Posted on 09/21/2011 3:14:29 PM PDT by Nachum
Mitt Romney may not be Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s biggest problem. The nonprofit group Texans for Public Justice, a good-government foundation that has been keeping tabs on him for years, may claim that title. Its Web site’s homepage features a quote from its Crony Capitalism report: “As Texas Governor Rick Perry’s influence at the RGA increased over the past five years the political finances of both the governor and the Governors Association skyrocketed. The RGA raised a record $216.9 million during the Perry years between January 2006 and June 30, 2011.
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That’s the thing we fought back with facts and still do when the need arises.
I think you may be hearing the PerryKrishna chants.............:-)
If he was not it behooves you to research the validity of the charge rather than attack the messenger.
I would call in “Rationalization into Buffoonery”
I agree with you. Palin is another opportunist. Her support of Bachmann's Gardasil attacks showed poor judgment. Can't blame Palin for her attitude, however. After the left trashed Palin and her family for 3 years, she has come back with a vengeance and righfully so.
There are many who STILL await Saint Palin's announcement if she is running or not. All with the hope that it will set a course to save conservatism, the GOP and the nation all at the same time. LOL
Seriously. If it boils down to Obama v Palin, I'd take Palin. But I'd rather have someone like Rick Perry. He has been governing for 11 years, elected three times and is well respected among GOP governors. Both McDonnell and Jindel have endorsed Perry at this early date. That's encouraging.
To all the Perry detractors, I'm still waiting for them to name one major candidate that has run for the GOP nomination over the last 23 years with a better conservative executive governing record then Rick Perry.
So far all I've heard is, crickets.
Just a reminder from 2008
top AIG recipients for the 2008 campaign
1. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., $103,100
2. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., $101,332
3. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., $59,499
4. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., $35,965
5. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., $24,750
6. Former Gov. Mitt Romney, (R) Pres $20,850
7. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., $19,975
8. Rep. John Larson, D-Conn, $19,750
9. Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., $18,500
10. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R) Pres $13,200
11. Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., $12,000
12. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., $11,000
Whatever it is, it’s not good.
Perry is not on the list. Did I sound enough like a PK?
That is quite a list, interesting to note the three (R)'s
Bryan Preston, who is an undisclosed Perry acolyte, at Pajamis Media, has issued his defense of Perry. His defense is to slam the Texans for Justice in Politics rather than take on the specific allegations, allegations which have been collaborated by second and third sources.
In fairness, TPJ does have some unsavory ties.
Could a journalist simply do more than jump into a reflexive defense mode for Perry and do the tough work of challenging the merits of the allegations?
I posted a link and a correct title.
Where did I attack?
This is getting fun. Try this one on for size:
“Longtime aide a key link between contributor and Perry”
http://blog.chron.com/rickperry/2011/09/perry-merck-lobbyist-are-campaign-donors/?gta=commentform#commentform
Whoa! Good-government? WTF is that?? My bullshit detector just railed.
You’re crazy!!!!! ;)
100% correct. I’m actually enjoying Malkin’s deep dive into Perry’s record.
She is supposedly a “conservative” pundit on the Washington Post roster. But, oddly enough, she spends most of her time bashing social conservatives.
Never trust a former labor lawyer.
Perry's pay-for-play cronyism while Texas' governor will take one of the issues on which Obama is most vulnerable off the table. Dems will be cranking out endless variations on this type of stuff every time Solyndra and LightSquared are brought up: http://messageboards.aol.com/aol/en_us/articles.php?boardId=535768&articleId=753038&func=6&channel=Member+Guided+News&filterRead=false&filterHidden=true&filterUnhidden=false
There's a lot of this stuff out there; google "Perry pay-to-play" for a look at the turds bubbling up from the cess pool.
I agree. But leave the republican field alone unless you declare or don’t. If she declares then she can hammer away but also face the rebuttal. If she says she’s out she can say all she wants and get paid. As of now she just looks like an opportunist and I don’t care much for it.
She’s got help.
Honestly, Freepers get tons of stuff discovered before anyone else. I always come here first. :)
Everyone deserves to know "Texans for Public Justice" takes money from George Soros, as well as the other connections they have.
Shouldn't a journalist simple do more than jump into reflexive "gotcha" mode and do the tough work of investigating the merits of "allegations" by a partisan watchdog?
We need more specifics, not just generalized innuendo. Saying a governor is a good fundraiser for his governor's association isn't much.
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