that has become disenchanted with their party as President Obama has taken it even farther to the left, in a way that few Republicans can. He can also speak well and credibly to all wings of the national GOP, from the fiscal cons to the social cons to the libertarian set.
He would appeal to all segments of the Republican electorate and would come armed with a record of economic success and a commitment to liberty that no other contender can match.

Texas has been voted #1 business climate for the last seven years.
Texas has been getting all of California’s jobs.
Perry must be doing something right.
We need a good business guy right now.
Perry has proved it.

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CONSERVATIVE ICONS SUPPORT PERRY:

>Sarah Palin threw her endorsement to Rick Perry for governor.
Recently restated that she likes Perry
“He walks the walk of a true conservative” “And he sticks by his guns — and you know how I feel about guns.”
Sarah Palin
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/02/palin-perry-201.html

>Rush said that Perry is his dream candidate.
http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/rush-limbaugh-on-the-record-3/

>Michael Reagan praises Perry:
“If you don’t believe Reaganomics can still work in this day and age, for whatever reason, I say you should look no further than the state of Texas.
Under the leadership of Gov. Rick Perry, Texas has championed and built upon the concepts my father used to rebuild America in the 1980s..
In short, Reagan Revolution is alive and well - deep in the heart of Texas.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/24/reagans-vision-lives-on-in-texas/?page=1

>Ted nugent is a close friend and supporter.

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>Since Perry has been Governor of Texas, Texas has added more than 850,000 jobs, more than all other states combined. Texas has added over 180,000 jobs since August of 2009.

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>According to this web site Texas is #1 this year and last year for business friendly.
http://chiefexecutive.net/best-worst-states-for-business
Obama would not want not run against a governor that has the BEST business climate in the U.S. when everything else is in a depression.

>He refused to raise taxes when Texas faced a record $10 billion budget shortfall in 2003. Instead, he was the first Texas governor since World War II to sign a budget that lowered state spending (and has now done it twice). As governor, Perry has used his line item veto to cut over $3 billion in proposed spending.

>For seven years running, CEOs polled by Chief Executive magazine have rated Texas first in business development and job growth. Texas boasts 58 Fortune 500 companies — more than any other state.

>As America’s No. 1 exporting state, Texas shipped $206.6 billion in goods abroad last year, composing 16 percent of America’s $1.28 trillion in exports. California’s $14.4 billion in exports ranked it second, with 11.2 percent of U.S. outflow.

>Texas’ achievements so stunned Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic lieutenant governor, that he flew a delegation to Austin last May to ask Perry how he lures defectors from the Golden State.

>Of the 70 companies that fled California in 2011, the Wall Street Journal’s John Fund reported last April, 14 relocated to Texas — these exiles’ primary destination.
http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2011/06/21/opinion/nh4142489.txt

>In 2005, Perry signed a historic $15.7 billion property tax cut for homeowners and businesses that also included new taxpayer protections against appraisal increases. In 2009, Gov. Perry secured a tax cut for approximately 40,000 small businesses in Texas and protected the Rainy Day Fund for future challenges.

>He led the battle to pass the country’s most sweeping lawsuit reforms, closing the door on junk lawsuits that had been making trial lawyers rich while driving countless doctors either out of the state or the profession all together. Since Texas voters approved these reforms, malpractice claims and premiums have fallen and access to healthcare is increasing across the state as doctors have applied in droves to practice in Texas.

>Perry is also known for his socially conservative views on homosexuality, and he opposes same sex marriage. He condemned the United States Supreme Court decision in Lawrence vs. Texas, which struck down a Texas sodomy law. He called the law “appropriate”

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ABORTION:

>Perry is pro-life and opposes government funding for elective abortions. In 2005, Perry, a social conservative, signed a bill that limited late-term abortions and required girls under the age of 18 who procure abortions to notify their parents. Perry signed the bill in the gymnasium of Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Worth, an evangelical Christian school.

