Perry is an illegal alien coddling panderer who does not respect parental rights. The fact that he’s lockstep with me on the EPA does in no way excuse the many other flaws in his political ideology.
In fact I have praised his EPA stance on a couple threads. But I dont think decent human beings abandon their countrymen’s desires to benefit illegals. And please don’t tell me about the feds and the TX legislature. Perry has always had it within his power to put up any number of roadblocks to illegals. He has not.
He plays the game to pacify republican voters, talks tough and then gets blankets and sombreros from the Mex Pres for his help with illegals. He speaks at racist LaRaza events, Speaks at Racist Muslim events and then comes running hat in hand to Conservatives.
And his fence thing... he has it exactly backwards. Those miles of empty are where a REAL fence would do the most good. A city is far easier to cover with patrols than a thousand mile stretch.
I present to you the same challenge that has gone unanswered by Perry supporters since he announced...
Explain to me how his stance on Illegals, Islam, guardasil, TTC and the fence shows conservative belief, principle or values. Prove to me and others sharing my belief that it does and he gets my vote. But since his actions prove by any rational measure and generally accepted definition to be the polar opposite of conservative regarding these issues, I do not see how that is possible. But I invite you to try and I’ll honestly look at it with an open mind.
Are you willing to concede that over 10 years, the Governor has only 5 issues that you disagree with? (In the meantime, he’s handled 9-11, Rita, Katrina, Ike, floods, wild fires, and defended life and marriage, lowered spending, prevented a State income tax, fought off William Wayne Justice and his brothers in the Federal Courts, opposed the EPA, fought ICE and their determination to bring illegal aliens convicted of other crimes to dump in Texas, and managed to keep our economy strong and our debt the second lowest in the Nation.)
He yielded - not quickly, but definitively - on the mandate for Gardasil and the TTC. He’s had plenty of time to fight those battles again, if he wanted. (Even in February, 2007, when he issued his EO, he made it easier for parents to opt out of all vaccines and girls eligible for the Federally mandated Vaccines for Children - Medicaid, CHIPs, Indian Health Service and un- or under-insured - were already receiving Gardasil free of charge to them.)
He has been to one La Raza meeting in San Antonio when he accepted the invitation to speak at their National Convention, as Governor of Texas. For that same reason, he accepted a gift from (what year was that?) and has met with the leaders of our Texas neighbor and largest trading partner, with whom we share 1200 miles of border. The only “coddling” is the in state tuition.
He has worked with the most moderate sect of Islam, that does not support any of the horrors of mainstream, much less jihadist, Islam. I’ve never heard or read that any of the events were “racist.” Can you give examples?
The fence slows down invaders, the estimate is 4 minutes, which may be useful in populated areas or where the border patrol can respond in time. However, it’s less effective than the river (a de facto moat) is. The fence must be built inside the flood plain, which means a mile from the border in places.
The Cintra/TTC scam alone should be enough to disqualify him. Honestly, I could look past his lack of eloquence if his record was better.