Posted on 11/25/2011 9:47:04 PM PST by BunnySlippers
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. Rick Perry arrived on the campus of Texas A&M University in the tumultuous fall of 1968, cut his hair short, regulation military style, and donned a uniform. College students across America were rising up against the Vietnam War, but Mr. Perry, a member of the Corps of Cadets here, would not be among them.
There will be no Columbia, no Berkeley here, the university president, Earl Rudder, declared that fall. When a small band of antiwar protesters took to the steps of the Memorial Student Center, a building ...
I dont want to use the word long-haired hippie types, said John Sharp, a Perry classmate and chancellor of the Texas A&M University system, but a person who did not look like they fit into A&M said some kind of Jane Fonda-type stuff, and I remember Perry got up in his face pretty quick over that. He took exception to it, shouted the guy down.
It was an experience that both expanded and narrowed him, taking him to exotic locales while cementing his Texas roots and the traditional, conservative values that have been so central to his political identity. On Air Force missions overseas, he told students at Liberty University this fall, he had his first encounters with oppressed people an experience that sharpened his idea of the United States as a beacon of democracy and helped convince him that Americans cannot isolate ourselves within our borders.
The college student who backed the Vietnam War is, at 61, the hawkish presidential candidate. Mr. Perry has called President Obama irresponsible for ending the Iraq war, urged the overthrow of the Iranian government he would not rule out a military strike and suggested he would deploy troops to Mexico to kill these drug cartels there.
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You’re just a bunch of attack dogs that have made a joke of FR.
I disagree. But that is what is great about America. We can all have our opinions. I think ensuring that America does NOT have Perry for President is a great thing. You keep complaining about how we are here to destroy Perry (which I wish I could take credit). He has done every destructive thing himself. I did not have a thing to do with his 7.7 percent approval rating although I sure as hell wish I had.
Dam....another great tee shirt.
I did not attack a SEAL. I said I disagree with the SEAl. Big Deal. Stop the lying. So you say that you can’t disagree with someone. I will say it again. I disagree with the SEAL who would support a dud like Perry.
Frankly, Liz, I don’t know you. You may be a decent person in real life but you don’t act like it around here.
There is no group of Perry supporters who are pinged to go on a Cain thread to trash Cain.
There is no group of Perry supporters who go on a Gingrich thread to disrupt. Or any other candidate.
It is sick behavior and if any of you think that you are helping Cain or whoever your candidate is, you are sadly mistaken.
People see you for who you are and it isn’t pretty.
lol. Liz you are a patriot! Keep up the fight. We keep getting hit by the liberal Republicans but we have to be strong.
You disparaged a fine man and a hero because he supports Perry.
I am not lying. I saw it. I don’t blame you for being ashamed and trying to deny it.
I am not ashamed at all. I went back to see what I said and stand by every word. There is no negativity about the SEAL but 100 percent negativity about PERRY. Learn to read and maybe you won’t make yourself look like Perry, an idiot.
I dont care what this SEAL says. It is his opinion although misguided. I know many SEALS and they are great folks but that does not mean I agree with them on everything just like I dont agree with you about this topic. And as far as tearing down a good man? Huh. That is a joke. The idiot knocked himself down with stupidity during debates. I just want to ensure he stays down. NO RINOS THIS ROUND.
Of course now that you have not responded, you must be embarrassed. I hope you are not in a corner crying. It really is not a big deal that you tried to slander me, I am an adult and can protect myself with proof. No biggie.
Cain is beating Alien Lover Perry by a mile.
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“Alien” ???
Are you sure you meant to type just that word by itself ???
Everyone know that alien is the same as illegal alien when referring to Ricardo Perry.
Wrong. Again.
You're entitled to your opinions. It would be nice if you all learned to express them in a civilized manner.
You make conservative Republicans look bad--to the point that some FReepers question that that is your intent.
I complain about your lying and nastiness in general.
I wouldn't leave children in a room with you or your group-thinking pack dogs.
You mean this?
No everybody doesnt know that...
Alien means a person from another country...
I was an alien when I came to the US...
If we are going to be in a fight againt the illegal invasion we must use proper terms and rheteric...
The illegal alien supporters attempt to control the language...
“immigrants” “illegal immigration” etc are wrong...
Illegal aliens are not immigrants..
They do not immigrate..
Immigration involves legal documentation and process..
the illegal aliens do not participate in any interation with the US government BEFORE they enter the US..
There are either illegal aliens or immigrants...
Of aliens there are either illegal aliens or registered aliens...
Headlines with “Immigrants Are Deported” blazed across the top of the fold might be emotion grabbing
but the words prove to be a lie if the guts of the article are read...
It's just the Braying Asses club.
The hippies were a freak of nature then just like they are now. It’s that old squeaky wheel gets all the attention. Still it’s nice to read articles of the many who didn’t protest the war.
You got that right! And their faithful companions the I Hate Perry Poo-Flinging Monkeys !
LOL!! I love it.
I'm conservative and it looks bad to me. I've been here since Feb. of '98 and this is the nastiest I've ever seen on FR and it's mostly coming from the Cain supporters. Would you want children exposed to one supposedly adult accusing another of playing with sex toys? ... a Cain supporter to a Perrywinkle. No, I wouldn't want children reading the dirty comments some of you have written...simply because a person has a different opinion! That is totally uncalled for. IMO, you all sound like a bunch of adolescents!
As Jim says, the primaries are very heated around here but once the nominee is elected, the peace returns.
A lot of old FReepers have moved on and won't be back! Are you aware how many who don't support Cain have been zotted? Do you know how many more have voluntarily moved to other, more mature web sites?
Yes, we get heated by some of the utterly stupid comments and I am guilty of fighting back at times. The immaturity of some of you has been unbelievable and all civility has disappeared.
FWIW, this is one of the more sensible responses you made recently. I commented once that I thought a pro who studies group-dynamics should study y'all. I was serious. Individually I'm sure you are nice people but when you get together to attack people who disagree with you, you turn vicious and nasty.
I believe you don't realize the damage that's been done to FR. Believe me, it has done a lot of damage and the people who have left took their donations with them. You're costing JR $$$. Next FReepathon is going to be even worse. Wait and see! The unintended consequence of your organized attacks on people is that FR has become a joke that a lot of people no longer want to be associated with...it certainly is no big deal to be zotted!
What will you do when we are all gone?...fight each other?
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