Posted on 10/30/2011 8:09:51 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
He acknowledges not being the best debater, but Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry says he has something that his top rival, Mitt Romney, doesn't -- consistency.
Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," the Texas governor said Romney has been on both sides of the issues of gun control, abortion and gay rights, among other topics. While that leaves people guessing about how Romney would run the country, Perry said his record as a "consistent conservative" is a reliable marker of how he'd govern.
......Perry said according to his plan, the highest income earners will like get the biggest break -- because they'll opt for the flat tax -- but they can take that money and pump it back into the economy to create jobs and invest.
"This plan is about getting people back to work, putting the confidence back in the American entrepreneur (who) know the regulations are not going to be there," he said.
"I don't want more revenue in Washington, D.C.'s hands. I want more revenue in the private sector, job creators' hands, and American citizens out there. I guarantee you, they'll make better decisions about how to spend that money than Washington, D.C.," Perry said.
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How so? Perry reminds me of all the bad traits in Bush? In fact, he is so much like him that I can see the comparison myself.
That's a new one!
I think Freud would call that "projection."
Perry is an attractive candidate in many ways, but he definitely looks like a Bush clone. Anyone who denies that is deluded or dishonest — and that does not serve the Cause.
Perry waffles far less than Romney. That deserves a Captain Obvious award.
Cain, in a way, is the Republican answer to Obama. Cain comes in with a clean political slate, in fact even cleaner than Obama’s was, because Cain has never been a politician. Cain saw Obama’s race card, and even tells Obama he isn’t doing black the right way (he isn’t a “strong black man.”) Ouch! (But it’s true — Obama might as well be a foreigner. Cain knows what it is to be from a family that knew chattel slavery and Jim Crow, and which transcended those unfair handicaps.) Cain has his own charm — he is not a bullshit artist like Obama, but he is very warm and personable. He probably doesn’t care a lot for Styrofoam pillars, but he has his own pillars of character.
We're getting along better than the people who try to tell us how to run our state!.
We don't need any advice...especially from north of the Mason-Dixson!
Do you have a clue how Michigan, MN, CA, NY, PA...to name a few...look from INSIDE our state!
I liked “if you want a great debater, look at the guy in the White House.” Also, he was strong on his policy points. Perry does a great retail job, let’s hope for more.
No, he wanted to build a superhighway through Texas and had a plan to do it without raising taxes. I thought it was a great idea. I am sorry it is not happening. How much eminent domain land was taken from Texans to build the various interstate highways already in the state? The things I am pretty sure about are that I-35 will eventually be replaced, somebody will build the replacement and eminent domain will be used to whatever degree needed to do it. I just hope that the next plan for the I-35 replacement does not raise the taxes in Texas a lot. As for the Spanish company thing, I couldn’t care less who built it. Cintas built the 130 road in the Austin area and it is a very nice road that I use. Do you suppose they will roll it up someday and take it back to Spain with them?
From Hocndoc’s posted link above:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2772684/posts
“Much has been criticized of Governor Perry’s initial support for the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC). As President of the Conservative Coalition of the Texas Legislature, I was deeply involved in that entire process. My rural district was directly in the path of the TTC and the project was largely viewed by my constituents as an abuse of the governmental power of eminent domain.
Truth is, the TTC started as a expansion on the I-35 corridor. The plan was added to legislation by the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) as a new “branch” of highway that ran from south Texas to the north right through my district. TXDOT presented facts that upon the completion of the Panama Canal expansion many of the trading freighters, which currently only serve the West Coast, would be able to bring their cargo to Texas ports.
It was anticipated that this would place a tremendous burden on the current highway system as it heads north. However, the flawed TXDOT presentation of the plan and threats to private land ownership were not handled well. Citizens throughout Texas were insulted by the methods of potential property seizure, foreign control of Texas properties and other abuses.
It was wrong, and when presented with the will of Texas citizens, Governor Perry put a stop to it.
While driving my daughter back to begin a new semester at Baylor University, I received a call from the Governor’s office requesting that I invite a group of my fellow Texas Conservative Coalition legislators to his office to meet with him and TXDOT leadership. The following week several of us met with Governor Perry and the TXDOT Commissioner and Executive Director to share the frustration and opposition of our constituents across the state to the TTC.
After a lengthy meeting, Governor Perry did something that has made me respect him as I have no other leader which I have observed or served alongside. He sat back in his chair, gave our arguments thought and said, “Tell your constituents you talked to the Governor, and the Trans-Texas Corridor is no more.”
To this day, the handful of legislators in attendance at that meeting have respected Rick Perry–a man who was confident, honest, and exhibited absolute integrity to his citizens. He often does not receive the proper recognition and credit he deserves for his decisive response to the will of Texas citizens against the TTC. When presented with their objections and opposition, he brought a halt to the ill-conceived TTC.
This is in stark contrast to our current President who sees the destructive results of his policies and has no intention of admitting fault or changing course, but instead blames everyone else for his errors in judgment.
From his action to end the TTC to his signature on legislation to protect the rights of coastal property owners struggling to recover and rebuild in the aftermath of a hurricane, Rick Perry has responded to Texan landowners’ concerns about private property rights. I was one of those 125 landowners who faced a loss of property to be determined by a governmental agency’s assessment of where grass grew before and after a hurricane.
I applauded Governor Perry as he stood with the Texas House and Senate (and eventually the Texas Supreme Court) against some very vocal opposition to sign into law Rep. Hamilton’s bill preventing a potential land grab by the state. In this past session, Governor Perry declared eminent domain reform legislation an emergency item and saw it all the way through the legislative process until he signed it into law, strengthening the rights and protections of private property owners across Texas.
If ever there was a day we needed a leader in this country who does not place his pride and ego ahead of what is proven to be the will of the people and in their best interest…this is the day. A real leader who puts what is best for his citizens ahead of personal pride and opinions is what America needs.”
I got a laugh out of that line. Romney reminds me of Obama more than Cain does.
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