>Perry signed into law a bill requiring a sonogram and doctor’s explanation before granting an abortion

>In 2005, Perry signed a new law that requires minor girls to receive parental consent before getting an abortion. This law strengthens a parental notification law Perry supported as Lt. Gov. in 1999, which
helped reduce teen abortions by 26 percent.
Perry has also signed a ban on third trimester abortions, a ban on tax dollars being used to support abortion facilities, a prenatal protection act that protects
unborn children from assault, and an informed consent law that helps expectant mothers better understand the risks and consequences of abortion. Perry supports a ban on human cloning and will veto any
legislation that provides state dollars for embryonic stem cell research, a process that ends a human life.
Perry urges to keep up pressure to roll back the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion until “Roe v. Wade is nothing but a shameful footnote in our nation’s history books.

>Perry, a frequent critic of the federal government, also bashed President Barack Obama for his administration’s policy allowing federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, saying he was deeply disturbed by studies that turn “the remains of unborn children into nothing more than raw material.”

>Perry has faulted Obama for reversing the so-called “Mexico City policy” that banned giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide information about abortions. Obama struck down the policy during his first week in office, saying it was too broad and undermined family planning in developing countries.
Under Obama “our federal tax dollars can now be used to fund abortion all over the world. With the stroke of a pen, abortion essentially became a U.S. foreign export,” Perry said.

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IMMIGRATION:

>Perry adds immigration issues to lawmaker session
Perry wants passage of a measure requiring every person arrested to be run through the federal immigration databases as part of the Secure Communities program. He also wants to provide the state Department of Public Safety with the authority to make sure someone is in the U.S. legally before issuing a driver’s license.

>These measures, along with a ban on sanctuary cities, would “provide a clear message that Texas will not turn a blind eye to those breaking our laws,” Perry said in a statement.
“Texas owes it to the brave law enforcement officials, who put their lives on the line every day to protect our families and communities, to give them the discretion they need to adequately do their jobs,” Perry said.
http://www.rickperry.org/media-articles/perry-adds-immigration-issues-lawmakers-agenda-0?amp

>Gov. Perry has made numerous requests of the federal govt. to enforce the border in Texas including handing President Obama a letter in person when he landed in Dallas last year.
(Obama insulted governor Perry when he turned away and Perry had to hand the letter on the illegals issue to presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett. Obama declined to personally accept it.)

>Gov. Perry refuses to meet/greet Obama in May 2011 at El Paso during his Texas tour.
Perry later declared, “If he wanted to meet, I was in Austin.

>Perry signed into law photo ID required before voting.

WHAT have other states done?? (with the exception of AZ Ok and Ga)

What have other candidates stated that they would do?

What has Sarah stated she would do?

What is Backmann’s plan?

What did Reagan do?
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/jan/06/rudy-giuliani/yep-reagan-did-the-a-word/
President Ronald Reagan was the first president in history to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. On November 6, 1986, he signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, [PUB L 99-603]. In so doing, he set a precedent whereby the United States would not seek to deport illegal aliens, but to reward their lawbreaking by granting them full citizenship.

NEWSFLASH! None of them are going to do much.
We have to take the best of the lot.

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CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS:

In what was described as a “God and country” sermon at the Cornerstone church in San Antonio, attended by Perry and other mostly Republican candidates, the Rev. John Hagee stated, “If you live your life and don’t confess your sins to God Almighty through the authority of Christ and His blood, I’m going to say this very plainly, you’re going straight to hell with a nonstop ticket.”
Perry was asked if he agreed with those comments and said, “It is my faith, and I’m a believer of that.”[39] Perry went on to say that there was nothing in the sermon that he took exception with.
Humorist and entertainer Kinky Friedman, the Jewish independent candidate for governor in the 2006 election, said, “He doesn’t think very differently from the Taliban, does he?” Carole Keeton Strayhorn disagreed with Perry’s comments, and Democrat Chris Bell said that one who is in public office should “respect people of all faiths and denominations”.
Conservatives then responded, arguing that Perry had a right to his religious beliefs, and that he was not disrespecting Americans of other religious convictions. While visiting Israel in August 2009, Perry gave an interview to the Jerusalem Post in which he affirmed his support for Israel from his religious background, “I’m a big believer that this country was given to the people of Israel a long time ago, by God, and that’s ordained.”

