Calling him an atheist is ignorant and defies what those know him say about his strong Christian beliefs.
Where do you get off making idiotic comments like this?
Big government socialist? In 2008 before the recession kicked in, Texas not only balanced its budget but ran an $11 billion surplus.
You're making things up that aren't true.
Rick Perry: The Democrat Years
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/rick-perry-democrat-years/
Excerpt:
Perry’s support of the $5.7 billion tax hike in 1987, signed by Republican Gov. Bill Clements but opposed by most of the GOP members. The bill passed by a relatively close 78-70 in the Texas House. Even without adjusting for inflation, the legislation triggered the largest tax increase ever passed in modern Texas, according to Dale Craymer, president of the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association. Today, taking inflation into account, it would be worth more than $11 billion.