Posted on 11/12/2011 11:42:39 AM PST by UniqueViews
Gov. Rick Perry stated at the outset of his presidential campaign that he is running for president based on his principles and leadership accomplishments, not his oratorical skills. Media focus on his debate missteps deliberately ignores Perry's record and charisma.
America's third president - Thomas Jefferson - was a lousy public speaker. He was literally a genius, and his singular eloquence as a writer is seen in his prose in the Declaration of Independence and other writings.
But Jefferson was no speaker, so much so that he only gave a couple speeches in his entire two-term presidency. He was so bad that he fulfilled his constitutional requirement to give an annual State of the Union by sending a written document to Congress.
This media obsession with the cosmetics of Perry's presentation willfully ignores the substance of his agenda. Perry's proposals on fundamental overhauls on tax reform, energy, healthcare, and re-empowering the states through federalism could make him a transformational president if he enacts them.
These proposals arise from a massive public record. An Air Force captain, Perry is the only major candidate with military experience. And his subsequent quarter-century of elected office includes a decade as governor enacting tort reform, education reform, and business-friendly policies.
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Wrong question.
You should ask how many voters watched the endless replays of that 51 seconds?
I’m trying to help.
You have a mental disease or defect, and I’m making it clear to you that you need to seek treatment for it.
I use strong language, because you don’t seem to respond to milder language.
You still seem to support the candidate who would bring us to crushing defeat.
I can’t figure out clearer language than IDIOT for you.
You are “differently abled” perhaps, instead of RETARD, or IDIOT.
But I don’t think there’s any reason anyone should be nice to you.
You’re the one who showed up and started posting 20 stories a day, every day, a month or 2 before Perry announced.
IDIOT is charitable, because it’s silent on your own personal moral culpability.
Anyone with a clue understands the in state tuition fiasco.
Texas is in an untenable position due to the Fed.
We are trying to make lemonade of lemons.
It’s that simple.
STFU Einstien
How Romneyesque of him.
Go ahead and keep your LaRaza ricky ILLEGALS pandering views. The rest of us are for taking back our Country, and we are going to see it done. No more ILLEGALS.
We could run the city dog catcher. If Obama wins again this nation has failed.
Obama is the biggest POS to ever come down the pike.
Texas is a big state.
Houston ISD (Independent School District) is ONE of 1,271 school districts in Texas.
The school districts are Independent.
The school district my kids went to have some of the best schools in the Nation.
He has limited power. We have the State Education Agency but most school districts are powered by the local school boards.
-------- A little more insight regarding Gardisil (which never happened):
This is a quote from a speech by Jessica Farrar, State Rep May 9th, 2007, to the Texas Legislature regarding the HB 1098 to rescind the Exec Order:
"From the beginning, the debate on HPV and the vaccine to prevent its infection in this House has been about everything but saving women's lives. It has been about misinformation on the merits of the vaccine, misinformation on the effect it would have on teen sexuality, and it has most certainly been on everything but the scientific and medical facts that tell us the vaccine prevents both suffering and death.
It has been about the Governor overreaching his authority. This is especially disturbing given the events of the past few days. HB 13, which gives the Governor massive amounts of power, was just passed with almost no hesitation or debate from the vast majority of this House.
Yet those same members that voted for HB 13 condemned what they saw as an overreach of power by the Governor when he actually tried to prevent cancer in women. If that's not hypocrisy on the part of the members of this House, I don't know what is.
The debate has also been about the false belief that vaccine requirements intrude on parental rights. Requiring the HPV vaccine for school admission would not force anyone to get the vaccine.
What it would do is require parents to make an informed decision whether or not to vaccinate their daughters against HPV. It would also provide access to the vaccine to the huge portions of our population that would otherwise never know about it or be offered it....
This is especially relevant today given that we just passed a cancer research bill. Obviously, we realize that this is an important topic. I just wonder if this legislature will react the same way the next time we have a vaccine that prevents cancer available to us and the people of Texas."
Texas, and MD Anderson lead the world on cancer research.
Has anyone explained
Herman Cains Godfather success yet?
check your spelling IDIOT
Heh heh heh... that’s good.
Varmits are, as everyone knows, liberals.
It’s really useless to argue with people that have the mindset of ‘big government is grand as long as our guys run it’.
And in this case, it’s pretty clear that ‘The Sparrow’ is all for centrally controlled public education. So arguing about locally controlled, independent schools is an anathema to this sort.
Basically, they are libtards with a moral center. (for they know what is right/wrong, but see no problem with liberal methods)
All the ones left supporting Perry are hot-flashing, swooning, Turkey vultures. 20 years past a cougar - still likes to hunt, but too old to take down the prey.
Similar to Clinton groupies......They have their dreams of the Cowboy boots at the end of the bed(which will never happen) and little else matters.
Illegal aliens destroying America, ho hum.....at least Ricky is a hunk.
Pathetic to see, really.
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