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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:

>Perry does not believe there is valid scientific proof of anthropogenic global warming. He has said several times that there is no scientific consensus on the issue.[69] In a September 7, 2007, speech to California Republicans, Perry said, “Virtually every day another scientist leaves the global warming bandwagon. ... But you won’t read about that in the press because they have already invested in one side of the story.”

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>Pro-life, Pro-guns, pro-spending cuts, pro-business

>He’s an outside-the-Beltway candidate

>He is not a Ivy League grad

>He was an Air Force captain who flew a C-130

>Speaks Spainish.
(Odumbo says everybody should speak a foreign language, but he CAN’T)

>Fighting with Obama on many fronts
Google Perry/Obama and you will see he’s been fighting him and his government for the past two years.

>PERRY ISSUES OBAMA A COUPLE OF BIG FUBOs:

1. “Texas to Allow Regular Incandescent Bulbs”
Reports are the governor will sign Bill HB2510 by June 19th.
Bill HB2510 allows for the manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs otherwise banned in federal legislation of 2007, applicable from 1 January 2012 onwards.
The legality, at least in the way the proposed law is framed, has apparently been cleared with the US Attorney General’s office.
The Bill has already passed in both House and Senate with overwhelming support.
While Texas has no current manufacture, relevant parties are being invited to restart it.
Texas has been a leading US state in providing new local jobs, and this is seen as a further contributive measure.
http://freedomlightbulb.blogspot.com/2011/06/texas-to-allow-incandescent-light-bulbs.html

2.Perry Adds TSA Anti-Groping Bill to Call
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/tea-party/updated-perry-adds-tsa-anti-groping-bill-to-call/ ^

Gov. Rick Perry this evening announced the addition of TSA anti-groping legislation to the agenda for the special legislative session. In a statement, he said lawmakers could consider legislation “relating to the prosecution and punishment for the offense of official oppression on those seeking access to public buildings and transportation.”

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>There is no such thing as ‘Perrycare’

>Signed into law sonogram and explanation by physician before abortion

>Signed into law, photo ID ident to vote

>Perry did not apply for federal “Race to the Top” education funds because he said it would force national standards upon Texas.

>He has vetoed a record 248 bills, including dozens after the 2001 session, angering many lawmakers.

>He said last year that President Barack Obama was “hell-bent” on turning America into a socialist country.

>Won governorship of state with lots of latinos

>He used to be a Democrat. So? So did Reagan.

>The Bush’s don’t like him

>He has NEVER lost an election, including an elementary school contest for “king” of the Paint Creek School Carnival. He secured that win by handing out pennies for votes.

>Perry has degree in animal science from Texas A&M University

>He is an Eagle Scout and wrote a book about the Boy Scouts, ‘On My Honor’.
Rick Perry uses the Boy Scouts to draw a battle line in what he considers a “culture war,” defending them against the American Civil Liberties Union and what he sees as a moral struggle for the country’s future.
The book also traces a 30-year history of litigation involving the Scouts — most of which they won — which Perry considers an attack on traditional values and faith in God.

Perry targets the ACLU as the primary force behind a leftist push to accept homosexuality and challenge Scouting’s duty to God.
http://www.rickperry.org/media/perrys-new-book-supports-boy-scouts-attacks-aclu

>Perry has a reputation for not sweating

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MISC:
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>He played quarterback on the six-man football team for the Paint Creek Pirates. He also played basketball and ran track.

>He’s a runner and triathlete.

>He is an outdoorsman who enjoys hunting and fishing.

