I did not like Rick Perry until a friend who was a raging Democrat 5 years ago became a raging conservative. The friend went to school with Rick Perry and had him over to his house. That is where I met Rick Perry 2 years ago. Before meeting him personally I would trash him every time I could. After being in a room with him for 2 hours straight I totally changed my view about him. Trust me, I can smell a rat. I was with Bill Clinton once years back and that guy is so full of BS he is creepy in person. While I’m throwing names around I once had dinner with John McCain. He is bat $hit crazy. His wife was smoking hot at the time. She made him look 1,000 years old.
Back to Rick Perry, IMO the reason these people are around him is because they know him, they have spent time with him. I’d expect that if most Freepers did the same thing they would change their views about him. I did and I’m a very hard sell.
As far as his debate flub he was on meds. The irony of him not remembering something strikes me because for two hours I watched him greet people, some he had only met once and he remembered all their names. Perry has a freaky knack for that. He would even meet the child of someone for the first time and rattle off their parents names, their relatives names, where they lived, etc. In person he is off the chain impressive.
I liked his speech, very much. I watched his full hour interview with Sean Hannity later last night. He had me, and then he had to go and say (when asked about the others in the race, who he liked for President) “I really like Lindsey Graham” That did it for me!