Posted on 01/31/2015 1:45:06 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) says that governors are much better suited for the presidency than senators — a useful argument for him to make as he looks to position himself for a potential 2016 bid against a field likely to include several senators.
“Governors have to make choices every day. Governors are judged on the results of what we do,” Perry told The Daily Caller Friday. “Senators talk.”
He added, “United States senators, by choosing to go into that line of work, don’t get to do that. They don’t get to learn, or to exhibit their leadership ability and have clear results of their actions.”
While the 2016 Republican field is hardly set, potential candidates who are current or former governors include Chris Christie (N.J.), Scott Walker (Wis.), Jeb Bush (Fla.), Mike Huckabee (Ark.), John Kasich (Ohio), Mike Pence (Ind.), Bobby Jindal (La.), and Perry. Also at the center of speculation about running are serving Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Rand Paul (Ky.), Ted Cruz (Texas), and Lindsey Graham (S.C.) as well as former Sen. Rick Santorum (Penn.). Perry said that someone who had served as governor was typically a “grizzled vet,” and asked rhetorically whether the country would want someone who’s all talk, or all action.
“Would you rather have someone who talks about aviation a lot and really gives a great speech about aerodynamics and about navigation and about weather and about all of the different things a pilot needs to know, but have only about 100 hours of being behind the yoke of an airliner?" he said.
“Or would you rather have a 10,000-hour individual who has had to fly through storms?”
While speaking at the Pennsylvania Republican Party’s Lincoln Dinner on Friday, Perry pointed to President Obama, a former senator, as purported proof of his argument.
“I understand why, in 2016, Americans are not going to have a desire to elect an unproven, untested, no-results individual to lead this country,” he said.
“We took our chance with this extraordinarily bright, capable, wonderful speaker who had no experience of running anything, and he proved it.”
This is not the first time that Perry’s disparaged senators. With Ted Cruz also weighing a presidential bid that could split support within Texas, Perry hasn’t been shy about jabbing senators in general and even Cruz directly.
“Ask me in eight years if Sen. Cruz has made an impact on the state,” he said this summer at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast, according to CQ Roll Call.
“At this particular point in time, it’s a little early to say that a junior senator would have substantively changed the state.”
Where do you think the word “Governors” comes from? What does a governor do on a motor?
Governors do not rule, governors govern.
Kings rule.
Far as your question goes, vet, I am ashamed to admit that i do not know the answer.
There’s no way this guy successfully navigates a national campaign.
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”
― Samuel Adams
I know he didn’t mean it but why the heck did he use any phrase except “6 years” to talk about a Senator?
What has he done about the illegals or the border?
Why did he flip flop on Everify just a few months ago.
The new Texas GOP wants to repeal his tuition and rainy day fund.
Perry can’t win his own state.
“The longest-serving governor in state history isn’t seeking re-election and may see two of his achievements — distributing hundreds of millions of dollars to attract top employers to Texas and stockpiling a rainy day fund robust enough to bankroll infrastructure projects — swept away not long after he moves out of the governor’s mansion. “
Just like Sweater Vest, huh?
Thank you kindly, vet.
Perhaps it should be “reign” instead of “rule”.
“There’s no way this guy successfully navigates a national campaign.”
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I agree...he’s simply another entry in the “split the conservative vote” mob. My hope is for a Cruz/Walker (if necessary, I’d settle for a Walker/Cruz) ticket. But that hope may be dashed if the base’s vote is once again split between too many candidates spouting a conservative line. And I include the FAUX conservatives such as the duplicitous Rubio, the inflated ego publicity seekers such as Trump, the deluded (as to their chances) such as Ben Carson and the Poseurs such as Huckabee.
We need to UNITE behind a single TRUE constitutional conservative candidate EARLY and I believe that is TED CRUZ 2016. I believe once Cruz has the nomination he will pick Scott Walker as his running mate (who the hell else is there?). That will be a PERFECT Republican ticket.
Hahahahahaha! Texas governors do NOT rule. Contrary to popular belief, it’s the Lt. Governor who rules and heads the legislature whereas the Governor is nothing but a pretty figurehead. The title Gov. Good Hair fit Perry in more than one way.
I am going to go with regulate speed or RPM not rule and in some case it acts to limit, not the best example, not the best example for your argument.
>>governors govern
That’s why I have never understood why everybody wants a governor. Haven’t we had more than enough governing?
True. Texas was fed up with him which is the main he didn't run this last time. He knew he was finished.
Where in anything Perry said did he use the word “rule?” Much less warrant going on to compare what he didn’t say to ‘dictatorship?’ If the NYT did that, every last FReeper would be howling. But it’s all good if some unknown blogger does it ?
You have to admit a certain irony here, that the same folks who promoted Gov. Palin vs Sen. Obama claiming her advantage was her executive experience vs his half term as a Senator are now claiming his half term in the Senate perfectly qualifies Sen. Cruz to step into the Oval Office.
Poorly worded, but with our pathetic eduction system these days, along with the Obama Lapdog Media, people do need to be reminded of the differences between the Executive and the Legislative Branches
Good point. Once again, headline writers trying to sell ad space derail the story before the very first word.
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