>He plays the drums. At a January 2005 inaugural party in Washington, he played with ZZ Top in front of 2,000 people

>Perry has Romney’s looks without the other baggage.
Raised on a ranch.
Has hair.
6’ tall- presidential (especially after Obama)

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PERRY TRASHING:

Anytime governor Rick Perry is mentioned, Free Repubic seems to turn into something resembling Democratic Underground.
Posts regarding Perry are peppered with profanity, vulgarity and downright fabrications- the likes of which is seldom seen on Free Republic.

This is hardly in the best interests of our Conservative agenda. The Loony Left does not need any help from us in the character assassination of our Conservatives.

This Perry trashing comes from the Ron ‘truther’ Paul nuts, Debra Medina sour grapers, lurking Libs- and I suspect, over zealous Sarah Palin supporters and a few Bachmann supporters.
(I love Sarah and Michelle Bachmann as much as anyone else, but we MUST face reality when it comes to our beautiful Conservative ladies’ chances of winning this thing!)

Don’t you think it more sensible to trust what the Conservative icons have to say about Perry?

>Sarah Palin threw her endorsement to Rick Perry for governor-. She recently restated that she likes Perry.

>Rush said that Perry is his dream candidate. http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/rush-limbaugh-on-the-record-3/

>Michael Reagan praises Perry:
“If you don’t believe Reaganomics can still work in this day and age, for whatever reason, I say you should look no further than the state of Texas.
Under the leadership of Gov. Rick Perry, Texas has championed and built upon the concepts my father used to rebuild America in the 1980s..
In short, Reagan Revolution is alive and well - deep in the heart of Texas.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/24/reagans-vision-lives-on-in-texas/?page=1

>Ted Nugent is a close friend and supporter.

Don’t you think it more sensible to trust what numerous politicians and scholars have said about Rick Perry than various haters?

VISIT THIS SITE

Read the official statements of dozens of Perry’s fellow politicians and scholars (both Democrats and Republicans) have had to say about Rick Perry: http://www.politico.com/arena/archive/rick-perry-for-president-in-2012.html

All (including Democrat opponents) have called him a staunch Conservative, and not one of the dozens issuing opinions has mentioned the vaccine or TTC.
Apparently they don’t consider these things an issue. They DID mention Perry threatening to secede from the union as a strike against him.

What Perry actually said; “You know, my hope is that America and Washington in particular pays attention,” Perry continued. “We’ve got a great union. There is absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what may come out of that? So. But Texas is a very unique place and we’re a pretty independent lot to boot.”

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The Gadasil vaccine Perry tried to “force” on Texas girls?
Dead issue.
He never tried to force it.
There was an opt out. It was up to parents to choose
Always.

Perry statement of Gardasil:
8/15/11

“I signed an executive order that allowed for an opt-out, but the fact of the matter is that I didn’t do my research well enough to understand that we needed to have a substantial conversation with our citizenry,” Perry said at the Manchester, N.H., event in response to an audience question about the HPV controversy, according to ABC News’ The Note. “But here’s what I learned: When you get too far out in front of the parade, they will let you know, and that’s exactly what our Legislature did, and I saluted it and I said, ‘Roger that, I hear you loud and clear.’ And they didn’t want to do it and we don’t, so enough said.”

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Trans Texas Hiway?
Dead issue.
If that’s the worst he’s done, I can live with it.
I just want someone who can kick the Marxist/Muslim usurper’s sorry a$$ out of our White House!!

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Bilderberg member?
Dead issue.
Governor Perry attended one meeting in 2007.
Many prominent Americans have attended these meeting.
That does NOT mean they are members or agree with their ‘agenda’- whatever that is.
Some who attended in the past: Reagan, Thatcher,Ford, Eisenhower, Gates

Why NOT attend if invited? I would want to know what in the heck they are all about and what they are up to.

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>Americans WILL get it:
>Better looking
>Better record
>Rick Perry for President

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181 posted on 08/30/2011 11:52:13 AM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: CA Conservative
You think that it’s a Conservative’s perfect solution to propose the Trans-Texas Corridor instead of simply improve existing rights of way?

