[Cincinatus' Wife]

A very interesting article -- and from a news outlet (as are all MSM Texas outlets) that consistently tears Gov. Perry down. But despite their attempts this piece will help Gov. Rick Perry with the conservative base.

[Norm Lenhart]

I have to know. I have to. And I ask this not mocking, not wiseacre and in total honesty.

Do you actually believe the things you post? Deep down inside do you really? Like this post for instance. Do you really believe that conservatives will suddenly forget all Rick Perry’s non conservative ideals like his guardasil/TTC/border stances and just think “You know, none of my core beliefs matter to me. This one article has eraced all the facts. I’m gonna vote for Perry now.”

Do you really believe that? If not then why did you say it?

And again, this is a dead serious question and I’d like a yes or no answer please.

[Darkwolf377]

Nobody asked me, but I have to say I just can’t get a fix on Perry. That’s what’s kept him sitting on the sidelines for me. I simply don’t know if he’s genuine or full of it, strong or mushy, able to communicate or not.

In terms of those running, most of them are not even up for consideration as far as my support. As of now, it’s between Cain and Gingrich. Perry might convince me, but I just cannot get a good clear read on the guy.

Not trying to troll, I post it here purely for feedback because you have posted many Perry articles and I have read many of them, so you’re my “Perry poster” so to speak, and I appreciate your postings. Sorry I couldn’t give you better news.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I’m a little bit cautious about converts, it’s hard for me to imagine ever being a democrat.

[NautiNurse]

How was the debate, Mr. Perry?

[LomanBill]

>>Perry turned Republican

 

Bullshit.

 

[A free market government has a vested interest in encouraging local enterprise;

--A.Perrywinkler]

 

swin·dle (swndl)

v. swin·dled, swin·dling, swin·dles

v.tr.

1. To cheat or defraud of money or property.

2. To obtain by fraudulent means: swindled money from the company.

v.intr.

To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.

n.

The act or an instance of swindling.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/swindler

 

 

Mozilo's Countrywide had been the first to embrace the homeownership push back in 1995 and had therefore become

a central player in Clinton's public-private partnership.

 

And since 1998, Countrywide had also become crucial to the fortunes of Fannie Mae, and the personal wealth of Fannie employees who received special mortgage deals from the lender...
--Reckless Endangerrment; pg 182

 

"Angelo Mozilo, thank you"

--Governor Ricar(D)o Perry

--Tuesday, December 14, 2004

http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10202/

 

 

[edpc]

Expressing grudging admiration, Stenholm said, “Rick has become a master politician.”

“Rick switched, and I don’t know him anymore,” Stenholm said. “He recognized that if you were going to be ambitious on a statewide level, the GOP was the way to go in Texas.”

I'd hardly call this admiration, grudging, or otherwise. Stenholm is confirming what most of us already know. Perry is an untrustworthy opportunist who will do what is conveninet and expedient to advance his ambitions; not necessarily what's best for state/country.

[BobL]

Geeze, the Mainstream Media must really be scared about Perry sinking into oblivion or they wouldn’t be running these PUFF PIECES to try to prop him up. I remember these same kind of stories about McCain’s war service, 4 years ago...

Personally, I prefer a Republican who the media DOESN’T want to win.

[Dr. Sivana]

I am a Cain supporter, but as you can see in my Twister spinner, I put Perry in the best quadrant. (I put Gingrich in a bad quadrant because he is a "futurist", and I am a traditional. I would swap him with Roemer if I had it to do over again). All of the candidates have deficiencies and unique strengths. I am hopeful that when the time comes and there is a clear non-Romney front-runner, that we will do what we have to to defeat Romney.

In the meantime, I will not go after Perry. I will not suggest anyone drop out until after the caucuses/primaries begin in earnest. My qualms with Perry have been aired elsewhere, as have your responses. Lets see how it plays out.

[txrangerette]

I couldn’t be happier that this area finally got rid of Stenholm as our congresscritter. The article says he was a conservative Blue Dog. It should’ve said he pretended to be a conservative. Good riddance. It took us 36 years but we finally did it.

[samtheman]

I have my problems with Perry (due to what I perceive to be electability issues), and after initially supporting him I have dropped off the Perry bandwagon, but all talk of him not being a conservative is total and absolute BS and I really resent the fact that his actual record is so willfully distorted by some other posters here in FR.

As for you, CW, I have always respected you as a poster and read most of the threads you post, even though I no longer plan on voting for Perry in the primary.

I will, of course, vote for him and work for him in the general election in the off chance (remote in my opinion) that he wins the primary.

[org.whodat]

Perry misses algore, oh how sweet, algore will still help him with his global warming and his work visa amnesty program.

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[Tribune7]

A very interesting article -- and from a news outlet (as are all MSM Texas outlets) that consistently tears Gov. Perry down.

It sounded like they were trying to tear Perry down here, too.

But they showed he is a true hard-core conservative who switched parties for the right reasons and advanced the cause about as much as anybody has.

[org.whodat]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2803185/posts?page=8

[casinva]

Cincinatus’ Wife,

That’s a lot of history in that article, some good, some not as flattering, but a good honest assessment of Rick Perry’s overall political history in Texas.

What I find amazing, and this is not here in this article but is hinted at, is that Rick Perry, once a Texas Democrat (understandably more of a Southern conservative but still a Democrat), made his switch to the GOP, taking those Southern conservatives with him right over to the Republican Party?

I moved here to Texas in 2006, and from what I see here now, I just can’t even imagine a Texas that would EVER go the Democrat “way”! LOL I know there are some Democrat nutzos here too, and maybe a few of the old kind of Southern conservatives who just never made the official switch of parties, but as the article here said, Texas is the reddest of red states.

And those historical changes within this state’s history seem to almost run parallel to Governor Perry’s transformation from a Southern conservative to an inspirational GOP governor of The Great (Conservative) State of Texas.

Just an awesome story when all is put into the perspective it deserves to be put in.

[Katarina]

Thank you so much.