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Anita Perry, Unplugged
The Wall Street Journal ^
| OCTOBER 14, 2011
| staff
Posted on 10/14/2011 12:56:21 PM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
Ever wonder why candidates rarely have their spouses take the stump? Rick Perry's wife Anita told a South Carolina religious forum yesterday that she and her husband "were being brutalized by our opponents, and our own party. So much of that is, I think they look at him, because of his faith. He is the only true conservative -- well, there are some true conservatives. And they're there for good reasons. And they may feel like God called them too. But I truly feel like we are here for that purpose."
While her speech was intended to improve the Texas Governor's rapport with Christian conservatives after his poor showing in last weekend's Values Voter straw poll, (Mr. Perry came in a distant fourth, following Ron Paul, Herman Cain and Rick Santorum), she may have done more to alienate those voters than to help the cause.
Suggesting that voters who've turned against the Texas governor are religious bigots isn't likely to win them back.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: anitaperry; heartless; heartlessbigots; perry
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To: BarnacleCenturion
This was a bad bad mistake by the Perry camp. It makes Perry look weak and whiny.
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posted on
10/14/2011 12:57:38 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
To: MNJohnnie
I’m Catholic I’m such a religious bigot against Perry that I support Cain!
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posted on
10/14/2011 12:58:20 PM PDT
by
BenKenobi
(Honkeys for Herman! 10 percent is enough for God; 9 percent is enough for government)
To: BarnacleCenturion
Conservatives are just a bunch of heartless fools, I guess....
To: BarnacleCenturion
I don’t remember the “one” ever having to do much more than say he didn’t remember any of the Rev. Wright’s sermons.
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posted on
10/14/2011 12:59:47 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: BarnacleCenturion
Anita Perry is such a great lady. I am so glad to see this video of her. Thanks for posting it.
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posted on
10/14/2011 1:06:05 PM PDT
by
shield
(Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
To: MNJohnnie
I agree. Not a good move.
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posted on
10/14/2011 1:06:05 PM PDT
by
justice14
("stand up defend or lay down and die")
To: BarnacleCenturion
Suggesting that voters who've turned against the Texas governor are religious bigots isn't likely to win them back.
As Cain so eloquently put it : The only problem with that analysis is, it's wrong. These voters that she is referring to were not going to vote for Perry to begin with so there is no "winning them back" to be done.
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posted on
10/14/2011 1:07:08 PM PDT
by
ReaganBaby26
(Perry: "First -- Don't spend all the money!")
To: justice14
If my husband ever ran for office, I’d voluntarily hide myself in a hole for his campaign and term of service. :-)
It seems that my foot is permanently stuck in my mouth! lol!
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posted on
10/14/2011 1:08:14 PM PDT
by
Marie
(Cain 9s Have Teeth)
To: BarnacleCenturion
Ok, there’s just something creepy about an aggressive wife who wants to be first lady so badly, she pushes her reluctant husband in front of a high-speed train to acheive her ambition.
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posted on
10/14/2011 1:08:30 PM PDT
by
Reagan69
(I supported Sarah Palin and all I got was a lousy DVD !)
To: ReaganBaby26
I saw the video, and she did not suggest that. What nonsense!
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posted on
10/14/2011 1:09:54 PM PDT
by
Essie
To: Marie
Haha. Yeah, my Wife would get upset and probably start yelling at people. She can be a firecracker.
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posted on
10/14/2011 1:10:06 PM PDT
by
justice14
("stand up defend or lay down and die")
To: MNJohnnie
I’m so confused now. Is Rick the candidate or Anita?
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posted on
10/14/2011 1:10:31 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Rick Perry engages in corporate welfare via Texas TEF/ETF)
To: shield
To: Marie
If my husband ever ran for office, I’d voluntarily hide myself in a hole for his campaign and term of service. :-)
Surely not, you'd be out there with your man, proud of him and ready to tell anybody that he is the best whether they believed it or not.
It seems that my foot is permanently stuck in my mouth! lol!
Same here. It's called foot-in-mouth disease, I have it too. :)
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posted on
10/14/2011 1:11:39 PM PDT
by
ReaganBaby26
(Perry: "First -- Don't spend all the money!")
To: justice14
Yup! I’d need a gag AND a muzzle. :D
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posted on
10/14/2011 1:12:16 PM PDT
by
Marie
(Cain 9s Have Teeth)
To: MNJohnnie
You mean he’s not weak and whiny?
To: BarnacleCenturion
Considering the fact that Ron Paul won this screwy straw poll, I wouldn’t have bothered with it.
To: Essie
It was the Wall Street Journal that suggested it.....
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posted on
10/14/2011 1:13:37 PM PDT
by
ReaganBaby26
(Perry: "First -- Don't spend all the money!")
To: shield
Anita Perry is such a great lady. I am so glad to see this video of her. Thanks for posting it.
There is something more then a little creepy about this Cult of Personality American idol style Perry Campaign.
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posted on
10/14/2011 1:15:01 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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