You obviously have never driven I-35 through San Antonio, Austin or the Metroplex during rush hour. There is no way to widen or improve the existing right-of-way enough to handle the amount of traffic they currently deal with.

You think it’s a Conservative move to plan a new massive right of way across the state to take over 70,000 acres by eminent domain?

Using eminent domain to take private property and give it to a private business a la Kelo is a perversion of the process.  Yes, it is.  You nailed it didn't you.  Was that a Conservative idea or not?  The answer is not, it wasn't.  However, property has always been taken via eminent domain for public uses such as for parks, roadways, railroads, etc. There is nothing unconservative about that, as long as just compensation is provided.  Yes there is something wrong with that, and you actually touch on it just below here.  I'll address it there.

You think it’s a good Conservative policy to refuse to support a fence or wall on our southern border?

Do YOU think it is good conservative policy to put up a barrier that would deprive thousands of Texans access to their property or would prevent them from accessing the only major water source available to them and to their livestock?  LOL, you just stated that taking 70,000 acres was a Conservative idea, despite the fact it would place a near quarter of a mile wide strip right through the middle of family farms across the state.  This would cause these famers to have to transport their farm implements as much as twenty miles, just to farm the other side of their property, and that's inside the U.S.  This only seems to become a problem for you, if that property extends outside of the U.S. 

You think it’s a good Conservative policy to refuse to repatriate illegals, give their kids here rights U.S. Citizens from other states can’t even get. Really?

Care to specify what rights the children of illegals can get that US citizens from other states can't get? And don't bother saying "in-state tuition" - that has already been thoroughly debunked. Any citizen that met the same criteria (attending Texas schools for at least three years, graduate from a Texas high school, live in Texas for at least 12 months immediately prior to applying for college) would also get in-state tuition. As a matter of fact, Texas law makes it easier for US citizens to qualify as Texas residents for in-state tuition. You or your family must merely live in Texas and be employed for 12 months prior to applying - the requirement to attend Texas schools and graduate from a Texas high school do not apply to US citizens.

Okay, score that one for you.  At the same time, you can admit that you think our tax dollars should be spent to educate the children of illegal aliens.   We're going to be cutting our military because we're broke, but it's a better alocation of funds to pay for the education of the children of illegal immigrants.  Now that is Conservative...

You think it’s a Conservative idea to state that every young girl must provide evidence of having taken the Gardasil regimen, unless their parents step in to object? Really?

I really was not thrilled with this, but Perry has admitted he made a mistake in how he handled it. But keep in mind that almost 30,000 people per year are diagnosed with HPV-related cancers. So while I don't agree with the method, I do agree with the concern.

Okay, I appreciate the admission.  Mind you that 30,000 does sound like a big number, but when you consider how many millions of women we have in the U.S., it's actually a small number.  What if 100% of women contracted this malady?  Would that validate a government edict that every woman had to risk death or severe long term rash/immunodeficiency problems or else?  From your already expressed concern, I think you would respond no.  I know I would.  Women should be in charge of their own bodies, unless a missed vaccination would feed into broadspread major illnesses and death through epidemic.  I even have some concerns about that, but have thus far come down on the side of immunization for the general welfare of our citizens.  Seeing massive numbers of chidlren dying, being sterilized, or mamed, causes me to come down on the side I have concerning this.  This was not the case with Gardasil.  Due process would have avoided this problem for Perry, and yet he didn't see it.

You think it’s a good Conservative idea to toss the whole Gardasil determination process on it’s ear, by making parents look like some sort of animal if they don’t get the Gardasil regmine for their girls, thereby causing more young girls to have to submit to something that caused over 100 deaths and thousands of immune deficiency problems for other girls? Honest?

I think parents should have the right to decide if they want to immunize their daughters for this. But the number of deaths allegedly associated with the vaccine, while tragic, is very small. Keep in mind that they estimate that vaccinations for chicken pox caused 100 deaths per year until recently. Deaths from chicken pox are pretty rare, but almost 5,000 women per year die from HPV-related cervical cancer. So your argument about the supposed danger of the vaccine is flawed, unless you oppose ALL vaccines on the same grounds, seeing as many mandatory vaccines have a much higher death rate.

