Posted on 05/25/2011 9:20:37 PM PDT by UniqueViews
"In a press conference Tuesday, the Texas governor notably declined to "rule out" a White House bid, amid calls from Rush Limbaugh and others that he should enter the 2012 race."
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I never said that was from the Bible, it’s just a saying, but it’s true.
“God helps those who help themselves”?
Nice evasion, none of it provable.
Let’s try it again:
Why would any conservative vote for a candidate who thought it was a good idea to put pro-baby-killing, pro-homosexual Rudy Giuliani in the White House?
Actually, God pretty much leaves those who are foolish enough to think they can help themselves to their own devices.
“Not that we really know God’s intent — but can you really believe that God is supporting Obama”
When people choose sin, God allows them free will, and this country has definitely chosen to abandon God. Add to that the the so called “conservative Christians” who repeatedly choose the Godless as our representatives, we are reaping what we sow. And “God helps those who help themselves” is no where in the bible and antithetical to its teachings.
One has to look at Coolodge’s career as a state legislator. He was not untouched by the progressive ideas of the time, and did not disdain active goverment. Very effective leader of both House sand Senate. Not a good platform speaker, as he acknowledged, but was the first President to speak to the nation on radio, and was quite good at it. A literate man, he certainly was the last president educated in the classical way, and could read Greek. Coolidge indeed reduced government significantly, but that was something began during the Harding Administration, and was as much a result of sharply reducing military and naval expenditures. He probably would have been more active as President except for the untimely death of his son, which, as he admitted left the taste of ashes in his mouth.Probably he was profoundly depressed. Certainly the energy, the decisiveness which was there before —though nothing like that of TR or Hoover—dissipated.
LOL, you’re right, I know there’s no way I’m going to “hear” Perry supporting amnesty. Not right now anyway. LOL! He’s testing the waters for a run. He pretends to be a real conservative then. But look out once he gets elected. His real love of amnesty and desire to pay to support all Mexican people where ever they may be will come out into the light.
Go here and read it for yourself.
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10688/
I would vote for Perry if Palin was not in it. He would put boots on the ground to control our borders. He has experienced insulting conduct by Zer0 and knows the over-reaching unconstitutional hand of the federal government. Perry knows that the only way that the states can reestablish the autonomy as delineated by the Constitution is by the removal of the Obama Regime. He is prepared to do it if no one can rise to the challenge.
I know Perry is not the perfect candidate. However, he has shown many of us again, that when one assumes the office of governor in the second largest state (Alaska being the largest), they have shown great leadership ability to do the job.
Could you please inform us why Rick Perry is not reliable? It's a good thing to keep others informed with the facts as well as opinion.
Would you say that the (code word) Tp is the sleeping giant? If it is, I hope it awakens with a fury that would sweep through the DemonRAT Communist regime like a tornado.
Toll roads? Does Rick Perry want toll roads? Oh no!
The New York DemonRATs split the vote by putting up a phony Tea Party candidate(Jack) Davis. This was Politics 101 tactics. Also, the Republican Party cannot get the truth out quickly enough when lies are put out to scare elderly voters about Paul Ryan’s Medicare legislation. This is a early look at what we will expect in DemonRAT tactics and how the Republican Party needs to learn how to quickly master the tactical war.
me too
HE’S NOT GUILIANI!!!
I understand Guiliani is considering a run, too.
He’s smart...you’d think he would have learned the last time.
I remember reading years ago, about how Calvin Cooledge the legislator was very different from Cooledge the President, and the reasons that he gave.
The things he supported and liked, were legal and constitution at the state level, not so at the federal level, and that just because he liked something, and supported it, did not mean it was constitutional for him to push it, so he left it to states to handle it as they sought fit.
He grasped the constitution in a way, that probably no president fully has since that time. He understood the limitations on the federal government, more then every single president that came after him. His opposition was to big FEDERAL government, as it was unconstitutional, he felt differently, about the state level, and felt that was what state legislators were for. Its a shame, that his way of thinking, is not just rare today, its nonexistent.
I agree he'd take Texas in the electoral college (namely because Texas always votes Republican for President, JFK had to resort to stealing it even when he put LBJ for President). I suppose where we part ways is the claim that Perry would somehow be "more electable" in the other 49 states than any of the other Governors running for President. I don't think he would be, and aside from Rush Limbaugh that seems to the sentient of everyone else I've meet who lives in those 49 states Perry would have to campaign in. The Obama camp convinced people that McCain would be "Bush's third term", when McCain was nothing like Bush and the two despised each other. Perry would be far weaker there, I see him as another "compassionate conservative" from Texas and I think the rest of America will too. All of us freepers would crawl over broken glass to vote against Obama but we only represent a tiny portion of the electorate. We need to win over people who vote either way and live in states like Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, etc. Bush barely won the electoral college in 2000 and 2004, before there was any Bush fatigue, and I seriously doubt his Lt. Governor could do any better in 2012, unless Obama commits political suicide. Sure Perry's a good looking guy who presided over a prosperous state and has a conservative platform, again I just see a hybred of Romney & Pawlenty here. Yet another milquetoast right-of-center folksy Governor whose main concern was saying what voters wanted to hear instead of doing what was right. You think he'll be "more electable" than Romney, Pawlenty, or Johnson. I don't. In fact he'd be the only Governor running who can't point to winning a state that wasn't safe Republican.
GO RICK!!!!!!!!!
There’s a reason Rush is so influential in advancing his political philosophy—and so poor at being a ‘king maker’. His philosophy sings, but his choice in candidates is off key. He’s as likely to muck up a presidential race as to sort it out.
Perry is not the answer—and even Texan Republicans know that.
Here’s how it is:
Perry is first and foremost a politician. I don’t care what Rush says, you can take that to the bank. He’s conservative mostly when it will win him points with conservatives.
We very nearly came to the point of having to pry the Trans-Texas Corridor project from his cold dead hands— figuratively speaking, of course. (I think he’d still like to resurrect that one.)
Regardless of what Rush (whom I’ve listened to since the ‘80s) says, Rick is a politician and he isn’t a reliable conservative.
If Rick is the best we can do for a candidate, I may have to vote for him, but I will be holding my nose. (I did that this last gubernatorial election.)
Signed,
Voice of Experience
Rove plant or Obaama plant?
Perry is a NWO type. Forced vaccinations of girls, Trans-Texas Corridor.
After LBJ and Dubya, we've had too many damn Texans in the White House. And they've screwed the economy too badly with their social programs ("Great Society," "No Child Left Behind," "Medicare Part D," universal home ownership, etc.)
No way.
Sarah for PREZ.
Get your GRRRRR on!
Wow! Thanks for that link. I can forgive some other stuff in a politician, but he sure shows himself as a pro-illegal here, which is not excusable. I was a staunch supporter of GW Bush until I learned of his true colors regarding illegals.
I watched a little bit of Greta’s helicopter ride with Perry. He just seemed so oily. And so concerned with illegals now. How convenient.
The fact that Rush may be supporting him would not influence my opinion of Perry. Limbaugh’s primary concern, IMO, would be whether or not a GOP candidate could beat Benito Obama. Rush is not a true conservative.
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