Posted on 08/30/2011 3:42:19 PM PDT by smoothsailing
Oh wow, I'll bet she's ecstatic!
Although I voted for her on the McCain ticket, I wouldn't vote for her in favor of Perry. Her resume really is pretty thin and only a few candidates have thinner resumes.
Some people think that her resignation is as big of a disabling stigma as you think Perry once being a Democrat is for him. I disagree on both.
If you want to revisit the threads you so amptly polluted (or were conspicuously absent from) on the discussion of the IL Senate race of 2010, feel free.
Gore was pro-abortion when he ran for President in 1988. That was the man Perry knowingly supported. Giuliani was pro-abortion when he ran for President in 2008. That was the man Perry knowingly supported. I suggest you’re the one that should do the research on your candidate. Rick Perry has more red flags than a May Day Parade.
>> let’s draft Gov. Paul LePage of Maine
Is he electable? That’s the first time I’ve heard the name that I can recall.
Mind you, electability isn’t *everything*. But it’s important. Very important. If ideology and track record and executive ability were all that mattered, I’d write in my wife’s cousin-in-law Don, or a local business leader, Jim. Either one would make a fantastic president. They are highly conservative, articulate, and have a track record of accomplishment. But we’d be looking at another four unacceptable years of Obama.
My problem with Perry isn’t exclusively that he once was a Democrat. My problem with Perry is that he’s NOT the Conservative his supporters paint him to be. That, and that he is not a leader. He’s just another blow-dried, Rove-recruited opportunistic establishment politician who looks pretty in front of a camera. Slick Willard Redux.
No, your problem is that you appear to not be capable of leading yourself and NEED others to lead you.
Senators originally were to REPRESENT the individual states.
Congressional representatives were to REPRESENT groups of citizens and the President was to preside over the government.
No where do I recall in the Constitution that we elect leaders, we elect representatives and a President.
Dammit, they work for us and not vice versa and that is your problem!
LePage has a remarkable story of rising up from abject poverty to the Governorship. He just charges ahead and does what is right and doesn’t give a damn what the opposition thinks (that includes the liberal phonies of BOTH parties).
If you have a chance, look him up. Of our freshman class of 2010 Governors, he’s about the best (and we’ve got some good ones, Scott Walker of Wisconsin being another). LePage makes Perry look like Dennis Kucinich.
Why do you believe Gov Perry is wishy washy? The list I posted earlier is not indicative of someone who is “wishy, Washy”. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Gov Perry loves this country; that Gov Perry adamantly disagreed with Bush on his ‘compassionate conservatism’ and would do everything in his power to reverse the appalling laws and regulations which have been shoved down our throats.
As I stated earlier, we are not electing a KING. The President is only one part of our Government. Remember that from school?
Not only must we throw the bastard that's in there, out, but we must elect someone who will abide by OUR wishes.
Governor Perry or Governor Palin is it; THEY understand America/Americans because they themselves have ‘worked’ through this magnificent system we have and have become what they are, due to it.
I can vote for Perry. I’d prefer Sarah if she runs, but Perry will do. As long as it’s not Mitt McCain.......
Sadly...you are one of those that are unreachable. Regarding pro-life..Gov Perry has signed the most pro-life legislation in the union. But you knew that didn’t you?
Support for DemocRAT Gore after 8 years of the most successful president in my lifetime, Ronald Reagan, speaks volumes as to who and what RINO Rick Perry is. Sure he's a phony and he will remain a phony until which time he joins the DemocRAT party where he belongs.
Amazing how many people, especially most of the Liberals, yearn for leaders to tell them what to do!
Tories still looking for a king.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I LISTED?
No generalities please.
You’re arguing over semantics. The people that wrote that Constitution were leaders. Many of the folks we’ve elected throughout our two centuries plus have been leaders. I separate pols into different classes, the ones that lead and the ones that mislead (politicians). I look for people that are the best. You seem to want the least of the worst. Right now, we need the best, and badly.
Are you gaining any converts?
You know the jerk that haunts ever Palin thread and talks bad about her kids and about how Palin resigned?
Or the retard that hits the Romney threads and spouts the same old, tired crap day after day after day?
Idiots, aren’t they? Pests. Laughing stocks.
And you’re one of them for the Perry threads.
:-)
Just semantics?
You OBVIOUSLY do not understand the idea of a representative republic.
Now that you’ve confirmed that, so many other things fall into place.
From here on out, talk to the hand.
Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. America loves a winner. America will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise a coward;..."
General George S. Patton May 17, 1944
There are only two in the field that know how to fight and how to be leaders. One has not declared/announced and the other is now fighting through the bullshi*. My money and backing is with him.
I don’t know why we just don’t secede. These people are from a different planet.
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