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Farm boy Perry sold Bibles door-to-door to get money to buy a car and hoped to be a veterinarian.....but flunked animal science.

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.

And yet...they are still both just establishment good ole boy politicians.

Yup.

The only thing that has changed is that the electorate (those who wish to know) now has a better chance of figuring it out, largely because of sites like Free Republic.

Unfortunately, there is a cadre of cheerleaders here and elsewhere that simply praises the Republican-du-jour and then gets all disjointed when those of us who value freedom above all else point out problems early on and then either vote their conscience or don't vote at all when the moment of truth comes.

I reluctantly voted for McCain at the last possible minute in the last Presidential election. I did not like it one bit.

At the end of the day, I will more than likely vote for anybody but Obama in the next election, unless the only choice is Romney, in which case I will not vote at all

I could vote for anyone else in the Republican field right now, but I will not vote for Romney. I am not very fond of Perry either, but I MIGHT be able to vote for him if push comes to shove.