Posted on 09/18/2011 1:55:44 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
......One was born into a privileged family in a tony Michigan suburb; the other, onto a flat expanse of West Texas dirt with no indoor plumbing. One spent his youth tooling around his fathers car factory; the other, selling Bibles door-to-door so he could afford to buy a car. One excelled at Harvard University, simultaneously earning law and business degrees and swiftly climbing the corporate ladder; the other, his hope of becoming a veterinarian dashed when he flunked organic chemistry at Texas A&M University, joined the Air Force. [Perry graduated from A&M]
Where Mitt Romney is obedient and cautious, Rick Perry is bombastic and spontaneous. If they had attended the same high school, they probably would have hung out at opposite ends of the hallway. Their relationship today is said to be frosty, if there is one at all.
In every single possible way, they come from different worlds, said Republican strategist Alex Castellanos, who advised Romney in his 2008 race but is neutral this time. You can see the playbook pretty clearly here: its populist against patrician; its rural Texas steel against unflappable Romney coolness; conservative versus center-right establishment; Texas strength versus Romneys imperturbability; Perrys simplicity versus Romneys flexibility.
.... Romney is campaigning as a steady, capable grown-up who can fix anything that needs fixing; Perry, as a passionate, principled leader who can channel the ire of a frustrated electorate.
The twin forces within the Republican Party are neatly manifested in the two candidates. Romney represents both the partys upper-crust establishment and the state Massachusetts that for so long has been the GOPs boogeyman. Perry represents the angry grassroots that are giving the party new energy and he personifies the state Texas that for a generation has been the GOPs soul.........
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Then Perry got into $$$Texa$ politic$-----and hi$ money worrie$ vani$hed.
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So how many political/personal slush funds does Senor Ricky have? This is what we know to date----could be many many more.
<><> Texans for Rick Perry committee is a $102 million slush fund he uses at will. Some PAC mega-donors paid in $100,000 each in order to influence Perry's official actions. Gov Perry paid for posh family trips to the Bahamas, Amsterdam, Madrid out of campaign contributions from his Texans for Rick Perry committee.
<><> Perry's "Make Us Great Again PAC" raised millions to flood Iowa, and other early voting states, with ads promoting their boy.
<><> At the time he was saying he WAS NOT running for president last year, Ricky's Super-Pac raised $55 million for a presidential race---in $2500 max per person/ $5000 max per corporate PAC contributions. Perry organizers would not say what the Perry presidential groups has raised to date.
<><> Perry bragged at the Tea Party debate that he raised $33 million for reelection that year and that he was "offended" at the inference that he could be "bought" with Gardisil mfg Merck's $5000 campaign donation.
<><> The $295 million Texas Enterprise Fund doles out millions of tax dollars to Perry supporters who then kick-backed to his campaign coffers. TESF also gave $20 million to Countrywide Mtge---the crooks at the heart of the US financial meltdown---- Ricky said the $20 million was to (cough) "create jobs."
<><> Perry raised funds for the Republican Governors' Association, and, in turn, the Perry campaign received two $500,000 checks from the RGA.
<><> His wife Anita Perry's $60,000-a-year salary at the Austin "nonprofit" "Texas Association Against Sexual Assault" comes indirectly from Gov. Perry's political donors, state contractors and companies that do business with the state or have issues before the Legislature. Of 37 major donors during Anita Perry's tenure as fundraiser, ONLY three have NO ties to the governor or state business. Anita Perry is paid from the "nonprofit" money pool that includes political contributions. TAAS also receives grants from state agencies AND the governor's office. Donating to the TAASA seems to be another way Perry dreamed up for those with an interest in state government to influence Perry. State grants to the "non-profit" could be easily laundered especially w/ Mrs P at the helm.
<><> Perry also has a pot of "inaugural committee" monies (bet that comes in handy).
<><> And do on and so forth, ad infinitum, ad nauseaum.
That’s funny!
TARP went to IAG and Sharia.
Do you agree with it for Romney, Perry, or both?
The TP does not agree with Perry on the big-government, nanny-state Gardasil debacle.
The TP does not agree with Perry on his opposition to the border fence.
The TP does not agree with Perry on his opposition to Arizona trying to defend itself from the ILLEGAL hordes that he wants to make citizens.
The TP opposed Perry on the TTC.
The TP does not support Perrys warped view that anyone opposing instate tuition for ILLEGAL aliens does so because of the ILLEGAL aliens last names.
The TP did not agree with Obama and Pelosis stimulus bailout plan yet Perry took stimulus cash anyway.
Rick Perry is a big government, progressive neocon candidate much the same as Mitt Romney. He is a RINO and a fraud and he is anything but in line with the TP's core principles.
“I don’t know any major candidate running for potus on the GOP side over the two decades who has a better executive conservative governing record then Perry. More importantly Perry isn’t afraid to take on Obama and the Democrat leftwing. Choose Romney and Obama wins!”
Nice to see some posters who clearly get it. :)
Hard to see your post what with all the flies buzzing around the sweet story about Rick Perry.
You can can that tripe anytime you want.
“Speaking of dogs, there’s a real nice comment about Perry and dogs in the article.”
Yes, I read that. :)
Yes, I’m counting the trolls on this thread...
Too bad 90% of Republican voters are "RINOs" too. /s
We should begin immediately to IVF the next POTUS.
Take a few cells of Newt’s brain, Cain’s joie de vivre, Perry’s military background, Romney’s facial symmetry, Huntsman’s blue eyes, Santorum’s teeth, Ron Paul’s ears, Bachman’s good intentions, Palin’s pugnacity and Pawlenty’s humility.
I’d photoshop if I knew how;)
I like Perry. I cannot tolerate Romney. There is just something disingenuous about Mitt. He is too slick-ish.
Carville(D):
"It's a feel-good story, this Romney thing.
Romney is an ascendant guy."
Sen. John Kerry (D) to Don Imus on RomneyCARE:
"I like this health care bill".
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) on RomneyCARE:
"To come up with a bipartisan plan in this polarized environment is commendable."
Mitt Romney wins much coveted Jimmy Carter endorsement
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