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Rick Perry’s camp defends 1993 HillaryCare praise
The Daily Caller ^ | 08/30/2011 | Alexis Levinson and Caroline May

Posted on 08/30/2011 11:14:19 AM PDT by martosko

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Original article includes a scan of Perry's 1993 letter.
1 posted on 08/30/2011 11:14:25 AM PDT by martosko
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To: martosko

How are Perry fanatics going to defend this?


2 posted on 08/30/2011 11:15:47 AM PDT by palinsupporter1
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To: martosko
Bachmann has never praised anything about Hillary.
3 posted on 08/30/2011 11:17:57 AM PDT by Kleon
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To: martosko
How dare you question the RINO cowboy!
4 posted on 08/30/2011 11:20:12 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
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To: palinsupporter1

The same way Palin fanatics defend her from cutting and running from office?


5 posted on 08/30/2011 11:20:48 AM PDT by rjeffries
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To: palinsupporter1
This is the kind of thing that makes me skeptical of Perry. Some of his ideas sound pretty good, but when you go back and look at what he's done and some of his opinions, he starts looking like a RINO. He criticized the Arizona immigration laws. He voted for hate crime laws and he was a Democrat for a long time. It makes me wonder if he's just changed parties to increase his chances of being elected.

Obama campaigned as a moderate. He didn't revert to his liberal ways until after he was in office.

I would take Perry over Romney, but I wouldn't vote for either of them in the primary.

6 posted on 08/30/2011 11:21:35 AM PDT by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: palinsupporter1

” How are Perry fanatics going to defend this? “

In 1993, health insurance was sky rocketing. Some of us long wished that it would be addressed by our side. Since it wasn’t, it was Hillary who dove off the cliff. That being said, what is wrong with the true and accurate statement Perry made about rural considerations?


7 posted on 08/30/2011 11:21:35 AM PDT by RitaOK (TEXAS. It's EXHIBIT A for Rick. Perry/Rubio '12)
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To: rjeffries
The same way Palin fanatics defend her from cutting and running from office?

How do they defend that?

8 posted on 08/30/2011 11:21:44 AM PDT by Kleon
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To: Al B.; onyx; Brices Crossroads; sarah fan UK; rintense; 2ndDivisionVet; SoConPubbie; ...

It figures PING!


9 posted on 08/30/2011 11:24:49 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: rjeffries

So funny how that’s the ONLY thing Palin haters have is the SAME LINE over and over and over and over and they choose to remain ignorant to the FACTS & reasons....with Perry, at least he supplies us w/new ways to dislike him for Pres. EVERY DAY. If this is what conservatives dig up about him, can you imagine what the liberals will dig up if he’s the nominee????? And believe me, they are sitting on the good stuff till the general.


10 posted on 08/30/2011 11:24:59 AM PDT by DrewsMum ("I abandoned free market principles to save the free market." -GWBush)
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To: rjeffries

If Palin did not resign the governorship, would you have supported her if she ran for president this year?

I am a Palin supporter, and frankly, putting aside the consideration of the merits of the arguments given justifiying her decision to resign, it just isn’t that big of a deal to me. I don’t think it’s really a big deal to many who are primarily concerned with stands on the issues and ability to execute.


11 posted on 08/30/2011 11:25:03 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (It's fun to play with your vision, but don't ever play with your eyes.-1970's PSA)
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To: palinsupporter1; martosko
How are Perry fanatics going to defend this?

Perry could turn the Alamo into an illegal alien medical clinic, and they'd defend it.

12 posted on 08/30/2011 11:25:28 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: palinsupporter1
How are Perry fanatics going to defend this?

The same way they always defend him.
1. Claim it is old news.
2. Ridicule anyone who disses their boy.

13 posted on 08/30/2011 11:26:54 AM PDT by Jess79
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To: palinsupporter1
How are Perry fanatics going to defend this?

Rest assurred, they'll defend it.

Shoot, they'll even defend "La Raza."

14 posted on 08/30/2011 11:27:54 AM PDT by EternalVigilance ('If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction.')
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To: DrewsMum

I like Palin, but she can’t win. The Palinstinians needs to realize that her approval numbers with the majority of public have gone off a cliff and will never come back.


15 posted on 08/30/2011 11:28:19 AM PDT by rjeffries
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To: Jess79

They accuse anyone who blasphemes against St Rick of being a liar.


16 posted on 08/30/2011 11:28:59 AM PDT by cripplecreek (The GOP has been "moderated" into a coma.)
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To: mbynack

Of course he changed parties to raise his chances of getting elected.... he’s from Texas, duh....Dems don’t do well in TX....except liberal Austin, and inner cities.


17 posted on 08/30/2011 11:29:13 AM PDT by DrewsMum ("I abandoned free market principles to save the free market." -GWBush)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Re #11:

It’s going to be hard for Sarah Palin to execute anything if she can’t win any of the primaries.


18 posted on 08/30/2011 11:29:28 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (Perry 2012! A Conservative who can win!)
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To: martosko
Headline is a little misleading.

"HillaryCare" did not exist at the time Perry wrote his letter. It had been announced she was looking at the topic of healthcare reform, and he wanted to make sure she did not neglect rural Texans (which was sort of his job). Once it was clear what she was up to, Perry apparently hated it as much as the rest of us.

I think he can be criticized for believing it was even possible for Hillary to come up with meaningful reform, but I don't see how can be tagged with supporting the HillaryCare proposal that actually emerged because based upon what I have read, he clearly didn't.

19 posted on 08/30/2011 11:29:45 AM PDT by comebacknewt (Sheesh. Go away and stay away Newt.)
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To: mbynack

At the time and in the place that Perry was a democrat, there were no liberal democrats. At that time Texas was a conservative democrat place, liberals and Republicans came later. He may be imperfect (which candidate isn’t) but once being a Texas democrat is not something to hold against him.


20 posted on 08/30/2011 11:30:21 AM PDT by Ditter
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