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Perry to skip DeMint forum (To Deal With Texas Fires)
CNN ^ | 9/5/2011 | Shawna Shepherd

Posted on 09/05/2011 7:41:29 AM PDT by icwhatudo

(CNN) - Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry will not attend the Palmetto Freedom Forum of GOP candidates Monday night, sponsored by Sen. Jim DeMint, and will instead return to Texas to deal with the wildfires in the state, DeMint's office told CNN.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: demint; palindronesattack; perry; wildfires
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To: BobL
Politic away ........ you fool.


161 posted on 09/05/2011 10:06:47 AM PDT by deport
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To: catfish1957
These are all (mostly) fellow FReepers we are talking about. There are some agitators from certain camps that are sent here to start crap and to sling mud... and that has happened in every election that I have been here for. They usually get weeded out in short order. I know for a fact that Jim's patience is not unlimited and that he has had just about all that he can stand. Just read some of his posts over the past week.

There have been many examples of what you say... and it has been coming from both camps. Last week there were several Palin threads that just turned into horrible examples of what we are discussing here. Retribution is caused by these actions and then more retribution takes place in response. Passion is a fine thing... personal attacks are not... in fact... they are against the rules here on FR.

Why don't we try to set the tone by example? That is exactly what I have been trying to do today. Calling people names and attacking them personally will only add flames to the fire... and that is an image that is dead on to this debate. One can be passionate and firm in their convictions without bringing personal attacks into the discussion. There are some in both camps that have gone to the extremes in defense of their candidate... and the guilt resides in both camps. It really does not matter who started it or how much has been perpetrated by either side.

I can refer to a thread where some Perry supporters were almost banned last week... by Jim himself. I know that I do not need to do that... it has been happening on both sides and most here have already read much of it. We can try to control it now... or things can devolve until Jim solves the problem for us. I do not think that any of us want that to happen.

LLS

162 posted on 09/05/2011 10:07:04 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Certified Al Palin Hobbit Terrorist)
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To: deport

Just damn. Take care of yourself. BTT.


163 posted on 09/05/2011 10:08:30 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: deport

“Texas is burning and you are stooping to the low life mode of making politics out of it.”

Well we do still have a presidential nomination process going on...and I’m simply pointing out how fortunate he is to have a way to skip the debate.

That’s not politics...politics would be saying that he had something to do with the fires - maybe his land-use polices, fire department cuts, etc.

But since I have no clue either way, I simply assume (probably rightly) that the fires are nothing more than the result of the extended drought that we’ve had to deal with since last winter.

But the story was about the debate and the fires, so I didn’t see why I shouldn’t be permitted to point out his luck. If the story was just about the fires (or just about the debate, without mentioning the fires), there’s no way in hell I would have made my comment.


164 posted on 09/05/2011 10:09:32 AM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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To: normy

I fully understand your problem with that post.

I have no problem with Perry skipping SC to head back to TX.


165 posted on 09/05/2011 10:09:51 AM PDT by free me (Sarah Palin 2012 - GAME ON!!)
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To: old school

I’m not the one who has a problem with the issue of politicians running for higher office as long as they do their jobs while on the campaign trail.

Too many here are trying to use it as an issue when their favorite did the same thing. It’s hypocritical.


166 posted on 09/05/2011 10:10:33 AM PDT by CajunConservative
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To: CajunConservative

I seriously don’t understand your post.


167 posted on 09/05/2011 10:11:08 AM PDT by free me (Sarah Palin 2012 - GAME ON!!)
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To: deport

“Politic away ........ you fool.”

I stand by my comment, it was NOT political. I was simply pointing out his run of luck, starting when Bush-43 got elected president.


168 posted on 09/05/2011 10:11:56 AM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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To: deport

169 posted on 09/05/2011 10:12:07 AM PDT by deport
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To: Ditter

That’s exactly what was happening last night in the live thread when this first broke.


170 posted on 09/05/2011 10:12:07 AM PDT by CajunConservative
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To: unixfox
It's scary, Unixfox. I'm hoping my foundation doesn't crack from all the soil contraction. I've got craters opening up in my back yard.

All the open fields around me are dead. The grassy areas look like someone shredded dried hay and tossed it around. I was so happy when we had a rainy spring; the wild flowers were bursting everywhere. Was hoping for a mild summer (relatively speaking, of course). Instead, we got the oven for weeks on end.

We had a nasty summer like this about a decade ago, but even then, I don't remember it being this bad.

171 posted on 09/05/2011 10:12:14 AM PDT by TheWriterTX (Rock you like a Herman Cain 2012)
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To: takenoprisoner
In a normal year, Texas has rain not a “wildfire season”. As I told lurker about Perry, “he is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't”.
172 posted on 09/05/2011 10:13:36 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: normy

If you really believe that crap you just spewed about Palin, than you are too ignorant for any real discussion. It proves that you have no idea about a person you smear.

Tell me, all knowin one, would YOU have stayed at a job that was costing you more to work there than youj actually made??? Answer that.


173 posted on 09/05/2011 10:14:51 AM PDT by DrewsMum ("I abandoned free market principles to save the free market." -GWBush)
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To: deport

That’s horrible. How high are the flames?


174 posted on 09/05/2011 10:17:33 AM PDT by CajunConservative
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To: Sequoyah101

Good site for tracking fires: http://ticc.tamu.edu/Response/FireActivity/default.aspx


175 posted on 09/05/2011 10:17:35 AM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: Billthedrill

Thanks. But I think I’m okay but a lot of people, homes, wildlife aren’t. I was just over that stretch of US 71 Saturday. The landscape is brown, grass all dead and most of the woods are like tinder, imo. Parts of east Texas got some rain Sat/Sun from the backside of TD Lee. But the areas being burned weren’t that lucky.

There are 254 counties in Texas and all have been under a burn ban. The winds didn’t help this situation one bit. Again thanks and take care.


176 posted on 09/05/2011 10:20:04 AM PDT by deport
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To: deport

Is that the Steiner Ranch fire?


177 posted on 09/05/2011 10:20:28 AM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: CajunConservative

That’s horrible. How high are the flames?


Don’t know but from the photo they are reaching skyward for sure. Some of the local news media in Austin, etc have photo shoots and videos from the area provided by their news people and from the public. One of the biggest problems has been been the wind which was from the backside of TD Lee and now we have a norther headed into the area. People 30+ miles away are finding ashes, etc on their cars/homes etc.


178 posted on 09/05/2011 10:25:03 AM PDT by deport
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To: DrewsMum
No I wouldn't but if I had agreed to do a job knowing the pay scale when I agreed to it, I would at least finish out my obligation before I quit. If the contract is 2 years or 4 years. Agree to do a job and unless you get promoted (vp) then abide by the agreement. She interviewed for vp and didn't get the job, so finish the one you had agreed upon with your employer to begin with.
179 posted on 09/05/2011 10:25:38 AM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: trisham

Are her toenails polks dots or stars?


180 posted on 09/05/2011 10:25:50 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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