Okay, that's a rather fair comeback, but there is a glaring difference here.  Normal vaccines are necessary because the malady's they protect against endanger the populace at large.  This wouldn't be limited to say 5,000 women who made choices for themselves.  It would involve literally millions of kids and adults in any given region, and quite likely throughout the nation and beyond.

This is a guy you think is Conservative?

As Sarah would say - "you betcha!"

As covered in another post, I'm not utilizing Sarah's opinion to determine what is Conservative or not.  I don't believe Perry uses good judgment, especially as it relates to Conservative norms.


182 posted on 08/30/2011 11:55:06 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain 5 yrs Left/1 yr right "BAD!" - Republicans 3 yrs Right 1 year Left to elect RINOs. "Good?")
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To: arrogantsob

“I doubt he even wins Michigan. Why? His father was governor fifty years ago? Big deal.”

Saw some polling (don’t remember which outfit) that showed him with a modest lead there. But... maybe he won’t. Mitt’s appeal is capped to a very few states.


183 posted on 08/30/2011 11:57:29 AM PDT by ScottinVA (As a party that gives Obama what he wants, what again is the GOP`s 2012 selling point?I wonder whatl)
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To: Beagle8U

At the present time, I haven’t settled on one.

Pick one yourself. Support them until Perry wins the nomination over your objection, then fall in behind him.

I can’t see a reason why that would bother you.


184 posted on 08/30/2011 11:59:05 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain 5 yrs Left/1 yr right "BAD!" - Republicans 3 yrs Right 1 year Left to elect RINOs. "Good?")
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To: patriot08

Good points all.

Hopefully more people will pick through the hyperbole and see Perry isn’t the boogeyman they feared.


185 posted on 08/30/2011 11:59:34 AM PDT by ScottinVA (As a party that gives Obama what he wants, what again is the GOP`s 2012 selling point?I wonder whatl)
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To: DoughtyOne

Thank you for a reasoned and civil response. I may not agree with everything you said, but I appreciate that it was said in the context of a dialogue, not just yelling at someone who disagrees with you. I see way too much of that on here lately.


186 posted on 08/30/2011 11:59:51 AM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: DoughtyOne

Isn’t the template that the RAT media wants Romney to be the nominee? How does this help that?


187 posted on 08/30/2011 12:01:57 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: ScottinVA

I have addressed that Scott. By the mere implementation of this Executive Order, Perry exerted excessive influence on parents trying to make determinations if this vaccine was advisable or not.

Many of those parents probably opted in for their daughters based on his actions.

If his Executive Order was such a great idea, why did the state legislature overturn it within a couple of weeks?

Why did this guy think he had to circumvent the normal procedures for enacting new laws?


188 posted on 08/30/2011 12:02:55 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain 5 yrs Left/1 yr right "BAD!" - Republicans 3 yrs Right 1 year Left to elect RINOs. "Good?")
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To: arrogantsob

Exactly and the polls are only leftist if Palin isn’t winning.


189 posted on 08/30/2011 12:03:47 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (It is possible to both promote Palin and support Bachmann at the same time, ya know.)
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To: ScottinVA

Scott, what if a young girl didn’t want to take this vaccine, but her parents wanted her to?

There are quite a few parents out there these days, that wish they’d never heard of this vaccine. Their kids are dealing with severe problems.

Frankly, I generally think parents should make important decisions for their 13 year old children. With regard to this medication, I’m not absolutely convinced of it


190 posted on 08/30/2011 12:06:10 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain 5 yrs Left/1 yr right "BAD!" - Republicans 3 yrs Right 1 year Left to elect RINOs. "Good?")
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To: DoughtyOne

Bachmann won’t win the nomination but I see no need for her to withdraw and have no animosity towards her. My preferences are Palin and Perry. They are as conservative as can win the nomination and either would be 10X the president our current clown is.


