If Perry didn't know about it before endorsing him he should have; he should have known everything about the man before giving him his endorsement. I can't prove it but I think he knew.
Of course it's also possible he knew and just didn't care. Whatever the case, Rudy was NOT the "most Reagan like" candidate in the race.
At the time Perry made that statement Duncan Hunter, Fred Thompson, Alan Keyes, Mike Huckabee and Tom Tancredo were all still in the race. So based on issues only, Perry considered pro-gay, pro-abortion, anti-Second Amendment liberal Rudy Giuliani 'more Reagan like" than all the above mentioned candidates. There's just no defending that.
So based on issues only, Perry considered pro-gay, pro-abortion, anti-Second Amendment liberal Rudy Giuliani 'more Reagan like" than all the above mentioned candidates. There's just no defending that.
I wasn't aware of this until you brought it up on this thread.
I haven't ever supported Rick Perry for president because he's been pinging my radar the wrong way ever since I've lived in Texas. Something about the man just seems fake to me. This is just one more bit of hard evidence that my gut instincts have been right about him.
Ah yes, Fred Thompson. How I wish he had gotten into the 2008 race early and with the required heart and energy. He had a solid conservative record. He was charismatic. And he has a great voice and is a great speaker.
And unlike any other Republican running then (except Tancredo of course) or now, he had a plan for conservative immigration reform which didn’t include a path to citizenship for illegals. That by itself is not unique among the current crop, but Thompson actually came at legal immigration from a conservative standpoint (i.e. he didn’t call for increasing it). His plan called for ending Ted Kennedy’s Diversity Visa program, and for ending unending family chain migration.
Oh well, I guess there’s no point in indulging in what-might-have-beens.