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My question is why, if he’s toast and croutons and completely out of it, why are they spending so much time ATTACKING him?

Hi Charles, I'd say the reason Perry is catching so much flak is due to the initial fervor his supporters pressed on other FReepers at the beginning of his campaign. I saw many people subjected to posts that ridiculed their support of other candidates in favor of supporting Perry because he could beat romney.

Many times the argument was used that people should drop their candidates in favor of Perry because he was polling higher at the time.

Many of us looked at his history and had his suspicions and debate on such topics were never resolved without someone ridiculing such concerns.

Then he did something spectacular - he actually performed the political equivalent of a "Hey y'all - watch this!" moment on live TV during a debate. It would not have been so bad if we didn't have previous reservations on the issue, if it hadn't been a MAJOR conservative issue and if his own history hadn't shown many, many liberal inclinations in the past. It just didn't support an overnight transformation into a conservative we could count on to represent us properly. The vote was "no confidence".

So now the screw has turned. Perry's about to be beat in his own home state of Texas and is polling in low single digits in most major primary states. He became a joke in short order to many of us, this was not just due to his performance where he destroyed himself, but the dismissive attitude many posters had towards candidates who are now so far ahead of Perry that there's almost no perceivable chance he can make any difference before the first major primary.

So yes, many of us have been justifiably dismissive of him.

However, we will welcome all of you with open arms when you are ready to drop Perry and support someone else who can beat both obama and romneycare...

But don't kid yourself, Perry is over. Speaking on behalf of many, we feel like we are approaching Titanic passengers drowning in the freezing water, offering them a hand into the boat and they are responding "What do you mean the ship sank?"

If there's a good thing I'll say about Perry at this point of the race, he has loyal friends. It just isn't enough now. It's time to reconsider and look at new alternatives. If us Palin supporters can do it, others can too.