191 posted on 08/30/2011 12:06:54 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: DoughtyOne
What is Conservative about that? We are betraying what we said was our core beliefs. How can you folks do that with good conscience?

Because they're scare sh!tless that a conservative can't beat Obama, so they are sacrificing their principals to get behind a guy they think can win.

192 posted on 08/30/2011 12:08:37 PM PDT by Jess79
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To: DoughtyOne
I won't make a choice for a while. Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann or Rick Perry look good and can contend for my vote. Herman Cain and Rick Santorum are fine fellows but not likely to be nominees. May they both serve in the next cabinet! Newt Gingrich is a better guy than most will concede but reality is reality. He won't be nominated. Newt would make a great idea man for the next administration so long as he understands that global warming and similar issues are beyond the pale. Romney and Huntsman are useless RINOs who have no business seeking the nomination. I say this not because they are Mormons since Mormons of my acquaintance are very good folks. I would not be surprised if most Mormons voted against both of them. Ron Paul should have the sense to be embarrassed by his own looney tunes track record and Neville Chamberlain foreign policy and persistent lying about being on the right side of social issues when he simply refuses to have the fedgov correct the fedcourt created evils of abortion and gay everything posing as normality.

We don't have to be fighting each other over the three quality candidates (Palin, Bachmann, Perry). We will have to choose a candidate among them to unite behind to thwart the RINOs and destroy Obozo. We will know shortly whether Sarah is running. We will know whether we are choosing from two or three candidates. Let's not alienate each other in advance by being overly vehement against any one of them. Accentuate the positive as to those three is probably the wisest course. Don't you think so?

193 posted on 08/30/2011 12:09:54 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club: Burn 'em Bright!!!)
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To: P-Marlowe

There is no reason for Palin to respond to the attacks on other candidates especially considering the unprecedented and continuing attacks on her. These others pale in comparison to the all-out assault on her and her family.


194 posted on 08/30/2011 12:10:36 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: chilepup

How did your very red state elect a nonconservative?


195 posted on 08/30/2011 12:10:43 PM PDT by Grunthor (Perry.)
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To: CA Conservative

I think we all gain by listening and responding on point.

That said, I’m no saint. I can and do blow it with regard to being civil at times, so I’ll take the kudos for now, and realize I’ll probably deserve different at another time.

I try not to deny truth. I do try to make sure it is seen in the proper context and overall scheme of things.

Take care.


196 posted on 08/30/2011 12:11:15 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain 5 yrs Left/1 yr right "BAD!" - Republicans 3 yrs Right 1 year Left to elect RINOs. "Good?")
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To: CA Conservative

Forgive me, but I think you addressed some major cities where roads couldn’t be expanded. In other states circumnavigation routes are establised for these exceptions rather than devise a whole new massive system through-out the state.

This causes far less negative impact on the state’s landowning citizens.

I meant to address this to you, and it just dawned on me that I didn’t.

Hope I didn’t read this from someone else and attribute it to you.


197 posted on 08/30/2011 12:14:26 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain 5 yrs Left/1 yr right "BAD!" - Republicans 3 yrs Right 1 year Left to elect RINOs. "Good?")
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To: caww

“I rather look at it as demorats are following those of us Republicans who see that Perry is not the man for the job.”

Uh huh, of course they are.


198 posted on 08/30/2011 12:14:48 PM PDT by Magic Fingers
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To: DoughtyOne

Cain? Are you kidding? We aren’t going to beat professionals with non-professionals. Get serious. And any professional is going to be attacked as a RINO but no one cares to hear it.


199 posted on 08/30/2011 12:15:08 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: DoughtyOne
But that isn't what you are doing, is it.

You don't even have a candidate that you support, you just troll Perry threads and bash him.

That doesn't even show common sense. He knocked worthless bastard Romney out of the top slot.

Unless you have someone better to support, you need to grow up and face the facts that your pipe-dream candidate may never appear and all you did was piss in your own cornflakes.

200 posted on 08/30/2011 12:16:24 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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